Monthly Archives: June 2021

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BLACK CAT SHOE DRESSING CLOCK RINGS UP $11,210 (CANADIAN) IN MILLER & MILLER’S ADVERTISING & BREWERIANA AUCTION

NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – An important Black Cat Shoe Dressing clock (known to collectors as “The Black Cat Clock”) sold for $11,210, and an early 20th century Peabody’s Overalls single-sided porcelain sign realized $8,850 in Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.’s online-only Advertising & Breweriana sale held June 19th. All prices quoted [Read More]

PATEK PHILIPPE REFERENCE 3940 PERPETUAL CALENDAR MEN’S WATCH CLIMBS TO $50,150 IN MILLER & MILLER’S WATCHES & JEWELRY AUCTION

NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A Patek Philippe Reference 3940 perpetual calendar men’s watch with 18kt white gold case and clasp, one of the most iconic perpetual calendar wristwatches available today, sold for $50,150 in Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.’s online-only Watches & Jewelry auction held June 12th. It was the top [Read More]

1884 WINCHESTER CARTRIDGE DISPLAY BOARD RINGS UP $100,300 IN MILLER & MILLER’S ONLINE-ONLY CANADIANA & SPORTING AUCTION

NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – Three 19th century American cartridge display boards – two from Winchester (1887 and 1884) and one from Union Metallic Cartridge (1880s) – sold for a combined $241,900 in an online-only Canadiana & Sporting auction held June 5th by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. The sale grossed $496,219, [Read More]

BRUNEAU & CO. AUCTIONEERS’ ESTATE FINE ART & ANTIQUE AUCTION FEATURES ITEMS FROM PROMINENT LOCAL ESTATES AND COLLECTIONS

CRANSTON, R.I. – An online-only Estate Fine Art & Antique auction packed with over 300 quality lots, mostly pulled from prominent estates throughout New England, is planned for Thursday, June 17th, by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, which has been hosting successful Internet sales since the start of the pandemic but is looking [Read More]

DINING TABLE BY WENDELL CASTLE (1932-2018) SOARS TO $70,110 IN NEUE AUCTIONS ONLINE MAY MODERNISM SALE

BEACHWOOD, Ohio – An important and beautiful dining table custom designed by Wendell Castle (American, 1932-2018) soared to $70,110, and vibrant still-life oil paintings by Lê Ph? (Vietnamese/French, 1907-2001) and Claude Venard (French, 1913-1999) sold for $20,910 and $15,990, respectively, in Neue Auctions’ online-only Modernism auction held on May 15th. The auction [Read More]

MANUSCRIPT BY SIR ISAAC NEWTON, CIRCA 1715-1725, MAKES $118,750 IN UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES ONLINE AUCTION

WILTON, Conn. – A manuscript penned by Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), with mathematical notes and calculations relating to Book III of his iconic scientific work Principia, changed hands for $118,750 in University Archives’ online-only auction of rare autographs, manuscripts, artwork and comic art held on May 26th. It was the top-selling item of [Read More]