(Ann Arbor, Mich.) - A rare bow front violano music player, made around 1910 by the Mills Novelty Company of Chicago and professionally restored in excellent playing condition, soared to $137,500 at a three-day multi-estate sale held October 10-12 by Showtime Auction Services at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds. The violano, serial #195, is one […]

Atlanta-based WorthPoint ( www.worthpoint.com ), a leading online source for information about art, antiques and collectibles, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Dublin, Ohio-based GoAntiques ( www.goantiques.com ), an online network for buying and selling antiques and collectibles.
Under the terms of the acquisition, WorthPoint founder and CEO Will Seippel will remain chief executive […]

Barn Star Productions and Frank Gaglio are pleased to announce the creation of a new fall event, the Autumn Hartford Antiques Show, October 31 to November 1, 2009 in Hartford, Connecticut. With the recent cancellation of the Fall Hartford Antiques Show, Barn Star will fill the gap left in dealers’ and collectors’ fall schedule and […]

On Sunday, November 2, more than 200 dealers and collectors will be bringing some of their finest dolls, toys, teddy bears, beanie babies, Barbies and Star Wars collectibles to the York 44th Semi-Annual Show & Sale at the York Expo Center, Route 74S off Route 30 at the Old Main Building, in York, Pennsylvania. This […]

Saint Leo the Great School of Lincroft, New Jersey, is having its first annual Antiques and Collectibles Show, which will be held on November 7, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and November 8, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thirty selected dealers from Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, and Massachusetts, will be […]