Auction News

The auction will feature more than 2,000 lots in many categories that include mining, philatelic, numismatic, railroadiana, Native Americana and more. Start times all four days: 8 am Pacific. RENO, Nev. – Holabird Western Americana Collections will hold its first live sale since the world record-breaking second (and final) SS Central America [Read More]

The 309-lot, online-only auction grossed CA$419,225 and featured automobiles, petroliana (gas station collectibles), breweriana (beer collectibles), soda advertising, bicycles, advertising signs. NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A pair of Canadian White Rose Gasoline service station signs from the 1940s sold for a combined $63,130, and a red 1951 Ford Custom convertible car [Read More]

The posters were purchased in the ‘90s from the estate of a theater proprietor. They’ve been stored ever since and have never been traded or sold. Many were never displayed. MACON, Ga. – Newly formed Opportunities 2 Auction House, based in Macon, will introduce itself to the collecting community with an online [Read More]

Both have start times of 9am Eastern and are online-only, with bidding via LiveAuctioneers.com & MillerandMillerAuctions.com. The Day 1 star lot is an oil painting by the acclaimed Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (1903-1970). NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. will be a hive of activity later this [Read More]

Bidding is available online, as well as live in the Crescent City gallery located at 1330 Saint Charles Avenue in New Orleans, La. Start times are 10 am Central both days. NEW ORLEANS, La. – A rare lady’s platinum dinner ring with a lovely 7.96-carat Indian oval alexandrite stone, an oil on [Read More]

The auction, held live at Holabird’s gallery in Reno, Nevada and online, contained more than 1,400 lots in many collecting categories. It was an ‘autopilot auction’; all lots opened at $10. RENO, Nev. – An archive of material pertaining to Old West author, artist and historian Ernest L. Reedstrom (1928-2003) sold for [Read More]

Travis Landry, Bruneau’s Director of Pop Culture, described the auction as “certainly the most diverse sale we have ever had for the department.” The action gets underway at 10 am Eastern. CRANSTON, R.I. – Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ Winter Comic, TCG (Trading Card Games) & Toy auction is slated for Saturday, March [Read More]

Barr was originally an oil man and real estate developer, but he became heavily involved in the horse racing industry. He was the owner of Oakcrest Stables, director of Oak Tree Racing Association and president of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association. FULLERTON, Calif. – An amazing collection of horse-related items and other [Read More]

Holabird Western Americana Collections LLC will conduct an auction of historic California Gold Rush-era artifacts from the 1857 sinking of the legendary “Ship of Gold,” the S.S. Central America, including a passenger’s cigars from Havana. RENO, Nev. – Three dozen 166-year-old Cuban cigars will be in an auction of never-before-offered, historic California [Read More]

The lithographs and maquettes will be auctioned online and in PAI’s New York City gallery located at 26 West 17th Street, in lower Manhattan, starting at 11 am Eastern time. NEW YORK, N.Y. –– The 89th Rare Posters Auction from Poster Auctions International on Sunday, March 19 features rare and iconic images [Read More]

Session 1, at 5 pm, will be Part 4 of a single-owner couture and jewelry collection. Session 2, at about 7 pm, will include fine and decorative art pulled from New England estates & collections. CRANSTON, R.I. – An early 20th century Duffner & Kimberly heraldic armorial table lamp and an 18th [Read More]

The 300-lot auction is well-rounded, with objects that are affordable for the beginning collector to the advanced. Also sold will be hard-to-find parts for a variety of military arms. CRANSTON, R.I. – Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ online-only Historic Arms & Militaria auction scheduled for Wednesday, February 22nd, starting at 6 pm Eastern [Read More]

The 255-lot auction begins at 10 am Eastern time in A&O’s new auction location; it features fine art of the American West and Native American objects, including pottery, fine art, rugs & more. ATLANTA, Ga. – Vibrant Native American-themed paintings by Frank McCarthy (1944-2002) and Emmi Whitehorse (b. 1956) are expected headliners [Read More]

The auction, online and live in the Reno gallery, featured collectibles in over a dozen categories, including bottles, railroadiana, Native Americana, mining, numismatics, art, stocks and militaria. RENO, Nev. – A ten-dollar 1902 red seal banknote from The Farmers & Merchants National Bank in Reno, Nevada sold for $12,500, a runaway slave [Read More]

The online-only Advertising & Historic Objects auction featured 376 lots in a wide array of categories. The Babe Ruth card was the auction’s top lot. Also, a Vickers VC-10 cutaway model jet plane realized $18,880. NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A 1923 Willards Chocolates Babe Ruth baseball card was a hit for [Read More]

Also from Lewis is a watercolor and pen on paper harbor scene, folded in quarters into a card, with a handwritten letter. The 293-lot Canadiana & Folk Art auction begins at 9 am Eastern. NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – Six original oil on board paintings by renowned Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis [Read More]

The Rare Manuscripts, Books & Sports Memorabilia auction features historical material from many collecting categories. All 460 lots are up for viewing and bidding now, on the UA website. WILTON, Conn. – Letters boldly signed by early American historical giants George Washington, John Hancock and Thomas Paine, plus a 1963 Christmas card [Read More]

The online-only auction, with a start time of 9 am Eastern, is loaded with 376 lots in a wide array of collecting categories. The Vickers VC-10 should find a landing spot for $6,000-$9,000 (Canadian). NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A cutaway model of a 1962 Vickers VC-10 BOAC (later renamed British Air) [Read More]