Judy’s D&G Restaurant – a landmark St. Joseph dining facility that operated continuously from its opening during World War II until its recent closing – will be the object of a three-category, two-firm on-site auction slated for Aug. 20 and 22. The building and all of the equipment will be sold Aug. [Read More]
Daily Archives: August 2, 2009
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Bonhams is delighted to be including a specially commissioned Wemyss Pig – named Hamish – as part of their annual Scottish Sale which, this year, will be held in Edinburgh between 18-21 August. The so-called “Homecoming Pig” has been named in recognition of the Homecoming Scotland campaign, and all proceeds from the [Read More]
A long hidden cache of English art and antiques will auction without reserve, with 600 other largely unreserved lots, at the Rago Arts and Auction Center on August 7th and 8th, 2009. The Estate of English and Continental antiques dealer Joseph Stanley has been shuttered in a New Hope, PA mansion since [Read More]
Bloomsbury are holding a sale of Printed Books, Paintings and Prints all at no reserve. Many of the lots on offer will be the ex-stock consigned to Bloomsbury from Heritage Bookshop in Los Angeles but in addition it will include many previously unseen items which must be sold. There will be no [Read More]
A one sheet movie poster for the 1923 Paramount Pictures release, Hollywood, realized $89,625 in an auction of Vintage Movie Posters at Heritage Auction Galleries, July 23-25. The graphically stunning and downright bizarre poster depicts the head of a large male, with the word “Hollywood” in relief across his forehead, as a [Read More]
Honoring people and events in the Dutch royal family’s history has a long tradition in the Netherlands. In 1609, Henry Hudson sailed up the waterway that would eventually bear his name. The explorer called it “de Maurits Rivier” after the reigning prince of Orange-Nassau. Maurits (r. 1584-1625) was the successor of William [Read More]
A large single-owner collection comprising around 400 lots in an array of categories – to include Chein toys, Coca-Cola collectibles, framed art and lithograph prints, Indian art and artifacts, vintage dolls, toy trains and airplanes, Americana and more – will be sold in an online, phone and absentee bid auction slated for [Read More]