The bowl was the top achiever in a highly successful auction that grossed just shy of $1 million. BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – An unassuming Chinese green glazed oval footed porcelain bowl with a pre-sale estimate of just $1,000-$2,000 soared to $200,000 at Nye & Company Auctioneers’ Collectors’ Passion Auction held January 31st, online [Read More]
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The auction will be held by The Specialists of the South, at 544 East 6th Street, at 8 am Central. PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Antique and collectible items spanning multiple categories from four prominent local estates, plus additional merchandise from Panama City’s Council on Aging, will all be rolled into one important [Read More]
And exhibitions will be held starting January 22nd, making for a convenient and short side trip. BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Folks pouring into New York City for Americana Week beginning January 15th would be wise to consider sticking around for Nye & Company Auctioneers’ big Collectors’ Passion Auction planned for Wednesday, January 31st, [Read More]
True collectors of American Brilliant Cut Glass will remember the date as the Grabb-Chandler auction KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An exceedingly rare, museum-quality Dorflinger cranberry cut to clear glass ewer, 17 inches tall, soared to $75,000 at a sale featuring two major collections of American Brilliant Cut Glass, held November 18th by [Read More]
The holiday auction will be held at Nye & Company Auctioneers’ showroom in Bloomfield, N.J. BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Quality items from collections in Southampton and Gramercy Park, N.Y, unseen and off the market for decades, will co-headline a Collectors’ Passion & Estate Treasures Auction slated for Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 13th -14th, [Read More]
The auction will be held online, via several bidding platforms, and in Holabird’s Reno gallery. RENO, Nev. – Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC is gearing up for a huge three-day auction event December 1st, 2nd and 3rd, one that’s packed with over 2,200 lots of railroad passes, Express collectibles, Western and postal [Read More]
Mr. Jones was a prominent Atlanta businessman, a patron of the arts and avid lifelong collector. ATLANTA, Ga. – The estate of Thomas Ruben Jones (1929-2014), a prominent Atlanta businessman, patron of the arts and avid lifelong collector of 18th and 19th century American and European antiques, fine art and decorative arts, [Read More]
The auction will be held at 1 pm, online and at the firm’s gallery in West Palm Beach, Florida. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A pair of Georg Jensen Danish sterling silver compotes in the grape pattern – at 12 inches in height, the largest Georg Jensen makes – boasting a total [Read More]
True collectors of American Brilliant Cut Glass will remember the date as the Grabb-Chandler auction KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two major collections of American Brilliant Cut Glass – from Tom Grabb of Indiana and Bill Chandler of Tennessee, whose collections include many rare patterns such as Pueblo, Waldorf, Bellevue, Crystal City, Atom, [Read More]
The shotgun was the top lot in an auction that also featured Asian objects, fine art and more. CRANSTON, R.I. – A single-trigger double barrel shotgun made around 1915 by English gun maker Westley Richards hit the mark for $12,500 – more than double its high estimate – to take top lot [Read More]
Day 1 featured the lifetime collection of philanthropist Annette McGuire Cravens (1923-2017). GENESEO, N.Y. – An outstanding Cycladic marble head dating from 2,500 BC with impeccable provenance soared to $188,800 and an elegant sculpture of black-and-red-painted sheet metal circa 1946 by Alexander Calder (Am., 1898-1976), titled Crayfish, sold for $153,400 at a [Read More]
The 400-lot auction will be held online and live at Woody Auction’s showroom in Douglass, Kansas. DOUGLASS, Kan. – A large and ambitious auction packed with 400 lots of antiques and collectibles in a variety of categories – to include art glass, antique clocks, Newcomb Pottery pieces, Chinese enamel, beautiful vintage lamps [Read More]
A large and fascinating collection of photographs documenting the history and changing face of Lichfield will be offered for sale at the forthcoming Country House & Collectors Sale at the Fradley Park Auction Centre of Richard Winterton Auctioneers on Wednesday 27th September (sale commences at 10.00am). The archive compiled over many years [Read More]
The auction will be held in Stevens’ gallery, at 609 North Meridian Street in Aberdeen, Miss. ABERDEEN, Miss. – A heavily carved mahogany Lincoln bed by Mitchell & Rammelsberg in mint condition, an 11-piece R. J. Horner carved mahogany dining room suite with atlas supports, a Regina Corona Victorian music box in [Read More]
The auction will feature the largest and finest selection of Western sodas the firm has ever sold. SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A terrific selection of rare and vintage bottles from across the United States – to include Western and Eastern sodas, bitters, inkwells, whiskeys and more – will be sold in Auction #64, [Read More]
The event will be held in conjunction with a One Day University lecture – Hamilton vs. Jefferson: The Rivalry That Shapes America – given by prize-winning historian Louis Masur. Original documents are from Seth Kaller, Inc.’s unique Alexander Hamilton Collection. NEW YORK CITY – Fans of Hamilton the Broadway musical can dive [Read More]
DOWNINGTOWN, PA – Premier Pennsylvania auction house Pook & Pook and veteran toy auctioneer Noel Barrett will jointly host a treasure-filled auction of American and European antique tin toys, trains, dollhouses and vintage objects of interest on Friday, Sept. 15. The 500-lot sale will take place at the historic Pook & Pook [Read More]
The auction will be held in the firm’s gallery, at 1330 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, La. NEW ORLEANS, La. – Fine collections of Newcomb Pottery, bronzes and Asian items, original artwork by American artists (much of it from New Orleans and other regional painters), silver, estate jewelry, French and American [Read More]