Archive for the 'Antiques PR' Category

Real Enough To Fly Away - Carved Birds Take Flight in North Carolina on May 3

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Masterful bird carvings by Texas artist/sculptor/carver James Eddleman to cross the block at Jack Eubanks Auctions in Brevard.
In 1971 a South Florida real estate developer was visiting in Texas when he saw the most remarkable carving of a bird he had ever seen in Texas Highway Magazine. The magazine contained an article about the carver, […]

Silver fit for a Queen at Charterhouse Auction

Monday, April 14th, 2008

A massive Victorian silver gilt cup and cover by the Garrards, Gold and Silversmiths to the Queen, is going under the Charterhouse hammer in their auction of silver and jewellery on Friday 16th May.
“Garrards are certainly the oldest firm of gold and silversmiths which were founded in 1735 and probably the most well known.” Commented […]

Arrowhead Bluffs Museum Winchester Gun Collection To Sell At Auction

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Auction includes historic and antique firearms.
The entire Winchester collection of the Arrowhead Bluffs Museum will be sold at unreserved public auction April 18-19, 2008, at Kull & Supica Firearms Auction in Topeka Kansas. Over 1,000 antique, collectable & sporting firearms will sell Friday and Saturday in the 1,500 lot auction.
The Wabasha, MN, based museum is […]

“Your Move” at the Chess Collector’s International Biennial Auction

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

(WEST PALM BEACH, FL) – In conjunction with Chess Collectors International’s 13th Biennial Convention in Boca Raton April 29 – May 4, Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches will host the CCI Biennial Auction of chess sets, memorabilia and related ephemera from around the world on May 1, 2008.
This will be the first […]

Bidders Spur into Action at Charterhouse Auction

Monday, April 7th, 2008

A pair of polished steel spurs with 49 six inch diameter rowels (or spikes) is included in the Charterhouse auction in Sherborne on Friday 18th April.
“We often come across the weird and wonderful in our business and these certainly fit into this box.” Commented Richard Bromell. “The spurs, resplendent in polished steel and with floral […]