Two magnificent pairs of late 17th century Giltwood lions that originally adorned the Speaker’s Pew at St Margaret’s Westminster – along with a pair of Giltwood Crowns will be offered for sale Matthew Barton Ltd’s bi-annual auction of Decorative Works of Art which will take place on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 in [Read More]
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MIAMI – Two choice, original Picasso drawings and one of Francisco Botero’s most sought-after sculptures are among the 95 prized artworks featured in Beaux Auctions’ May 27 absentee and online-only sale. Every piece included in the fine art and antiques auction has been personally chosen and carefully curated by Beaux Auctions, and [Read More]
The event was held at Historic Buford Hall in Buford, Ga., located just north of Atlanta. The auction that preceded it, a Masterpiece Sale held Nov. 8-9, was also a huge success. BUFORD, GA. – A 28 inch by 50 inch folk art rendering by the renowned self-taught artist Sam Doyle (1906-1985), [Read More]
The event will be held online, as well as at Mohawk Arms’ gallery, located in Bouckville, N.Y. BOUCKVILLE, N.Y. – A spectacular German World War II tapestry that probably hung in the Reichstag building in Berlin, a Civil War felt fez hat worn by a member of the 11th New York Fire [Read More]
Mickey Mantle Jersey Hammered Down at $201,450; Carlton Fisk Home Run Ball Sells for $142,200; Countless Baseball Card Auction Records Set At REA!!! Watchung, New Jersey. Collectors of high-end baseball cards and memorabilia were glued to Robert Edward Auctions as prices soared to astounding levels across the board during the record-setting April [Read More]
Watchung, New Jersey. Collectors of vintage “Three Stooges” posters and lobby cards were responsible for an insane frenzy of spirited bidding at Robert Edward Auctions during the record-setting April 26, 2014 auction. Eyes were poked. Pies were thrown. Fortunately, no one got hurt! (OK. There really were no Stooge-like physical antics. We’ve [Read More]
Lincoln,UK. Unique Auctions are delighted to present their inaugural Record & Memorabilia Auction on Monday 12th May 6pm. The evening sale will feature some 240 lots of records, vintage music items, quad posters, movie posters, autographs and concert posters. Highlighting the auction will be a 1st pressing of The Beatles Please, Please [Read More]
The porcelain items below will be included in Day 1 of the sale, an evening auction on June 6th, focusing on Asian Art & Decorative Arts Objects. The fine paintings mentioned below are by British artists John Frederick Herring, Sr. (1795-1865) and George Lambert (1700-1765). ATLANTA, Ga. – Ahlers & Ogletree’s June [Read More]
Britain’s Most Valuable Coin Edward VIII Gold Proof Sovereign Sells for Record Breaking £516,000 at A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd An Edward VIII, 1937, Gold Proof Sovereign sold for £516,000 today achieving a world record price for any Royal Mint Coin ever produced in the UK. It was sold as part of [Read More]
A painting belonging to Enid Blyton will go under the hammer in a two day Interiors sale at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ Donnington Priory saleroom in Berkshire on 20th-21st May alongside a diverse and eclectic mix of furniture and works of art. Day One will include Asian & European Ceramics, Clocks and [Read More]
First Edition Set of Brontë Sisters’ Works Estimated to Sell for £60,000 – 80,000 In the week following the 198th birthday of Charlotte Brontë, a complete first edition set of the novels by the three Brontë Sisters will be offered for sale for the first time in a sale of Important Books [Read More]
A fully-equipped, 24-foot Ahrens-Fox N-S-4 fire truck, originally ordered by the Biddeford, Maine, Fire Department in 1928, and then restored to original state by Glenn Reid, is expected to bring more than $110,000, on May 28, as the highlight of the Reid Museum Collection of Mechanical Models, offered as a Heritage Gentleman [Read More]
Very old and ultra-rare cognacs led the successful sale of the Whisky, Cognac & Rare Spirits Auction on April 30 at Bonhams, the third largest international fine art auction house. The auction’s top lot and front cover catalog highlight, a 1762 vintage Gautier that is one of the oldest authenticated cognac vintages [Read More]
On May 16-17, Garth’s Auctions will host a two-day auction of over 850+ lots of Early American Furniture & Decorative Arts, featuring the highly anticipated 8th Annual Ohio Valley session. The sale consists of approximately 900 lots and includes part two of the Ray and Mary Ann Meisberger Collection, as well as [Read More]
An important two-day marine chronometer from HMS Beagle, the legendary Admiralty survey ship that took Charles Darwin on an epic five-year voyage to South America and the Galapagos Islands, has surfaced at Bonhams. It will be offered in the 9th July Fine Clocks sale at New Bond Street, London with an estimate [Read More]
The Thursday, May 29th sale will be held in the firm’s gallery, at 74 Merrick Rd., Lynbrook, N.Y. LYNBROOK, N.Y. – An exceedingly rare proof of an original series $1,000 face proof charter #290 U.S. National Bank Note – one of only two examples in existence, with the whereabouts of the other [Read More]
The sale will be held at the firm’s gallery in Pittsfield, Mass., starting promptly at 11 a.m. (EDT) PITTSFIELD, Mass. – More than 325 lots of antique clocks – many of them rare examples by makers such as E. Howard & Company, Seth Thomas, Ansonia, Ithaca, Elmer O. Stennes, Foster Campos, Chelsea, [Read More]
Two rare telephones from the 1950’s have just totalled a record £6,500 at a Staffordshire auction. The dial telephones, originally rented out by the GPO in the mid 1950’s attracted substantially increased subscription cost at the time over the standard black issue due to the colour – red and green. By the [Read More]