The French term ‘pate de verre’ roughly translates as ‘glass paste’. It is a glassmaking technique exploited from the 1900’s by the French Daum factory in Nancy. It involves coloured glass powder mixed with a liquid to form a paste which is then packed into a re-usable mould and fired to the [Read More]
With more than 300 items being offered in two sessions on June 30th, Gianguan Auction’s Summer Sale marks the first time Internet bidders will be able to place bids direct through the Gianguan Auctions website. Two unusual Fu and Shou character-from sancai ceramic ewers of the Qing Dynasty typify the cultural rarities [Read More]
The sale, which grossed over $225,000, featured occupational shaving mugs and Oziana items. (LYNBROOK, N.Y.) – A pair of original Peanuts Sunday pages by the legendary comic illustrator Charles Schulz sold for a combined $78,200 at a multi-estate sale held Thursday, June 6, by Philip Weiss Auctions, in the firm’s new post-Hurricane [Read More]
A selection of paintings from an important and comprehensive collection of Scottish Art amassed over 20 years by a private collector in Canada will be on view at Bonhams, 580 Madison Avenue from 21-26 June. The entire collection, which is to be sold in Edinburgh at Bonhams Scottish Sale on September 12, [Read More]
Bonhams has sold William Morris’ 1995 “Sable Antelope Canopic Jar” for $290,500, an outstanding price which more than tripled its pre-auction estimate and set a world record price for a work of art by the artist at auction. A highlight of Dr Anthony Terrana’s heralded collection of Contemporary Studio Glass, Bonhams offered [Read More]
Richmond Hill, ON – 888 Auctions’ Thursday, July 18, 2013 sale of Chinese Horn Carvings & Asian Works of Art will begin at 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time, featuring 647 lots of an exciting array of fine natural history collections, jade and jadeite items, Chinese paintings, porcelain, jewelleries, precious stones and metal [Read More]
The July 13 auction, of fine decorative arts and Chinese works, will be held in Boynton Beach. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – A color lithograph depicting the French leader Napoleon on horseback with two other men by renowned Post-Impressionist painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (Fr., 1864-1901) is the expected top lot in an auction [Read More]
The Bonhams sale of Collectors’ Motorcycles and Motor Cars held in association with the Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s Banbury Run on Saturday 15th June saw some 100 lots sold for a combined total of £1.51 million. Strong prices were achieved for many of the vehicles on offer, with a number sold well [Read More]
P. Warren, Writer, for Online Sales Auction House Minneapolis, MN. – Twin Cities auction house ONLINE SALES announces their upcoming auction of vintage rock memorabilia, capped off by two rare, ELVIS posters that are expected to bid well into the thousands! Think “American Pickers,” “Rock and Roll,” and add a dash of [Read More]
The Lonsdale belt, awarded to the aptly named boxer Johnnie Basham in 1914, 1915 and 1916 will be offered for sale in Bonhams, Chester’s Sporting Memorabilia sale on 19th June valued at £30,000-£35,000. With a central oval enamel portrait of two boxers and an engraved ‘National Sporting Club Welter Weight Championship’ the [Read More]
Bonhams successful Fine Writings Instruments auction, June 11 in San Francisco, saw two pens tie for the top earning spot, each achieving $43,750. One was a sealed Montblanc John Lennon 18K Solid White Gold Skeleton Fountain Pen, created in tribute to the late legendary musician, and limited to 70 examples. The pen [Read More]
Rago Auctions has been chosen to handle the Collection of Tony Tenaglia – the finest pieces acquired over decades of buying and selling by this dealer and auctioneer. The multi-day auction is scheduled for December 6-8, 2013. Tony Tenaglia, who died last November at 55, was legendary in the Bucks County area [Read More]
Bonhams will offer a Bible inscribed and signed by Albert Einstein in which he refers to the book as a source of “inexhaustible wisdom” (est. $1,500-2,500). Featured in the June 25 Fine Books & Manuscripts auction at the Madison Avenue salesroom, the Bible was also signed by Einstein’s wife, Elsa, in 1932, [Read More]
An iron three pounder gun with attribution to the Siege of Yorktown in 1781 led Bonhams $937,971 Antique Arms and Armor and Sporting Guns auction, June 10 in San Francisco. This top lot, from the renowned U.S. Cartridge Company Collection (and prior to that, the first important American arms collection, the A.E. [Read More]
It will be just the fifth auction for the firm, which operates three retail stores in Greater Atlanta. (ATLANTA, Ga.) – An original oil painting by the renowned magazine and commercial illustrator Haddon “Sunny” Sundblom (Mich./Ill., 1899-1976), done in 1963 and depicting the 1914 Kentucky Derby horse race, is the expected top [Read More]
2pm on Friday, 21st June will be something of an historic moment for Wolverhampton’s Cuttlestones Auctioneers & Valuers, as it sells three iconic Film & TV sets on behalf of Wimbledon Studios. The lots will include and actual-size House of Commons set, as seen in The Iron Lady starring Meryl Streep, alongside [Read More]
T206 Wagner hammered down at $402,900; Ruth-Gehrig Ball Sells for $343,650; Countless Baseball Card Auction Records Set In Most Successful Auction In Collecting History At REA!!! Watchung, New Jersey. The high-end baseball card and memorabilia market was on fire at Robert Edward’s record-setting May 18, 2013 auction. An incredible 172 lots sold [Read More]
It will be a tagged estate sale – not an auction – conducted by Kelly’s Estate & Auction Co. (ZEBULON, Ga.) – An astounding trove of antiques and collectibles that has been packed away in a house and outbuilding in Zebulon after being transported from New York in 1981 will finally see [Read More]