Ableauctions to Broadcast Heritage Galleries Art Auction on eBay Live Auctions -- Showcasing Stunning Examples Ranging from Early 19th Century European and American Paintings and Strong 20th Century Modern Art.DALLAS -- Ableauctions.com (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. ) announced today that it will host Heritage Galleries' showcase fine art auction on May 3rd and 4th, 2006 through its subsidiary iCollector.com. This event will feature 19th & 20th century European and American Paintings, Sculptures, Photography and Illustration Art including pieces from artists such as Albert Bierstadt Albert Bierstadt (January 7 1830 - February 18 1902) was a German-American painter best known for his large, detailed landscapes of the American West. In obtaining the subject matter for these works, Bierstadt joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion. , Jasper Francis Cropsey Jasper Francis Cropsey (February 18, 1823 - April 23, 1900) was an important American landscape artist of the Hudson River School. Cropsey was born on his father Jasper Cropsey’s farm in Rossville on Staten Island, New York, the oldest of eight children. , Thomas Moran
Thomas Moran (February 12, 1837 - August 25, 1926) was an artist of the Hudson River School. , Emil Carlsen Soren Emil Carlsen (1853 – 1932) was an American painter associated with the Cos Cob Art Colony. Carlsen painted primarily landscapes and still lifes. His fastidiously painted still lifes are influenced by Chardin and often depict copper pans, game, or flowers. , William Trost Richards William Trost Richards (June 3, 1833 - April 17, 1905) was an important American landscape artist associated with both the Hudson River School and the American Pre-Raphaelite movement. , William Gollings, Oscar Edmund Berninghaus, Jane Peterson Jane Peterson (1876-1965) was an American artist. Notably her work is held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art [1]. , Alfred Stieglitz, Edward S. Curtis
Edward Sheriff Curtis (February 16, 1868 – October 19, 1952) was a photographer of the American West and of Native American peoples. and Ansel Adams, Gil Elvgren Gil Elvgren (March 15, 1914-February 29, 1980), born Gilette Elvgren, was an American painter of pin-up girls, advertising and illustration. Elvgren lived in various locations, and was active from the 1930s to 1970s. , Harry L.Parkhurst, Earl Moran and Hugh Joseph Ward. This diverse auction is made up of an important single owner collection belonging to a prominent Texas family, as well as other fine private consignments. The May auction offers stunning examples of early 19th c. European and American paintings through strong 20th c. modern art as well as Illustration Art and 20th c. Photography. In speaking about the auction, Dr. Edmund P. Pillsbury, managing director and senior expert of fine and decorative arts decorative arts, term referring to a variety of applied visual arts, both two- and three-dimensional, including textiles, metalwork, ceramics, books, and woodwork, as well as to certain aspects of architecture (see ornament), public buildings, and private houses (see with Heritage Auction Galleries said, "The rich holdings of The Texas Family Collection are of interest for a multitude of reasons. They feature paintings that have been carefully and judiciously assembled for more than a decade. They embrace a range of artistic expression from landscape and still-life genre and portraiture. They include a selection of works of uncommon beauty and rarity by Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran and Jasper Cropsey, as well as Emil Carlsen and others. In a word, this collection celebrates the eternal joys of life. No painting is without a delicacy, without a degree of subtlety and sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. , without a chord of harmony. This collection would be difficult to duplicate today. It represents the inspired genius of a collector who bought with his heart and possesses a keen and disciplined eye." Heritage Auction Galleries, established in 1976, is the world's largest collectibles auctioneer with 242,908 members. They offer a wide range of Coins, Currency, Comics, Movie Posters, Antiques & Decorative Arts, Fine Art, Sports collectibles and Political Memorabilia. Their goal is to provide their customers with the largest selection of high-quality collectibles and fulfill their mission in providing the Internet's most indispensable trading platform and source of information for serious collectors, investors and dealers. For more information visit http://www.icollector.com/showcase/home.aspx About iCollector.com iCollector.com is the pre-eminent supplier of live online auction technology and services to some of the world's most prestigious galleries and industrial auction houses and operates one of the largest eBay Live Auction sales and support centers in the world. It is the only auction technology company to be endorsed by the National Auctioneers Association The National Auctioneers Association (NAA) is a group of auctioneers, auction businesses and related companies that seeks to promote the auction method of marketing and the practice of auctioneering in the United States The NAA is an interest group.. (NAA NAA Nomina Anatomica Avium. ) and has partnered with eBay Live Auctions in streamlining the process of broadcasting auctions real-time on the Internet. iCollector's technology enables auction houses to open their establishments to the world by allowing online bidders to participate in real-time on the auction floor. Visit www.icollector.com or (www.icollector.com/ourTechnology.aspx) About Ableauctions.com Ableauctions.com Inc. (AMEX:AAC) is a high-tech liquidator and on-line auction facilitator that operates the domains iCollector.com, NAALive.com and Unlimited Closeouts.com. As an on-line auction facilitator, the Company, with the experience of over 3,000 auctions, has developed state-of-the-art technology to broadcast auctions over the Internet (www.ableauctions.com/technology) and currently provides the technology and related services to auction houses, enabling them to broadcast auctions over the Internet. 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