The expected top lot is a Harbor Petroleum single-sided porcelain sign with sea plane graphics. (PEOTONE, Ill.) – Around 600 outstanding, high-value gas station and automobile signs will be featured in a Spring Petroliana & Advertising Auction scheduled for Feb. 28-Mar. 1 by Matthews Auctions, LLC, based in Nokomis, Ill. The auction [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2013
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Part two of a vast collection of antique scent bottles is to be offered at auction in Lichfield on 13th February and is expected to draw worldwide interest. The lifetime collection amassed by a local client comprises hundreds of the tiny bottles. Part one was sold in November last year and part [Read More]
Bonhams announce its second-ever annual sale solely devoted to Art of the South Seas, February 10 in San Francisco. The auction will include fresh-to-the-market Polynesian, Micronesian, Melanesian, Indonesian and Australian works of art made for use by those within their respective cultures. Highlights of the auction will include an important and rare [Read More]
Skinner, Inc., one of the world’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host an auction of Asian Works of Art on January 31st in its Marlborough gallery. Concurrently, lots will also be offered on January 28th through February 6th online with Skinner’s new timed auction platform. Red and Blue [Read More]
Dedham, MA – On Sunday, January 20th, Grogan and Company Fine Art Auctioneers will conduct an important auction of over 300 fine Oriental Rugs and Carpets from several prominent collections, including examples from noted author and rug expert James Opie. The exhibition will begin on Monday, January 14th and run through January [Read More]
“The compilation of these collections were truly a labor of love,” begins Garth’s chief executive, Jeff Jeffers. “Together, they represent an outstanding assemblage of country Americana and folk art that is hard to find.” The collections to which Jeffers refers belong to an unnamed Texas gentleman and John and Rose Anna Kolar [Read More]
With Asian material encompassing more than half of the 762 lots offered in their late January auction, Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraisers is hoping to celebrate the Chinese New Year just a few weeks early with fireworks in the sale room. Lot 7 CARVED IVORY SKULL. Japan, Edo/Takugawa (1600-1868). Finely carved skull with [Read More]
On January 10th at Bally’s in Las Vegas, 15 motorcycles from the Lawrence E. Lattin Collection will join an assembly of over 160 other motorcycles of various vintages at Bonhams’ already-famous third annual Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction. 1957 Ariel Square Four Of these 175+ motorcycles, some are extremely rare, some are quite [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. will host a Discovery auction on January 9th and 10th in its Marlborough gallery. The two-day sale presents an excellent assortment of Victorian and 20th century furnishings, as well as an extensive collection of European and American ceramics. Group of Wedgwood Ceramics and Glass Skinner’s first Discovery auction of 2013 [Read More]
Around 400 lots of quality merchandise in an eclectic mix of categories will be sold without reserve (everything goes, regardless of price) in an auction slated for Saturday, Jan. 12, by Broken Arch Auction Gallery, starting at 6 p.m. The sale will be held in Broken Arch’s gallery, at 60 Monticello Road [Read More]
One of the first 150 civilian Colt single action revolvers ever produced brought $284,410 to lead Heritage Auctions’ $1.8+ million Arms & Armor Signature® Auction on Dec. 9. More than 1,100 bidders competed for Colt rarities ranging from an exceptional 1860 Army percussion revolver, which brought $131,450, to an 1862 police percussion [Read More]