LandAmerica artworks up for auction

LandAmerica Financial Group Inc. is auctioning off photos, artwork, posters, prints, lamps, furniture and other items owned by the bankrupt Henrico County-based title insurer.

Interested buyers can now bid on the 100 items.

The artwork ranges from landscapes and cityscapes, to abstract and impressionist works.

The bids range in price -- thus far -- from $1.51 to $5,000.

John M. Barber's "Canada Geese -- Talbot Country morning" is currently fetching the top bid. Barber is an artist known for capturing life along the Chesapeake Bay.

LandAmerica's art collection can be viewed at the company's Web site or in person by appointment.

The highest bid amounts will be posted on the LandAmerica Web site at 5 p.m. Thursday and at noon Monday. The bidding ends at 5 p.m. Monday. .

Winning bidders will be notified Sept. 4.

For questions or to schedule a meeting, call Jeff Smith at (804) 267-8778 or e-mail him at .

-- Emily C. Dooley