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AUCTION WILL INCLUDE 8 TIFFANY STUDIOS MULTI-LAYERED GLASS WINDOWS, A PAIR OF RARE CHINESE PORCELAIN FLOOR SCREENS, AND A DIVERSIFIED COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE CLOCKS and LAMPS AT FONTAINE’S IN PITTSFIELD

The windows are the expected top lot at Fontaine’s cataloged antique auction slated for Sept. 10 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – An exceptional set of eight multi-layered glass windows, executed by Tiffany Studios in New York, dated 1913 and depicting The 8 Beatitudes of Jesus (from Matthew 5: 3-10), is expected to realize $400,000-$600,000 [Read More]

COLLECTORS OF VINTAGE BOTTLES WILL HAVE A RARE CHANCE TO ACQUIRE NEVADA EMBOSSED BOTTLES AT HOLABIRD WESTERN AMERICANA ON AUG. 6th

The auction will coincide with the FOHBC Sacramento Nat’l Antique Bottle Convention & Expo SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Collectors of vintage bottles, mostly from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire rare and desirable Nevada bottles at the annual auction of the Federation of Historical Bottle [Read More]

THE LIFETIME ADVERTISING COLLECTION OF GUS AND TRISHA BROWN WILL BE SOLD BY SHOWTIME AUCTION SERVICES OCTOBER 7, 8 & 9 IN ANN ARBOR, MICH.

The three-day event, with over 2,000 lots, will be held at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds. ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The advertising collection of Gus and Trisha Brown, more than 80 antique cash registers from the Eric Hamby collection and Part I of the Tiny Moyer salesmen’s sample and children’s stove collection [Read More]

800+ LOTS OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTIFACTS, ART AND RELATED COLLECTIBLES WILL COME UP FOR BID AUGUST 12th thru 14th AT THE BEST OF SANTA FE AUCTION

The annual 3-day auction event is hosted by Allard Auctions, at the historic Scottish Rite Temple SANTA FE, N.M. – More than 800 lots of American Indian artifacts, art and related collectibles, to include historic war shirts, cradleboards, Germantown weavings, beadwork from two major private collections, California and Southwestern baskets, Northwest Coast [Read More]

EIGHTEEN GUEST SPEAKERS WILL TALK ABOUT FAKES & FORGERIES AT THIS YEAR’S FOUNDATION FOR APPRAISAL EDUCATION (FAE) SEMINAR, SEPT. 23-24

The seminar will be held in the galleries of Freeman’s Auctions & Appraisers in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Fakes and forgeries will be the topic of discussion at many of the talks planned for the 5th annual Foundation for Appraisal Education (FAE) Seminar, on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23-24, in the galleries [Read More]

NEARLY 200 LOTS OF RARE, HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE WESTERN BOTTLES WILL BE SOLD AT HOLABIRD WESTERN AMERICANA’S 49er BOTTLE JAMBOREE, AUG 6

The event will coincide with the FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Rare Western bottles will take center stage at the annual auction of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, scheduled for Saturday, August 6th, at the Lion’s Gate Hotel in Sacramento. The event will be [Read More]

THE ESTATE OF THE LATE NEW ORLEANS GOLFING CHAMPION MERRYL ISRAEL ARON WILL HEADLINE CRESCENT CITY AUCTION GALLERY’S JULY 30 & 31 SALE

The 1,189-lot auction will be held in the firm’s New Orleans showroom on St. Charles Avenue. NEW ORLEANS, La. – Original oil paintings by Louisiana artist William Tolliver and British painter Alfred de Breanski, Sr., fine examples of Newcomb Pottery, a bronze figural sculpture by Leon Mignon, a Handel bronze patinated spelter [Read More]

U.S., CHINESE AND WORLDWIDE BANKNOTES, SCRIPOPHILY AND COINS WILL BE AUCTIONED ON TUESDAY, JULY 26th, AT ARCHIVES INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONS

The auction will be held at Archives International Auctions’ offices in Fort Lee, N.J. Featured will be additional offerings from the Silicon Valley collection; Part 1 of the American Bank Note Commemorative inventory and a worldwide coin collection from an old educational institution. FORT LEE, N.J., U.S.A. – Over 1,100 lots of [Read More]

IMPERIAL GERMAN WORLD WAR I FIGHTER PILOT’S POKOL (SILVERED VICTORY GOBLET) IS THE TOAST OF MOHAWK ARMS’ AUCTION #75, GAVELING FOR $8,850

The internet and catalog auction was held at Mohawk Arms’ New York gallery as well as online. BOUCKVILLE, N.Y. – An Imperial German World War I fighter pilot’s pokol (silvered victory goblet), showing an embossed panel of eagles in combat, 7 inches tall, sold for $8,850 at Auction #75, a catalog and [Read More]

AN ACRYLIC ON CANVAS PORTRAIT PAINTING BY WADSWORTH JARRELL AND A RESTORED 1936 HARLEY-DAVIDSON TAKE TOP HONORS AT AHLERS & OGLETREE

They were the top lots at Ahlers & Ogletree’s Notable Private Collections Auction, June 25-26 ATLANTA, Ga. – Ahlers & Ogletree’s Notable Private Collections Auction, held June 25th-26th, featured such an eclectic mix of merchandise in a wide array of collecting categories that the top two selling lots were a portrait painting [Read More]