Antiques

The Norman Jacobs Collection of Japanese and Korean numismatic rarities, highlighted by an incredible set of 1909 Korean Yung Hi gold, Year 3, in 5 Won, 10 Won and 20 Won denominations, collectively expected to bring well more than $1,000,000 – along with the “Ides of March” Denarius, which openly celebrates the [Read More]

A gem-set gold pendant from the treasury of the legendary Indian ruler, Tipu Sultan, is among the star lots in the sale of the contents of Lord Glenconner’s St Lucian home at Bonhams in London on 28 September. It is estimated at between £80,000 and 120,000. Tipu Sultan Gold Pendant The gold [Read More]

Wedgwood ceramics collected by a man who started work at the Etruria factory straight from school, rising to the position of manager of the Jasper warehouse, are to be sold by Nantwich, Cheshire, auctioneers Peter Wilson. The sale is on September 7-8. Wedgwood’s master potters became Harry Sheldon’s friends and as the [Read More]

One of the finest and rarest items of furniture to date has recently been discovered in a Staffordshire property. It belongs to a genre of furniture known as collectors’ cabinets, essentially a small cabinet with a fitted interior for housing objects d’art for wealthy connoisseurs. This example is thought to be Indo-Portuguese [Read More]

Bonhams & Butterfields have announced its September 25, 2011 Sunset Estate Auction will feature select property from the Estate of award-winning stage, television and film actor John Forsythe. A harlequin set of eight Late George III ladder back chairs early 19th century. With rush seats, comprising two armchairs and six side chairs. [Read More]

The Helmut Joseph Collection Makes £1,700,000 at Auction The most important collection of porcelain snuff boxes assembled in the 20th century sold for a fantastic £1,700,000 at Bonhams, New Bond Street, London on 5th July 2011. The top lot was a magnificent made for Augustus III, Elector of Saxony and King of [Read More]

Two superbly documented fragments from “The Star Spangled Banner,” the very flag that flew over Ft. McHenry in Baltimore, MD on Sept. 13, 1814 and inspired Francis Scott Key to pen the words to America’s national anthem, sold for $65,725 as part of Heritage Auctions’ $1,361,858 June 25 Signature® Arms & Militaria [Read More]

Sotheby’s London Evening Sale of Treasures: Princely Taste was led by the sale of a magnificent pair of Italian carved giltwood settees created for one of the most sumptuous Rococo interiors in Italy – the Gilded Gallery of Palazzo Carrega Cataldi. Setting a record at auction for Italian seating furniture when they [Read More]

A 16-inch papier-mache Halloween figure beat expectations to sell for $16,520 (all prices inclusive of 18% buyer’s premium); but a modestly estimated Lionel train set that took the express journey to the top of prices realized. The Lionel 408E standard gauge set with electric engine and twin Bild-A-Loco motors pulled four compartmented [Read More]

On July 15, Stephenson’s will present its 2011 Mid-Summer Dolls, Toys & Trains Auction, featuring approximately 300 lots of carefully chosen antique and vintage playthings. All forms of bidding will be available, including live via the Internet through LiveAuctioneers.com. The auction will begin at 2 p.m. Eastern time with a selection of [Read More]

A recently discovered, English ebony bracket clock attributed to Ahasuerus Fromanteel sold for a remarkable £692,000 on 28 June at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its sale of Fine Clocks and Watches. The clock, which was found in a private European collection in mid-May this year, and had been in [Read More]

Featuring Magnificent European Furniture & Works of Art, Important Russian Works of Art and Silver Six years after the landmark auction of Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra, Sotheby’s announce a second sale dedicated to the remarkable Lily and Edmond J. Safra Collections. The four day auction will [Read More]

A Karl Müller-designed and signed Union Porcelain Works Centennial Vase, manufactured in Greenpoint, NY, circa 1876-1885, sold for $47,800 on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 to lead Heritage Auctions’ Signature® Decorative Arts & Design and Gentleman Collector Auctions at the company’s Design District Annex in Dallas. All prices include 19.5% Buyer’s Premium. The [Read More]

The private collection of one of the finest furniture maker’s of his time, Emmanuel Alfred Beurdeley (1847-1919), is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its Fine European Furniture, Sculpture and Works of Art sale on 6 July 2011. Emmanuel Alfred took over his family business in 1875. [Read More]

Bonhams New York will hold its final auction of the season, on June 23, entitled American and European Furniture, Decorative Arts and Paintings. Sourced from various private collectors, the auction’s contents offer a wider array of decorative objects from a diverse range of collecting fields. Star lots in the sale come from [Read More]

A Park Avenue Interior by Mark Hampton realized $1,595,988/£973,163/€1,093,142 and was sold 94% by lot and 91% by value at Christie’s New York. The top lot was An Italian bronze ecorche model of a pacing horse, possibly attributed to Luigi Valadier, realizing $98,500/£60,061/€67,465. Andrew McVinish, Vice President, European Furniture and Collections, said [Read More]

Morphy’s June 25 General Antiques 500-lot auction includes more than 40 tall case and mantel clocks, with the star lot being a circa-1795 Eli Terry production.”Eli Terry (Connecticut, 1772-1852) was the father of American clock making,” said Morphy Auctions’ owner, Dan Morphy.”The tall-case clock in our sale is extraordinary because it is [Read More]

Sotheby’s London announced that the auction of Porcelain, Furniture & Decorative Arts from The Evill/Frost Collection on 16th June 2011, will offer an exceptional Regency gilt-bronze, brass inlaid table, which is believed to have been commissioned by His Majesty’s Government, c.1815, for the drawing room of Napoleon Bonaparte’s home in exile on [Read More]