Antiques

On Saturday, June 4, when RSL Auction Co. presents a 499-lot selection of fine banks, together with a smaller grouping of antique toys, at Richard Opfer’s gallery in suburban Baltimore. The auction’s centerpiece is the John Jirkofsky collection. A longtime Midwestern collector, Jirkofsky is a member of both the MBCA and SBCCA, [Read More]

HWPH, one of the biggest German scripophily auctioneers, offers more than 2,000 antique stocks and bonds within its two upcoming auction sales. The first sale (21st auction, May 7) will be a public auction located in Wiesbaden, Germany, the second sale (22nd auction, May 9 and 10) will be a pure online [Read More]

A two bar musical quotation in C Major written and signed by Giuseppe Verdi, is to be auctioned at Bonhams Printed Books and Manuscripts sale in London on 7 June. It is estimated at between £2,000-3,000. It is dated June 1862 and bears a resemblance to the theme of the chorus’s line [Read More]

Selections from the extraordinary collection of the late Malcolm S. Forbes, lovingly displayed in the Forbes Galleries in New York for more than a quarter century, will be offered in Heritage Auctions’ “The Gentleman Collector” auction, in Dallas, on June 1. “The Forbes ‘Mortality of Immortality’ assortment of more than 100 extraordinary [Read More]

Noel Barrett’s May 21 auction offers 714-lots, from fresh-to-market holiday items and antique games to coveted clockwork toys and salesmen’s samples. The Saturday event commencing at 10 a.m. at the Eagle Fire Hall in New Hope, Pa., will feature items from the collections of Philip and Ann Henderson, and Rex Horchem. The [Read More]

Sotheby’s announces the first of its 2011 London Sales of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. The auction will feature 343 lots and will take place in London on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011. Every item in the sale has been meticulously selected as an iconic example of its genre and in [Read More]

Christie’s fine art auctioneers, will offer a revolving vase from the Qianlong period (1736-1795) (estimate on request) at its upcoming Hong Kong Spring Sale of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 1 June 2011 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. Preserved in perfect condition, the rotating vase has reticulated [Read More]

A MAGNIFICENT George V Gold Freedom Casket enamelled with the arms of the County Borough of Newport (Wales) will highlight Matthew Barton Ltd’s auction of Silver, Works of Art and Objects of Vertu. The sale will take place on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 in West Kensington at 25 Blythe Road, W14. It [Read More]

Following the success of Part 1 of the Edward Wrangham Collection in November 2010, which realised over £2 million and included a world record price for an inro** sold at auction, Bonhams is delighted to announce the second sale of the collection that will take place at Bonhams, New Bond Street on [Read More]

Mosby & Co. will make the transition to live auctions with a May 14 sale at its new 4,200 sq. ft. gallery located in the Washington suburb of Frederick, Maryland. With a successful record in the production of absentee and online auctions to serve as his springboard, Mosby & Co.’s principal, Keith [Read More]

Watch enthusiasts, beginners and seasoned collectors can look forward to an extremely wide array of magnificent timepieces at Christie’s Hong Kong Important Watches Spring Sale on 30 May 2011 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. With 540 lots on offer and a total estimate exceeding HK$80 million/US$10 million, the Spring [Read More]

Doyle New York will hold an auction of Rare Books, Maps and Autographs on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 10am. The sale will offer property in a variety of categories, including Americana, manuscripts, inscribed first editions, color plate books, livres d’artiste and original artwork. THE LIBRARY OF OMAR SHAKESPEAR POUND A special [Read More]

Pieces by the most influential British gold and silversmith of the last century, Gerald Benney, are for sale in the Silver Auction (including post-war silver) at Bonhams Knightsbridge on 25 May. It follows the highly successful sale of Benney’s work last December which made more than £150,000. The star lot in May’s [Read More]

On Sunday, April 17th at 12:00 Noon, Clarke Auction will sell 400 lots drawn from estates on Central Park West and Sutton Place and from Great Neck, Scarsdale, Greenwich, and Brooklyn Heights. Fine Art includes Americo Di Franza, Christina Morton, John Burr, Clifford Alexander, Mary Townsend Mason, John Clifford Huffington, Ivan Olinsky(2), [Read More]

Morphy Auctions will present a colorful array of fresh to the market antique toys, banks, advertising and figural cast-iron novelties in a 1,645-lot auction titled A Spring Selection, on April 29-30, 2011. Both the Friday and Saturday sessions include extremely rare items from long-held collections, with highlights including early Dr Pepper advertising [Read More]

The stellar collection of antique toys, banks and Americana amassed by the late Donal Markey surpassed the $2-million mark on March 25-26 at Bertoia’s in Vineland, New Jersey. The 1,034-lot auction inventory added a full spectrum of colors to the shelves of Bertoia’s gleaming glass showcases, with scores of early American folk-art [Read More]

Fine jewelry will highlight John Moran Auctioneers’ May 17, 2011 Antiques and Fine Art Auction, a two-session sale of over 300 lots. An attractive opportunity to acquire antique and vintage pieces at all price levels, Moran’s semi-annual jewelry sale presents hundreds of carefully selected lots consigned directly from private collections and estates. [Read More]

CASHING IN ON THE SILVER BOOM Silver and precious metals are having a boom. Prices for hallmarked silver particularly have increased dramatically over the last few weeks and are currently at over £20 an ounce. The world can’t get enough of silver and this is reflected in record prices being achieved at [Read More]