The idea for this inaugural sale developed last summer, after Leslie Hindman held a special sale in August of couture items from the collection of the Ebony Fashion Fair show, collected by the late Eunice W. Johnson and consigned to Leslie Hindman by her daughter, Linda Johnson Rice, chairman of Johnson Publishing Company, LLC, which is the publisher of EBONY and JET magazines.
Another trove of furnishings, including a baby-blue eighteenth-century sedan chair — perfect for rush-hour traffic — goes under the gavel at the house's sale of items from the collection of the Steinitz Gallery, held the same day.
7) is colorful in more ways than one: among the lots are items from the collection of the New York socialite and Warholian "superstar" Brigid Berlin, famous for her "tit prints," among other things.
On Friday, the Union Gallery on the Stony Brook campus of the State University holds a reception from 4 to 8 p.m. for "Haitian Voudou Flags and Dolls," an exhibition of ceremonial items from the collection of Veronique Lerche-Fishetti, that runs through Feb. 23 (631) 63236823.
Inside the museum, a hand-sewn American flag, circa 1816 to 1817, with 17 stripes and 19 stars, will be on exhibit, along with the current show, "The Altar of Gastronomy: Kitchen Items from the Collection of Raynham Hall Museum, 1750-1880" (51750-1880808.
May 20 2015 May 21 201515 Christie's begins the week with a sale of Russian decorative pieces (May 20), whose principal attraction is a trove of items from the collection of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich, the grandson of Tsar Nicholas I, which has never before come to auction.
It's caught on with stars: Michelle Williams, Kristin Davis, Viola Davis and Amanda Seyfried have all worn items from the collection on the red carpet, a sign of support for sustainable yet fashionable clothing at real-world prices (the collection ranges from $20 to $299).
"We are delighted that funding from Arts Council England has enabled us to bring iconic items from the collection out of the stores and put them on public display so that, through them, everyone can enjoy and learn about Keats's inspirational life and poetry".
The sales begin with a selection of drawings, then move on to paintings and sculpture; these include items from the collections of Lady Forte, notably a luminous Canaletto, "Venice, a View of the Churches of the Redentore and San Giacomo".
Whitaker's has also sold items from the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and the Indianapolis Museum of Art, whose Web site features a very public list of the things it is deaccessioning, including medallions that are being sold through Presidential Coin and Antique Company, auctioneers in Clifton, Va.
The retrospective includes 150 items culled from the collection of Miami-based vintage clothing collector Keni Valenti, who collects Lilly alongside Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Halston and the other greats.
