Yearly Archives: 2019

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HOLABIRD WESTERN AMERICANA COLLECTIONS HUGE, 4,000-LOT AMERICANA AUCTION IS A VERITABLE CORNUCOPIA OF SUMMER COLLECTIBLES

The 5-day auction will be held Thursday thru Monday, online and at the gallery in Reno, Nev. RENO, Nev. – Everything good about summer collectibles – mining artifacts, all elements of Western history, manuscript archives, antique bottles and marbles, rare stocks and bonds, gold, numismatics and much more – will be packed [Read More]

TWO HANDEL ‘BIRDS OF PARADISE’ TABLE LAMPS, A PAIR OF CANADIAN-MADE PEQUEGNAT CLOCKS AND A PAINTING BY CANADIAN ARTIST HOMER WATSON LEAD THE WAY AT MILLER & MILLER AUCTIONS JUNE 8 AUCTION IN CANADA

The auction was held online and in the gallery at 59 Webster Street in New Hamburg, Ontario. NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A stunning pair of Handel Birds of Paradise table lamps lit up the room for a combined $20,650, two rare clocks by the Canadian clockmaker Pequegnat together made $12,165, and [Read More]

ANCIENT RESOURCE AUCTIONS ANTIQUITIES DISCOVERY SALE WILL OFFER REASONABLY PRICED ANTIQUITIES FROM VARIOUS CULTURES

MONTROSE, Calif. – Ancient Resource Auctions’ online-only Spring Antiquities Discovery Auction on Saturday, June 29th, at 9 am Pacific, is packed with around 375 lots of authentic, museum-quality and well-provenanced items from various Roman, Greek, Egyptian, Near Eastern, and Pre-Columbian cultures, as well as other ethnographic and antique items. Also featured will [Read More]

SINGLE-OWNER COLLECTION OF RARE AND HISTORICAL MAPS WILL BE SOLD IN A TWO-PART ONLINE-ONLY AUCTION BY CRESCENT CITY AUCTION GALLERY

Part 1 starts June 14th, Part 2 June 21st, with bidding exclusively through LiveAuctioneers.com NEW ORLEANS, La. – An important single-owner collection of rare, historical maps – many of them hundreds of years old and colorful, beautiful renderings of the world, the United States and portions of the United States – will [Read More]

GRAY’S WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26th AUCTION WILL BE LED BY A PORTRAIT PAINTING BY JANOS VASZARY AND A NUDE RENDERING BY DUNCAN GRANT – IN TOTAL, 443 LOTS

The sale will be held online and in Gray’s showroom located at 10717 Detroit Avenue in Cleveland. CLEVELAND, Ohio – A portrait painting by the Hungarian artist János Vaszary (1867-1939) of his wife Maria, and an oil on canvas nude rendering by the Scottish painter Duncan Grant (1885-1978), are two expected top [Read More]

ANDREW JONES AUCTIONS DTLA (DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES) COLLECTIONS & ESTATES AUCTION WILL BE HELD SUNDAY, JUNE 16th, WITH CLOSE TO 400 LOTS

The event will be held online and in Andrew Jones’ gallery, at 2221 Main Street, Los Angeles. DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Andrew Jones Auctions next DTLA (Downtown Los Angeles) Collections & Estates auction on Sunday, June 16th, is packed with fun, quirky and out-of-the-ordinary accessories and furnishings, plus luxe décor and [Read More]

A&O Auctions Presents June Fine Estates Auction Featuring Fine Jewelry, Tiffany Lamps, a Bertoia Sculpture, Georgian & Tiffany & Co. Silver, Chihuly, Picasso, Renoir & Calder

Featuring Fine Jewelry, Tiffany Lamps, a Bertoia Sculpture, Georgian & Tiffany & Co. Silver, Chihuly, Picasso, Renoir & Calder ATLANTA, Ga – Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery is pleased to present the June Fine Estates Auction, full of fine jewelry, watches, fine & decorative art and unique collectibles. With more than 1,200 [Read More]

EARLY MAGIC: THE GATHERING CARDS, INCLUDING COMPLETE ALPHA, BETA AND ARABIAN NIGHTS SETS, WILL BE SOLD BY WEISS AUCTIONS

The sets contain many BGS-graded examples in each; combined, they could bring hundreds of thousands of dollars, as early Magic: The Gathering cards are highly sought after by collectors. LYNBROOK, N.Y. – A collection of significant, early Magic: The Gathering cards, including complete Alpha, Beta and Arabian Nights sets, with many BGS-graded [Read More]

MILLER & MILLER’S AUCTIONS WILL FEATURE OVER 700 LOTS OF COLLECTOR-GRADE ART, CLOCKS, LAMPS, ART GLASS, FOUNTAIN PENS, MORE

NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A two-day, two-session auction featuring over 700 lots of collector-grade art, clocks, fountain pens, lamps, art glass and many items of historical interest from world-class makers will be held Friday and Saturday, June 7th and 8th, by Miller & Miller Auctions, online and in the gallery at [Read More]

ANDREW JONES AUCTIONS ACHIEVES A WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR A RARE ANTIQUE EGYPTOLOGY BOOK AT A DESIGN FOR THE HOME & AUCTION SALE

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, Calif. – An exceedingly rare and complete second edition of Description de l’ Egypte, C.L.F. Panckoucke (1820-1830), including fold-out maps, elephant folios and atlas folio, sold for a world record price of $220,000 at Andrew Jones Auctions’ Design for the Home and Garden Auction held May 18-19, online and [Read More]

GRATEFUL DEAD ‘SKELETON AND ROSES’ CONCERT POSTER BRINGS $56,400, A WORLD AUCTION RECORD, IN PSYCHEDELIC ART EXCHANGE’S MAY 16 AUCTION

Records were smashed in the Internet-only auction as interest in rare, vintage 1960s-era concert posters exploded. The sale featured about 200 collectible vintage concert posters and handbills. BALTIMORE, Md. – A rare, museum-quality 1966 Grateful Dead “Skeleton and Roses” concert poster brought a world record price of $56,400 in an online auction [Read More]