For the first time, the Château de Versailles devotes a large scale exhibition to Louis XIV. It brings together more than 300 exceptional works coming from collections all over the world and never shown together before. Paintings, sculptures, objets d’art and furniture will be exhibited. These masterpieces, some of which have never been presented in France since the days of the Ancien Régime, will enable visitors to get to know the famous monarch better in both his personal tastes ... Read The Full Story

Professional Antique Show Promoters Melrose & Duddy announced plans recently for a new show in Charlottesville, Virginia. Antiques in Charlottesville will be held January 22-24, 2010 to at the University Center Holiday Inn in historic Charlottesville. “We are confident our brand of show is a great fit for the Charlottesville market,” says partner Jay Melrose. “We’ve already experience a lot of warm support and encouragement from the community and commitments from antique ... Read The Full Story

Geographicus (www.geographicus.com), a dealer in rare and vintage maps, proudly announces the acquisition of a select group of rare lunar maps created to prepare for the Apollo 11 moon landing and that inspired Sci-Fi legend Arthur C. Clarke. This group of three rare maps, prepared in 1961 by the U.S. Geological Survey for Apollo 11, each show the craters, seas, and mountains of the moon in breathtaking detail but varying aspect: the Physiographic Divisions of the Moon, The Lunary Ray ... Read The Full Story

(ST. CHARLES, Mo.) – The contents of the antique shop and items from the personal collection of Brad and Eunice Witt, formerly of Missouri, will be sold without reserve on Saturday, Nov. 14, in the grand ballroom (upper level) of the St. Charles Convention Center, located at exit 229 of I-70. The auction will be conducted by Woody Auction, based in Douglass, Kan., with a start time of 9:30 a.m. Sold will be over 300 lots of Victorian furniture, vintage French dolls, Babes in the ... Read The Full Story

(NORTHPORT, Ala.) – An extremely rare 1940 Gabel Kuro jukebox – nicknamed “the last jukebox” and one of only six known – sold for $120,750 at the sale of the world-famous jukebox and advertising collection of the late John Gurrech of Houston, Tex., held Oct. 3 by Hal Hunt Auctions. It was a new world record price for a jukebox at auction and the top earner in a sale that featured 550 lots. The Gabel Kuro had been lovingly and painstakingly restored over a period of several ... Read The Full Story