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OVER 2000 QUALITY LOTS IN A WIDE RANGE OF COLLECTING CATEGORIES WILL BE SOLD FEB. 14-16 AT LOUIS J. DIANNI’S 6th PALM BEACH AUCTION IN FLORIDA

The three-day event will be held at the Hilton Hotel & Conference Center in West Palm Beach. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Approximately 2,000 quality, market-fresh lots in a wide range of collecting categories will be sold at the sixth annual Palm Beach Auction planned for Feb. 14-16 by Louis J. Dianni, [Read More]

A MILLS VIOLANO VIRTUOSO SOARS TO $34,100 AND A RARE CREMONA “K” NICKELODEON REALIZES $33,000 AT STANTON’S MUSIC MACHINE AUCTION

The auction was held Nov. 20-22, 2014 at the Eaton County Fairgrounds in Charlotte, Michigan CHARLOTTE, Mich. – A Mills Violano Virtuoso soared to $34,100 and a Cremona Orchestral “K” nickelodeon went for $33,000 at a fall auction of antique music machines and related items held Nov. 20-22, 2014 by Stanton’s Auctioneers, [Read More]

A MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA $500 SPECIMEN BANKNOTE FROM 1948 REALIZES $18,270 AT ARCHIVES INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONS JAN. 10 IN HONG KONG, CHINA

The auction featured 371 lots of Chinese and Asian banknotes, coins, stock & bond certificates. HONG KONG, China – A 1948 Mercantile Bank of India (Hong Kong issue) $500 specimen banknote sold for $18,270 at an auction featuring 371 lots of Chinese and Asian banknotes, coins and scripophily (stock and bond certificates) [Read More]

NEARLY 300 LOTS OF FINE TIMEPIECES, JEWELRY, ANTIQUES AND ASIAN ART WILL BE SOLD THURSDAY, JAN. 22, BY A. B. LEVY’S IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.

A Patek Philippe men’s wristwatch and a Cartier diamond bracelet are two expected top lots. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A rare Swiss platinum and diamond open face watch made circa 1933-1950 by Patek Philippe, an important Cartier bracelet boasting a fine old mine diamond weighing about 2.51 carats, and a 25-carat [Read More]

A TWO-SESSION ANTIQUE ESTATE AUCTION TOTALING MORE THAN 500 LOTS WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, JANUARY 31st, BY FONTAINE’S AUCTION GALLERY

The sale will be packed with vintage firearms, duck decoys, stoneware, pottery, lighting & more. PITTSFIELD, Mass. – A two-session antique estate auction totaling more than 500 lots and featuring rare and collectible firearms, duck decoys, stoneware, pottery, lighting and more will be held on Saturday, Jan. 31st, by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, [Read More]

RARE AND MONUMENTAL PAIR OF TIFFANY & COMPANY SILVER VASES SELLS FOR $33,600 AT NADEAU’S AUCTION GALLERY’S NEW YEAR’S DAY SALE, JAN. 1

The event was held at Nadeau’s gallery, located at 25 Meadow Road in Windsor, Connecticut. WINDSOR, Conn. – An exceptionally rare and monumental pair of Tiffany & Company silver vases, each one 23 inches tall and weighing in at a combined 247 troy silver ounces, sold for $33,600 at a New Year’s [Read More]

ANTIQUE ITEMS FROM PROMINENT SOUTHERN ESTATES PLUS REMAINING ITEMS FROM THE SANDERS COLLECTIONS, WILL BE SOLD JAN. 17th IN ABERDEEN, MISS

The auction will be conducted by Stevens Auction Company, starting at 10 a.m. Central time. ABERDEEN, Miss. – Quality antique items from prominent and historic estates throughout the South, plus an extraordinary collection of American Brilliant Cut Glass, porcelains and antiques from the estate of Mrs. Gertrude Sanders of Amory, Miss., will [Read More]

A SINGLE-OWNER COLLECTION OF VINTAGE AUTOMOBILES, PETROLIANA, COKE COLLECTIBLES AND MORE WILL BE SOLD ON-SITE JAN. 25th IN PLYMOUTH, CONN

It’s the estate of the late Tim Donahue. The auctioneer for the event will be Tim’s, Inc. Auctions. PLYMOUTH, Conn. – A breathtaking single-owner lifetime collection of vintage automobiles, petroliana items (gas station collectibles), Coca-Cola and Harley-Davidson memorabilia and many other items in various collecting categories will come up for bid on [Read More]

A TWO-DAY ESTATES AUCTION PACKED WITH MANY ITEMS FROM A TENNESSEE ANTIQUARIAN PLUS NUMEROUS SOUTHERN ESTATES WILL BE HELD JAN. 17-18

The auction will be held by Crescent City Auction Gallery, at the firm’s New Orleans gallery. NEW ORLEANS, La. – A two-day estates auction featuring original paintings by the iconic folk artist Clementine Hunter, a hand-colored engraving from the John James Audubon book Birds of America, a pair of Meissen porcelain figural [Read More]

ANTIQUE BLACK FOREST CARVED HALL RACK FEATURING A 30-INCH LIFE-SIZE DOG REALIZES $19,600 AT S & S AUCTIONS’ TWO-DAY SALE, HELD NOV. 16th -17th

The Black Forest hall tree was the top achiever in an auction that grossed around $857,500. REPAUPO, N.J. – An antique Black Forest hall rack, rare and highly collectible mainly for its finely carved, life-size dog, 30 inches tall, sold for $19,600 at an estates auction held Nov. 16-17 by S & [Read More]

OVER 370 LOTS OF CHINESE AND ASIAN BANKNOTES, SCRIPOPHILY AND COINS WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION JANUARY 10, 2015 IN HONG KONG BY ARCHIVES INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONS

A possibly unique Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, Peking Branch issued banknote will be in the sale. HONG KONG, China – More than 370 lots of rare and highly collectible Chinese and Asian banknotes, coins and scripophily (stock and bond certificates) will be sold at public auction on Saturday, Jan. 10, by Archives International Auctions [Read More]

HDH #1 Wine Auction House in US in 2014

Strong December auction totals $6.5M, brings annual total to $42.8M (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart capped off 2014 with a remarkably strong auction in Chicago on December 12th & 13th, realizing $6.5M against pre-sale estimates of $4.7-$7.0M. The auction’s unparalleled quality and breadth attracted a multitude of participants, whose aggressive bids [Read More]