DAVENPORT, WA – We’ve all heard the one about how Mom threw out baseball cards that are now worth a fortune. Grant Zahajko’s June 24 Sports Cards & Memorabilia Auction tells a refreshingly different version of the story through a trove of 1950s/60s baseball cards that were left untouched and beautifully preserved [Read More]
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Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers will host their biannual Online Fine Art Auction this Thursday, June 15th, Session I begins at 12:30PM and Session II begins 2:00PM. The sale will be online-only with live bidding through www.Invaluable.com. Absentee bids left directly with Shannon’s will be accepted through June 14th. Headlining the auction is [Read More]
Bidders outside Israel can place bids before the auction Tel Aviv, Israel – The Athena Fund, an Israeli nonprofit empowering Israel’s teachers, announced that more than 50 of Israel’s best artists, have donated their artworks to a charity art auction to benefit Israel’s special education teachers. Each artist received an old laptop [Read More]
The auction will be conducted by Stevens Auction Company, based in Aberdeen, Mississippi. QUITMAN, Miss. – The only antebellum home in Quitman spared by General Sherman during the Civil War (but only because of a connection to George Washington), plus its outstanding contents of fine antiques, will be sold on-site Saturday, June [Read More]
Headlining the auction will be early American estate items from Mt. Hope Plantation in Miss. The auction will be held in the firm’s gallery, at 1330 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, La. NEW ORLEANS, La. – A pair of 20th century Italian-style composition Blackamoor torchieres, a mid-19th century French three-piece gilt [Read More]
Three of the five works by Bultman combine for $55,000; one, titled Cape May II, hit $23,750. The two-session auction was held in Bruneau’s gallery, at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston, R.I. CRANSTON, R.I. – Abstract expressionist paintings by American artist Fritz Bultman (1919-1985) dominated the list of top lots at Bruneau [Read More]
A collection of swords that belonged to Television Historian, the late Richard Holmes will be among the 700 items to be offered in Thomas Del Mar Ltd’s auction of Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria at 25 Blythe Road, London W14 on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. The sale will begin at 11am and [Read More]
The Monday auction event will be held online and at the firm’s gallery in Lynbrook, N.Y. Also sold will be the superb lifetime coffee advertising collection of Lowell and Barbara Schindler. LYNBROOK, N.Y. – Ocean liner memorabilia will take center stage at Weiss Auctions’ June 22nd sale, as a letter handwritten aboard [Read More]
The event will be held at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno; the show is just June 17. RENO, Nev. – A two-session auction featuring a premier selection of rare and vintage bottles – headlined by the Ralph Van Brocklin collection of Western whiskey flasks and the Rod Stock Hutchinson bottle collection [Read More]
Also in the sale will be works attributed to Picasso, Warhol, Dr. Seuss, Lichtenstein and others. FRANKLIN, Mass. – A pair of pen and ink drawings attributed to the Dutch post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) – one a tree study and a landscape with a haystack drawn on both sides of [Read More]
Featuring Pristine Bordeaux, Burgundy, California Cabernet and More (Chicago, IL)-Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., the internationally renowned wine auction house and online retailer, is thrilled to announce its final auction of the season will take place on June 23rd and 24th at TRU restaurant in Chicago. Valued at an estimated $3.9-5.9 million, [Read More]
Qart.com is also a source for limited edition pieces signed by Stan Lee and Tom Everhart. LOS ANGELES, Calif. – An original acrylic painting on canvas by the Pop Art icon Peter Max, titled Flowers, hand-signed by the artist and housed in a custom frame, is on auction at Qart.com, a full [Read More]
The 3-day, 1,790-lot auction event was held online and at Holabird’s Reno, Nevada showroom. RENO, Nev. – A palladium commemorative coin produced for the 1939 World’s Fair in New York – about the size of a silver dollar and known as a “so-called” dollar in collecting circles for that reason, since it [Read More]
The auction will be held at Fontaine’s gallery in Pittsfield, Mass., beginning at 11 am EST. PITTSFIELD, Mass. – A fine American mahogany Moorish-style corner étagère attributed to Tiffany (Associated Artists), in excellent condition and with the original finish, just over six feet tall, is an expected star lot in Fontaine’s Auction [Read More]
The 250+-lot auction will be held during the R.S. Prussia Convention at the Cedar Rapids Marriott. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa– Collectors of R.S. Prussia need to mark their calendars for Saturday, July 22nd. That’s when Woody Auction will offer the outstanding lifetime collection of Marvin and Laura Heard, plus a few smaller private [Read More]
The Sale Brought in $6.9 Million against Pre-Sale Estimates of $4.5-6.7 Million (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., the internationally renowned wine auction house and retailer, continued its success in 2017 with a tremendous May auction that brought in a total $6.9 million against pre-sale estimates of $4.5-$6.7 million. Held [Read More]
Also in the sale will be works by Picasso, Warhol, Dr. Seuss, Lichtenstein, Sendak and others. FRANKLIN, Mass. – A drawing in ink on paper attributed to Romanian artist Victor Brauner (1903-1966) and an ink drawing on buff toned paper, signed and dated by the renowned visual artist Man Ray (1890-1976), are [Read More]
BOULDER, CO – On May 18, the Old World will reveal its fascinating treasures in Artemis Gallery’s 351-lot auction of important classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art. Each piece has been scrupulously authenticated and described in expert detail in the online catalog, so bidders can confidently choose from an unparalleled selection of [Read More]