On June 16th Bonhams New York’s Fine Jewelry and Salon Jewelry sales, drew the attention of an excited group of collectors. The sales offered several excellent collecting opportunities, amongst the 563 lots presented. Commanding the top price was the cover lot, a spectacular 10.32 carat diamond solitaire ring. Centering a rectangular cut diamond of coveted shape and size, the ring is accented by a surround of baguette-cut diamonds. Accompanied by GIA report stating F color, VVS1 ... Read The Full Story

Missouri’s largest antique mall is now open in Springfield. The super-sized antique mall is just 5 minutes from Battlefield Mall at 2015 W. Battlefield Road. The Mall is next to Grizzly showroom at the Kansas Expressway intersection. From James River Freeway, Exit Kansas Expressway and go north about 2 minutes then turn left on Battlefield Road. Relics is the second building west of the intersection. Phase I is rapidly filling with dealers offering nice quality antiques and ... Read The Full Story

he Historical Society of Princeton is pleased to announce Suzanne Perrault as its featured guest speaker for the 2010 Princeton Fall Antiques and Fine Arts Show. Ms. Perrault will present “A Roving Eye,” an inside look at the Robert A. Ellison American Art Pottery Collection, recently installed in the New American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The collection—which spans the years 1876 through 1956 and represents all regions of the nation—ranks among the foremost of ... Read The Full Story

The Art and Antique Dealers League of America (AADLA) have set the date for their new Spring Show, which will open to the public on April 28 to May 2, 2011 at the Park Avenue Armory, it was announced by Clinton Howell, President of the AADLA. The opening night invitation-only preview will take place the preceding evening. The League has selected The Art Fair Company to produce and manage the fair. “We look forward to working with the Art Fair Company,” said Howell. “Their ... Read The Full Story

On Saturday, July 17, Old Town Auctions will boldly go where they’ve never gone before – selling robots, space toys, Star Wars, action figures and other quality sci-fi and fantasy collectibles. The event will be held at Alexander’s Inn Auction House in Buckeystown, a suburb of Frederick, Maryland, and convenient to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington D.C. Auctioneer Rick Opfer will preside over approximately 600 cataloged lots, to be preceded by 200 uncataloged lots. Toys from ... Read The Full Story

The Charlotte and Don Smith Collection of Ruhstaller and Buffalo Beer Advertising is the most extensive of its kind. It represents a number of one of a kind items including an important die-cut calendar of an Indian Maiden and large factory scene of the brewery. The comprehensive tray collection comprises thirty-six versions along with nine tip trays. The top lot in this auction was the Buffalo Brewing Sign, Golden Buffalo. This lot had 18 bids, and sold for over $22,000. The Buffalo ... Read The Full Story

Over 750 lots of rare American and European antiques and fine art will be sold June 30-July 14 in an Internet and catalog auction by Litchfield County Auctions (www.LitchfieldCountyAuctions.com). It is the third major sale of the year for the firm and will include property deaccessioned from Connecticut College, plus important estates and collections. Online bidding will be facilitated by iGavelAuctions.com. An exhibition will be open to the public at the Litchfield County Auctions ... Read The Full Story

A pair of rare North Italian 18th century bureau-cabinets from Palazzo Costaguti on Piazza Mattei in Rome are to be sold as part of the Fine Continental Furniture, Sculpture and Works of Art sale on 7 July 2010. These fine examples of bureau-cabinets have been veneered in burr walnut and highlighted with parcel-gilt carved elements. They have attracted a pre-sale estimate of £50,000 – 80,000. Palazzo Costaguti was built in the first half of the 16th century for Pope Paul III’s ... Read The Full Story

Silver, Continental furnishings, Native American and Chinese works of art will form the core of John Moran Auctioneers’ July 20, 2010 Antiques and Decorative Arts Auction, to be held at the Pasadena Convention Center. The sale will also offer an excellent opportunity for collectors at all levels to acquire Continental and American fine art, particularly California paintings, at all price levels. The impressive array of over 35 lots of silver encompasses items of all types and eras, ... Read The Full Story

More than 500 lots of petroliana items – mostly gas and oil signs but to include globes, cans and a great collection of rest room signs – will be sold by Matthews Auctions, LLC, on Friday, Aug. 6, at 9 a.m. (CST). The auction will be conducted at the Airport Holiday Inn in Des Moines, on the final day of the 2010 Iowa Gas Show, held at the same venue. “The Iowa Gas Show is a hugely popular annual event, and it’s our good fortune to be able to cap the festivities with an auction ... Read The Full Story

The fantastic Procida Mirabelli di Lauro collection of Italian porcelain is to be auctioned at Bonhams, New Bond Street on Tuesday 6th July. This Italian single-owner collection, the most comprehensive of its type to ever come on to the market, is expected to fetch £300,000-500,000. Among the highlights of the sale are four plates from the Servizio del’Oca made for King Ferdinand IV’s private use, estimated to sell for £5,000 – £8,000, a rare Doccia perfume bottle, circa ... Read The Full Story

Established since 1989 The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show is the longest running of the fairs organised by Haughton International Fairs in New York city each year. A multi-category fair, The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show is recognised the world over as a premier showcase for exceptional quality works of art from antiquity to the present day. Featuring some of the world’s top dealers, The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show ... Read The Full Story

Gustav Stickley and the American Arts and Crafts Movement will offer the first comprehensive examination of the life and work of the recognized patriarch of the American Arts & Crafts movement, Gustav Stickley. The exhibition and accompanying catalogue will explore Stickley as a business leader and design proselytizer, whose body of work included furnishings, architectural and interior designs, and related imagery that became synonymous with the movement that was at its height ... Read The Full Story

Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of European Furniture and Decorative Arts on Saturday, July 10th at 10 a.m. in its Boston gallery. Skinner’s July European auction always features a great offering of Fine Ceramics and this sale is abundant, with 450 lots of ceramics, much of it coming from great collections built over a lifetime. The entire auction is just over 1,000 lots, and estimates range to fit every budget. Fine Ceramics highlights include the Wedgwood collection of Joe ... Read The Full Story

A rare walnut centre table attributed to A.W.N. Pugin, one of only a handful of pieces stamped with the distinguished furniture maker’s initials, is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street as part of its Fine English Furniture and Works of Art sale on 16 June 2010. Coming to Bonhams from a private collection, there are only two other versions of this table in oak known – one in a private collection, and the other in the collection of the Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery. It has ... Read The Full Story