The Rare Manuscripts, Books & Sports Memorabilia auction features historical material from many collecting categories. All the lots are up for viewing and bidding now, on the UA website. WILTON, Conn. – An eclectic sale featuring items signed by historical luminaries as diverse as theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, France’s King Louis VII [Read More]
Monthly Archives: February 2023
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Travis Landry, Bruneau’s Director of Pop Culture, described the auction as “certainly the most diverse sale we have ever had for the department.” The action gets underway at 10 am Eastern. CRANSTON, R.I. – Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ Winter Comic, TCG (Trading Card Games) & Toy auction is slated for Saturday, March [Read More]
Barr was originally an oil man and real estate developer, but he became heavily involved in the horse racing industry. He was the owner of Oakcrest Stables, director of Oak Tree Racing Association and president of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association. FULLERTON, Calif. – An amazing collection of horse-related items and other [Read More]
The specially created 12,000-pound robot submarine nicknamed “Nemo” that now-jailed treasure hunter Tommy Thompson used three decades ago to locate a fortune in California Gold Rush sunken treasure is for sale. RENO, Nev. — The remotely-operated underwater vehicle is one of the highlights featured in an auction with other never-before-offered historic artifacts [Read More]
Included will be the Part III of selection of property from the Stanley Weiss collection, property from the Maggie Cohen collection and selections from the estate of Edward Bohn, online-only. BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Nye & Company Auctioneers’ three-day sales extravaganza, March 8th, 9th and 10th, features American, English and Modern Furniture, an [Read More]
The pitcher, 6 ½ inches in height, was engraved with the initials of Benjamin Russell, the American journalist and founder and editor of the newspaper the Columbian Centinel. LYNBROOK, N.Y. – An important and historic silver pitcher with impeccable provenance made by Paul Revere, the most famous of American silversmiths, sold for [Read More]
Holabird Western Americana Collections LLC will conduct an auction of historic California Gold Rush-era artifacts from the 1857 sinking of the legendary “Ship of Gold,” the S.S. Central America, including a passenger’s cigars from Havana. RENO, Nev. – Three dozen 166-year-old Cuban cigars will be in an auction of never-before-offered, historic California [Read More]
The lithographs and maquettes will be auctioned online and in PAI’s New York City gallery located at 26 West 17th Street, in lower Manhattan, starting at 11 am Eastern time. NEW YORK, N.Y. –– The 89th Rare Posters Auction from Poster Auctions International on Sunday, March 19 features rare and iconic images [Read More]
Another Nova Scotia folk artist – Joe Norris (1924-1996) – also did well, as four of his paintings combined for $49,560. Overall, the auction grossed $491,264. NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – Six original oil on board paintings by the renowned Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (1903-1970), plus a watercolor and pen on [Read More]
Session 1, at 5 pm, will be Part 4 of a single-owner couture and jewelry collection. Session 2, at about 7 pm, will include fine and decorative art pulled from New England estates & collections. CRANSTON, R.I. – An early 20th century Duffner & Kimberly heraldic armorial table lamp and an 18th [Read More]
This will be a timed online auction, with bidding offered exclusively thru LiveAuctioneers.com. Items will be sold to the highest bidder without reserves; all lots have an opening bid of just $10. AMESBURY, Mass. – An Asian Collections Auction featuring the personal private collection of Dr. Allan Bezan of Chestnut Hill, Mass., [Read More]
The auction will feature over 1,400 lots in many collecting categories, to include mining, bottles, stocks, philatelic, militaria, Native Americana, numismatics, general Americana and more. RENO, Nev. – Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC’s next auction, titled Treasures from the Shelves, will represent a bit of a departure from past events. For starters, [Read More]
The 300-lot auction is well-rounded, with objects that are affordable for the beginning collector to the advanced. Also sold will be hard-to-find parts for a variety of military arms. CRANSTON, R.I. – Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ online-only Historic Arms & Militaria auction scheduled for Wednesday, February 22nd, starting at 6 pm Eastern [Read More]
The 255-lot auction begins at 10 am Eastern time in A&O’s new auction location; it features fine art of the American West and Native American objects, including pottery, fine art, rugs & more. ATLANTA, Ga. – Vibrant Native American-themed paintings by Frank McCarthy (1944-2002) and Emmi Whitehorse (b. 1956) are expected headliners [Read More]
The online-only auction offers a rich selection for discerning buyers – nearly 300 lots in all — antiques, design, modern and contemporary art, silver, books, clocks, carpets, porcelain, glass. DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Andrew Jones Auctions will offer a strong selection of antiques, design, modern and contemporary art, multiples, fine silver, [Read More]
The auction, online and live in the Reno gallery, featured collectibles in over a dozen categories, including bottles, railroadiana, Native Americana, mining, numismatics, art, stocks and militaria. RENO, Nev. – A ten-dollar 1902 red seal banknote from The Farmers & Merchants National Bank in Reno, Nevada sold for $12,500, a runaway slave [Read More]