ATLANTA, Ga. – When the Geldermalsen ship crashed into a reef and sank in the South China Sea during its return journey to the Netherlands in January of 1752, it claimed the lives of eighty crew members who went down with the vessel’s precious cargo of tea, textiles, gold, silk, lacquer, and [Read More]
The auction was held in Fontaine’s gallery, at 1485 West Housatonic Ave., in Pittsfield, Mass. PITTSFIELD, Mass. – An exceedingly rare 18th century English-made pagoda form automaton musical clock, produced for the Chinese Qing Imperial Court, fell just shy of the $1 million mark when it sold for $998,250 (including buyer’s premium) [Read More]
A set of 16 books by the 19th Century American author Mark Twain is expected to excite book collectors when it comes up for sale at Wolverhampton auction house Cuttlestones next month. Originally part of the 22 volume ‘Author’s Edition de Luxe’, published 1899 – 1901 by Chatto & Windus, with a [Read More]
The enduring appeal of the Star Wars movie franchise means that memorabilia relating to the films can command significant sums when it comes up for auction. Wolverhampton auction house Cuttlestones has first-hand experience of this, with Star Wars items regularly passing through its Specialist Collectors’ sales. Hot on the heels of the [Read More]
The all-day event will be held in the firm’s gallery, located at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston. CRANSTON, R.I. – The sizable fine art collection of Tamara and Norman Jay Bolotow, Esq. of Barrington, Rhode Island, with provenance from Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Doyle New York and other galleries and institutions, will headline a [Read More]
Bellmans Auctioneers & Valuers announce the sale of a collection of 15 lots of Cotswold School Furniture at their new saleroom in Winchester (The Red House, Hyde Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 7DX) on Tuesday, February 14, 2017. The majority of the pieces, which carry estimates from around £100 for a single chair [Read More]
The 380-lot auction will be held in Woody Auction’s gallery, at 120 East 3rd Street in Douglass, Kansas. DOUGLASS, Kan. – The massive single-owner collection of Emerson and Freda Moore of Wichita, Kansas, consisting of ten artworks by the Swedish-born American painter Birger Sandzen (1871-1954), plus fine examples of French cameo, miniature [Read More]
The show is a public-private partnership between The Renaissance Auction Group and BCTV. Many of the items in the auction have direct historical ties to the city of Reading and the area. A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit BCTV. The show is slotted to run from 6 pm to [Read More]
BOULDER, CO – On Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 18 and 19, Artemis Gallery of Boulder, Colorado, will auction 454 expertly curated lots of classical antiquities and Asian, Pre-Columbian and ethnographic art. Without exception, every item in this exciting auction event is unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic, as described in the catalog, and [Read More]
The auction was held in Stevens’ gallery, at 609 North Meridian Street in Aberdeen, Miss. ABERDEEN, Miss. – A 1959 Chevrolet Corvette convertible car, red with white trim and in remarkable like-new condition, sped off for $78,775 at an auction held January 7th by Stevens Auction Company, in the firm’s gallery at [Read More]
This is an internet-only auction, with a 2 pm start time. No live or phone bidding will be allowed. MILFORD, CT – Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers will host its first online auction of the year on Thursday, January 19th, at 2 pm Eastern time. The sale will include many high-quality paintings, prints, [Read More]
The auction was held at Archives International Auctions’ offices in Fort Lee, N.J., featuring rare Chinese, Asian & worldwide banknotes, with many record sales prices for worldwide banknotes. FORT LEE, N.J. – A 1901-02 Russo-Chinese $1 “Mexican Dollar” banknote sold for $10,200 and a scarce and attractive Sino-Belgian Bank 1908-12 specimen changed [Read More]
The auction was held in Nadeau’s gallery, located at 25 Meadow Road in Windsor, Conn. WINDSOR, Conn. – A platinum three-stone diamond ring set with three emerald-cut diamonds soared to $37,200 and a Patek Philippe minute repeater chronometer watch in an 18kt gold case brought $32,500 to take top lot honors at [Read More]
The estimated 200 items will be part of Ahlers & Ogletree’s estates auction slated for Jan. 14-16 ATLANTA, Ga. – Property from the estate of Diane Smith McIver, a prominent businesswoman and former president of Corey Airport Services in Atlanta who recently passed away, will be auctioned as part of Ahlers & [Read More]
The sale will be held Jan. 22 at the Ramada Suites Boca hotel in Boca Raton, Florida, at 1 pm BOCA RATON, Fla. – A 17th century oil on canvas figural rendering, attributed to the Italian painter Francisco Albani (1578-1660) with provenance, from the estate of Holocaust survivor Edith Alexander (1922-2016), is [Read More]
The auction will be held in the firm’s gallery, at 1330 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, La. NEW ORLEANS, La. – A beautiful continental specimen marble center table, an early 20th century French gilt and patinated three-piece clock set by F. Pelissier, a bronze figural group by the French artist Edouard [Read More]
The Signature Estates Auction will be held in the firm’s Atlanta showroom, at 715 Miami Circle. ATLANTA, Ga. – A gilt bronze sculpture signed by Italian artist Arnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926), a hand-modeled redware figure of a reclining whippet by noted Shenandoah Valley potter Solomon Bell (1817-1882), a dazzling GIA-certified 6.68-carat brown [Read More]
Following a successful valuation day held in Halesowen on Saturday 26th November for Dickinsons Real Deal, Richard Winterton Auctioneers are excited to be able to offer an interesting collection of ephemera consigned through the show in their upcoming January 25th auction. Of particular note, is a hand-written letter of thanks from Agatha [Read More]