Monthly Archives: October 2016

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THE ESTATE OF THE LATE JAMES C. WESTERFIELD (Jackson, MS, 1933-2016) WILL HEADLINE CRESCENT CITY AUCTION GALLERY’S ESTATES AUCTION NOV. 12-13

The auction will be held in the firm’s gallery, at 1330 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, La. NEW ORLEANS, La. – Gorgeous Depression-era Newcomb College art pottery pieces, a fine collection of bronze mounted Sevres items, a mid-19th century American rococo mahogany full tester bed, an unusual French carved poplar and [Read More]

RARE AND BEAUTIFUL CHINESE OBJECTS, ANTIQUE CLOCKS AND MORE WILL BE SOLD IN CONVERSE AUCTIONS’ ONLINE-ONLY AUCTION,SLATED FOR NOV. 4th – 5th

Previews will be held November 1-3 in the firm’s gallery at 57 Lancaster Ave., in Malvern, Pa. MALVERN, Pa. – Over 600 lots – many of them rare, highly collectible Chinese objects and antiques from other Asian countries – will be sold in a two-day, online-only auction planned for November 4th and [Read More]

300 FRESH ESTATE ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION ON FRIDAY, NOV. 4th, AT THE HISTORIC EXETER INN IN EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

The auction will be conducted by John McInnis Auctioneers, beginning at 5 pm Eastern time. EXETER, N.H. – A gorgeous oil on canvas marine rendering by Thomas Buttersworth (Br., 1768-1842) and a diminutive watercolor work by Childe Frederick Hassam (Am., 1859-1935), mounted to the flyleaf of his 1899 book Three Cities, are [Read More]

ARTWORKS BY AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISTS AND FROM THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL WILL HEADLINE SHANNON’S FINE ART AUCTIONEERS’ OCT. 27 SALE

Also up for bid — portrait miniatures of President George and First Lady Martha Washington. MILFORD, Conn. – Oil paintings by the celebrated American Impressionist Charles Courtney Curran (N.Y., 1861-1942) will headline Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers’ biannual American and European Fine Art Auction on Thursday, October 27th at 6 pm Eastern time, [Read More]

RARE BUCKEYE STAGES SYSTEM BUS DEPOT PORCLAIN SIGN, POSSIBLY THE ONLY ONE IN EXISTENCE, BRINGS $52,200 AT SHOWTIME AUCTION SERVICES

The Oct. 7th-9th event, with over 2,000 lots, was held at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds. ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A Buckeye Stages System bus depot sign sold for $52,200 at an auction held October 7th-9th by Showtime Auction Services, at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds. Headlining the event were the advertising [Read More]

THE LIVING ESTATE OF TERRY AND KAREN KELLEY – A TROVE OF OLD BOOKS, CERAMICS, GLASS, ART, COLLECTIBLES AND MORE – WILL BE SOLD ON OCT. 29th

The sale will be conducted by The Specialists of the South, in the firm’s Panama City gallery. PANAMA CITY, Fla. – The living estate of Terry and Karen Kelley – an astounding trove of old and rare books (many of them first-editions and/or author-signed), glass and ceramics by many top manufacturers, original [Read More]

RECENTLY REDISCOVERED PORTRAIT MINIATURES OF PRESIDENT GEORGE AND FIRST LADY MARTHA WASHINGTON TO BE OFFERED AT AUCTION, OCTOBER 27th

They will be part of Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers’ 250-lot Fine Art sale in Milford, Conn. MILFORD, Conn. – Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers will offer two famous portraits of President George Washington and First Lady Martha Washington at an auction scheduled for Thursday, October 27th. . Prized by collectors from the time [Read More]