Featuring Masterworks by Historic Cape Ann Artists Offered in Rockport Art Association & Museum’s 39th Annual Art Auction on Saturday, May 4, 2024, 2:00 PM (EST).
Live Online Only Auction via LiveAuctioneers:
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/326151_rockport-art-association-and-museum-art-auction/
Auction Preview Exhibition in the Hibbard and Maddocks Galleries of the RAA&M:
Saturday, April 20 – Saturday, May 4, 2024.
Auction Preview Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10am – 5pm; Sunday, 12–5pm (Saturday, May 4th, 10am – 12pm).
Bidding is available live online via LiveAuctioneers.com (with advanced registration) or by submitting an in-house absentee bid directly with the RAA&M in advance. Auction Sneak Peek video episodes with noted Cape Ann historian and author Judith A. Curtis are featured on the RAA&M website and YouTube channel.
More information and an online photo catalog of all auction lots is posted on the RAA&M website: www.rockportartassn.org/auction







Over the years, the Annual Art Auction, a major fundraiser for the Rockport Art Association & Museum (RAA&M), has become a highly anticipated event. As a prestigious art auction, it attracts serious collectors throughout the country, as well as those just starting an art collection.
Live online from the RAA&M’s Hibbard Gallery, this year’s auction features works by master Cape Ann artists of the past including Aldro T. Hibbard, Emile Gruppé, Anthony Thieme, Antonio Cirino, Jane Peterson, W. Lester Stevens, Paul Strisik, Charles Paul Gruppé, Gordon Grant, Carl W. Peters, William Meyerowitz, Emma Fordyce MacRae, and Frederick J. Waugh, among many others. The auction specializes in Cape Ann art, but is not limited to this region and also includes works by numerous other prominent historic American artists. Also represented in this year’s auction are John Marin, Paul Dougherty, Harrison Bird Brown, and Daniel Ridgway Knight.
The auction, now in its 39th year, began with a bequest by founding RAA&M member Antonio Cirino (1888-1983). Cirino left his artwork to the Association with the stipulation that the art be auctioned to help support the organization. The auction quickly evolved to include other historic Cape Ann artists, and has been the Association’s major annual fundraising event ever since.
