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A SUPERB PATEK PHILIPPE MEN’S CHRONOGRAPH WATCH AND ARTWORKS BY ANNA COLEMAN LADD & JURIJ SOLOVIJ WILL HEADLINE BRUNEAU & CO. SALE

The auction will be held July 22nd in Bruneau’s gallery, at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston, R.I. CRANSTON, R.I. – A men’s Patek Philippe platinum perpetual calendar chronograph watch, a large neoclassical bronze sundial sculpture by Anna Coleman Ladd (Am., 1878-1939), and an Expressionist rendition of the Pieta by modern artist Jurij [Read More]

A TWO-SESSION EXCEPTIONAL ESTATES AUCTION FEATURING 325 LOTS IN A BROAD MIX OF ANTIQUES & FINE ART WILL BE HELD JUNE 17th BY FONTAINE’S

The auction will be held at Fontaine’s gallery in Pittsfield, Mass., beginning at 11 am EST. PITTSFIELD, Mass. – A fine American mahogany Moorish-style corner étagère attributed to Tiffany (Associated Artists), in excellent condition and with the original finish, just over six feet tall, is an expected star lot in Fontaine’s Auction [Read More]

ORIGINAL ARTWORKS BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS H. O. TANNER AND REX GORELEIGH, AN A. & H. LEJAMBRE TABLE AND A LARGE VARIETY OF INDOOR-OUTDOOR FURNITURE WILL BE SOLD AT NADEAU’S ANNUAL MAY SALE MAY 20th

The auction will be held in Nadeau’s gallery, located in Windsor, Conn., at 10 a.m. Eastern time. WINDSOR, Conn. – Original oil paintings by noted African-American artist Henry O. Tanner (1859-1937) and Rex Goreleigh (1902-1986), plus a late 19th century table by the renowned Philadelphia furniture company A. & H. Lejambre, are [Read More]

AMERICAN FOLK ART AUTOMATON OF A STEAMBOAT SIDE WHEELER FROM THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH IN ALASKA WILL BE SOLD ON JUNE 3 BY BRUNEAU & CO

It’s the expected headliner in a 2-session auction being held in Bruneau’s Cranston, R.I. gallery. CRANSTON, R.I. – An American folk art automaton of a steamboat side wheeler, crafted by prospector William “Billy” Briggs of Bristol, Rhode Island upon his return from the Klondike Gold Rush in Canada and completed around 1905, [Read More]

A LACOUR’S WESTERN BITTERS BOTTLE AND AN E.G. LYONS & CO. WESTERN BITTERS BOTTLE EACH BRING $35,650 AT AMERICAN BOTTLE AUCTIONS SALE

The two-part online and catalog auction, held Feb. 10-18 and March 3-11, tallied $489,733. SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A Lacour’s Sarsapariphere Western bitters bottle, made circa 1866-1875, the early variant number one and in a color that is highly desirable to collectors, and an E. G. Lyons & Co. Mfgrs. (San Francisco) very [Read More]

AN OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF 60 LIFE-SIZE WAX FIGURES, TO INCLUDE ONE OF ALBERT EINSTEIN AND SIGNED BY HIM, WILL HEADLINE A MAY 13th AUCTION

The mostly live auction will be held by Pa. OnSite Auction Company in historic Gettysburg, Pa. GETTYSBURG, Pa. – An exceptional collection of about 60 life-size wax figures, including a one-of-a-kind figure of Albert Einstein that was signed and inscribed by Einstein himself, will headline an auction planned for Saturday, May 13th, [Read More]

THE APPRAISAL FOUNDATION WILL HOST A SEMINAR AND PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS APRIL 26th, 5-8 pm

The event will be held in the galleries of Freeman’s Auctions & Appraisers in Philadelphia, Pa. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Appraisal Foundation – the nation’s foremost authority on the valuation profession, headquartered in Washington, D.C. – will host an informational seminar on Wednesday, April 26th, titled Personal Property Appraisals: The Importance of [Read More]

325 QUALITY ANTIQUE LOTS IN A WIDE RANGE OF CATEGORIES WILL COME UP FOR BID ON SATURDAY, APRIL 22, AT FONTAINE’S AUCTION GALLERY, STARTING AT 10 AM IN A 2 SESSION ANTIQUES & FINE ART AUCTION

The Antiques & Fine Art Auction will be held at Fontaine’s gallery in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. PITTSFIELD, Mass. – An exceptional Victorian carved walnut three-piece marble-top bedroom set attributed to John Jelliff, a gorgeous 14-inch Tiffany Studios domical leaded glass Daffodil lamp shade, a heavily carved R. J. Horner figural mahogany bookcase and [Read More]

AN EARLY PATTERN MOLDED COVERED SUGAR BOWL AND A POCKET BOTTLE, BOTH MADE BY STIEGEL BETWEEN 1763 AND 1774, COMBINE FOR NEARLY $20,000

They were two top lots at Norman C. Heckler’s Premier Auction #146 that ended March 15th. WOODSTOCK, Conn. – A pattern molded covered sugar bowl and an early pattern molded pocket bottle, both manufactured by Stiegel’s American Flint Glass Manufactory in Manheim, Pennsylvania sometime between 1763 and 1774, combined to sell for [Read More]