The auction will be held on-site, at Bella Vida in Aberdeen, Miss., by Stevens Auction Company (ABERDEEN, Miss.) – The estate of the late J.T. Boudreaux of southern Louisiana, plus the contents of the magnificent Bella Vida mansion, will be sold Saturday, May 1, beginning promptly at 9 a.m. (CST). The on-site [Read More]
Daily Archives: April 22, 2010
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Concierge Auctions (www.conciergeauctions.com), the leading luxury real estate auction company, has selected Tower 56 (126 East 56th Street) in Manhattan as its headquarters, announced CEO George Graham. The new office will house the company’s executive team, led by Graham. Concierge Auctions operates nationwide and is a preferred auction provider to Sotheby’s International [Read More]
The former Toledo Masonic Center on Heatherdowns Boulevard in Toledo will sell at auction Tuesday, June 1, along with 29 acres of surrounding land, according to Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company. “In keeping with nationwide trends, the Masonic lodges that used the facility had a net loss in membership over the [Read More]
A small kreutzer coin, that was all a single stamp from the sheet coming up for auction at Vienna Dorotheum on 4th May 2010 once cost. The quarter sheet on offer consists of 45 stamps and is a real rarity. The stamp had its debut on 1. 11. 1849 as one of [Read More]
Some of Mark Twains letters and unpublished memoirs are to be sold on June 17 at Sotheby’s in New York, where they could fetch up to 1 million dollars, the auction house announced . The announcement came on the 100th anniversary of Twain’s death on April 21, 1910, after his storied lifetime [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York spring sale of African, Oceanic and Pre Columbian Art will be held on 14 May 2010 and will offer collectors a selection of tribal arts from important American and international private collections. The auction comprises an especially rich offering of Oceanic works of art, many of which are icons [Read More]
When the British Expeditionary Force of 1901 was sent to lift the siege of the British Legation in Beijing and quell the Boxer Rebellion it is known that they entered the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. As a result of this military initiative Chinese works of art including two monumental screens [Read More]
Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., the leading hybrid model salvage auto auction company and a wholly owned subsidiary of KAR Auction Services, Inc. (NYSE: KAR), announced their new facility in Anchorage, Alaska. This marks the 14th branch location in IAA’s northwest region and adds to the more than 150 locations throughout North America. [Read More]
On April 28-29, 2010, Cowan’s salesroom in Cincinnati, Ohio, will offer over 1200 lots of relics and weaponry from the Civil War to WWII. Featured in the auction are nearly 500 lots related to the U.S. Cavalry, from the Estate of Thomas Adlon, Visalia, California, the Estate of Richard R. Lea, Ft. [Read More]
On April 27, Dan Morphy Auctions will present a 274-lot specialty sale featuring new, used and antique firearms; edged weapons, military antiques and Civil War memorabilia. “In our past auctions, antique and collectible firearms proved to be a highly popular category, so in response to many, many requests, we decided to add [Read More]