Infinite Weave: Public Space One Art Auction

Infinite Weave is the theme for this year's fundraising auction sponsored by Public Space One (PS1), an artist-led, community-driven arts organization based in Iowa City, Iowa. Bidding is entirely online and runs through Saturday, March 11, 2023. The works of over 80 artists are represented, including "The Plasticity of Persistence" by the Common Curator. See the PS1 site for full details. 

Salvator Mundi

Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, or "Savior of the World," has just set a new world record for a work of art sold at auction, realizing $450,312,500 (including buyer's premium) at Christie's in New York on November 15, 2017. The work is one of a small number of surviving paintings attributed to da Vinci, and according to Christie's, was the last not already in a museum collection. The buyer has not as yet been publically revealed. The art conservator Dianne Dwyer Modestini spent several years restoring the painting, beginning in 2005.

If You Can't Find It Anywhere Else . . .

Go to Balster's! For 137 years, Balster's has been a multi-generational family concern with a massive inventory of equipment, tools, hardware, etc. Located in Scotch Grove, Iowa, its holdings, including buildings and real estate, will soon be auctioned off by Grafe Auction.

The preview is Wednesday, September 14, 2011, with the auction taking place over three days, September 15-17. Online bidding will also be available. The Grafe web site provides full details, as well as photo galleries, for prospective bidders. The history of Balster's is also featured in an article by the Des Moines Register.