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Inside Michael Pollack’s Advertising Statue Museum

For more than fifty years, real estate mogul and cultural preservationist Michael A. Pollack has quietly built one of the most extraordinary private collections in America – now certified by Guinness World Records as the largest collection of advertising statues in the world. Hidden inside his 31,000-square-foot Mesa, Arizona headquarters is a 7,000-square-foot museum packed with more than 141 rare Baranger animated displays and over 8,000 three-dimensional brand mascots, mechanical figures, and commercial artifacts. From...

Rolling Stones Memorabilia up for Auction

A collection of Rolling Stones memorabilia is guaranteed to give satisfaction at auction – so maybe sometimes you can get what you want. Brian Jones’ original electric guitar he played as a member of the Rolling Stones is one of the highlights at Heritage Auctions, expected to fetch up to $400,000 when it comes up for sale on December 4th. Noted collector Ali Zayeri, who has been buying Rolling Stones memorabilia for more than 40...

New Works at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Opening as a permanent exhibition on November 7th, 2025, a new addition to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao reflects a desire to share with the public the recent acquisitions for the Museum’s Collection, as well as the D. Daskalopoulos Collection Gift and the donation of the Al Held Foundation, and the long-term loan of 53 pieces from the Inge Rodenstock Collection. Many works are being shown to the public for the first time, which makes it...

Auction House Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s Launches Comics Division

Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s is thrilled to present the inaugural auction for its newly established comics division, and the London auction house – already globally renowned for its expertise in stamps and coins – is doing so with a splash. On Saturday 1st November, SGB presents the MCM Afterparty: Comics CGC 100 sale, featuring CGC-graded Marvel and DC key issues. With starting bids from £40, and a top lot estimate of £10,000 – £11,000, there is...

Divine Egypt at the Met

Divine Egypt at The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art – the first major exhibition of Egyptian art at the Museum in over a decade – will explore how images of gods in ancient Egypt were experienced not merely as spiritual depictions in temples, shrines, and tombs but were the instruments that brought the gods to life for daily worship, offering ancient Egyptians a vital connection between the human and divine worlds. Opening on October...

Indian Icons at AstaGuru’s Manifest

AstaGuru’s upcoming Manifest auction will present a thoughtfully curated selection of significant works by leading figures of Indian Art. The curation brings together seminal creations by esteemed artists such as S H Raza, M F Husain, F N Souza, K H Ara, Akbar Padamsee, Manjit Bawa and Sakti Burman, each piece reflecting a chapter in the nation’s visual legacy. Taking place on August 29th–30th, 2025, the online auction offers collectors an opportunity to acquire works...

Chrysler Museum Celebrates Susan Watkins and her Contemporaries

Journey to a transformative period in American art and celebrate the talent, resilience and impact of artists who were often overlooked in Susan Watkins and Women Artists of the Progressive Era, on view Oct. 17th, 2025-Jan. 11th, 2026, at the Chrysler Museum of Art. Organised by the Chrysler Museum of Art, the exhibition features approximately 75 works by more than 20 artists, including Susan Watkins, Lilla Cabot Perry, Minerva Chapman and Anna Elizabeth Klumpke. This year marks the 150th anniversary...

Dealer’s Collection Includes Frink Mural

Art and antiques from the personal collection of Ken Bolan come for sale at Sworders in the autumn. The September 24th sale titled Ken Bolan: Nature Follows Form features 400 lots from the legendary dealer, including a rare miural by Dame Elisabeth Frink. Bolan has bought and sold antiques and design objects for more than 50 years. He recalls as a boy pressing his nose against the window of his local antiques shop to marvel...

Pauline Karpidas: The London Collection

This September, Sotheby’s will lift the veil on the extraordinary personal collection of legendary patron and aesthete Pauline Karpidas, showcasing the masterpieces of Surrealist art and furniture design that adorned her one-of-a-kind home in London. At the core of the offering is the greatest collection of Surrealism to emerge in recent history, born from an encounter with Alexander Iolas which sparked a flame in Pauline and brought the pioneering gallerist out of retirement. Decades of...

Rare JRR Tolkien Book Fetches £43,000

A rare first edition of JRR Tolkien novel The Hobbit has sold for a record-breaking £43,000 at auction. It is one of only 1,500 copies printed in 1937, and was discovered without its original dustcover on a bookcase during a home clearance in Bristol. Caitlin Riley, book specialist from Bath auction house Auctioneum, said: “It’s the quintessential auction story. Everyone dreams of finding a rare item hidden in plain sight, and here we are.” The...

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