The Philadelphia antiques scene was buzzing with spring fever when Kamelot Auctions’ fourth annual signature Garden and Architectural Sale took center stage on Saturday, April 12. This remarkable sale is fast becoming a yearly event not to be missed, consistently presenting the largest and most diverse selection of quality garden furnishings and [Read More]
Monthly Archives: May 2008
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Matchcover collectors from around the world will gather at the Piccadilly Inn Airport in Fresno, California for the 53rd annual convention of the Associated Matchcover Clubs of California (AMCAL) May 21 to 24. The public is invited. There will be millions of matchcovers all over the hotel, as collectors buy, sell and [Read More]
Gateway Gallery Auction in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, will host an appraisal “Roadshow” style fund-raiser for the Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter (CVAS) on Saturday, May 24, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The public is invited to attend the two-hour-long event, which will benefit Franklin County homeless pets. Residents eager to have their treasures [Read More]
(Boston, MA) – Kaminski Auctions, one of Massachusetts’ premier antiques and fine art auction houses, announces its May Fine Art & Estates Auction. This diverse auction offers fine furnishings, jewelry, antique oriental rugs, fine art, decorative glass, sculpture and more from estates in Beverly Farms, Manchester-by-the-Sea and Rockport. The auction takes place [Read More]
(Yonkers, N.Y.) – A major unpublished manuscript archive of Southern history – including a 1775 map of Natchez, Miss. (which at one time boasted more millionaires than New York City); a Mississippi plantation Bible maintained from 1839-1979; and a set of encyclopedias from the personal library of a slave owner and cotton [Read More]
Pavel Ovchinnikov was one of Russia’s greatest silversmiths. Besides this claim to fame he was also instrumental in reviving traditional enameling techniques, such as champleve, filigree enamel (a variation of cloisonne in which the wires are twisted), and plique-a-jour (a variation of filigree enamel in which there is no backing behind the [Read More]
San Francisco, CA-May 13, 2008-San Francisco’s C. Mariani Antiques, Restoration & Custom, Inc. has announced the launch of its “Collezione” line of wholsale Tuscan antique reproduction furniture, lighting and accessories. The line is available exclusively through Shears & Window in the San Francisco Design Center, 101 Henry Adams Street, Suite 256, San [Read More]
NEW YORK – WorthPoint, a new Web site for people who have art, antiques and collectibles that they want to buy or sell or simply find out more information about items they have, this week helped a Colorado woman sell a painting she found in the trash a decade ago for $103,000 [Read More]
(Beverly, MA) – Kaminski Auctions’ Spring Fine Art and Estates Auction, held April 26-27 under the tent at Kaminski Auctions in Beverly, was a success, with many items selling well above original estimates. An impressive array of antiques, collectibles, furniture, decorative accessories and jewelry hailed from estates in Salem, Hamilton, Swampscott and [Read More]
The Second Edition of the Price Guide to Holt-Howard Collectibles and Related Ceramicware of the 50’s and 60’s, by Walter Dworkin, is published by Krause. In the 1950’s and 60’s, whimsical Holt-Howard ceramic pieces found their way into every nook and cranny of American homes. They held dressings, relishes, salt and pepper, [Read More]
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, has acquired the outstanding fraktur collection Joy and David Brocklebank. Having focused on western Pennsylvania fraktur for 38 years, the Brocklebanks’ collection consists of more than 200 hand-drawn and printed fraktur from Westmoreland County and other western Pennsylvania counties. It was assembled by [Read More]
Closed for two months for renovations, Benton Antiques, Etc., in Benton, Pennsylvania, will have a Grand Re-opening Celebration Saturday, May 17th and Sunday, May 18th with treats, door prizes, and special sale items. The market is located in a turn-of-the-century building, originally the Benton Store Company, and later a hardware store, at [Read More]
Old fashion fun is back in style as the Plantsville General Store Antique Center has just finished unpacking its newest shipment of nostalgia candy. Remember eating candy buttons? Do the names “Root Beer Barrels” and “Pixy Sticks” cause you to experience a flashback? If you loved shopping at your neighborhood candy store [Read More]
(Aberdeen, Miss.) – Several important area estates boasting fine period furniture, about 50 antique porcelain dolls, wonderful porcelains, exquisite china, sparkling sterling and hundreds of unique and beautiful antiques will be offered in a two-day sale slated for May 30-31 by Stevens Auction Company. The auction will be held at the firm’s [Read More]