Yearly Archives: 2016

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U.S. AND WORLDWIDE SCRIPOPHILY, BANKNOTES AND SECURITY PRINTING EPHEMERA WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION IN TWO SESSIONS ON SATURDAY, OCT. 22nd AND TUESDAY, OCT. 25th BY ARCHIVES INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONS

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]

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH ITEMS, MINING ARTIFACTS, NUMISMATICS, COWBOY, NATIVE AMERICAN AND MORE AT HOLABIRD’S AMERICANA SAFARI, DEC. 9-12

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]

CHINESE, U.S. AND WORLDWIDE BANKNOTES, SCRIPOPHILY AND COINS WILL BE OFFERED IN 2 SESSIONS AT PUBLIC AUCTION ON TUESDAY, DEC. 6TH AND DEC. 13TH

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]

Michaan’s To Auction Original Sam Francis and Other Premier Art, Furniture, Currency, Jewels Dec. 9

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]

THREE MASSIVE COLLECTIONS PACKED WITH NATIVE AMERICAN OBJECTS, CAST IRON TOYS, ART GLASS, CLOISONNE AND MORE WILL BE SOLD BY WOODY AUCTION, DEC. 3rd

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]

IMPORTANT OIL PAINTING BY THE RENOWNED HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL ARTIST WORTHINGTON WHITTREDGE (1820-1910), WILL BE SOLD JAN. 14-16 IN ATLANTA

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]

Hake’s Nov. 15-17 Auction Features 2,000 Comic Books, 500 lots of Early Political Memorabilia

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]

ARTWORKS FROM THE ESTATE OF CHRISTIAN BUCHHEIT (1885-1974), FORMER BUILDING SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE IN NEW YORK, WILL HEADLINE BURCHARD GALLERIES’ NEXT BIG AUCTION, NOV. 12th & 13th

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]

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]