Included will be an historic bedroom suite once owned by the second wife of Jefferson Davis. (ABERDEEN, Miss.) – The antique furnishings of three prominent old Mississippi estates will be sold Saturday, Aug, 20, at 10 a.m. (CDT), by Stevens Auction Company, in the firm’s air-conditioned gallery at 609 North Meridian Street [Read More]
Daily Archives: August 5, 2011
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Bonhams announce that it will be offering what is considered one of the most significant surviving Bentleys in the world today at its Quail Lodge auction on August 18-19 in Carmel, California. The E. Bullivant 1927 Bentley 6½ Liter Sports Tourer with its original Coachwork by Vanden Plas is widely regarded as [Read More]
SOUVENIRS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SLEEPER-TRAIN COMPANY Christie’s announce the sale of souvenirs from the international sleeper-train company, including prints, posters, works of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art, Furniture and Works of Art, Porcelain and Silver, on Tuesday 27 September 2011. An icon of the Art Deco movement, the legendary Venice Simplon-Orient-Express train [Read More]
The auctions – slated for Sept. 15, Sept. 23-25 and Oct. 21-23 – will be held in Oceanside, N.Y. (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – Most auction houses can brag about having maybe one three-day sale per year, if that, but Philip Weiss Auctions has two such events planned for back-to-back months — on Sept. [Read More]