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AN ASTOUNDING WARDROBE COLLECTION FEATURING THE FINEST NAMES IN COUTURE WILL BE SOLD SATURDAY, MAY 14, BY NADEAU’S AUCTION GALLERY

The auction will be held at Nadeau’s gallery in Windsor, Conn., starting at 10 am Eastern time. Christian Dior, Arnold Scaasi, Chanel, Mary McFadden, many others will all be represented. WINDSOR, Conn. – A remarkable wardrobe collection assembled by a prominent New York socialite, with an estimated retail value of around $2 [Read More]

RARE CHINESE FOREIGN BANKNOTE – A DEUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK, 1907 PEKING ISSUE BANKNOTE RARITY – BRINGS A RECORD $30,000 AT ARCHIVES INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONS

The auction was held April 11th, 12th and 13th at Archives International Auctions’ offices in Fort Lee, N.J., featuring Part 3 of the Alexander I. Pogrebetsky family archives of rare Chinese and Asian banknotes, and the first offering from the Silicon Valley collection of worldwide banknotes FORT LEE, N.J – A high-grade [Read More]

THE ATLANTA COLLECTION, IMPORTANT ITEMS PULLED FROM PROMINENT ATLANTA ESTATES, WILL BE SOLD APRIL 30-MAY 1 BY AHLERS & OGLETREE

The auction will be held in the firm’s gallery at 715 Miami Circle (Suite 210) in Atlanta, Ga. ATLANTA, Ga. – A 15th century English Nottingham alabaster relief depicting the Resurrection of Christ, a rare 16th century hand-woven German Gothic figural tapestry panel, a 12th century French carved limestone sculpture of St. [Read More]

Artemis Gallery to auction ancient weapons, antiquities, ethnographic & Asian art on April 20

BOULDER, CO – Fresh collections with impeccable provenance and an ironclad guarantee of authenticity and legality form the core of Artemis Gallery’s Wednesday, April 20 auction. The expertly curated 400-lot selection includes ancient weapons, Asian and ethnographic art; and other cultural rarities. The sale will open with prized ancient weapons from the [Read More]

RARE MASONIC HISTORICAL FLASK SELLS FOR $56,160 AND A “FIRECRACKER” PINT FLASK WITH A BUST OF GEORGE WASHINGTON HITS $49,140 AT HECKLER’S

They were the two top lots at Norman C. Heckler’s Premier Auction #133 that ended March 16. WOODSTOCK, Conn. – A very rare Masonic historical flask showing the iconic crossed keys and star soared to $56,160 and an equally scarce “Firecracker” pint historical flask with a bust of George Washington, one of [Read More]

A PAIR OF BRONZE AND MARBLE EWERS, A LALIQUE SWAN CENTERPIECE AND A PAINTING BY ABLADE GLOVER WILL TOP CRESCENT CITY’S TWO-DAY AUCTION

The 1,153-lot auction event will be held April 16-17 in Crescent City’s New Orleans showroom. NEW ORLEANS, La. – An exceptional pair of 19th century gilt and patinated bronze and marble ewers (narrow-neck jugs with wide, bulbous bodies), a stunning Lalique clear and frosted crystal swan centerpiece on a mirrored plateau, and [Read More]

A TWO-DAY AUCTION FEATURING HUNDREDS OF LOTS OF STAMPS, EXONUMIA AND PHOTOGRAPHICA WILL BE HELD APRIL 2-3 BY JOHN McINNIS AUCTIONEERS

The auction will be held in the firm’s gallery, at 76 Main Street in Amesbury, Mass., at 12 noon. AMESBURY, Mass. – A pair of massive single-owner multi-generational collections – one of stamps and exonumia (tokens, medals and the like), the other of photographica and antique cameras – will be sold April [Read More]

1966 CONCERT TOUR BOOK SIGNED BY ALL 4 BEATLES, DUMMY MODELS FROM EDGAR BERGEN, 2 EAMES LEATHER BENCHES FROM THE NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR IN 1964 AND MORE WILL BE SOLD BY PHILIP WEISS AUCTIONS

They’re part of a major 700+-lot auction being held by the firm at its gallery in Lynbrook, N.Y. LYNBROOK, N.Y. – A 1966 U.S. concert tour program signed by all four Beatles, a selection of mid-20th century dummy models from the renowned ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, a pair of Eames leather benches from [Read More]

CHINESE ANIMATED BRACKET CLOCKS REALIZE A COMBINED $435,600 AT FONTAINE’S AUCTION GALLERY’S FEB. 27th CATALOGED AUCTION

The auction, which grossed $1.6 million, was held at Fontaine’s gallery in Pittsfield, Mass. PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Two Chinese animated bracket clocks – one a rare two-sided model, the other a triple fusee example – sold for a combined $435,600 at a cataloged antique and clock auction held February 27th by Fontaine’s [Read More]