Monthly Archives: December 2018

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ROBERT INDIANA’S LETTER ‘B’ ACRYLIC ON CANVAS PAINTING, ONE OF THREE KNOWN, PLUS PIECES BY PHILIP AND KELVIN LAVERNE, WILL HIGHLIGHT WEISS AUCTION IN LYNBROOK, N.Y

The Robert Indiana ‘B’ has been assigned a pre-sale estimate of $60,000-$90,000; a rare and unusually shaped coffee table by the Lavernes $20,000-$30,000. Many rare items will be sold. LYNBROOK, N.Y. – One of just three acrylic on canvas paintings of the letter ‘B’ by renowned Pop Artist Robert Indiana (American, 1928-2018), [Read More]

RARE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT BOND AND U.S. & WORLD BANKNOTES HIGHLIGHT ARCHIVES INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONS 50TH MILESTONE AUCTION

The auction was held over 2 days in New York City and AIA’s offices in Fort Lee, N.J., and featured rare U.S., Chinese, and worldwide Scripophily, Banknotes and Historic Autographs with many record prices being set. FORT LEE, N.J. – Archives International Auction’s “50th Milestone Auction” held on December 3rd & 4th, [Read More]

BRONZE SCULPTURE BY EMILE LOUIS PICAULT (FR., 1860-1915), A MASCOT FOR THE TEN-MILE CORINTHIAN AUTOMOBILE CHAMPIONSHIP OF 1906 IN FLORIDA, BRINGS CA$43,660 AT MILLER & MILLER AUCTIONS, LTD

The piece was from the Aarssen collection, a carefully curated offering consisting of automobile memorabilia, advertising signs, fine contemporary furniture, bronzes and political memorabilia. NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A patinated bronze sculpture by Emile Louis Picault (French, 1860-1915), used as the mascot for the Ten-Mile Corinthian Automobile Championship of 1906 in [Read More]

EARLY COPY OF DC COMICS FLASH #105 (FEB.-MAR. 1959), IN SUPERB SHAPE AND GRADED CBCS 9.0, CLIMBS TO $20,000 AT BRUNEAU & CO.’s TOYS & COMICS SALE

The auction was held December 1st, online and at Bruneau & Co.’s showroom in Cranston, R.I. CRANSTON, R.I. – A copy of DC Comics Flash #105 (Feb.-Mar. 1959) in superb condition, with a grade of CBCS 9.0, soared to $20,000 at a Toy & Comic Auction that featured many rare superhero comics, [Read More]

PLATINUM RING WITH AN 11-CARAT DIAMOND CENTER STONE CLIMBS TO SIX FIGURES AT MILLER & MILLER’S JEWELLERY & WATCHES AUCTION

Also, a 1960s gentleman’s Rodania Geometer wristwatch in remarkable condition commanded $25,960 and a World War II-era Omega Weems Royal Air Force pilot’s watch soared to $8,260. NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A platinum ring with 11-carat diamond center stone sold for $103,250, a circa 1960s Rodania Geometer gentleman’s wristwatch in remarkable [Read More]