DIANA HITS HER MARK AT KENO AUCTIONS “AMERICANA WEEK” SALE
Among the various auctions of fine and decorative arts in New York during “Americana Week”, an iconic bronze sculpture of Diana by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907) attained the highest price for any lot sold. On January 23rd, with an estimate of $200-400,000, the sculpture sold for $506,000 (includ. BP). Purchased by a young New York couple, it is the fifth-highest price at auction for any work by Saint-Gaudens. Recently discovered, the sculpture was on display at the Glascow Arms Restaurant in Delaware since its purchase by Constantine Sclavos in 1959.
Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907) Diana
Sold for $506,250.00
Keno Auctions Modern And Contemporary Sale Totals $1.2 Million
New York – Leigh Keno’s October sale confirmed the strength of the modern and contemporary art market with sales totaling $1,200,000, exceeding the high end of the presale estimate of $650,000- $1,140,000.
“With only 48 lots offered, the sell-rate was a healthy 80 per cent,” reported Leigh Keno. Telephone bidders and two determined bidders in the room battled it out for the top lot of the sale.
Cindy Sherman (American, B. 1954)
UNTITLED FILM STILL #39, 1979
Letter Tied to Fight for Independence Is Found in Museum’s Attic
By New York Times
It was lying in a drawer in the attic, a 12-page document that was not just forgotten but misfiled. Somehow it had made its way into a folder with colonial-era doctor’s bills that someone in the 1970s decreed was worthless and should be thrown away.
Emilie Gruchow, an archivist at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, and Leigh Keno, the president of Keno Auctions, examining a manuscript that is scheduled to be sold at auction this month. Credit…Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times
The Million at the Mansion
Story by Sherry Mazzocchi Photos by Marion L. Ward
An unexpected discovery at the Morris-Jumel Mansion yielded the highest auction price ever – nearly a million dollars – for a Revolutionary War-era document manuscript.
Brian Hendelson, a coin dealer from New Jersey, paid $912,500 at Keno Auctions for the 12-page, handwritten document written in 1775 by a founding father. He compared it to owning an original draft of the Declaration of Independence.
“All of the proceeds benefit one of the finest house museums in New York City,” said Leigh Keno, President of Keno Auctions.