Antiques

Sotheby’s New York will hold a dedicated sale of an interior of furniture by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, the legendary French Art Deco atelier, on 6 December. The nine masterworks were commissioned by an American family, and this auction represents the first time in over ten years that such a complete interior of works [Read More]

The auction will be conducted by Woody Auction, headquartered in Douglass, Kansas WICHITA, Kan. – Hundreds of pieces of rare and vintage art glass, consigned by several prominent collectors, will be sold at auction Saturday, Dec. 11, in the 4H Hall of the Sedgwick County Extension Center in Wichita, Kan., starting promptly [Read More]

A very rare pair of French silver-mounted flintlock pistols by Napoleon’s gunmaker, Boutet, once in the collection of Field Marshall Sir Frances Festing, will be offered in Bonhams Fine Antique Arms and Armour sale in Knightsbridge on Wednesday, 24th November. The pair is estimated to fetch between £50,000 to £75,000. The pistols, [Read More]

Freeman’s auctioneers have announced their upcoming Americana and 5th Anniversary Pennsylvania Sale auctions, to be held November 20 & 21. The sales, which will contain 462 and 275 lots respectively, will highlight the best in American craftsmanship with objects that herald from extraordinary American families. To see the exhibition of works is [Read More]

Marble collectors will be gathering around the circle at Morphy’s gallery on Saturday, Nov. 6, as the Pennsylvania company known for its top-quality toy sales presents at auction 300+ lots of marbles, boxed sets and affinity items. The inventory includes early handmade, transitional and machine-made marbles, as well as coveted boxed sets [Read More]

An extremely fine collection of medieval hammered gold and silver coins has been discovered on a valuation day in Lichfield this week. The collection discovered by Stephen Wrenn, (Richard Winterton’s coin & medal expert) is one of finest collections he has seen throughout his career. The collector, a local man bought the [Read More]

Bonhams announce the November 11, 2010 auction of African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art in New York. The fall sale will feature unique and traditional works from Africa, Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Indonesia, Australia, Central and South America from as early as 1200 B.C. to the 15th Century, prior to European contact. Highlighting the [Read More]

Two letters written by Beatrix Potter just before the Second World War to the sculptress, Josefina de Vasconcellos, form part of an archive of papers being auctioned at Bonhams Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts sale in London on 23 November (est £4,000-8,000). They provide a fascinating insight into the famous author’s no [Read More]

On October 27th, 2010, Cowan’s will host its Fall Antique and Modern Firearms auction. This 1663 lot sale features a great selection of firearms and firearms accessories from the 16th century through the 21st century, including a fantastic first model Henry rifle, a comprehensive collection of German Schuetzen rifles, and a 16th [Read More]

Hugo Grotius’ masterpiece “De iure belli ac pacis libri tres“ is of outmost rareness, as only one other copy of the first print from the first edition of the fundamental writing on modern law of nations is known of worldwide. The book will be called up with an estimate of EUR 50.000 [Read More]

In the field of graphic design, Chicagoan David Hirsch is known as the man with the golden eye. A founding partner of David Hirsch Design Group and later Hirsch O’Connor, he was the mastermind behind the artwork that branded a legion of commercial entities and products. And while it may be possible [Read More]

Locked in a Pennsylvania vault for 43 years, one of the most comprehensive collections of colonial and early American coins ever to reach public auction, The W. Philip Keller Collection of U.S. Colonials, is the principle highlight of the upcoming Heritage Auctions Rare U.S. Coin auction, Oct. 28–31 in conjunction with COINFEST [Read More]

Traditionally, Old Town Auctions conducts a bountiful auction of vintage toys and antique advertising during the week leading up to Thanksgiving. This year the menu for Old Town’s annual “feast” – to be held Nov. 19-21 – has expanded to accommodate several bonus courses. In addition to a vast selection of transportation [Read More]

Central Mass Auctions will auction an important stained glass window from the Burroughs Newsboy Foundation along with a William and Mary dresser in their October 28, 2010 auction at 267 Providence St. Worcester, MA. The stained glass window is 7 1/2″ X 7 1/2″ and was from the Burroughs Newsboy Foundation in [Read More]

FINE SPORTING GUNS BY LONDON MAKERS HIGHLIGHT DECEMBER LONDON SALE A UNIQUE collection of over and under 12-bore Sporting Guns by premier London Gun Maker Boss & Co. will be sold by Gavin Gardiner (in association with Sotheby’s) in a sale of Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns and Rifles on Wednesday, [Read More]

On November 19 & 20 Noel Barrett will auction will be one of the most important sales of 2010. It will feature toys from the Tom Gray Collection along with those of the Old Salem Toy Museum of Winston Salem, NC The museum’s holdings were primarily gifts from Tom and his mother [Read More]

Dan Morphy’s Auctions next sale is slated for Oct. 15-16 and will feature the extraordinary Cristol/Glickman family’s doll collection, the advertising clocks of longtime collectors Jerry and Millie Maltz, and part II of the Michael O’Hearn vintage toy collection. The 1,850-lot auction will appeal to those who seek “fresh-to-market antiques with deep [Read More]

The Crosby Garrett Helmet has been sold at an Antiquities auction at Christie’s South Kensington for £2,281,250 / $3,629,469 / €2,593,781 (estimate: £200,000 to £300,000). An exceptional survival from Roman Britain, the helmet was discovered by a metal detectorist in Cumbria in May 2010 and dates from the late 1st-2nd Century A.D. [Read More]