(Oceanside, N.Y.) – A rare T206 Honus Wagner baseball card – one of only a handful of known examples released into circulation in the early 1900s by the American Tobacco Company and often called the Holy Grail of sports collectibles – soared to $791,000 at a three-day multi-estate sale held Nov. 21-23 [Read More]
Daily Archives: November 24, 2008
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(St. Charles, Mo.) – An exceptionally rare, dark cranberry cut to clear tankard by Dorflinger, cut in the fine #99 pattern and boasting a fine embossed vintage spout with monogram “S.V.S.” signed Tiffany & Company, with mark “C” (for Charles C. Cook, the president of Tiffany from 1902-1907), soared to $49,000 at [Read More]
The auction of UK Carbon Allowances for Phase II of the EU Emissions Trading System will be conducted via the auction system on the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL(R) service. This will be the first-ever auction of UK Carbon Allowances. The United Kingdom Debt Management Office (“DMO”), the Executive Agency of Her Majesty’s Treasury for [Read More]
J. P. King Auction Company, the nation’s leading auction marketing firm specializing in high-value properties, is selling seven Soaring Eagle Lodge condominiums at absolute auction, to the highest bidder in Snowshoe, West Virginia on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 1 p.m. “The area features more than 60 trails and is considered one [Read More]
Christie’s will present their bi-annual series of exhibitions and auctions dedicated to Russian art from 24 to 27 November in London. Russian Art Week will offer important Russian paintings and works of art, a fine selection of Russian Silver including a unique soup tureen in the form of a battle ship, selected [Read More]
The sale, at Nantwich, Cheshire, fine art auctioneers Peter Wilson on Saturday December 6, is expected to raise around £50,000. One car – the Bugatti Type 59, the pinnacle of any Scalextric collection – will draw enthusiast bidders to the sale from around the world. Of the 40-50 original examples made, probably [Read More]