Skinner, will host an auction of Fine Musical Instruments on Sunday, May 3rd in its Boston gallery at noon. More than 400 lots will be offered. Featured is a stunning example of the world’s most sought after electric guitar, the 1959 Les Paul Standard (lot 22), which more than any other guitar has achieved legendary status among guitar collectors, players, and investors everywhere for playability, sound, beauty and investment power. This particular example features a two-piece carved tiger maple top with an ... Read The Full Story

Kaminski Auctions’ Spring Fine Art and Estates Auction, which took place April 4-5, 2009, attracted bidders both locally in Massachusetts and internationally via phone and live online bidding. The auction offered a wide selection of fine art, antiques and collectibles from estates spanning Massachusetts to Kaminski’s second location in California. (All prices reflect a 15% buyers premium) Originally estimated $7,500-$12,500, a mixed media drawing by American illustrator Jesse Wilcox Smith was the surprise ... Read The Full Story

Gray’s Auctioneers announces its 20th Fine Art, Antiques and Decorations auction to be held Saturday May 2nd at 1pm. Gray’s Auctioneers Llc has quickly established itself as the region’s premier auction house and appraisal facility, capitalizing on both its extensive industry experience as well as its strategic positioning in the upper Midwest region. The Cleveland area in particular provides an abundantly rich and varied source of fine art, antique and decorative pieces – due in part to the ... Read The Full Story

Newton, MA – The world’s leading decoy auction firm, Guyette & Schmidt, Inc., will be hosting “North American Decoys at Auction” on April 23 and April 24, 2009 at the Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, Illinois. The “North American Decoys at Auction” features decoys by Charles Perdew, Harry V. Shourds, Charles Birch, Robert Elliston and many others. With over 600 decoys and related items, this auction is a ‘can’t miss’ for the decoy collector. Through ... Read The Full Story

The living estate of trucking industry pioneer Jim Graves – one of the founders of Graves Truck Line, Inc., known throughout the Midwest for its big rigs with the bright red cabs – will be sold Saturday, May 2, at 10 a.m., by Mayo Auction & Realty, based in Kansas City, Mo. The sale will be held in a building Mr. Graves owns, on Merriam Lane in Overland Park. “Mr. Graves is a legend in the true sense of the word,” said Robert Mayo of Mayo Auction & Realty. “He helped build a hugely ... Read The Full Story