Alderfer Auction and Appraisal will offer something for nearly every collector in their auctions on June 11th and June 12th 2009. On June 11th, “Ephemera, Decorative Accessories, Fine Furniture and Rugs”, will offers nearly 500 lots, with baseball cards and memorabilia, political autographs and other collectibles, including Dorothy Doughty porcelains, fine jewelry, as well as works by Meissen, Tiffany, and Handel. The sale will conclude with European and American Decorative Arts. The “Fine & Discovery Art” auction on June 12th features paintings, prints, collages and watercolors ranging in estimate from $100 to $150,000. The auction will be available live online to bidders and interested viewers around the world, exclusively through Artfact Live!, Artfact’s industry leading online auction bidding platform. If you can’t be part of the action in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, simply visit Artfact.com or its sister site in the UK, Invaluable.com, to register free to bid and explore the world’s largest marketplace of fine and decorative arts, antiques, collectibles, and estate auctions. If you’re not ready to bid, simply watch the activity live from the auction floor using the Artfact Live! console.
Among the highlights of the two auctions is Lot 3136, on June 12th, an oil on canvas entitled “Hillside,” with an opening bid of $6,000 by American Plein Air painter, Aldro Thompson Hibbard. The top lot of the sale on June 12th is Lot 3167, “Snow Scene, Center Bridge, Pennsylvania,” by Edward Willis Redfield, with bidding beginning at $50,000. “An 18th Century Metamorphosis”, Lot 2182A on June 11th, opens for bidding at $7,500. Another highlight of the June 11th sale is diamond jewelry, Lots 2268 through 2274, ranging in estimate from $1,600 to $15,000.
Since the departure of eBay Live Auctions, Artfact Live! has taken the lead in the live auction arena by partnering exclusively with the world’s most prestigious auction houses to host their online auctions.
As it continues to build the world’s most affluent and knowledgeable bidding community, Artfact offers free registration, offering unlimited access to Artfact Live! partner auctions and free searching of the past 12 months of price results in its auction records database. Artfact’s Advanced Search allows users to narrow searches by entering keywords, price range, auction date range, or auction house name.
About Artfact
Founded in 1989, Artfact is the largest global marketplace of fine and decorative arts, antiques, collectibles, and estate auctions. On January 1, 2009, Arfact launched Artfact Live!, its proprietary live auction bidding platform, enabling users to bid real time on auctions being held around the world by its prestigious auction house partners. Currently, over 1,000 fine auctioneers actively list their catalogues with Artfact.com and its U.K. sister site Invaluable.com, reaching the Artfact community of more than 10 million knowledgeable collectors and dealers worldwide. Artfact’s industry leading database includes more than 50 million complete auction results totaling more than $190 billion in value, including information on more than 500,000 international artists. In 2006, Artfact merged with RFC Systems, the leading provider of enterprise software developed specifically for the fine art and antique auction house industry. RFC helps prestigious auction houses around the world manage their businesses by automating their day-to-day operations.