Antiques

(HILSBOROUGH, N.C.) – A two-session multi-estate sale dedicated to Fine Wine on Friday, Sept. 17, and Fine & Decorative Arts on Saturday, Sept. 18, will be held by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd., in the firm’s new gallery, located at 620 Cornerstone Court. The Fine Wine session will begin at [Read More]

John Moran Auctioneers is pleased to announce their two-session September 28th Antiques and Decorative Arts Auction, offering over 400 lots representing multiple estates and private collections from Southern California and other regions throughout the US. The catalogued evening session and afternoon “Discovery Sale” will both feature large selections of Native American artifacts [Read More]

Christie’s South Kensington will present a sale featuring property from one of Britain’s highly respected interior decorators – Robert Kime, alongside Property from a Cotswold Manor House. The two diverse yet complementary collections offer a vast array of wonderful works of art from colourful Ottoman textiles, carpets and carvings to Ming porcelain [Read More]

A GUN BUILT for Scottish Politician, the Rt. Hon Richard Haldane, who was noted for forming the Territorial Army in 1907 sold for £15,600, Today (Monday, August 23, 2010) in Gavin Gardiner Ltd’s annual auction of Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns, which was held in association with Sotheby’s at the Gleneagles [Read More]

On Tuesday, Aug. 24th, Dan Morphy will conduct a specialty Coin Auction comprised of three main collections. The sale’s centerpiece – a fresh to the market 30-year collection – consists of exceptional complete sets of coins in uncirculated condition or better. The collection consists of: Indian heads, Lincoln cents, Liberty nickels, buffalo [Read More]

Stephenson’s Auctioneers & Appraisers on Friday, Aug. 20th, commencing at 4 p.m. Eastern Time, will offer more than 500 lots, the great majority being types of coveted American gold and silver coins that are highly sought after by today’s collectors. Highlights among the gold issues are an 1899 $10 coin, as well [Read More]

On September 16th, collectors will be offered the opportunity to bid for a wide variety of Asian and European furniture and decorative arts, paintings, prints, rugs and carpets from the Park Avenue estate of Laura Speiser. Complementing this offering will be an extensive array of European furniture, decorative arts, paintings and prints [Read More]

A fine Leeds Pottery horse dating back to around 1825, estimated at £8,000 to £12,000, is to be sold at Bonhams Auctioneers in their Fine British Pottery and Porcelain sale in Bond Street, London on Wednesday 8th September. The horse a rare example of white pearlware with a black mane, tail and [Read More]

A very rare signed scrimshawed whale’s tooth from Charles Darwin’s voyage on HMS Beagle, 1832-36, (£30,000-50,000) is one of the most intriguing items in the forthcoming Travel and Exploration sale at Bonhams on 15 September. It belonged to Private Thomas Burgess, a Royal Marine on board HMS Beagle for the entirety of [Read More]

Bonhams & Butterfields, announces the August 22, 2010 Sunset Estate Auction including part III of a single-owner Collection of Whimsical European Tobacco Jars. Following on the success of parts I, and II, which brought strong results, the August sale will highlight several lots of unique glazed earthenware and wooden humidors as well [Read More]

Bowers and Merena Auctions, one of the world’s pre-eminent numismatic auctioneers, hosted its Boston Rarities Sale on Saturday, Aug. 7 at Park Plaza Hotel and Towers in Boston, Mass., where the featured coin, a rare 1794 Silver Dollar, was sold for $1,207,500. “There has been great anticipation within the industry for our [Read More]

(WICHITA, Kan.) – A pair of premier consignments – the Steve and Gloria Zak collection and the estate of Louise Hefling – will be sold without reserve (everything goes, regardless of price) at an auction scheduled for Sept. 10-11 in the 4H Hall of the Sedgwick County Extension Center in Wichita. Woody [Read More]

(OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – A massive three-day sale comprising around 1,800 top-quality, fresh-to-the-market lots from prominent local estates and collections will be offered the weekend of Sept. 24-26 by Philip Weiss Auctions. The event will be held in the firm’s showroom, located at #1 Neil Court in Oceanside (Long Island). Online bidding will [Read More]

About 1,200 lots of rare and vintage firearms, militaria, ammo and advertising changed hands. (MATTHEWS, N.C.) – A beautifully restored first generation Colt single-action .45 caliber Army revolver with a 5 ½ inch barrel, made in 1899 (serial #188013), hit the mark for $3,723 in an online sale of rare and vintage [Read More]

A nearly 2,500-year old silver coin of Rhegion, an ancient Greek city located in would become Italy, is expected to bring upwards of $25,000 at the Heritage Signature® Auction of Ancient and World Coins at the ANA World’s Fair of Money in Boston, Thursday, Aug. 12, starting at 6 p.m.. The silver [Read More]

(SCHODACK, N.Y.) – A beautiful pair of Huanghuali Chinese folding hunting chairs with hemp seats and brass trim sold for $26,880 at a sale of the estate of the late Dr. Kevin-John McIntyre, held June 12 by Finney’s Auction Service. The sale was held in Finney’s spacious gallery facility, at 1568 Columbia [Read More]

The auction was conducted online from July 15-22 by American Bottle Auctions of Sacramento (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – An Agnew & Brown 3-inch target ball from the 1870s, showing an embossed pigeon on the reverse side and quite possibly the only picture target ball ever made in glass, soared to $29,120 – a [Read More]

Bonhams announces the sale of an extremely rare game, ‘The Game of War’ to be sold on the 13th October 2010 in Knightsbridge in the Chess, Playing Cards and Games auction. Dating from 1890, this intricate 600 piece game is estimated to sell for £1,500-£2000, and was designed to train British army [Read More]