(OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – A block of six rare Canadian error stamps (Scott 387A), never hinged, from the corner of the sheet, sold for $50,850 at a multi-estate sale held May 8-9 by Philip Weiss Auctions. It was the first of two weekend May events conducted by the firm; the other was held [Read More]
Daily Archives: June 4, 2009
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Rick Levin & Associates, Inc., a Chicago-based real estate auction marketing firm, announced it will conduct four multiple-property auctions of 135 residential properties including single-family homes, condominiums, townhomes and rowhomes located in Chicago, Grayslake, Libertyville, Lombard, Mt. Prospect and Schiller Park plus a homesite in Lincolnshire and a vacant parcel in Chicago. [Read More]
A realistically carved circa-1910 Looff “jumper” carousel horse with a ruffled mane and patriotic symbols on its saddle crossed the finish line in first place at Mosby & Co’s May 15 auction premiere. The 63-inch-long figure, with real horsehair tail and a custom-made, wheeled platform left the gate with a $5,000 bid [Read More]
(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) – About 300 fresh-to-the-market lots from a pair of prominent local estates will be sold on Saturday, June 27, in a live and Internet auction to be held by Specialists of the South, Inc. (www.SpecialistsoftheSouth.com). Offered will be fine period furniture; rare and vintage postage stamps; collectible china and [Read More]
Interest from European and American collectors and dealers was particularly noticeable in Bloomsbury’s recent Posters sale on 28th May. Transport and sport played a big part in the auction; luxury travel of the 1920s was especially popular and The Golden Arrow, Cie Wagons Lits by WS Bylityilis (lot 12) made a very [Read More]
Rare works by top Russian artists Konstantin Somov, Alexei Harlamoff and Nikolai Bogdanov-Bel’sky are just some of the lots at the Russian sale at Bonhams New Bond Street on Monday 8 June. One important piece set to go under the hammer is Repose at Sunset by Somov, dated 1922. The painting is [Read More]
Heavily discounted distressed properties are attracting droves of homebuyers and driving sales gains in foreclosure laden states like California. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), in the first quarter of 2008, California home sales surged 80%. Buyers hungry for foreclosed property will find plenty of deals on investor and move-in [Read More]
Legendary Auctions, a leading Sports and American auction house will offer collectors a unique opportunity to own a treasured piece of baseball history. The auction house will offer a one-time sale of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame (MSHOF) bronze plaques of diamond legends in their June sales events. Bidding in the [Read More]