Holabird Western Americana Collections will offer a time capsule of Gold Rush life with important items recovered from the sinking of the legendary “Ship of Gold” (Reno, Nevada) November 15, 2022 – Decades after unique California Gold Rush sunken treasure artifacts were retrieved from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, the exquisite [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2022
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500+ lots came up for bid, to include Golden, Silver and Bronze Age comics, Peanuts comic strip art by Charles Schulz, cover art by Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood and Moldoff & Giella. LYNBROOK, N.Y. – A complete Magic: The Gathering “Beta” card set from 1993, just the second set for “MTG” with [Read More]
A single-family owned 1966 Ford Ranger 250 Custom Cab “Camper Special” pick-up truck with Avion camper sold for $82,600, and a 2006 Harley Davidson Softail Deluxe black cherry motorcycle roared off for $16,520 . NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A single-family owned 1966 Ford Ranger 250 Custom Cab “Camper Special” pick-up truck [Read More]
This amazing collection – the lifetime vision of a single collector – comprises all manner of mechanical and musical devices, games and associated ephemera one could ever hope to find. BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Nye & Company’s upcoming online auction, titled “Property from a Private Collection: A 20th Century Machinal Delight”, is slated [Read More]
Leading the sale was a 1963 painting by Monhegan artist Lynne Mapp Drexler (1928-1999). Untitled from 1963 sold for $450,000 after lively online and phone participation. MILFORD, Conn. – Quality, fresh-to-market offerings achieved notable results in Shannon’s October 27th Fall Auction. The 179-lot sale sold over 85 percent and grossed over $3.75 [Read More]
The Important Jewelry & Fine Timepieces auction, beginning at 10 am Eastern time, is packed with watches and jewelry by famous makers. Several lots could easily bring six figures. ATLANTA, Ga. – An exceptional array of timepieces and fine jewelry from the collection of philanthropist and entertainment attorney Joel A. Katz, as [Read More]
The auction features a curated selection of 77 important Swiss luxury timepieces from Rolex, Patek Philippe, Omega, Tag Heuer, Cartier, Hublot, Tiffany & Co., IWC, and others. NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – Two rare and desirable men’s Swiss wristwatches – a Patek Philippe Ref. 5396G Annual Calendar and a Rolex Ref. 116515 [Read More]
The auction, online and live with limited available seating, will also feature gorgeous art glass, crystal, fine art, handbags, jewelry, porcelain, sculptures and more – over 500 lots in all. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Fans of MacKenzie-Childs – the manufacturer of ceramics and retailer of hand-painted imported furniture and home décor, [Read More]
The 411-lot auction will be held online and live at the auction hall in Douglass, Kan. Included will be Aztec goblets, Waldorf stems, an Isabella tankard and a stunning 16-inch Hawkes Panel pattern tray. DOUGLASS, Kan. – An antique glass auction featuring more than 400 quality lots that include Aztec goblets, Waldorf [Read More]
The four-day auction featured Native and general Americana, mining, Express, numismatics, art, bottles, stocks and more. It was headlined by Part 3 of the superb Gary Bracken collection. RENO, Nev. – An Ansel Adams signed and framed Yosemite photo from around 1959 sold for $38,750 at a four-day Western Frontiers auction held [Read More]
The auction, starting at 10 am Central each day, is packed with 1222 lots in a wide variety of categories. The auction will be held online and live at the Crescent City gallery in New Orleans, La. NEW ORLEANS, La. – An incredibly rare lady’s platinum dinner ring with a 7.96-carat Indian [Read More]
The 452-lot auction contains material from multiple collecting categories and has a brand-new start time of 11 am Eastern. About one-fourth of the lots will be highly collectible slabbed items. WILTON, Conn. – A 1777 battle letter signed by then-Continental Army Commander-in-Chief George Washington in New Jersey, a sword that was affixed [Read More]
The 381-lot auction features petroliana, advertising signs and tins, breweriana, general store, jukeboxes, toys and more, starting promptly at 9 am Eastern time. NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A single-family owned 1966 Ford Ranger 250 Custom Cab “Camper Special” pick-up truck with Avion camper, and a United Motors Service single-sided porcelain neon [Read More]
Bidding will be available live on shannons.com, by telephone or by absentee, at 6 pm Eastern. The catalog is available online at shannons.com and a full-color printed auction catalog is available by contacting the gallery. MILFORD, Conn. – Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers will host their next fine art auction on Thursday, October [Read More]
A seascape by artist LS Lowry has sold at Tennants Auctioneers in Leyburn, North Yorkshire for more than a million pounds. Although the artist was better known for depicting the north-west of England, The North Sea shows a view from Seaburn, near Sunderland. The work, which had been in private hands since [Read More]
The two-session, online-only auction contains over 900 lots, starting at 10 am both days. Also sold will be a Woody Guthrie manuscript and a tall case clock in the manner of R. J. Horner. ATLANTA, Ga. – A vibrant oil on canvas picnic still life painting by Janet Fish (American, b. 1938), [Read More]
The 344-lot auction, held October 8th, grossed $871,695 (Canadian, including buyer’s premium). It featured Canadiana and folk art from some of the oldest collections in the country. NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – Eleven original paintings by the acclaimed Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (1903-1980) sold for a combined $559,510 in an online-only [Read More]
The lithographs and maquettes will be auctioned online and in PAI’s New York City gallery located at 26 West 17rh Street in lower Manhattan, starting promptly at 11 am Eastern time. NEW YORK, N.Y. –– The 88th Rare Posters Auction from Poster Auctions International on Sunday, November 13th features rare and iconic [Read More]