A haul of vintage watches has just totalled £9,200 at a Lichfield Auction this week on 25th November. The collection of wristwatches dating from c.1910 to the present day was discovered on a valuation day in Lichfield. Adrian Rathbone, Head of Fine Arts at Richard Winterton Auctioneers of Lichfield comments: ‘The collection [Read More]
Monthly Archives: November 2014
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Featured: Egyptian bronze Osiris, marble of Aphrodite from Greek island of Rhodes MONTROSE, CA – In 2003, after years of producing and writing ancient-history documentaries for History Channel, Discovery Channel and other respected networks, Gabriel Vandervort took his considerable knowledge and love of antiquities down a different path. He founded Ancient Resource [Read More]
London – Roseberys 9-10 December sale of Fine Art will showcase some of the most exceptional pieces of Asian Art ever to be offered for sale by the auction house, and will include what is believed to be an excessively rare 18th century Imperial cloisonné enamel hat box. From a Dorset manor [Read More]
The on-site auction will feature nearly 30 trucks by names like Corbitt, Oren, Autocar and Mack. GREENSBORO, N.C. – Nearly 30 rare, antique big-rig trucks from the lifetime collection of the late Donald A. Smith – with desirable examples by makers such as Corbitt, Mack, Autocar and Oren, plus many parts, ornaments [Read More]
The Oct. 25th session was held in New York City; the Nov. 4th session was held in Fort Lee, N.J. FORT LEE, N.J. – A pair of rare and high-grade 1939 sequential banknotes from the Palestine Currency Board, each in the amount of 10 Palestine Pounds, sold for $31,860 and $34,220 at [Read More]
A rare folding single bed has just totalled £1,700 at auction in Lichfield. Lot 1546 is not however your average folding bed but a rare nineteenth century ‘Campaign’ bed. ‘Campaign’ furniture refers to articles of furniture made to break down or fold up to make it easier to move around on military [Read More]
The auction featured around 800 lots of American Indian artifacts, art and related collectibles. MESA, Ariz. – An early 1970s 14kt gold necklace set with a #8 spider web turquoise stone sold for $5,750 at Big Fall Phoenix, an auction held Nov. 8-9 by Allard Auctions, Inc., based in Saint Ignatius, Mont. [Read More]
London – A unique colour trial proof for ‘Blackglama’ from Andy Warhol’s renowned ‘Ads’ series joins a substantial collection of both unusual and iconic works from all periods of Warhol’s artistic career in a sale of Modern & Contemporary Prints at Bloomsbury Auctions on Wednesday 3rd December. Blackglama was one of the [Read More]
Two firms conducted the sale: Tim’s, Inc. Auctions and Litchfield Real Estate Auctions, LLC. GOSHEN, Conn. – A turquoise blue 1957 Buick Special in showroom condition sped off for $8,610, an antique Nantucket sewing basket with swinging handle fetched $4,500, a 19th century walnut grandfather clock with carved angels rose to $6,250, [Read More]
London – Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions are delighted to be offering the working library of the late Rosemary Verey (1918-2001), one of the most distinguished and influential garden designers of the 20th Century, in the sale of Printed Books & Manuscripts on Wednesday 17th December 2014. The sale will be held at [Read More]
Final Sale of 2014 Will Feature Highly-Sought Burgundy, Classic Bordeaux & Rare New World Wines and is Expected to Achieve an Astounding $4.7-$7.0 Million (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., the largest U.S. wine auction house, will wrap up 2014 with a thrilling auction of finest and rarest wines on [Read More]
On Friday, November 28th beginning at 10am, Garth’s Auctioneers and Appraisers will host the 54th Annual Thanksgiving Americana Auction. “Over the years, this annual event has granted us the opportunity to express the gratitude we feel towards our clients – many who have become friends, while we celebrate our country’s rich material [Read More]
London – An exceptional private single owner collection of Bilston and other English enamels will be offered in Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions sale of Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu on Thursday 27th November. The collection dates from mid-18th century during the most prolific period of enamel production in Bilston. David Rees, [Read More]
London – With works spanning all media, Bloomsbury Auctions are delighted to be celebrating the career of pioneering British Surrealist Stanley William Hayter (1901-1988), with the collection, Stanley William Hayter Painter-Printmaker on Wednesday 26th November during the sale of Modern & Contemporary British Art. In one the largest and most extensive assemblages [Read More]
London – A group of early drawings by Walter Richard Sickert will join one of his last ever paintings in a sale of Modern & Contemporary British Art at Bloomsbury Auctions on Wednesday 26th November. Paintings by War Artist David Bomberg, Ivon Hitchens, Graham Sutherland and others will follow the Stanley William [Read More]
The robot was the top lot in a sale dedicated mainly to toys, trains, toy soldiers and die-casts. LYNBROOK, N.Y. – A vintage, original, battery-operated “Machine Man” toy robot, made in Japan in the 1950s by Modern Toys and standing 14 ¾ inches tall, sailed past its pre-auction estimate of $15,000-$25,000 to [Read More]
The annex facility is located across the street from the main gallery, at 1401 St. Charles Avenue. NEW ORLEANS, La. – The global demand for antiquities at auction has increased and New Orleans is no exception. Crescent City Auction Gallery, one of the top three auction companies in New Orleans, has opened [Read More]
On Tuesday 25th November Richard Winterton Auctioneers of Lichfield will be offering for auction the David Prosser collection of vintage toys and model trains. David Prosser (b.1943) (or Pross as he was affectionately known in his youth) is a proud Brummie through and through. Born and brought up in the Stechford area [Read More]