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PROPERTY FROM PROMINENT ESTATES AND COLLECTIONS WILL BE OFFERED AT NYE & COMPANY AUCTIONEERS ESTATE TREASURES AUCTION, ON JUNE 6th & 7th

The 2-day sale will be held online and in Nye & Company’s gallery, located in Bloomfield, N.J. BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – A two-day Estate Treasures Auction featuring numerous treasures pulled from prominent estates and collections, will be held Wednesday and Thursday, June 6th and 7th, by Nye & Company Auctioneers, online and in [Read More]

A MONUMENTAL BRONZE FOUNTAIN BY SANDY SCOTT (Am., b. 1943) WILL LEAD AUCTION LIFE’S NEXT BIG AUCTION SLATED FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 3rd, AT 1 pm EDT

More than 500 lots will come up for bid, all pulled from prominent local estates and collections. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A beautiful and monumental bronze fountain by the renowned American artist Sandy Scott (b. 1943), several vintage Leica cameras previously owned by a photographer for Sports Illustrated and National Geographic, [Read More]

A FINE & DECORATIVE ARTS AUCTION HEADLINED BY THE BOB AND DELORES McCASH COLLECTION WILL BE HELD MAY 19th BY MILLER & MILLER AUCTIONS

The sale will be held online and at Miller & Miller’s gallery, located in New Hamburg, Ontario. NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A Fine & Decorative Arts Auction featuring the single-owner lifetime collection of the late Bob and Delores McCash – two dedicated collectors who acquired most of their antique finds in [Read More]

ITEMS FROM THE COLLECTION OF PEGGY AND DAVID ROCKEFELLER, OVER 600 LOTS IN MANY CATEGORIES, WILL BE AUCTIONED ON JUNE 2nd BY NADEAU’S

The auction will be held online and at Nadeau’s gallery in Windsor, Conn., at 11 am Eastern. The Rockefellers are one of the most important and wealthiest families in American history. WINDSOR, Conn. – Items from the single-owner collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller – members of one of the most important [Read More]

QUALITY MERCHANDISE FROM ESTATES AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS FROM ACROSS THE SOUTH WILL BE SOLD BY STEVENS AUCTION ON MAY 18th & 19th

The auction will be held at Stevens’ gallery in Aberdeen, Miss., near Tupelo and Columbus. ABERDEEN, Miss. – A gorgeous Prudence Mallard five-piece bedroom suite, a Sevres three-sided capped urn, a bronze sculpture of fighting bulls signed by the French artist Jean Baptiste Clesinger (1814-1883), a fully restored 1933 V-8 Cadillac in [Read More]

PAIR OF FRENCH-MADE WORLD WAR II-ERA SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLES HITS THE MARK FOR A COMBINED $4,625 AT BRUNEAU & CO’S MILITARY AUCTION, MAY 5th

The auction was held online and in Bruneau’s gallery at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston, R.I. CRANSTON, R.I. – A pair of French-made, World War II-era semi-automatic rifles sold as single lots for a combined $4,625 at a Military, Firearm & Weapon Auction held May 5th by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, online [Read More]

IN THE MANNER OF – A NEW ART AUCTION HOUSE SPECIALIZING IN ATTRIBUTIONS BY FINE ART MASTERS – WILL HOLD ITS FIRST ONLINE-ONLY SALE ON THURSDAY, MAY 17th

The 143-lot catalog is filled with some of the greatest names in all of art history – all attributions. FRANKLIN, Mass. – A new specialty art auction house that deals exclusively in antique and vintage artworks created in the styles of master artists will hold its inaugural internet-only sale on Thursday, May [Read More]

A FIGURAL OIL ON PANEL PAINTING BY JOHN PHILIP FALTER BRINGS $92,400 TO LEAD RIPLEY AUCTIONS’ AMERICAN CRAFT & FINE ART AUCTION

The 348-lot auction, held in Indianapolis, also featured studio pottery pieces by Toshiko Takaezu INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – An oil on panel painting by renowned American artist and illustrator John Philip Falter (1910-1982) soared to $92,400, and an important early modern studio pottery vase by Japanese-born American artist Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011) – one [Read More]

Shannon’s bi-annual American & European Fine Art Auction was a huge success, grossing $2.5 million with an 80 percent sell-through. It was Shannon’s most successful auction in five years

MILFORD, CT. – Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers just concluded its best auction in five years, as the firm achieved an 80 percent sell-through on the 244 artworks that came up for bid in a sale that grossed $2.5 million. The event – Shannon’s bi-annual American & European Fine Art Auction – was [Read More]

CRESCENT CITY AUCTION GALLERY’S IMPORTANT TWO-DAY ESTATES AUCTION WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MAY 19th AND 20th, IN NEW ORLEANS, LA.

The auction will be held online and in the firm’s showroom located at 1330 St. Charles Avenue. NEW ORLEANS, La. – A gorgeous 19th century American Classical carved mahogany full tester bed and an exceptional French bronze and black marble figural mantel clock from around 1880 are expected star lots in Crescent [Read More]

SPANISH STREET SCENE BY LUDWIG BEMELMANS (Fr./Am., 1898-1962), FINISHES AT $13,750 IN AN AUCTION HELD APRIL 14th BY BRUNEAU & CO. AUCTIONEERS

The auction was held online and in Bruneau’s gallery at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston, R.I. CRANSTON, R.I. – A Spanish street painting titled Palma De Mallorca Street Scene by the French-American artist Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962), best known as the illustrator for the popular Madeline children’s book series, sold for $13,750 to [Read More]

IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS OF HIGH-GRADE SANDY KOUFAX AND HANK AARON BASEBALL CARDS CO-HEADLINE SMALL TRADITIONS ONLINE AUCTION, MAY 5th

The 1,000-plus-lot Spring Premium Auction also features dozens of Hall of Fame rookie cards in various grades; highly graded Mickey Mantle cards; and a strong selection of Derek Jeter cards. DENVER, Colo. – Small Traditions’ internet-only Spring Premium Auction, online now and ending on Saturday, May 5th, is highlighted by the Cardbull [Read More]