Monthly Archives: February 2019

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HOLABIRD WESTERN AMERICANA WILL HONOR AMERICA’S GREAT BASIN NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE WITH A 5-DAY, 3,000-LOT WIGWAM AUCTION

The auction will be held Thursday thru Monday, March 7-11, online and in Reno, Nevada. RENO, Nev. – A five-day Wigwam Auction – a celebration of the country’s Great Basin Native American heritage, highlighted by the Moe and Mary Royels Great Basin Wigwam Collection – will be held Thursday to Monday, March [Read More]

GRAY’S AUCTION WILL FEATURE NEARLY 300 LOTS OF FINE ART, FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS, ONLINE AND IN THE CLEVELAND GALLERY

Featured artists will include Zden?k Sklená?, Edris Eckhardt, (after) Margaretha Haverman, others. CLEVELAND, Ohio – A mid-week auction featuring nearly 300 lots of fine art, furniture and decorative arts from fine estates across the country – highlighted by artwork from the noted Czech collector Jaroslav Mervart – will be held Wednesday, March [Read More]

ANCIENT RESOURCE AUCTIONS EXCEPTIONAL ANTIQUITIES SALE WILL FEATURE MORE THAN 500 EXCITING LOTS

MONTROSE, Calif. – A spectacular selection of authentic, well-provenanced ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, Islamic, Byzantine and Pre-Columbian antiquities, plus many other unique ethnographic items, will be sold in an online-only Exceptional Antiquities Sale planned for Saturday, March 2nd at 9 am Pacific time by Ancient Resource Auctions, based in Montrose. [Read More]

ART GLASS AUCTION PACKED WITH MANY BEAUTIFUL ITEMS IN MANY GENRES WILL BE HELD BY WOODY AUCTION IN DOUGLASS, KANSAS

The weekend auction will be held in Woody Auction’s event center, located at 130 East Third Street. DOUGLASS, Kan. – An auction bursting with many beautiful items, to include Tiffany lamps, Wave Crest plaques, French cameo glass, Galle Faience pottery, brides baskets, American Brilliant Cut Glass, art glass, bronzes, French marble statues, [Read More]

IMPORTANT ITEMS SIGNED BY FDR, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, BEN FRANKLIN, LINCOLN, WASHINGTON, OTHERS IN UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AUCTION

WESTPORT, Conn. – A signed copy of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first book, authored before he became President, a newly discovered handwritten and signed letter by Alexander Hamilton, and a typewritten letter by J. Robert Oppenheimer regarding the development of the atomic bomb are expected top lots in University Archives’ next online-only auction [Read More]

EDISON-SWAN BRITISH PATENT ARCHIVE FOR INCANDESCENT LIGHTING BRINGS $5,000, AND A GROUP OF THREE .999+ FINE SILVER INGOTS REALIZES $6,800, AT A TREASURES GALORE AUCTION BY HOLABIRD WESTERN AMERICANA

The auction was held online and in Reno, Nevada and had nearly 4,000 lots, mostly Americana. RENO, Nev. – A Thomas Edison-Joseph Swan British patent archive for incandescent lighting from the 1880s sold for $5,000 and a group of three silver ingots highlighted by one made at the U.S. Mint in San [Read More]

NEARLY 600 LOTS OF FINE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN, AFRICAN, CHINESE & ASIAN ITEMS WILL BE OFFERED AT CONVERSE AUCTIONS EAST MEETS WEST AUCTION

The Friday, Feb. 15 sale will be online-only; no on-site bidding. All lots have a $10 starting bid. MALVERN, Pa. – A 1900 Patek Philippe 14kt gold pocket watch, a Rolex Oyster Submariner watch, several magnificently carved Chinese cabinets in singles and pairs, a 17-volume set of Lord Byron’s books from 1832 [Read More]