Bidding has opened for Hake’s Americana & Collectibles Auction #194, which features a diverse and exciting range of items from multiple pedigreed collections, will close June 3-5, 2008. Offerings in the event, which are presently available online at www.hakes.com, include top items from the Tomart Archives, the Disneyana collections of Deak Stagemyer [Read More]
Daily Archives: June 1, 2008
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New York – Swann Galleries’ May 15 auction of Photographic Literature & Photographs opened with an excellent selection of photo books, including very desirable Surrealist works. These included the auction’s top-selling lot, a numbered and signed copy of Hans Bellmer’s Les Jeux de la Poupée, one of 142, Paris, 1949, which brought [Read More]
The auction featured important Kremer family heirlooms, including a 1779 land indenture signed by Sarah Mickley, who has a close connection to United States history. During the Revolutionary War, when British troops overtook Philadelphia in 1777, Philadelphia’s Executive Council immediately ordered that eleven bells – the Liberty Bell (then called the State [Read More]
The Pook & Pook, Inc., June 12 and 13, variety sale will include items from a Philadelphia Educational Institution and a Pennsylvania Historical Society. The 1,400 plus lots, to begin being sold at 10 a.m. both days, will showcase American period, formal and painted country furniture, fine porcelains, textiles, silver, pottery, firearms, [Read More]
Since Mastro Auctions introduced its Classic Collector events a couple years ago, the sales have been a bonafide industry hit. Never has that fact been more obvious than when Mastro Auctions prepared for its June Classic Collector event. According to Doug Allen, COO and president of Mastro Auctions, consignments for the June [Read More]