BOULDER, Colo. – Once in a great while, an auction house is blessed with an “embarrassment of riches.” That may very well describe the offerings in Artemis Gallery’s Oct. 23-24 absentee/online auction of antiquities, Pre-Columbian and tribal art, featuring the collection of career diplomat William N. Dale. “This is surely one of [Read More]
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Donnington Priory – A Jean Victor Bertin oil on canvas, stunning Royal Worcester china and 18 volumes of Gazette du Bon headline day one of Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ October two-day Interiors sale. Day two will feature rare items of furniture including a George II console table, an 18th century North Italian [Read More]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – An original Picasso artwork from the collection of a French-born resident of Palm Beach, Florida, will headline Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches’ (AGOPB) October 27 Fine & Decorative Art and Antiques Auction. Titled “Bouquet de Provence,” the vibrant crayon-on-paper drawing is artist-signed and expected to realize [Read More]
The check was endorsed on the back by Gehrig. Also, a Babe Ruth signed card brings $14,375. LYNBROOK, N.Y. – A paycheck from 1930 issued to New York Yankees legend Lou Gehrig, endorsed on the back by him (“Henry Louis Gehrig”) and signed on the front by team officials Jacob Ruppert and [Read More]
Lincoln, UK. Following on from Unique Auctions extremely successful Antique Chandeliers & Lighting auction in 2012, Unique Auctions are delighted once again to present another major collection of Antique Chandeliers & Vintage Lighting to auction on the 9th November at our Lincoln, Whisby Road auction rooms. The auction will include nearly 1,000 [Read More]
The auction was held in the firm’s gallery, located at 715 Miami Circle (Ste. 210) in Atlanta. ATLANTA, GA. – An original oil on board painting by the noted Armenian-American artist Hovsep Pushman (1877-1966), titled Sacred Lotus of the Nile and depicting a lady at bust length with dark hair and wearing [Read More]
Bloomsbury Auctions’ Modern & Contemporary Prints sale on Wednesday 29th October offers collectors the opportunity to invest in affordable prints from some the most famous names of 20th Century British, Post War Contemporary and Modern Art. A further tranche of prints from the Michael Rand collection of Henry Moore and a collection [Read More]
The auction will be held in Fontaine’s gallery, at 1485 W. Housatonic Street in Pittsfield, Mass. PITTSFIELD, Mass. – A monumental 14-piece figural carved oak dining room suite by R. J. Horner, an equally impressive five-piece marble-top Renaissance Revival bedroom suite, a 22-inch Tiffany Studios banded Dogwood table lamp and a rare [Read More]
Roseberys 4 October Modern and Contemporary Prints auction marked the company’s first foray in to a series of specialist auctions. Results from the sale were impressive with 75% of the 300 lot sale selling for £123,708 (including buyer’s premium at 20%) Roseberys Managing Director Ian Cadzow said: “We are very pleased with [Read More]
Rare Chinese and Asian Banknotes & Scripophily were auctioned Sept. 27, in association with Kelleher & Rogers, Ltd., Fine Asian Auctions, a premier Hong Kong philatelic auction house. HONG KONG, China – A beautiful Netherlands Trading Society $5 color trial specimen nearly doubled its pre-sale high estimate of $4,935 by hammering for [Read More]
Sale to Highlight Innovations and New Leaders in the Historic Region Including Wines Directly From: Cheval Blanc, Montrose, Pichon Lalande The Fox Cellar The Dr. Robert Shoemaker Collection (Chicago, IL) – HDH is excited to announce a special auction, A Celebration of Bordeaux, on October 31st and November 1st dedicated solely to [Read More]
Historic Banknotes, Coins, Medals and Scripophily to be offered including possibly the finest known 1885 President Cleveland Indian Peace Medal FORT LEE, N.J. – Archives International Auctions will offer 1,450 lots of U.S. and worldwide banknotes, coins, medals, scripophily (stock and bond certificates) and security printing ephemera in a pair of auctions [Read More]
London – 18th Century Tokens that have been hidden from the public for over half a century had their first outing in A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd’s Auction 92 on Tuesday 30th September. With every one of the lots offered in the sale finding a buyer, for a sale total of [Read More]
The auction featured around 800 lots of Mid-Century Modern, original artwork, art glass, more. GENESEO, N.Y. – Three outstanding, early 20th century lots from Tiffany Studios – a memorial stained glass window titled Angel of Resurrection, a gorgeous Poppy lamp and a pair of unusual turtleback leaded glass hanging domes – sold [Read More]
Sold will be fine antique furnishings, John Deere equipment, old cars, statues, fountains, more. TUPELO, Miss. – Items from the estate of the late George Ruff of Tupelo – a renowned local car dealer and real estate figure in town who amassed many fine antique items prior to his passing – will [Read More]
Two firms will conduct the sale: Tim’s, Inc. Auctions and Litchfield Real Estate Auctions, LLC. GOSHEN, Conn. – Residents of Connecticut or even beyond who have never experienced the wonder of an old-fashioned country auction might want to mark their calendars for Saturday, November 1st, starting at 11 a.m. That’s when three [Read More]
Jewellery The Art Deco era reigned supreme here with masses of pre-sale enquiries on Lot 6 a 1930’s platinum, diamond and sapphire ring which typified the era. After an intense bidding war it finally sold to a UK phone bidder for £2,600. Also from the golden age of cocktail parties and Hollywood [Read More]
Lincoln, UK. Unique Auctions are delighted to announce their first Comics & Comic Art auction on the 5th October which will include British and American comics from the 1950s onwards. There are three main collections in the sale of nearly 200 lots and features Batman, Spiderman, Fantastic Four etc. The lots includes [Read More]