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BURR RIDGE, Ill. – Mastro Auctions will conduct a live “Connoisseur” event at 10 a.m. on May 3, at company headquarters in Burr Ridge, Ill. The more than 500 lots will be an eclectic mix. Sections of the auction will be dedicated to American presidential and political history, world events, entertainment memorabilia, [Read More]

With inexhaustible media interest on the royal family, the collectors market for items with royal and patriotic significance is ever growing. Items which once actually belonged to a member of the royal family are the ultimate prize for collectors, but there is an historical tradition of producing souvenir and commemorative jewellery which [Read More]

Hessney Auction Company of Geneva , NY will be offering the Book of Mormon 1830 and a Mormon Letter dated 1839 on the Expulsion of Mormons from Missouri at an auction April 9th. Books and maps from an important local family will be included as well as Antiques, Art, Ephemera, Jewelry, Coins, [Read More]

Denver, Pa – based Morphy Auctions and Lincroft, N.J.-based Legend Numismatics have announced details for the first auction of their new enterprise, Morphy Legend Coin Auctions. The auction, which is highlighted by an extraordinarily rare 1876 Proof Set, will commence at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6. A full selection of numismatic [Read More]

LARCHMONT, NY – On Monday April 7, Clarke’s Spring Auction will offer 400+ lots of the unique, decorative, antique and midcentury design. Spring brings a massive 19th Century J.W. Fiske fountain urn with life-sized putti, a pair of period cast-iron eagles on plinths, a lawn jockey, and a 19th C. carousel horse. [Read More]

SAUK CENTRE, MN – Despite less than a week’s notice, 401 bidders from North America and Europe convened upon an auction at the Gerard’s Banquet Center to bid on 479 items from our country’s past. 48% of the bidders from 40 states and 4 countries participated remotely through online registration and/or simulcast [Read More]

Dallas, TX: One of only three known gold Wilson dollars struck in 1920 is being offered at auction in Rosemont, Illinois on April 16-18. The “so-called” Wilson Dollar was struck to commemorate the July 16, 1920 opening of the Manila Mint, which remains the only U.S. branch mint to ever operate outside [Read More]

Dallas, TX – An important collection of royal artifacts, spanning several centuries and several continents, comes to auction on April 24, when Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries offers the James C. Russo Russian and British Royal Objects Collection. “This incredible collection, which includes over 300 items of vertu, jewelry, medallic art, and porcelains, [Read More]

Bonhams next Indian and Islamic art sale on 10th April, the single owner, Desenfans Collection, in New Bond Street includes a number of fascinating reminders of a murder that remains something of a mystery to this day – the killing of the Russian monk, Rasputin. Sukhotine, then a Lieutenant in the Russian [Read More]

Aficionados of 20th Century Decorative Arts, particularly admirers of rare and unusual Tiffany creations, are eagerly awaiting international fine art auctioneer Bonhams’ June 4, 2008 sale taking place at their recently appointed showrooms in Manhattan. “This sale is particularly exciting in light of a strong collection of French Art Deco, a nice [Read More]

Manhattan, New York – Spink Smythe (http://www.Smytheonline.com) to offer Part 14 of the Schingoethe obsolete currency collection April 9th, 2008. The auction will contain 1037 lots of obsolete notes. When it came to coins and paper money Herb Schingoethe collected almost everything, but it was obsolete currency that his wife Martha liked [Read More]

A stunning 1966 Shelby GT 350 fastback, a Torana XU-1 restored to show standard and an Australian-delivered 1959 Mercedes-Benz 220SE Cabriolet are the stand-out cars of an eclectic mix going under the hammer at Shannons Sydney Autumn Auction on May 5. The fully restored left-hand drive Shelby is believed to be the [Read More]

Dallas, TX: A dozen $20 bills from the infamous 1971 “D. B. Cooper” skyjacking will be offered to the public for the first time in June by Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas, Texas. The notes are owned by Brian Ingram, 36, of Mena, Arkansas who was eight years old in 1980 when [Read More]

Discerning collectors will have a rare opportunity to acquire a piece of Hollywood’s Golden Age when the esteemed private collection of renowned radio magnate, Art Astor, crosses the auction block in June. A Californian native with over 50 years in Southern California broadcasting, Art Astor is a renowned entrepreneur and passionate collector, [Read More]

Proxibid, a premier provider of live auction webcasting services, today announced that it will provide live online bidding when a vintage four-passenger airplane crosses the auction block next month. The live auction, hosted by Helberg and Nuss Auctions & Realty, will take place Saturday, April 12 at 12:30 p.m. MDT. Pre-bidding and [Read More]

ATLANTA – Babe Ruth, Richard Nixon, Charles Lindbergh, Walt Disney, Mickey Mantle, JFK, Marilyn Monroe, Grateful Dead, Ty Cobb, Elvis Presley, the Wright Brothers: Who could gather all of these names and many more in one location for one auction with NO MINIMUM OR RESERVE? None other than Red Baron. May 2-4, [Read More]

LONDON – Sotheby’s auction of Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints on Tuesday, 1st April, 2008 offers work by major artists across the history of art. Featuring a rare and important collection of graphic works by Henri Matisse as well as a dedicated group of prints by ‘Andy Warhol & The Pop [Read More]

(Flat Rock, N.C.) – A Reed & Barton “Francis I” sterling tea and coffee set with matching tray, totaling over 270 troy ounces, sold for $11,000 at a massive three-day multi-estate sale held February 21-23 by Richard D. Hatch & Associates. Reed & Barton “Francis I” sterling tea and coffee set with [Read More]