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Leonard Auction at the 51st Annual ILNA Coin Show

AntiquesPublicity.com — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:31:01 +0000

On September 10, 2010 Leonard Auction will conduct the official auction of the 51st Annual Illinois Numismatic Association (ILNA) Coin and Currency Show in Tinley Park, Illinois. More than 350 lots of collector and investment grade coins and currency will be offered. The auction will be held at 7:00pm on Friday, September 10th at the Holiday Inn Convention Center, 18501 S Harlem Ave., Tinley Park, Illinois 60477. “We are thrilled to have been chosen as the official auctioneer of the ILNA show and to present an incredibly offering of coins and ...

Personal Collection of Debbie Reynolds for Bonhams & Butterfields Auction

AntiquesPublicity.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:01:49 +0000

Bonhams & Butterfields is to offer Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts on September 13, 2010 in Los Angeles. The eclectic auction will offer a global array of works, showcasing pieces from the 15th through 20th centuries with a focus on English, French, Italian, Spanish and German property. Highlights from the fall sale will include rare and exceptional works from the Personal Collection of Debbie Reynolds. “Bonhams & Butterfields is honored to offer a selection of unique items from the Personal Collection of screen icon Debbie Reynolds. Reynolds’s passion for beauty ...

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Richard Wright Moorcroft Pottery for Sale at Bonhams

AntiquesPublicity.com — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:48:54 +0000

The largest and most valuable single owner collection of Moorcroft pottery ever to come to auction is for sale at Bonhams in London on 21 September. The Richard Wright collection has been put together over 25 years by Jackie and Richard Wright and is estimated to be worth over £300,000. It includes a very rare ‘Carp’ vase of 1902 painted, unusually, in yellow and blue estimated at £8,000 – 12,000; the iconic ‘The Yacht Vase’ from 1899 (£6,000 – 8,000); an early twin-handled Florian vase made in 1903 (£3,500 – 5,000); and ...

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Chinese Imperial Zitan Table for New York Sale

AntiquesPublicity.com — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:40:26 +0000

Doyle New York, one of the world’s leading auctioneers and appraisers, will hold an auction of Asian Works of Art on Monday, September 13 at 10am (EDT). The sale offers over 430 lots showcasing the arts of China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia dating from the Neolithic Period through the 20th century. Offerings include porcelain, pottery, jade, ivories, scholar’s objects, bronzes, swords, textiles, screens and paintings. The exhibition will be on view from September 10 through 12. Doyle New York is located at 175 East 87th Street in New York ...

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Fontaine’s to Host Civil War, Militaria and Estate Sales in September

AntiquesPublicity.com — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:05:41 +0000

A full slate of three auctions, including a Civil War & Militaria Auction planned for Sunday, Sept. 12, will be held by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, in the firm’s spacious gallery facility at 1485 West Housatonic Street in Pittsfield. The centerpiece of the Sept. 12 event promises to be an authentic Colt Gatling Gun, expected to bring over $150,000. The month will kick off on Friday, Sept. 11, at 11 a.m., with an Antique Discovery Auction that will feature over 600 lots from prominent local estates and collections. Offered will be about ...

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Sotheby’s Fine Watches Autumn Sale in Hong Kong

AntiquesPublicity.com — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:56:00 +0000

Sotheby’s Hong Kong Important Watches Autumn Sale 2010 will be held on 6 October at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This season’s sale will offer a total of 300 lots estimated over HK$43 million / US$5.5 million. Highlighting a notable private collection of highly complicated creations by renowned independent watchmakers, as well as important classic timepieces and dazzling jewellery watches in excellent condition, the sale embodies the pinnacle of the past and future of watchmaking. Vanessa Herrera, Head of Watches, Sotheby’s China and Southeast Asia, says, “Following the success ...

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Christie’s to Offer Works from the Alastair Bradley Martin Estate

AntiquesPublicity.com — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:50:34 +0000

Christie’s New York will auction selections from the estate of the renowned collector Alastair Bradley Martin. For more than 50 years, Mr. Martin and his wife Edith built an encyclopedic collection of rare and important art works and sculpture known as The Guennol Collection, and donated or loaned many of their most important examples of Ancient Egyptian, Near Eastern, Medieval, Asian and American Folk Art to museum exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum of Art, among others. Over 140 items from this celebrated collection and from ...

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Manion’s Launch New Mobile Website

AntiquesPublicity.com — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:42:53 +0000

ustomers can now browse and bid while on the go using “Manion’s Mobile” – the new phone friendly version of the well known online auction website from Manion’s International Auction House, Inc. – a worldwide leader in the sale of militaria and historic collectibles. “There’s a whole new market of not necessarily younger, but definitely more tech savvy collectors out there these days,” said company President Jody Tucker. “We weren’t sure if our customers would utilize a mobile option for bidding, but we’re getting great response.” What began as a catalog auction, ...

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The British Museum Shows Akan Drum

AntiquesPublicity.com — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:48:56 +0000

The Akan drum is the oldest African-American object in the British Museum, brought from West Africa to the Colony of Virginia as part of the slave trade around 1735. ‘Akan’ refers to an ethnic and linguistic group from West Africa which includes the Fante, Asante and Akuapem, and its culture is most apparent today in Ghana. Display open through 10 October 2010. The drum was acquired by Sir Hans Sloane, whose collection formed the basis of the British Museum when it was founded in 1753. Broadcaster, playwright, and British Museum Trustee ...

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Robert Kime Items for Christie’s Sale

AntiquesPublicity.com — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:16:24 +0000

Christie’s South Kensington will present a sale featuring property from one of Britain’s highly respected interior decorators – Robert Kime, alongside Property from a Cotswold Manor House. The two diverse yet complementary collections offer a vast array of wonderful works of art from colourful Ottoman textiles, carpets and carvings to Ming porcelain and ancient English oak furniture. Including over 400 lots, with estimates from £300 to £40,000, the sale provides collectors and aspiring interior decorators the opportunity to add to, or even start their own collection. Group of four decorative lamps ...

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