When Herbert Broadfoot II and his wife, Nancy, called Great Gatsby’s Auction Gallery in Atlanta to consign a beloved heirloom – a tour de force Cincinnati carved cabinet by William H. Fry – they knew this piece needed to find ‘the right home.’ In the midst of downsizing, and devastated that they [Read More]
Monthly Archives: November 2016
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Exquisite pieces from private collection of jewelry designed by Mary Ann Scherr (1921-2016) will be offered at auction by Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraisers on December 1 at 6pm. Among the 360+ lots of fine & vintage jewelry to be sold, this fine assortment of Scherr’s designs numbers 37 lots with many more [Read More]
BOULDER, CO – Artemis Gallery is known for its beautifully presented auctions of ancient and ethnographic art from the world’s great civilizations, but their December 1st sale through LiveAuctioneers is taking an intentionally more-focused approach. The sale will showcase the legacy of Pre-Columbian and tribal cultures of the Americas. “This year we’ve [Read More]
Bidders can log on now, at www.kcauctioncompany.com. Every lot has a starting bid of just $1. KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A painting by the renowned Missouri-born artist Thomas Hart Benton (Am., 1889-1975) is the expected headliner in an online-only auction being held by KC Auction & Appraisal Company, based in Kansas City. [Read More]
Richard Winterton announce The Country House & Decorative Arts Sale on Monday 12th December sale commencing at 10.30am. The sale with be held at Lichfield Auction Centre, Wood End Lane, Fradley Park, WS13 8NF. Items for auction include: – Ceramics – Glass – Silver – Jewellery – Selected Pictures – Oriental – [Read More]
Auction Features over 4,000 Lots Valued at $6.3-9.4 Million (Chicago, IL)-Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., the #1 wine auction house in the U.S. and renowned wine retailer, will hold its final auction of 2016 on December 15th, 16th and 17th at Chicago’s TRU restaurant. This massive three-day sale features 4,324 lots valued [Read More]
Gavin Gardiner Limited’s December sale of Modern & Vintage Sporting Guns on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 – just in time for the Boxing day Shoot – will include a good selection of fine English and European sporting guns by makers such as London makers Purdey, Holland & Holland and Boss & Co. [Read More]
The first session will be held at the Museum of American Finance in New York City. The second session will be held at Archives International Auctions’ offices, located in Fort Lee, New Jersey. FORT LEE, N.J. – Over 1,380 lots of rare and highly collectible worldwide banknotes, scripophily (stock and bond certificates) [Read More]
The four-day, 2,500-lot auction colossus will be held online and at Holabird’s Reno showroom. RENO, Nev. – A big four-day auction comprising about 2,500 lots in a wide range of collecting categories – to include numismatics, California Gold Rush items and mining artifacts – will be held December 9-12 by Holabird Western [Read More]
The auction will be held by Archives International Auctions, at their offices in Fort Lee, N.J. FORT LEE, N.J. – A discovery collection of 1930s-era Chinese Communist banknote rarities, acquired by an American collector who spent time in China in the early 1970’s when China was beginning to have a more open [Read More]
ALAMEDA, CA – Two particularly desirable original paintings by Sam Francis (Californian, 1923-1994) headline Michaan’s next semiannual Fine Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts and Jewelry Auction, slated for Friday, December 9. Francis, who spent his formative years in Berkeley but lived and worked all over the world, is best known for a style [Read More]
The 436-lot auction will be held in Woody Auction’s gallery, at 120 East 3rd Street in Douglass, Kansas. DOUGLASS, Kan. – A large and diverse antique auction featuring massive, single-owner collections of Native American items, cast iron toys, art glass, cloisonné and more will all come up for bid Saturday, December 3rd, [Read More]
The painting is an expected top lot at Ahlers & Ogletree’s New Year’s Signature Estates Auction ATLANTA, Ga. – A stunning oil on canvas painting by the renowned Hudson School artist Worthington Whittredge (Am., 1820-1910), titled Campers in the Blue Ridge Mountains, artist-signed lower right, is an expected top lot at Ahlers [Read More]
YORK, PA –Since 1967, Hake’s Americana has been the premier source for 200+ categories of pop-culture memorabilia, all falling under the general heading of “fun.” The company’s motivated team of experts works tirelessly to bring the best of private collections to the auction marketplace. Their next big online, phone and absentee auction [Read More]
(Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. saw record results at its annual Celebration of Bordeaux auction this weekend with a total of over $6.5 million in sales against presale estimates of $4.3 – $6.5 million. Hundreds of bidders from around the globe participated and their aggressive bids drove more than [Read More]
The auction will be held at Burchard Galleries’ spacious showroom in St. Petersburg, Florida ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A trove of nearly 100 artworks from the estate of Christian Buchheit (1885-1974), who served for 50 years as Building Superintendent for The Art Students League in New York, will headline a two-day auction [Read More]
A wonderful array of objects from all corners of the globe will be included in Matthew Barton Ltd’s bi-annual auction of European & Asian Decorative Works of Art which will take place at 11am on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 in London at 25 Blythe Road, W14. The sale which comprises almost 600 [Read More]