(NORTHPORT, Ala.) – A monumental Sheraton-style dining room suite – comprising a 10-foot Regency table, a set of ten Maitland Smith dining chairs and a massive breakfront – sold for $11,550 at a multi estate sale held May 3 by Hal Hunt Auctions. The suite was only made within the last 20 [Read More]
Daily Archives: May 15, 2009
Online real estate auction leader RealtyBid.com will hold an online auction of up to 14 luxury condominiums at The Grander at Orange Beach development in Orange Beach, Ala., Sunday, May 17 through Thursday, May 21. Grander is situated on Terry Cove in the beach community of Orange Beach. According to RealtyBid.com CEO/President [Read More]
(ABERDEEN, Miss.) – The living estate of Katherine Creamer – a dedicated and discerning antiques collector from Mobile, Ala., whose stately mansion was built specially to contain her vast collections – will be sold on Saturday, June 13, starting at 10 a.m., by Stevens Auction Gallery. The Mobile mansion, as well as [Read More]
On Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009, John Moran Auctioneers will host the second of their tri-annual California and American paintings sales scheduled for 2009. Market leaders in pre-1940 works in oil and watercolor, Moran’s is once again delighted to offer a strong selection of over 160 paintings. In addition to California and American [Read More]
A splendid Ming dynasty jar, a rare survivor from a vanished era of Imperial Chinese prestige, sold today (14.5.09) for £1,117,600 in a packed sale at Bonhams New Bond Street. Created in the reign of the Emperor Jiajing (AD1522-66), and estimated to sell for up to £250,000, the elegant understated blue and [Read More]
The Charterhouse auction of classic cars, motorbikes and automobilia at The Bristol Classic Car Show in The Royal Bath and West Showground on Sunday 3rd May was a near sell out with an impressive total of over £200,000. “It was a great sale with buyers not only from the South West, but [Read More]
Global Real Estate Auctions, Inc. announces today the upcoming auction of 11 brand new townhomes and one cottage at the Diamond Point development in New Buffalo, Mich., one of the Chicago area’s fastest-growing and most accessible lakeshore resort towns, with newly improved rail access that now beats many local suburbs for fast [Read More]
Christie’s upcoming sale Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes offers collectors an incredible opportunity to purchase a unique treasure with exceptional provenance, on sale for the first time in nearly two centuries: a Meissen gold-mounted circular snuff-box and cover, circa 1738 (estimate: £25,000-40,000) illustrated above. This enchanting [Read More]