One of the many incredible artists featured in this month’s auction is Clyde J Singer, an Ohio native known for his landscape paintings, etchings, and murals. Born in Malvern, Ohio, in 1908, he spent almost his entire life in his state’s rural hills, a defining influence on his work.
Read MoreBorn and raised in New York City, Helen Beling was a prolific sculptor on the art scene who studied at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League of New York.
Read MoreBorn in Borownica, Poland in 1928, Julian Stanczak lived a tumultuous childhood after the rise of Nazi Germany in WWII.
Read MoreOur upcoming auction on November 18th features 160 lots of vintage arcade games, antique trains and fairground amusements as well as locally relevant historical artifacts. Take a look at the steam-powered vehicles, fortune-telling machines, and much more.
Read MoreWhat do vintage arcade games, antique steam powered vehicles and a 19th century apothecary store have in common? They are just some of the items being offered to the public at Gray’s Auctioneers on November 20 from Cedar Point’s Town Hall Museum.
Read MoreOur upcoming October 2nd auction features over 438 lots including dazzling diamond rings, a Cinderella carriage for your little princess, and several wonderful pieces of fine art.
Read MoreOur upcoming August auction features plenty of summer-themed pieces of fine art, furniture and decorative art from estates across the country. In all there are 380 items!
Read MoreJános Vaszary was active during the 1880’s to 1930’s. He was known for using wide a wide variety of color, combining technique and imagination to create outstanding artworks that during their time, were considered on the forefront of modernism. His style was constantly changing, evolving, and experimenting, ranging from Art Nouveau, Fauvism & Post-Impressionism. He dedicated his life to his art, studies, and teaching.
Read MoreOur upcoming summer auction features more than 200 lots of mostly fine jewelry and coins, including a unique precious gem beaded evening purse encrusted with 118 rubies, 106 sapphires and 72 emeralds, along with a large selection of rings, necklaces, bracelets, and coins.
Read MoreOur upcoming March 13th auction is a mid-week auction featuring nearly 300 lots of fine art, furniture and decorative arts from fine estates across the country – highlighted by artwork from the noted Czech collector Jaroslav Mervart.
Read MoreOur next auction is a curious combination of African arts, jazz recordings and coins. Why the eclectic grouping of subjects? It is well documented that the arts of Africa were a major influence on the art and music made in the United States and Europe in the early 20th century. The art of Africa was discovered by those wealthy travelers of the early 20th century who brought back African treasures. So, too, was it the wealthy elites of the jazz age whose embrace of jazz brought it to the masses. Thus, the auction ends with money, and some of the most desirable coins of the twentieth century.
Read MoreThis month at Gray’s we have an exceptional collection of Fine Art, Jewelry, and Decorative Art up for our November Auction, with over 400 lots, with a number of truly exquisite finds in each category.
Read MoreThis month at Gray’s we have an extensive number of fine works on paper, rare books, and illuminated manuscripts up for auction, including an impressive collection of fine editions from the Print Club of Cleveland. Starting off the auction in Lot 1 is a print of St. George and the Dragon, 1947 by Salvador Dalí (1904-1989). While the world-renowned surrealist arguably needs no introduction, many art collectors may not realize that Dalí had an extensive history with the city of Cleveland through his patrons Reynolds and Eleanor Morse.
Read MoreThis month at Gray’s Auctioneers, we are delighted to highlight a collection of fine art by prominent African-American artists from our large auction of Fine Art, Furniture, Jewelry, and Decorative Art. One unfortunate legacy of our country’s struggles with its historic racism has been the neglect of black artists by critics and collectors until recent times. This month Gray’s is offering a number of artworks by important African-American artists in their October 10th auction.
Read MoreA pair of dazzling, GIA-certified diamonds and original oil paintings by Charles Sprague Pearce (Am./Fr., 1851-1914) and Balthazar Paul Ommeganck (Flemish, 1755-1826) are just a few of the expected top lots at Gray’s Auctioneers’ Sizzling Summer Auction scheduled for Wednesday, August 8th, online and in Gray’s showroom.
Read MoreAny lover of fine art will be intimately familiar with the still life. An invaluable tool for honing technique and developing a sense of composition, nearly every painter has produced a wealth of them and their styles and subjects are as varied as the artists who created them. This month at Gray’s we have a variety of wondrous still life works up for auction as well as a number of other gorgeous fine art pieces.
Read MoreWe are extremely excited this month to debut a previously undiscovered work by William Merritt Chase. Chase is a landmark figure in the history of American painting: a turn of the century Impressionist with a deft hand for shadow and color, a highly sought-after portraitist, and an esteemed educator and founder of one of America’s greatest artistic institutions.
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