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475 LOTS OF AMERICAN, EUROPEAN, AFRICAN, CHINESE AND ASIAN ITEMS WILL BE OFFERED AT CONVERSE AUCTIONS EAST MEETS WEST AUCTION, AUGUST 25

The auction will be online-only – no live bidding – and will begin promptly at 9 am Eastern time. MALVERN, Pa. – A colorful cloisonné tripod censer of three enameled cranes is expected to bring $3,000-$5,000 and a wonderfully rendered oil portrait attributed to the French artist Jean Paul Laurens (1838-1921) carries [Read More]

ARTWORKS BY KOSTANDI, MARSH, PLEISSNER, PLUS MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE AND OTHER ITEMS, WILL BE SOLD AUG. 16th BY NYE & COMPANY

The Wednesday auction will be held at the firm’s gallery in Bloomfield, N.J., as well as online. BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Paintings by the Russian Federation artist Kharlampi Kostandi (1868-1939), Reginald Marsh (Am., 1898-1954) and Ogden Minton Pleissner (Am., 1905-1983), plus items from the collection of Academy Award-nominated actress Grayson Hall (1925-1985) and [Read More]

THE MANY COLLECTIONS OF JOAN AND KENNETH COLE WILL BE AUCTIONED ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 19th, ON-SITE AT THE COLES’ HOME IN PANAMA CITY BEACH

Featured will be extensive collections of Cambridge glass in the Wildflower pattern, cake plates, crystal and cut glass compotes and more. The Specialists of the South will conduct the auction. PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – The lifetime single-owner collections of Kenneth and Joan Cole – a wide array of items, to include [Read More]

THE BRAD AND MARY WATTS WESTERN COLLECTION OF COWBOY AND NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN ARTIFACTS WILL BE AUCTIONED SEPT. 29 thru OCT. 1

The three-day event, packed with approximately 2,000 investment-grade items, will be held by Showtime Auction Services, at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ANN ARBOR, Mich. – What will quite possibly be the largest and most important collection of Cowboy and Native American Indian items ever offered at auction [Read More]

A SUPERB PATEK PHILIPPE MEN’S CHRONOGRAPH WATCH, A DAZZLING LADIES’ DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RING, AND THREE PAINTINGS BY UKRAINIAN ARTIST MYCHAJLO MOROZ (1904-1992) ALL DO WELL AT BRUNEAU & CO.’s JULY 22 SALE

The auction grossed $423,667and was held at Bruneau’s gallery in Cranston, Rhode Island. CRANSTON, R.I. – A men’s Patek Philippe platinum perpetual calendar chronograph watch soared to $88,750, a ladies’ platinum 5.99-carat diamond engagement ring slipped onto a new finger for $33,750, and three oil on canvas paintings by the Ukrainian expressionist [Read More]

RARE 16th CENTURY SPANISH OR ITALIAN COMBED MORION HELMET REALIZES $7,675 AT AUCTION #77, HELD LIVE AND ONLINE BY MOHAWK ARMS, JUNE 16-17

The morion was the top lot in an auction that featured 1,500 items spanning many generations. BOUCKVILLE, N.Y. – A rare, 16th century Spanish or Italian combed morion (tall dome-shaped infantry helmet featuring a rim and upswept front and rear peak) sold for $7,675 to take top lot honors at Militaria Auction [Read More]

FOURTEEN GUEST EXPERTS WILL SPEAK ON A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS AT THIS YEAR’S FOUNDATION FOR APPRAISAL EDUCATION (FAE) SEMINAR, SEPT 22nd-23rd

The seminar will be held in the facilities of the Dallas Auction Gallery, at 2235 Monitor Street. DALLAS, Tex. – The 6th annual educational seminar of the Foundation for Appraisal Education (FAE) will be held on Friday and Saturday, September 22nd and 23rd, at Dallas Auction Gallery, located at 2235 Monitor Street [Read More]

AN AUCTION FEATURING 370 LOTS OF WESTERN AMERICANA WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY, AUG. 6th, IN RENO BY HOLABIRD WESTERN AMERICANA COLLECTIONS

The auction will be held in Holabird’s gallery at 3555 Airway Drive in Reno, Nev., and online. RENO, Nev. – Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC will conduct a 370-lot auction of Western Americana on Sunday, August 6th, starting at 12 high noon Pacific time, in the firm’s gallery at 3555 Airway Drive [Read More]

PAINTINGS ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE MONET AND VINCENT VAN GOGH WILL HEADLINE WOODSHED ART AUCTIONS’ PRESTIGE COLLECTION SALE, JULY 26th

Also in the sale will be works attributed to Warhol, Dali, Whistler, Chagall and Lichtenstein. FRANKLIN, Mass. – A tempera on paper painting attributed to Claude Monet (1840-1926), titled Study for Gare Saint-Lazare, and a tempera and gouache on paper attributed to Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), titled Morning, Going to Work, are [Read More]

OCEAN LINER MEMORABILIA FROM THE TITANIC, THE ANDREA DORIA AND THE SS NORMANDIE EARN TOP LOT HONORS AT WEISS AUCTIONS’ JUNE 22nd AUCTION

The auction was held at Weiss Auctions’ gallery in Lynbrook, New York and grossed $220,000. LYNBROOK, N.Y. – Ocean liner memorabilia took top lot honors at Weiss Auctions’ June 22nd sale, as a letter handwritten aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic on April 13, 1912 sold for $22,600, an original life ring from [Read More]

Rare four page Vellum Document, Privateers during the Napoleonic Wars to be Auctioned by Spink in London

Privateers during the Napoleonic Wars ‘Queenborough’: 1806 (12 June) Articles of Agreement between the Owners, Commander, Officers and Crew of this private ship of war. This four page vellum document is extremely rare, giving explicit details of the obligations of the owners and crew, together with a detailed breakdown of the distribution [Read More]

HOLABIRD WESTERN AMERICANA COLLECTIONS, LLC GEARS UP FOR A MAJOR THREE-DAY AUCTION EVENT, JULY 8th-9th-10th IN RENO, PACKED WITH 1,998 LOTS

The auction will be held online, via several bidding platforms, and in Holabird’s Reno gallery. RENO, Nev. – Fresh off a two-day, 400-lot antique bottle auction on June 16th and 17th that saw several records fall and grossed more than $120,000, Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC will climb right back in the [Read More]