NEW YORK, N.Y. – Life’s about to get a whole lot easier for Americans who like to buy their fine art, antiques and collectibles through internet auction. Barnebys.com, the Swedish-based auction aggregator that features, at any given time, over a half million items for sale through about 1,000 auction houses worldwide, has [Read More]
Monthly Archives: January 2016
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Featuring a Range of Finest Burgundy and Bordeaux Alongside California Cult Favorites and Rare Madeira (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., the #1 wine auction house in the U.S. and renowned wine retailer, will hold its first auction of 2016 on February 19th and 20th at Chicago’s TRU restaurant. This [Read More]
The three-day event will be held at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor, Mich. ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The lifetime country store and advertising collection of Tom and Mary Lou Slike, and the equally impressive coin-op collection of Deke and Joanie Richards, will co-headline a three-day auction slated for the [Read More]
Marco is well versed in the world of musical instruments and his experience extends to him being a violinmaker, restorer, valuer and curator. He brings over 15 years of experience in buying and selling pieces, both in the UK and internationally. Having dealt with thousands of stringed instruments over the years, with [Read More]
The three-day event will be held at the Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, 1001 Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – An exceptional collection of Georg Jensen silver descended in the same family from the early 1900s, a circa 1760 Charleston, S.C. torchiere (torch lamp), a rare daguerreotype [Read More]
Rare and vintage automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, advertising items, more will all be sold. NEWNAN, GA. – The complete liquidation of all the inventory in two museums – the personal, 50-year lifetime collection of Preston Evans – will be held at a three-day auction on Memorial Day weekend, May 27-29, at 24 First [Read More]
The top lot of the sale was an 1865 Mexican Bond signed by General Gaspar Sanchez Ochoa. FORT LEE, N.J. – An 1865 bond of the Republic of Mexico, signed by General Gaspar Sanchez Ochoa, who was dispatched to the United States by Mexico as a secret agent after that country’s invasion [Read More]
Sporting Gun specialist, Gavin Gardiner, will be visiting Sotheby’s offices throughout England and Scotland during February (on the below dates) to give advice and free auction valuations of all types of Sporting guns and rifles, both modern and vintage, as well as shooting accessories, guncases and related items. Monday, February 8 – [Read More]
It’s the single-owner lifetime collection of a jewelry wholesaler who’s retiring after 40 years. ATLANTA, Ga. – Much like the wrongly reported news of Mark Twain’s death, reports of the demise of Gallery 63 are greatly exaggerated. The venerable Atlanta auction house has been on hiatus while owner Paul Brown was off [Read More]
The painting was the top achiever of the more than 1,200 lots sold; the sale grossed $1 million+ ATLANTA, Ga. – An untitled watercolor on paper rendering of a young woman with a flower by the renowned Pakistani artist Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1897-1975), sold for $70,800 at a Signature Estates and Modern [Read More]
An exciting book of autographs has been discovered in Lichfield and will be sold later this month by Richard Winterton Auctioneers. The autograph book contains an exciting array of autographs, including signatures of one of the most iconic bands of all time – The Beatles. The book contains signatures of all four [Read More]
On the 2nd February Chiswick Auctions will come alive with a wide variety of artefacts from distant and ancient cultures, from ancient Egypt to exotic Oceania and beyond. Six different private collections make up the core of the sale; each one representing the personal taste and interests of the man who created [Read More]
The 250-lot premiere event will be held in the firm’s new gallery facility at 809 Belvedere Road. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The south Florida auction scene will get a major new player when Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery conducts a grand opening auction on Saturday, Jan. 23rd, at 809 Belvedere Road [Read More]
The 650-lot auction was held in Nadeau’s gallery at 25 Meadow Road in Windsor, Conn. WINDSOR, Conn. – For the third year in a row, Nadeau’s Auction Gallery sailed past the $1 million mark at its annual New Year’s Day auction, posting a $1.25 million+ gross at the Jan. 1st event and [Read More]
On Wednesday 27th January Chiswick Auctions will be holding a sale of Printed Books and Manuscripts. Items of interest include: Lot 5 – Eliot, George (1819-1880). Middlemarch. A Study of Provincial Life. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1871- [1872]. 8vo. Title page in volume 1, half titles in seven books, [Read More]
The forthcoming Collector’s sale at Richard Winterton Auctioneers will take on a very regal feel, with two signed portraits of HRH Queen Elizabeth and HRH Princess Margaret. Both portraits were taken and signed by Cecil Beaton, who often photographed members of the Royal Family for official publication. He was one Britain’s leading [Read More]