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Woody Auction’s March 22 antique auction, live and online, boasts Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre, Galle, Daum Nancy, Tiffany

Expected top lots include a Wedgwood vase marked Fairyland Lustre in the Dragon King pattern and an equally beautiful bulbous French Cameo vase signed Galle in the Morning Glory pattern. DOUGLASS, Kan. – A stunning Wedgwood vase marked Fairyland Lustre in the Dragon King pattern and an equally lovely bulbous French Cameo [Read More]

Holabird’s huge, four-day Desert Riches Auction, Jan. 31-Feb. 3, features over 2,100 lots in many collecting categories

The categories include mining, gold, numismatics, scripophily, Native Americana, railroadiana, philatelic and Americana. Day 4 will be a timed-only session. RENO, Nev. – Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC will burst onto the scene in 2025 with a huge, four-day Desert Riches Auction, January 31st thru February 3rd, featuring over 2,100 lots in [Read More]

Items signed by notables from Bob Dylan to Thomas Jefferson are in University Archives’ Jan. 29 auction

The sale features over 450 lots of outstanding historical materials and represents the very best of U.S. Presidential, Aviation/Space, Art, Music, Science, Sports, and more, at 10am Eastern time. WILTON, Conn. – A wrought-iron architectural artifact salvaged in 1983 from the Eiffel Tower in Paris; Bob Dylan’s signed and handwritten lyrics to [Read More]

Miller & Miller’s inaugural, online-only Pre-1980 Sports Cards & Memorabilia auction will be held on January 25th

The sale, which begins closing at 9am Eastern time, features holy grail cards and historically significant memorabilia items that offer collectors a rare opportunity to add to their collections. NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A complete, high-graded 1957 Topps Baseball 407-card set; a 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle card PSA graded 1.5 [Read More]

Over 4,300 lots cross the auction block in Holabird’s huge 7-day Autumn Gold auction, November 21-27

The categories included numismatics, gold, minerals, fine art, antique furniture, political memorabilia, philatelic, jewelry, toys, tokens, medals, and postcards. RENO, Nev. – A Carson City (Nev.) Branch Mint Troemmer special bullion balance scale used from 1870-1893 sold for $62,500 to take overall top lot honors at massive, seven-day Autumn Gold Auction held [Read More]

John McInnis Auctioneers will burst into 2025 with three important auctions, January 3-5, online and live in Amesbury, Mass

January 3rd will be a Fine Art Collections auction; January 4th will be an Important Estates Collections auction; January 5th will be an Oklahoma Collection of Decorative Arts auction. AMESBURY, Mass. – John McInnis Auctioneers will burst into 2025 with three important auctions set for January 3rd, 4th and 5th, online and [Read More]

Miller & Miller’s December 7-8 online-only auctions featured petroliana, advertising signs, historic objects

A Carhartt sign soared to $28,320, a Peabodys sign rang up $18,880, and a White Rose sign brought $15,340 in two days of auctions that grossed $919,339 overall (Canadian dollars). NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A Carhartt Overalls single-sided porcelain sign from the 1910s soared to $28,320; a Peabodys Overalls single-sided porcelain [Read More]