An important single owner collection of quality 18th and early 19th century glass, including decanters from the celebrated Irish Distillery, Bushmills Distillery, and rare stipple engraved and diamond point engraved drinking glasses, will be offered in Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ Summer Sale Day 1: Painting, Asian & European Glass & Ceramics on [Read More]
Monthly Archives: July 2014
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Butterscotch in confectionary terms is made primarily of brown sugar and butter and the colour, a delightful rich golden hue. The same term is used to describe some types of amber, a fossilized tree resin, (not sap) which has been highly prized for its colour and natural beauty since Neolithic times. It [Read More]
It’s the annual Best of Santa Fe auction, hosted by Allard Auctions at historic Scottish Rites Hall SANTA FE, N.M. – Around 900 lots of Western and Native art, American Indian artifacts and related collectibles will come up for bid at the Best of Santa Fe auction, an annual event hosted by [Read More]
In the wake of Old Masters Week, two original chalk studies for lost paintings by Benjamin West found impressive price tags at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ sale of Watercolours, Drawings & Prints, selling for a combined total of £138,880. Richard Carroll, Pictures Department at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions said: “When the West [Read More]
On Friday, August 1st beginning at 9:00 am, over 1100 lots will cross the block in Garth’s August Eclectic sale. Bidders can stay cool inside as Garth’s presents a wide array of items including a quality collection of Ohio pottery, sterling silver, original artwork, wooden primitives, contemporary furniture, cast iron fire trucks, [Read More]
MEMPHIS, TN Highlights of the rare Elvis Presley artifacts to be included in the first-ever “Auction at Graceland” were announced today, along with registration and catalog ordering details for the auction, which will be held on Thursday, August 14, 2014 at 8 pm Eastern / 7 pm Central. Fans and collectors from [Read More]
The auction will be conducted by Stevens Auction Company, starting at 10 a.m. Central time. ABERDEEN, Miss. – Quality antique items from three prominent area estates – to include Federal, Empire and Victorian furniture, original works of art, hand-made Persian rugs, antique clocks, china, rare lighting and hundreds of collectibles – will [Read More]
Dedham, MA: On Friday, August 1st, Grogan and Company will conduct an auction featuring a wide array of items from the Estate of Celia Thaxter Hubbard. The contents of her Cambridge and Brewster, Massachusetts homes include a vast collection of folk art, decorative arts, paintings, American furniture, silver, and jewelry. There will [Read More]
The many fine items are only being sold because the homeowner is relocating overseas, to Spain NEWTOWN, Conn. – The contents of a gorgeous 4,000-square-foot home on Silver City Road in Newtown valued at over $500,000 – 10 rooms, all of them beautifully decorated with quality items purchased 4-5 years ago and [Read More]
The event will be held in the firm’s gallery, located at 715 Miami Circle (Ste. 210) in Atlanta. ATLANTA, Ga. – Around 1,000 lots of quality, fresh merchandise in a wide array of categories – fine art by noted listed artists, wonderful period and modern furniture pieces, a collection of antique tortoiseshell [Read More]
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, together with The Auction Room, sold a selection of works from The Royal Agricultural Society of England in a ground-breaking bidding initiative that saw the auctioneering duo offer pre-auction timed bidding via www.theauctionroom.com, followed by a live auction held at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ busy saleroom in London’s [Read More]
Jewellery and silver from the second half of the 20th Century stole the hearts of bidders at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions last week, proving the collectability and huge international demand for works of this type in the current market. A comprehensive collection of Gerald Benney, silver led the Fine Silver auction that [Read More]
BOULDER COUNTY, CO – It doesn’t have to cost an Etruscan king’s ransom or an Egyptian pharoah’s arm and a leg to collect ancient art and antiquities. There’s an entry level that nearly any aspiring collector can afford, says Teresa Dodge, executive director of Artemis Gallery, whose Summer Discovery Auction is slated [Read More]
The auction will be conducted by Philip Weiss Auctions in Lynbrook, NY, at 1 p.m. Eastern time. LYNBROOK, N.Y. – A summer sale spectacular featuring over 700 lots of historical items, militaria, posters, rare books, rock ‘n’ roll, ocean liner memorabilia, aviation collectibles and more will be held Wednesday, July 23rd, by [Read More]
1694 was quite an eventful year. On 27th July the Bank of England was founded through Royal Charter and resulted in the first ever Government debt. It was the year of the Great Fire of Warwick and the year Queen Mary II of England died of smallpox leaving William III to rule [Read More]
The first purely Islamic coin, an exceptionally rare Umayyad 77h Gold Dinar, will be drawing in the collectors at A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd.’s forthcoming Islamic Coin Auction 26. The sale will be held on Wednesday 6 August 2014 in London. Graham Byfield, Islamic Coin specialist at A. H. Baldwin & [Read More]
A stocking, formerly the property of HM Queen Victoria has been discovered and is coming up for auction. The single white silk stocking worn by our longest serving monarch was discovered in Lichfield. Its origins as to how it came to fruition are cloaked in mystery and intrigue. One can only speculate [Read More]
The estates auction will be conducted by Crescent City Auction Gallery in New Orleans, La. NEW ORLEANS, La. – An important figural oil on canvas painting by the renowned Brazilian artist Emiliano di Cavalcanti (1897-1976), rendered in 1948 and titled Pescadores (Spanish for “Fishermen”), is expected to bring $150,000-$250,000 at an estates [Read More]