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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]