(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 of only 20 still known to exist. The sale, which saw 2,340 lots cross the block over the course of the weekend, featured all three versions of the Mills ... Read The Full Story

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 officer, and GoAntiques President and CEO Jim Kamnikar will serve as WorthPoint’s president. The combined ... Read The Full Story

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 endeavor to restore the excitement and fine quality antiques show Hartford has become known for. Comments show promoter Frank Gaglio, “I have been looking for an opportunity to ... Read The Full Story

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 popular show features exhibitors from approximately 15 states – Canada to Florida – and will be offering thousands of items for sale. To view and buy these collectibles, admission is ... Read The Full Story

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 selling a wide variety of quality antiques. Admission is $5 or $4 with a show card or any ad. All proceeds go to St. Leo the Great School. Additionally, there will be three appraisers providing verbal ... Read The Full Story