Exactly 300 works of art came up for bid in an auction that grossed more than $2.4 million. (MILFORD, Conn.) – An oil on canvas of a young woman striking a wistful pose in a field by the American genre and landscape painter Charles Courtney Curran (1861-1942), titled Far Away Thoughts, sold [Read More]
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Today’s medical professionals face the same problems as 18th Century physician Robert Pitt: should apothecaries be allowed to prescribe medicine? Pitt’s book ‘The Antidote: or, the Preservative of Health and Life’ contributes to the long running dispute and goes up for auction on Thursday 14th November at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, Godalming. [Read More]
YORK, Pa. – America’s first collectibles auction house, Hake’s Americana & Collectibles, presents a blockbuster lineup of pop culture, original comic art and rare Americana in their online, phone and absentee auction closing November 19-21. Bidding has opened in Auction #210, which contains 3,105 choice lots. The selection is led by three [Read More]
The sale will be conducted by John McInnis Auctioneers at the firm’s Amesbury, Mass., gallery, online bidding will also be offered at www.liveauctioneers.com/john-mcinnis-auctioneers (Amesbury, MA.) – As the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination approaches, the media and the entire world is recalling not only that tragic day but also celebrating the [Read More]
Items will include a Bvlgari 18kt gold bracelet, a 1990 IROC-Z Chevrolet Camaro with 9,315 miles, and Japanese World War II swords and other sporting items collected by Daniel Pagano. (BRISTOL, Conn.) – An online-only auction totaling more than 500 lots in a wide array of categories will be held in the [Read More]
Top lots will include a Mandan warshirt set, a Germantown rug and a Woodlands cradleboard. (MESA, Ariz.) – A full-sized smoked moose hide and rawhide Woodlands cradleboard (Native American baby carrier), a Mandan warshirt set complete with painted hide warshirt with quilled strips and shields, and an extra-fine Navajo Germantown weave rug [Read More]
The event was held prior to the start of the popular Chicagoland Petroleum & Advertising Show. (PEOTONE, Ill.) – A rare Beacon Ethyl Gasoline single-sided porcelain sign with a die-cut lighthouse-shaped design, made around 1940 and in remarkable condition (rated 9 on a scale of 1 to 10), gaveled for $55,000 at [Read More]
CHINESE JADE & ASIAN WORKS OF ART on Thursday, November 7, 2013 auction at 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time featuring fine jade boulders, jadeite bangles pendants, paintings, porcelains, jewellery, precious stones, metal ware, natural history collection and more. 533 lots in total featuring Lot 175: Important Chinese Emerald Green Jadeite Bangle Exquisite [Read More]
Is it a longing for the rugged, authentic lifestyle of days gone by or a luxury indulgence of today that tempts collectors? Either way, Garth’s of Delaware, Ohio will offer a taste of it all during A Gentleman’s Auction featuring Sporting Firearms, Rare Wine & Spirits, Advertising, Taxidermy & more on Friday, [Read More]
A 2012-registered McLaren MP4-12C sportscar sold for £127,000 at BCA Blackbushe on Wednesday, 23 October, after some very competitive bidding from a large crowd of buyers. The Carbon Black, British-assembled supercar was fitted with the optional Stealth Pack – a Carbon Black finish to the exterior trim and wheels – and had [Read More]
Dreweatts and Bloomsbury Auctions have great pleasure in presenting an auction of works by some of the most celebrated book illustrators, including Henry Alken, George Cruikshank, James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson, as well as illustrators Joseph Crawhall and Edward Gordon Craig. This single-owner collection comprises over 340 rare and wonderful fine colour [Read More]
The auction will feature Bakelite and Lalique pieces, Chinese antiques, estate jewelry and more. (MELBOURNE, Fla.) – Over 350 fresh-to-the-market items, carefully selected from several fine Florida estates and collections, will be sold on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 11 a.m. (EST). The sale is being held by Matheson’s Auctions, based in Melbourne, [Read More]
6th November 2013 sees Baldwin’s and Dreweatts hold the second of their bi-annual Military Sales, comprising 320 lots of Medals, Militaria and Military ephemera. The sale will be held at Dreweatts London saleroom in Mayfair and contains a plethora of historically important material for collectors. In amongst a fine selection of medals [Read More]
There is no such thing as an average sale at Palm Beach Modern Auctions (PBMA). Each of the company’s events is carefully curated, with the tastes of today’s sophisticated art buyers kept firmly in mind as consignments are gathered. Palm Beach Modern’s November 2nd auction will reveal just how broad the contemporary [Read More]
Bonhams announce the complete line-up for the highly anticipated November 19 auction, The Montana Dueling Dinosaurs & Distinguished Fossils. The spectacular Montana Dueling Dinosaurs, a Nanotyrannus and ceratopsian which experts believe died together in a prehistoric death match, will headline the auction (est. $7,000,000-9,000,000). One of the most important North American fossils [Read More]
Thursday 31st October brings the second dedicated live spirits sale from Dreweatts, Donnington Priory Saleroom. Vintage Cognac, Armagnac and Malt Whisky with local, national and international heritage are on offer to excite collectors, alongside a range of more unusual spirits as well as a small collection of very high quality Cuban cigars. [Read More]
The on-site sale was held jointly in Decatur, Alabama by Stevens Auction and Empire Auction. (DECATUR, Ala.) – An authentic Civil War cannon, fired by Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg, dated 1855 and complete with documented provenance, sold for $86,250 at an on-site sale of the contents of the Dancy-Polk [Read More]
The first sale of a large dinosaur skeleton at auction in the UK will take place at Summers Place Auctions in Billingshurst, West Sussex on Wednesday, 27th November 2013 as part of their Evolution Sale. The massive 17 metre specimen is a Diplodocus longus, one of the most iconic of dinosaurs and [Read More]