Monthly Archives: October 2017

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TWO MAJOR COLLECTIONS OF AMERICAN BRILLIANT CUT GLASS WILL CO-HEADLINE AN AUCTION SLATED FOR NOVEMBER 18th BY WOODY AUCTION IN KANSAS CITY, MO.

True collectors of American Brilliant Cut Glass will remember the date as the Grabb-Chandler auction KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two major collections of American Brilliant Cut Glass – from Tom Grabb of Indiana and Bill Chandler of Tennessee, whose collections include many rare patterns such as Pueblo, Waldorf, Bellevue, Crystal City, Atom, [Read More]

HOLABIRD WESTERN AMERICANA COLLECTIONS, LLC GEARS UP FOR A MAJOR FIVE-DAY AUCTION EVENT, OCTOBER 19th-23rd, FEATURING NEARLY 3,000 LOTS

The auction will be held online, via several bidding platforms, and in Holabird’s Reno gallery. RENO, Nev. – A massive, five-day auction featuring nearly 3,000 lots spanning many collecting categories – to include minerals, mining, Native Americana, bottles and glass, gaming, cowboy, tokens, numismatics (coins), railroad and Express items, postal history and [Read More]

A LARGE CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD FROM 2,500 BC SOARS TO $188,800 AND AN ALEXANDER CALDER STABILE HITS $153,400 AT COTTONE AUCTIONS, SEPT. 22-23

Day 1 featured the lifetime collection of philanthropist Annette McGuire Cravens (1923-2017). GENESEO, N.Y. – An outstanding Cycladic marble head dating from 2,500 BC with impeccable provenance soared to $188,800 and an elegant sculpture of black-and-red-painted sheet metal circa 1946 by Alexander Calder (Am., 1898-1976), titled Crayfish, sold for $153,400 at a [Read More]