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MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE PIECES BY KARL SPRINGER AND PHILIP & KELVIN LAVERNE WILL HEADLINE ANTIQUES & MODERN’S JUNE 18th AUCTION

The 300+-lot event will be held in the firm’s gallery at 809 Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Wonderful Mid-Century Modern furniture creations by the father-son team of Philip and Kelvin LaVerne and the German-born New York designer Karl Springer, porcelains, sterling silver, bronzes, art glass, sculptures, [Read More]

RARE ANTIQUE CHINESE ANIMATED TRIPLE FUSEE BRACKET CLOCK SOARS TO $1.27 MILLION AT FONTAINE’S MAY 21st ANTIQUE & CLOCK AUCTION IN PITTSFIELD, MASS.

The clock was the top lot in a sale that grossed $2.5 million and had more than 4,300 online bidders. PITTSFIELD, Mass. – A rare antique Chinese animated triple fusee bracket clock roared past its pre-sale estimate of $500,000-$750,000 to sell for $1.27 million at Fontaine’s Auction Gallery’s cataloged antique and clock [Read More]

A 1900 PROSTITUTE’S BOX, A BRONZE ANIMAL SCULPTURE BY HENRI TRODOUX AND OUTSTANDING MEISSEN PIECES WILL BE SOLD JUNE 4-5 BY CRESCENT CITY

The 1,058-lot auction will be held in the firm’s New Orleans showroom on St. Charles Avenue. NEW ORLEANS, La. – A “prostitute’s box” from Dodge City, Kansas dating to around 1900, a fine collection of 20th century Meissen figures, a handsome 19th century English George II-style inlaid carved walnut chest-on-chest, and a [Read More]

A THREE-SESSION MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AUCTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 28th, 29th & 30th BY JOHN McINNIS AUCTIONEERS. UP FOR BID: NEARLY 1,400 LOTS

The auction will be held in the company gallery at 76 Main Street in Amesbury, Massachusetts. AMESBURY, Mass. – A three-session Memorial Day weekend auction featuring a vast array of items from prominent estates in the Boston area – to include the Hoes family of Wayland, direct descendants of President James Monroe, [Read More]