Caroline Ashleigh

Whether you are collecting for fun or as an investment, you need a long-term strategy. Get all the facts from appraiser,

Caroline Ashleigh, who has appeared regularly on HG-TV and Antiques Roadshow, who will be the featured speaker at

the Grosse Ile Yacht Club 29677 East River Road, Grosse Ile MI 48138, sponsored by the Grosse Ile Historical Society, 

 from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 9, 2012

Do have an antique you believe is worth high value? Have you inherited a piece and are unsure of its value?

HGTV’s Cash & Cari will be filming an open house on January 12^th from 3:00- 6:00pm in Westland, Michigan where Cari Cucksey and Caroline Ashleigh, together with several other pros, will be offering free appraisals to help you learn more about the treasures in your home. For more information please email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

We look forward to seeing you and your antiques there!

Event Location:                   

5930 Commerce Dr.

Westland MI  

Introducing Our New Service:

Caroline Ashleigh Associates, LLC is pleased to announce a much needed service to your community: www.auctionyourestate.com

We believe there should be alternative methods of liquidating valuable household contents and personal property by placing it in the proper venue, to ensure that it is not undersold, whether on-site or on-line.

Every estate sale conducted by www.auctionyourestate.com is done with total dedication to due diligence, scholarship and ethical practice. Our skillful team of professional researchers and specialist appraisers are USPAP certified, and members of professional appraisal organizations. As nationally recognized appraisers, with over twenty five years of experience in evaluating art, antiques, collectibles and estate jewelry, we are experts at conducting very dignified and profitable estate liquidation sales.

We welcome your participation. For more details, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by calling us at 248.971.0233

Welcome to 'The Gallery'  - a frequently rotating art exhibit. Curated by Caroline Ashleigh

Title: Greetings from St. Nicholas (Gruss vom Nicolo)

Artist: Susi Singer  (Austrian, Vienna 1891–1965)

Date: 1907/8-14

Source: Wiener Werkstätte

Medium: Color Lithograph

Why I Chose It: 'Tis the Season!

Welcome to 'The Gallery'  - a frequently rotating art exhibit. Curated by Caroline Ashleigh

TITLE: "Portrait of Geronimo"

ARTIST: Edward S. Curtis

DATE: 1905

WHY I CHOSE IT: Welcome to Caroline Ashleigh’s new Tumblr, “The Gallery” - a frequently rotating art exhibit.

I chose The Portrait of Geronimo in recognition of American Indian Heritage Month

SOURCE: Carnegie Museum of Natural History's new Alcoa Foundation Hall of American Indians

Tags: Geronimo, Edward S. Curtis, photography, American Indian Heritage Month, Caroline Ashleigh

Welcome to 'The Gallery'  - a frequently rotating art exhibit. Curated by Caroline Ashleigh

TITLE: “The Human Condition”

ARTIST: René Magritte

DATE: 1933

WHY I CHOSE IT: Welcome to Caroline Ashleigh’s new Tumblr, “The Gallery” - a frequently rotating art exhibit.

My first selection is a celebration of the interaction between a work of fine art and the observer.

We hope you’ll return often to experience and interact with the art work presented here. Enjoy!

SOURCE: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Tags: Rene Magritte, art, Caroline Ashleigh

As my friend and editor, Mark Moran, says: 

For holiday shopping, THINK BOOKS - THINK SHOES!

"Warman's Shoes Field Guide" by Caroline Ashleigh. This makes a

great stockingstuffer at a great price point for any woman with an

inner shoe craving.

Buy Now - $14.99:

Warman's Shoes Field Guide - Values and Identification by Caroline Ashleigh 512 pages pps in 1 Book.

Warman's Shoes Field Guide

"Ashleigh’s book makes me feel like dancing the night away….in one of those fabulous pairs of shoes. ·Sexy photos, delicious footwear and as the Guide states, “a riveting experience in footwear fun.” The only problem: I want to try them on, especially those purple ‘tulip heels’ by Prada!"· - Marsha Bemko, Executive Producer, PBS's Antiques Roadshow.

An Armenian museum sued the lawyer for Dr. Jack Kevorkian's estate, claiming he donated his artworks to the museum, not to a niece who claims them. The disputed works include 17 paintings, "writings, some musical compositions, a sweater and a hat."
The Armenian Library and Museum of America, of Watertown, Mass., sued attorney Mayer Morganroth in Middlesex County Court.
Kevorkian, who died in June, became famous for his work in assisted suicide. He was prosecuted unsuccessfully four times, and his medical license was suspended, before he was convicted of second-degree homicide in 1999, in a case in which he dismissed his attorneys and represented himself. He served 8 years of a 10-to-25-year sentence and was paroled in 2007, on the condition he stop assisting in suicides.
Kevorkian also was a jazz musician and painter.
The Armenian Museum claims that in 1999 it approached Kevorkian's curator, the Ariana Gallery in Royal Oak, Mich., to discuss mounting an exhibit of Kevorkian's art.
They agreed on the transfer of 17 Kevorkian paintings and other artwork, including "writings, some musical compositions, a sweater and a hat," according to the complaint.
The museum says the exhibit received considerable attention.
Because Kevorkian was in prison by the time the exhibition appeared, he asked that his sister, Flora Holzheimer, attend the opening on his behalf. During the reception, "Ms. Holzheimer announced that Dr. Kevorkian had instructed her to inform plaintiff that the art work was a gift to plaintiff from Dr. Kevorkian," the museum says in its complaint.
The announcement was made before a substantial audience, and was reported by a local newspaper.
In 2008, after Kevorkian was released from prison, the showed his work again, this time with assistance from the doctor, who explained the meanings of his paintings.
"During the intermission, Dr. Kevorkian stated that he was very pleased that he had donated his entire collection to the plaintiff," the museum says. Again, the donation was reported by a local newspaper.
"In reliance upon this gift, plaintiff maintained and continued to maintain the art work as part of its permanent collection during the twelve years that have since elapsed," the museum says.
But after Kevorkian died on June 3 this year, attorney Morganroth informed the museum that in a will written 17 days before his death, Kevorkian, who never married, had left his entire estate to his niece, Ava Janus.
Morganroth told the museum that the paintings in its possession are scheduled to be auctioned on Oct. 27.
The museum refused to relinquish the paintings, and in an Oct. 4 email, Morganroth accused it of "theft of the estate's property," according to the complaint.
The museum seeks declaratory judgment that it owns the art. The museum is represented by Harold Potter with Holland & Knight, in Boston.

An auction of property owned by the late actor Tony Curtis has angered his children, who say they were not consulted over the sale.

Among the items sold on Saturday was the star's jacket from Some Like It Hot, which raised $48,000

A signed print by Andy Warhol fetched $53,125

The items were sold by Curtis's sixth and last wife, Jill. His daughter Allegra said: "This is not what my dad would have wanted".

The sale, at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, made more than $800,000

It included work by several famous artists, including Warhol, Balthus, Picasso and Chagall, alongside Curtis's own paintings.

Movie memorabilia on sale included the star's Hollywood Walk Of Fame plaque and a dining table he bought from Marlene Dietrich.

Other lots ranged from a Faberge gold and sapphire cigarette case to a rosewood flute given to Curtis by Frank Sinatra.

His children said the artefacts belonged "in a museum".

"Jill Curtis is the only beneficiary of this auction. She did not consult us," Allegra Curtis, daughter of Tony's second wife, actress Christine Kaufmann, told The Hollywood Reporter.

"Jill's even selling off credit cards and driver licenses. She's also selling my dad's letters to Cary Grant, Jerry Lewis, Picasso... it's the dissemination of the estate of Tony Curtis. He deserves better."  Darren Julien, who ran the auction, disagreed.

"Tony came to many of our auctions with Jill and said he wanted Julien's to handle his auction after he died," he said.

"I know this is exactly what he wanted."

Curtis was one of Hollywood's most fondly remembered stars when he died last September, aged 85.

He made more than 120 movies, including Some Like It Hot, and Spartacus.