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1930s WATLING THREE-REEL 5-CENT SLOT MACHINE HITS THE JACKPOT FOR $3,250 AT HOLABIRD’S FOUR-DAY AUCTION HELD MAY 7th-10th IN RENO, NEV.

The runner-up top lot was an 1871 Nevada general and business directory; it brought $2,875. RENO, Nev. – A mid-1930s Watling three-reel 5-cent slot machine sold for $3,250 and an 1871 general and business directory for the residents of four counties in Nevada realized $2,875 at an Americana, Railroad, Mining & More [Read More]

ROUTE 32 AUCTIONS WILL HOLD THEIR INAUGURAL GAS & ADVERTISING SHOW ON JUNE 8th FOLLOWED BY THEIR GRAND OPENING AUCTION ON JUNE 9th, IN CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN.

The show will feature a large variety of vintage advertising vendors and the auction will have roughly 450 lots. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. – Route 32 Auctions will hold their inaugural Gas & Advertising Show on Friday, June 8th, followed the next day June 9th, by their Grand Opening Auction. Both events will be [Read More]

PROPERTY FROM PROMINENT ESTATES AND COLLECTIONS WILL BE OFFERED AT NYE & COMPANY AUCTIONEERS ESTATE TREASURES AUCTION, ON JUNE 6th & 7th

The 2-day sale will be held online and in Nye & Company’s gallery, located in Bloomfield, N.J. BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – A two-day Estate Treasures Auction featuring numerous treasures pulled from prominent estates and collections, will be held Wednesday and Thursday, June 6th and 7th, by Nye & Company Auctioneers, online and in [Read More]

A FINE & DECORATIVE ARTS AUCTION HEADLINED BY THE BOB AND DELORES McCASH COLLECTION WILL BE HELD MAY 19th BY MILLER & MILLER AUCTIONS

The sale will be held online and at Miller & Miller’s gallery, located in New Hamburg, Ontario. NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A Fine & Decorative Arts Auction featuring the single-owner lifetime collection of the late Bob and Delores McCash – two dedicated collectors who acquired most of their antique finds in [Read More]

ITEMS FROM THE COLLECTION OF PEGGY AND DAVID ROCKEFELLER, OVER 600 LOTS IN MANY CATEGORIES, WILL BE AUCTIONED ON JUNE 2nd BY NADEAU’S

The auction will be held online and at Nadeau’s gallery in Windsor, Conn., at 11 am Eastern. The Rockefellers are one of the most important and wealthiest families in American history. WINDSOR, Conn. – Items from the single-owner collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller – members of one of the most important [Read More]

QUALITY MERCHANDISE FROM ESTATES AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS FROM ACROSS THE SOUTH WILL BE SOLD BY STEVENS AUCTION ON MAY 18th & 19th

The auction will be held at Stevens’ gallery in Aberdeen, Miss., near Tupelo and Columbus. ABERDEEN, Miss. – A gorgeous Prudence Mallard five-piece bedroom suite, a Sevres three-sided capped urn, a bronze sculpture of fighting bulls signed by the French artist Jean Baptiste Clesinger (1814-1883), a fully restored 1933 V-8 Cadillac in [Read More]

PAIR OF FRENCH-MADE WORLD WAR II-ERA SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLES HITS THE MARK FOR A COMBINED $4,625 AT BRUNEAU & CO’S MILITARY AUCTION, MAY 5th

The auction was held online and in Bruneau’s gallery at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston, R.I. CRANSTON, R.I. – A pair of French-made, World War II-era semi-automatic rifles sold as single lots for a combined $4,625 at a Military, Firearm & Weapon Auction held May 5th by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, online [Read More]

CRESCENT CITY AUCTION GALLERY’S IMPORTANT TWO-DAY ESTATES AUCTION WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MAY 19th AND 20th, IN NEW ORLEANS, LA.

The auction will be held online and in the firm’s showroom located at 1330 St. Charles Avenue. NEW ORLEANS, La. – A gorgeous 19th century American Classical carved mahogany full tester bed and an exceptional French bronze and black marble figural mantel clock from around 1880 are expected star lots in Crescent [Read More]

A MAJOR 4-DAY AUCTION FEATURING AMERICANA, RAILROAD, MINING, NATIVE AMERICAN, BOTTLES AND NUMISMATICS WILL BE HELD MAY 7-10 BY HOLABIRD

The auction will be held by Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC, online, via several bidding platforms, and in Holabird’s gallery located at 3555 Airway Dr. (Ste. 308) in Reno, Nev. RENO, Nev. – Holabird Western Americana Collections’ big four-day sale coming up May 7th thru 10th is officially billed as an Americana, [Read More]

ITEMS PERTAINING TO STEVE JOBS AND APPLE, ALBERT EINSTEIN AND SHEL SILVERSTEIN WILL HEADLINE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES MAY 8th ONLINE SALE

All 255 lots can be seen now at www.universityarchives.com; online bidding via Invaluable.com. WESTPORT, Conn. – A Betamax cassette with Apple Computer’s first (and now-famous) TV commercial that aired during Super Bowl XVIII in 1984, a large photo of Albert Einstein signed, dated and inscribed by the legendary physicist, and an archive [Read More]