Gratz Gallery and Conservation Studio is partnering with Invaluable.com, the online auction platform, for its inaugural fine art online sale slated for Sunday, May 27, beginning at 11 a.m. The auction will feature over 130 lots of works by American and international artists. The online catalogue can be viewed at www.gratzgallery.com. A special preview will take place on Saturday, May 26, from noon to 5 p.m. at Gratz Gallery and Conservation Studio, located at 5230 Silo Hill Road, Doylestown, Pa.
Gratz Gallery and Conservation Studio specializes in fine art, with a focus on American paintings. This auction will be held exclusively online. Interested participants must register and place bids with online auction collaborators, Invaluable.com, which allows for both live real-time online bidding and absentee bids. For added bidding convenience from any location, there is a downloadable Invaluable app for smart phones. By eliminating the additional expenses associated with hosting a venue-based auction, Gratz Gallery is able to extend a low buyer’s premium, as well as offering very competitive estimates that are substantially lower than premiums paid to traditional auction houses.
Available for sale will be works by American artists such as Rae Sloan Bredin, Paulette Van Roekens, William Lathrop, Henry Snell, A.V. Greene, Leonard Nelson, Harry Leith-Ross, S. George Phillips, Harry Bertoia, Constance Cochrane, and more. Work by international artists will include Peter Howell, Thomas Sherwood LaFontaine, Goya, and Paul Emile Lecomte, amongst others.
The genre of artwork represented in this auction reflects a wide spectrum, from 19th and 20th centuries’ American Impressionism all the way to 20th and 21st centuries’ abstract art, with a varied selection of paintings, etchings, drawings, sculptures, and frames.
To learn more, call 215-348-2500.