4/8/19
“Karl Lagerfeld’s Never-Before-Seen Sketches for Elizabeth Taylor Up for Auction … Interested buyers in and out of the fashion world have already made pre-bidding offers.” – Fortune
4/11/19
“Karl Lagerfeld’s rare drawings from his early career in Rome can be yours … Fans of the iconic designer can attend an auction of a smattering of rare, never seen before sketches and drawings from Lagerfeld’s early career in West Palm Beach later this month, according to Urban Culture Auctions.” ” – Miami Herald
4/8/19
“Karl Lagerfeld sketches expected to sell for thousands at auction … The collection is especially rare as the former Chanel creative director was known to frequently throw his sketches away.” – The Independent
4/8/19
“Vintage Karl Lagerfeld drawings to go under the hammer … The images — which date from the 1960s when Lagerfeld worked for the fashion house Tiziani in Rome — will be available for purchase on April 18” – Malay Mail
4/8/19
“125 Of Karl Lagerfeld’s Earliest Fashion Sketches Up For Auction … When Chanel’s iconic couturier and design mastermind Karl Lagerfeld passed away in February, he left behind a legacy that will forever be associated with luxury, glamour and some of Hollywood’s greatest stars.” – South Florida Reporter
4/8/19
“Rare original Karl Lagerfeld fashion drawings/portfolios to be auctioned … Many of the oblong sketches are hand-colored and have penciled notes at the sides or bottom – a testament to Lagerfeld’s intensely personal design process.” – Art Daily
4/10/19
“Urban Culture Auctions will be bringing together a total of 125 hand-drawn sketches by Karl Lagerfeld in collaboration with Palm Beach Modern Auctions on April 18 in Florida.” – VIP.DE
4/8/19
“The original sketch designed by legendary Chanel designer will be auctioned at prices reaching tens of millions of rupiah, in Florida, United States, later this month.” – CNN (Indonesia)
4/8/19
“Original Karl Lagerfeld sketches to be auctioned … Considered to be very rare, the sketches should sell for between $ 1,000 and $ 3,000 apiece (between around € 891 and € 2,600).” – Vanity Fair France
4/8/19
“Karl Lagerfeld sketches expected to make thousands at auction … Two of the most coveted items in the collection are designs intended for Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor.” – Hollywood.com
4/8/19
“125 fashion sketches by Karl Lagerfeld to be auctioned in the US” – Fashion United
4/11/19
“The 125 lots include annotated drawings from Lagerfeld’s time with the company, which was launched in 1963 in Rome by the American creative Evans Richards. Lagerfeld, who was employed as Richards’ fellow couturier, stayed with the label until 1969.” – Yahoo Finance
4/11/19
“Rico Baca, the owner of Urban Culture Auctions, said Glass approached him about the letters about four months ago. After reading the letters and verifying them, he decided to include them in the auction. “We think that we know what it’s like to be in prison because we watch movies and we watch TV,” Baca said. “But [through these letters] I think you really get an understanding of the mundane things, the grind on a daily basis, and what it’s truly like to be in prison.” Baca said the auction house had expected to get between $400 and $700 for the letters, but that they ended up selling for between $1,300 and $1,500.” – CNN
Feb, 2019
“Several other collections enjoyed a 100% sell-through rate (inclusive of after-sales). They included seven lots of NASA items signed by Apollo astronauts, art and photographs from the estate of fashion designer Michaele Vollbracht, and a colorful array of Swatch watches. Younger collectors responded enthusiastically to a fine selection of Haitian naïve art, with all but one of the 23 offered lots finding new owners.” – Scoop
Mar, 2019
“Letters written behind bars by notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger have sold for as much as $1,430 at [Urban Culture Auctions] … In the letters, Bulger longingly recalled his old days at Alcatraz, complained about the gentrification of his old neighborhood and discussed how other inmates would try to push his wheelchair when he passed.” – The Washington Post
Feb, 2019
“…a hand-written letter by the late mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, an envelope and a holiday greeting card emblazoned with his 1959 Alcatraz mugshot, that Bulger mailed from federal prison in Coleman, Fla., in 2015. The items are among those being offered by the auction house for auction on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019. Bulger was found dead in a wheelchair on Oct. 30, 2018, killed by inmates within hours of his transfer to a prison in Hazelton, W.V. He was 89 … The letters, which are being auctioned Sunday, provide a glimpse into the once powerful and feared gangster’s mundane life behind bars before he was beaten to death by fellow inmates last year. Bulger wrote about the little excitements of prison life — “tonight we had an ice cream cone!” — and his treatment by other inmates … The auction house got the letters from a man who says he became friends with Bulger when the geriatric gangster was briefly held at a federal lockup in Brooklyn after being convicted in 2013 of participating in 11 murders, among other crimes.” – ABC News
Feb, 2019
“The letters were written to a man Bulger met in prison … He was serving a life sentence for participating in 11 murders … The auction house says the six letters fetched between $845 and $1,430 each.” – Fox
Feb, 2019
“The letters, which are being auctioned Sunday, provide a glimpse into the once powerful and feared gangster’s mundane life behind bars before he was beaten to death by fellow inmates last year. Bulger wrote about the little excitements of prison life — “tonight we had an ice cream cone!” — and his treatment by other inmates … With another letter, Bulger included a holiday card that he apparently made in 2015 with the message in gold script: “Wishing you peace & cheer in the New Year.” Next to the cheery greeting is Bulger’s Alcatraz mugshot, his eyes piercing blue eyes narrowed and brows furrowed.” – NH1
Feb, 2019
“Over the weekend of February 23-24, Palm Beach Modern Auctions will share the spotlight with its spinoff company, Urban Culture Auctions, bringing bidders premier contemporary and modern art along with fascinating entertainment memorabilia, cool designer goods, and many other tangible artifacts reflecting today’s ever-changing global culture.” – Art Daily
March, 2019
“With a history of smash results for celebrity and entertainment memorabilia under its belt – including 100% sell-through rates from its sales of Studio 54, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Karl Lagerfeld archives – Palm Beach Modern Auctions’ spinoff of its pop culture division has seemed inevitable to industry observers. That time has now arrived. The West Palm Beach auction house is releasing its satellite entertainment division from the mothership with the launch of Urban Culture Auctions (UCA).” – Art Daily
March, 2019
