The online-only auctions were held on back-to-back days: July 17th (Historical Documents, Books & Americana) and July 18th (Asian Works of Art). Combined, the two sales grossed a robust $321,997. ATLANTA, Ga. – A consulate appointment signed by President Abraham Lincoln brought $12,100 and a group of nine pieces of Chinese carved [Read More]
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PAI welcomed passionate collectors who bid on works from across the world. Top achievers included Alphonse Mucha ($50,000), Jean Carlu ($37,500), and Franz Lenhart ($18,750). New York, N.Y. — Poster Auctions International’s (PAI) second sale of the year, on July 11, finished at $1,403,500. Rare Posters Auction XCIII welcomed passionate collectors who [Read More]
The Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Americana auction will start promptly at 10 am Eastern time. All 572 lots are up for viewing and bidding on the University Archives website. WILTON, Conn. – A letter handwritten in German and signed by Albert Einstein from 1937, a two-page letter written and signed by [Read More]
The auction, boasting nearly 1,000 lots, will be hosted by Grant Zahajko Auctions, based in Davenport, Washington, online and live at the gallery. Start times both days are 9 am Pacific. DAVENPORT, Wash. – An important collection of rare books, maps and atlases from the recently closed Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama will [Read More]
From abolitionists and suffragettes to inventors, doctors, scientists and political leaders, this auction documents many of the iconic figures of the 19th century in Meserve’s photographs. DANVERS, Mass. – An extraordinary collection of 450 historic photographs, providing a rare glimpse into the 19th century through iconic and hard-to-find images, will come up [Read More]
The Wednesday-Thursday auction, starting at 10 am Eastern time both days, will also feature a terrific selection of furniture and decorative arts from upscale tri-state estates and collections. BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Nye & Company Auctioneers’ two-day Chic and Antique auction slated for Wednesday and Thursday, July 31st and August 1st, starting at [Read More]
Wednesday, July 17th will feature Historical Documents, Books & Americana, 352 lots in all; while Thursday, July 18th will have Asian Works of Art, 189 lots. Start times will be 9 am Eastern both days. ATLANTA, Ga. – Ahlers & Ogletree has back-to-back online auctions planned for Wednesday, July 17th (Historical Documents, [Read More]
The 2-day event will be hosted exclusively on iCollector.com. Categories include numismatics, Western Americana, postal history and many more, beginning at 8 am Pacific time both days. RENO, Nev. – Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC will look to take some of the edge off of summer’s sweltering heat with a cool, two-day [Read More]
A circa 1976 Philip & Kelvin LaVerne bronze and pewter chinoiserie ‘Chan Li’ cabinet gaveled for $81,250 to take top lot honors at the June 26th auction. Other pieces by the LaVernes also did well. ATLANTA, Ga. – A rare circa 1976 Philip & Kelvin LaVerne bronze and pewter chinoiserie ‘Chan Li’ [Read More]
The online-only auction, starting at 6 pm Eastern time, will feature 214 lots, with names such as Lefton, Inarco, Relpo, Napco and many others. Bidding starts at just $1 for each vase up for bid. WOLCOTTVILLE, Ind. – The first in a series of online-only auctions dedicated to the lady head vase [Read More]
Last week’s HDH auction brought in $9,455,426, toppling its pre-sale low estimate of $6.5M. All 2,994 lots sold, 205 of which hammered above their high estimate. Multiple categories, including classic white Burgundy, Bordeaux, and sweet Bordeaux, hammered well above their estimate midpoint. Mature Bordeaux garnered the most bids, with impressive competition on [Read More]
The auction, held online and live at the gallery in Reno, also featured items pertaining to notorious Wild West outlaws like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Black Bart, the Dalton Gang and John Wesley Hardin. RENO, Nev. – A group of three original wanted posters for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance [Read More]
June 15th featured an Automobilia, Petroliana & Advertising auction, NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A 1936 Chevrolet half-ton pickup truck in untouched original condition sped away for $118,000; a circa 1880 Ives, Blakeslee & Co. Pegasus toy mechanical locomotive chugged off for $18,880; and multiple lots of vintage sales brochures for Auburn [Read More]
The posters and preparatory works feature rare and iconic images from a century of poster design. The auction will be held online and live at the PAI gallery in New York City, beginning at 11 am Eastern time. NEW YORK, N.Y. –– The 93rd Rare Posters Auction from Poster Auctions International on [Read More]
The auction will be held online and live at 29 Main Street (Route 1) in Seabrook, N.H., at 5pm Eastern time. Mr. Brackett was a longtime gun and ammunition collector who lived past 100. SEABROOK, N.H. – John McInnis Auctioneers, LLC will hold a Firearms Collection Estate Auction featuring the partial collection [Read More]
The address is 4177 East 1st Street in Blue Ridge, right off GA-515. It’s a two-minute drive from downtown Blue Ridge and just a block off of Main Street. Look for the big bronze bear outside! BLUE RIDGE, Ga. – There will be magic in the mountains of north Georgia the week [Read More]
Expected top lots include a hard-to-find 1976 Philip & Kelvin LaVerne ‘Chan Li’ cabinet and an oil on canvas landscape painting by Kim Douglas (K.D.) Wiggins (American, New Mexico, born 1956). Online bidding is on several platforms. ATLANTA, Ga. – A rare circa 1976 Philip & Kelvin LaVerne ‘Chan Li’ cabinet and [Read More]
The auction, at 10 am Eastern time, will feature beautiful bucolic animals in bronze, original paintings and engravings, idyllic landscapes and still lifes, and wonderful objects of desire. BEACHWOOD, Ohio – Original oil on canvas paintings by acclaimed artists Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) and Ivan Federovich Choultse (Russian/French, 1874-1913) are the [Read More]