Yearly Archives: 2016

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NEARLY 200 LOTS OF RARE, HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE WESTERN BOTTLES WILL BE SOLD AT HOLABIRD WESTERN AMERICANA’S 49er BOTTLE JAMBOREE, AUG 6

The event will coincide with the FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Rare Western bottles will take center stage at the annual auction of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, scheduled for Saturday, August 6th, at the Lion’s Gate Hotel in Sacramento. The event will be [Read More]

THE ESTATE OF THE LATE NEW ORLEANS GOLFING CHAMPION MERRYL ISRAEL ARON WILL HEADLINE CRESCENT CITY AUCTION GALLERY’S JULY 30 & 31 SALE

The 1,189-lot auction will be held in the firm’s New Orleans showroom on St. Charles Avenue. NEW ORLEANS, La. – Original oil paintings by Louisiana artist William Tolliver and British painter Alfred de Breanski, Sr., fine examples of Newcomb Pottery, a bronze figural sculpture by Leon Mignon, a Handel bronze patinated spelter [Read More]

U.S., CHINESE AND WORLDWIDE BANKNOTES, SCRIPOPHILY AND COINS WILL BE AUCTIONED ON TUESDAY, JULY 26th, AT ARCHIVES INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONS

The auction will be held at Archives International Auctions’ offices in Fort Lee, N.J. Featured will be additional offerings from the Silicon Valley collection; Part 1 of the American Bank Note Commemorative inventory and a worldwide coin collection from an old educational institution. FORT LEE, N.J., U.S.A. – Over 1,100 lots of [Read More]

IMPERIAL GERMAN WORLD WAR I FIGHTER PILOT’S POKOL (SILVERED VICTORY GOBLET) IS THE TOAST OF MOHAWK ARMS’ AUCTION #75, GAVELING FOR $8,850

The internet and catalog auction was held at Mohawk Arms’ New York gallery as well as online. BOUCKVILLE, N.Y. – An Imperial German World War I fighter pilot’s pokol (silvered victory goblet), showing an embossed panel of eagles in combat, 7 inches tall, sold for $8,850 at Auction #75, a catalog and [Read More]

AN ACRYLIC ON CANVAS PORTRAIT PAINTING BY WADSWORTH JARRELL AND A RESTORED 1936 HARLEY-DAVIDSON TAKE TOP HONORS AT AHLERS & OGLETREE

They were the top lots at Ahlers & Ogletree’s Notable Private Collections Auction, June 25-26 ATLANTA, Ga. – Ahlers & Ogletree’s Notable Private Collections Auction, held June 25th-26th, featured such an eclectic mix of merchandise in a wide array of collecting categories that the top two selling lots were a portrait painting [Read More]