Archive for September, 2008

THE ESTATE OF HENRY BROWNELL WILL LEAD A 450-LOT MULTI-ESTATE AUCTION PLANNED FOR OCTOBER 18 BY FONTAINE’S AUCTION GALLERY

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

(Pittsfield, Mass.) - A splendid period Queen Anne lowboy, made around 1750 in New Hampshire and with front ball-and-claw feet and the original brass hardware, is the expected headliner at a multi-estate sale slated for Saturday, Oct. 18, by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery.
The lowboy, showing great proportions at 31-1/2 inches tall by 31-1/2 inches wide, will […]

J. P. King Auction Company named winner of the 2008 Summit Creative Award

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

J. P. King Auction Company, the nation’s leading real estate auction marketing firm specializing in luxury properties, has been selected as the winner of the 2008 Summit Creative Award. The award celebrates the creative accomplishments of small and medium sized creative companies throughout the world. Of the thousands of submissions from more than 20 […]

World Records Set at Skinner Fine Wine Sale

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

BOLTON, Mass. – September 30, 2008 – www.skinnerinc.com - Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, today announced it has set several world records for some of the most expensive bottles of fine wine sold at auction. At the recent Boston sale of Fine Wines, held September 19, […]

Part II of the Historic Alschuler Antique Paperweight Collection Expected to Set Records at Auction

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

L. H. Selman Ltd., premier antique paperweight dealer, is gearing up for its forty-second semi-annual paperweight auction. “Due to the overwhelming response to the Alschuler Auction Part I, we anticipate another exceptional sale this fall,” says Larry Selman. The second half of the Sam and Winifred Alschuler collection includes many of the most important […]

Ketterer Kunst to auction rare letter documenting the first circumnavigation of the globe

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Hamburg (kk) - For € 80 000 it could be yours: the first empirical proof that the earth is round. The extremely rare original edition of a letter from Maximilianus Transsylvanus, secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, is to go under the hammer at the Ketterer Kunst auction of Rare Books - Manuscripts […]