Antique Dealers TV™ announced today the launch of “Virtual Antique Shops™” that promises to be the venue of the future for all successful antique dealers everywhere. Antique Dealers TV™ is the latest development of the highly acclaimed e-commerce publisher Ray Whitmer who was born into a family with more than 160 years in the antique business. Antique Dealers TV™ is the first to offer antique dealers the power of showcasing their inventory on their “Virtual Antique ... Read The Full Story

If you’re a buyer of Chinese antiques, wait till you see the opening lot in Matheson’s AA Auctions’ March 29-30 Early Asian & Fine Art Estates sale. From an incredible private collection built in the 1960s and ’70s, the auction opener is a spectacular copper-red and white 14th-century Chinese bottle of the early Ming Dynasty (Hongwu Reign). Highly important, the 14-inch vessel is expected to make 500,000-700,000. Contemporary art of the highest quality will be offered on ... Read The Full Story

Hamburg – This is really a rarity, the “Liber chronicarum” of Hartmann Schedel, coloured by Johannes Cincinnius himself. Published in 1493, this book, that comes from the fabled library of the humanist Cincinnius, is one of the most comprehensive book projects of its time and probably the most sumptuously illustrated of all incunabula. Carrying an [...]

It’s Appraisal Day again at Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio in New Hope, Pennsylvania. People travel from near and far to this annual event, with paintings and frames in-tow, to get guidance from two of the region’s foremost fine arts experts. If you’ve always wondered what that painting is worth that your grandparents gave you, or what it would take to repair the rip in the painting that fell off the wall last year, Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio will be ... Read The Full Story

Bonhams sale of Greek art on 20 May in New Bond Street includes the painting by Théodore Jacques Ralli (1852-1909)`Praying before the communion at Megara’ which is estimated to make £250,000-400,000.
This exquisite picture, exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1890, is a museum-worthy masterpiece and was selected by Ralli to represent him at the [...]

MELBOURNE, FL – For the first time in its history Mathesonís AA Auction of Melbourne, FL will conduct an auction event live online through LiveAuctioneers.com. Auction owner Lloyd Matheson said, ìWe owe it to our consignors to open up this sale to the world.
And what is so special about this sale? The 800 lot sale [...]

(Crystal River, FL) The estate of Dr. Inman has chosen a pair of veteran Florida auctioneers, Charlie Fudge of Crystal River, FL, owner of Professional Appraisers & Liquidators and Kale Albritton of Lakeland, FL, to facilitate the sale of Dr. Inmanís fabulous collection of art glass, silver, fine art, music boxes and antiques. Albritton, who [...]

For many collectors, country primitive antiques represent Americana at its finest. Currently, the Grist Mill Antiques Center in Pemberton, New Jersey, is focusing on these charming reminders of bygone days in its special display. Rustic wooden tools and kitchen implements share space with stoneware crocks and yelloware bowls. Staffordshire figurines and old chalkware provide decorative elements to complement the simplicity of a country room. Objects made of tin and cast iron represent ... Read The Full Story

Over 200 years after the world’s first passenger locomotive was built, a very rare and highly important detailed working model of a early 19th century steam engine called Hercules is to be sold by Bonhams. It is expected to fetch £15,000-20,000 at Bonhams’ annual Henley Sale on 19 July 2008.
The American designed and cast [...]

The Northern Columbia Community and Cultural Center, in Benton, Pennsylvania, will host an Antique Show and Appraisal on March 29 and 30. The hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Qualified dealers will showcase a wide variety of merchandise and vintage jewelry for sale. In addition, one lucky customer will walk away with a door prize. Two renowned appraisers will join this special event to offer individual appraisals on items brought to the show. John ... Read The Full Story

On Saturday, April 5, The Second April Fools Toy Show will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Nur Shrine Temple, Route 13/198 South DuPont Highway, in New Castle, Delaware. This April Fools show is even bigger than last year’s show. This year it will feature over 175 tables of antique and collectible toys. The show promises to have a diversity of toys from the 1900’s to the present, including GI-Joe, Barbie, Diecast & Steel Vehicles, Science Fiction, Horror, Space Toys, ... Read The Full Story

Once again, WDIY-FM, 88.1 and Anne Bedics, owner of the Cat Lady Antiques, are making preparation for the 8th Annual “Heart of the Valley” Antiques Show in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. “It seems as if we just put one show to bed, and we’re working on the production of another one,” said Bedics. “And, throughout the year, I bump into customers who are anxiously awaiting the next show. There is no doubt that we have a very loyal following.” This year, however, those loyal ... Read The Full Story

Ralph & Terry Kovel will be speaking and signing their books at the 84th annual Realtors Home & Garden Show in Milwaukee Wisconsin at 12 noon March 30th, 2008. They have authored over 95 books and write a weekly syndicated column about antiques and collectibles Cleveland, Ohio – March 18, 2007 – Ralph and Terry Kovel who have been hailed by Parade magazine as the “duke and duchess of the antiques Hi DiHi Dipworld,” will be at the antiques and art show ... Read The Full Story

NEW YORK, NY – Gene Shapiro Auctions LLC has announced an important auction of Russian artwork to be held on April 17, 2008 in New York City. The auction will take place on the fourth floor of the Metropolitan Pavilion, located at 123 West 18th Street in Manhattan. The auction itself will begin at 10 AM on the 17th, and there will be a full day of exhibition and preview for interested bidders at the same location from 12 PM to 9PM on the 16th of April. Gene Shapiro, President of the ... Read The Full Story

(Hillsborough, N.C.) – A watercolor on Bainbridge board street scene by the renowned South Carolina painter Alfred Hutty (1877-1954) sold for $34,500 to take top lot honors at a Fine and Decorative Arts Cataloged Antique Auction held March 15 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. The multi-estate sale was held at the firm’s [...]