Antiques

Bonhams introduces for the first time in New York, a Fine Oriental Rugs, Carpets and Tapestries sale, adding to their already comprehensive list of well-regarded auctions on the East coast. The auction will take place on Monday, February 28, 2011 at 1 p.m. at their saleroom located on 580 Madison Avenue at [Read More]

During its Fine European and American Furniture and Decorative Arts Sale on March 7, 2011, Bonhams & Butterfields is to offer property from a prominent San Francisco Estate, in which a portion of proceeds will benefit the University of California, San Francisco’s Pulmonary Division. Important works from the sale, offered to benefit [Read More]

The sale will be held at Finney’s showroom in Schodack, N.Y., about 15 minutes from Albany (SCHODACK, N.Y.) – Nearly 300 lots of fresh-to-the-market items from prominent area estates and collections will be sold on Saturday, Feb. 26, by Finney’s Auction Service. The sale will begin promptly at 11 a.m., at Finney’s [Read More]

Bonhams sale of Antiquities on April 13 includes a beautiful but inscrutable Egyptian cat cast in bronze, with gold earrings, that dates from circa 664-32BC estimated to sell for £15,000 to £20,000. This charming hollow cast bronze cat is shown alert, sitting upright with the tail curled to the right side, the [Read More]

John Moran Auctioneers announce their March 8, 2011 Antiques Sale, featuring Continental furniture and decorative arts, silver, Native American artifacts, Persian rugs and mid-century modern design, as well as an eclectic selection of other items including American and European paintings, prints and bronzes. Following a very successful January Antiques sale, in which [Read More]

Sotheby’’s announce that it will offer in Hong Kong on the 7th April 2011 selections from one of the grandest collections of Chinese Art formed in the last century, The Meiyintang Collection. Assembled over a period of more than 50 years,is world-renowned for having brought together magnificent examples of Imperial Porcelain and [Read More]

Antiques, Fine China, John Bell Pottery, Vintage Clothing, Dolls, Collectibles and Personal Property Gateway Gallery’s Winter Americana Estate Auction, February 19, 2011 will feature a wonderful collection of period furniture, textiles, sterling, early medical tools, prints, pottery and ceramics, and ephemera. The 400-plus lot auction will be held at Gateway Gallery’s auction [Read More]

The vase, which measures 11.5″ (29cm) tall, is the largest recorded from a rarefied group of early Ming moonflasks dating from the Yongle period (1403-1424), could fetch over a million pounds when it goes under the hammer in Dorset. The vase epitomises the taste of the Yongle Emperor and demonstrates the exceptional [Read More]

Bonhams Chinese and Japanese departments will offer two sales on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, starting with The Linda Riddell Hoffman Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles at 10am, followed by Fine Japanese Works of Art at 2pm. Both auctions will take place at the Bonhams saleroom located at 580 Madison Avenue at 56th [Read More]

Grey Flannel Auctions has announced it will auction the Super Bowl I player’s ring belonging to Steve Wright, former offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers, in an absentee auction closing May 11. As the countdown continues to Super Bowl XLV, Grey Flannel Auctions has its own Super Bowl-related news to announce. [Read More]

Here’s something to raise a glass to – one of the finest and unique collections of English eighteenth century drinking glasses has been discovered in Lichfield. The collection of over thirty glasses dating from as early as c.1730 up to the early nineteenth century is the stuff of every Auctioneer’s dream. The [Read More]

Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to present the Estate of well-known collectors and autograph dealers, Charles Williamson and Tucker Fleming, on April 20, 2011. The sale, simulcast between Los Angeles and New York, features an impressive collection of approximately 600 lots highlighted by one-of-a-kind personal letters, documents, and photographs covering literature, art [Read More]

Crammed with consignment, one item attracts curious attention: a cast likeness of John Dillinger, created after he was shot by police and federal agents in 1934. “It’s an excellent example of the kinds of things people have in their basements and attics in Kansas City,” said Auctioneer Andrew Turner. “It’s fun to [Read More]

Bauhaus enthusiasts and lovers of Modernism will have a shot at rare postwar Bauhaus furniture from an East Berlin estate offered by Authentics, in Lambertville, NJ, one hour from Manhattan. The two Bauhaus sideboard sets are being shown at the Rago Arts Modern Design Auction this Saturday February 5, 2011. The sale [Read More]

The weekend event will be held at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor, Mich. (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) – Over 1,800 lots of investment-grade antiques and collectibles – to include country store and advertising items from the Earl Hagerman collection, many pieces from the Chesapeake Bay Fire Fighting Museum in Maryland, [Read More]

Hundreds of lots of firearms, ammunition, militaria, advertising, hunting and fishing were sold. (MATTHEWS, N.C.) – A colorfully rich and vibrant poster from 1909, advertising the Winchester .401 caliber self-loading rifle, one of the most highly sought after of the Winchester images, sold for $4,246 in an Internet and catalog auction that [Read More]

On Saturday, Jan. 29, and features a varied array of fresh to the market collections of toys and quality pop culture collectibles. The first collection slated to cross the auction block is a small but select assortment of 1950s/60s baseball cards. This all-star grouping is loaded with iconic players such as Mickey [Read More]

“The Savannah Collection,” a newly discovered grouping of more than 40,000 comic books, spanning from 1958 to the present, and acquired directly from the distributor, valued in total at more than $1 million – roughly $350,000 of which is in this auction – makes its debut in Heritage Auctions’ Feb. 24-26 Signature® [Read More]