An important atlas of China with 42 maps, executed in Paris in 1737 by the renowned French cartographer Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville, is the anticipated top lot of an online auction (#125) planned for September 10-24 by Old World Auctions. The atlas constitutes the first scientific mapping of China, for the Emperor Kang-Shi. It is expected to bring $14,000-$18,000. The atlas – just one of hundreds of important maps, atlases and other items slated to change hands in the ... Read The Full Story

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Atlantique City Antiques & Collectibles Show will host selections from “The American Presidential Experience,” a sweeping exhibit dazzling audiences this week at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. The exhibit for the Oct. 18-19 antiques show is made possible though a special partnership between Atlantique City and WorthPoint.com, the Internet’s largest social network for researching the worth of antiques and collectibles. In ... Read The Full Story

Aug. 27, 2008 — The kiva has been at the heart of Hopi tradition for more than 1,000 years. Like churches, the round ceremonial chambers are holy sites. The Hopis believe life began in the kivas. The first humans, they say, left their dark home in the earth’s interior and climbed upward toward the light and the present world through a hole in the floor of the kiva. They also believe they will return to the underworld when they die. The kachinas were the spiritual beings ... Read The Full Story

SILVER SPRING, MD – What is believed to be the largest and most topically diverse photographic portrait collection ever assembled, is now being offered for sale. Although restricted to a single photographic format, this archive includes over 8,500 individual photographs (samples below) and encompasses nearly 500 categories or topics. Categories include conventional portraits, in categories such as Weddings: Couples, as well as environmental portraits, such as Autos: Children and ... Read The Full Story

The Labor Day Prallsville Mills Antiques Show will take place on August 30 and August 31, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, at the historic Prallsville Mills on Route 29, just 1/2 mile north of the Village Center of Stockton, New Jersey. (This is just 3 miles north of Lambertville.) The historic ambiance of this wonderful mill will house 30 fine exhibitors displaying fine quality antiques of the 18th- and 19th-centuries. Dealers will be coming from ... Read The Full Story