Yearly Archives: 2018

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NYE & COMPANY’S ESTATE TREASURES SALE WILL FEATURE A BROAD AND DIVERSE GROUP OF FINE AND DECORATIVE ARTS – 600 LOTS IN ALL

The Tuesday auction will be held online and at Nye & Company’s gallery in Bloomfield, N.J. BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Nye & Company Auctioneers’ Estate Treasures Sale on Tuesday, Sept. 25th, will showcase a broad and diverse group of fine and decorative arts, featuring property from the Westervelt Corporation, the NAMITS Collection and [Read More]

WAVE CREST PIECES AND AMERICAN BRILLIANT CUT GLASS COUNTERTOP BELLS PERFORM WELL AT WOODY AUCTION’S SALE OF THE LYLE COLLECTION

The sale was held in Woody Auction’s auction hall, at 130 East Third Street in Douglass, Kansas. DOUGLASS, Kan. – A gorgeous Wave Crest Native American-themed pipe holder plaque soared to $13,000, a Wave Crest panel marked C.F. Monroe changed hands for $8,500 and three exceedingly rare American Brilliant Cut Glass countertop [Read More]

ITEMS SIGNED BY JOHN HANCOCK AND OTHER DECLARATION LUMINARIES, PLUS BRUCE LEE, JFK, NAPOLEON, ETC., IN UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AUCTION

The online-only auction is slated for Wednesday, Sept. 26, beginning at 10:30 am Eastern time. All 288 lots can be seen now at www.universityarchives.com; online bidding via two platforms. WESTPORT, Conn. – A superb John Hancock signed manuscript from 1783 in remarkable condition, plus items pertaining to other signers of the Declaration [Read More]

GOLD AND SILVER LOTS REIGN SUPREME AT HOLABIRD WESTERN AMERICANA COLLECTIONS’ THREE-DAY AMERICANA AUCTION, HELD IN RENO

The auction was held online and in Holabird’s gallery, located at 3555 Airway Dr. (Ste. 308). RENO, Nev. – Silver and gold lots reigned supreme at Holabird Western Americana Collections’ Americana auction, held August 24th-26th in Reno, as a Rothchild & Sons silver ingot from 1935 soared to $23,500, a Chinese gold [Read More]

COTTONE AUCTIONS FINE ART AND ANTIQUE AUCTION WILL BE HEADLINED BY THE COLLECTION OF DR. GREGORY ALAN ZEMENICK, AKA DR. Z

He had a passion for collecting Americana, Tiffany lamps and antiques spanning many interests. GENESEO, N.Y. – Cottone Auctions’ upcoming Fine Art & Antique Auction, slated for Saturday, September 29th, will feature an extensive variety of first-time offerings, including the impressive collection of Dr. Gregory Alan Zemenick, an orthopedic surgeon from Troy, [Read More]

DISTINGUISHED PANEL OF APPRAISERS, SCHOLARS, CONNOISSEURS AND EXPERTS SET TO SPEAK AT FOUNDATION FOR APPRAISAL EDUCATION (FAE) SEMINAR

To be held in Quinn’s Auction Galleries, at 360 S. Washington Street, Falls Church, Virginia, the program will include Roadshow alumni and scholars from Harvard and George Washington U. FALLS CHURCH, Va. – The 7th annual educational seminar of the Foundation for Appraisal Education (FAE) will be held Friday and Saturday, September [Read More]

ITEMS FROM THE LIFETIME COLLECTIONS OF PAT BOVARD AND SHERRY SMITHSON WILL BE AUCTIONED BY THE SPECIALISTS OF THE SOUTH ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 22nd ONLINE AND AT THE GALLERY IN PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Items from the lifetime collections of Pat Bovard and Sherry Smithson of Lynn Haven, a suburb of Panama City – a massive accumulation of objects that began with a six-foot-tall Coca-Cola bottle and snowballed from there into thousands of collectibles in many categories – will come up for [Read More]