The 2009 show will include 45 MADA dealers offering quality merchandise. Dealers will be selling a wide range of merchandise: furniture from period pieces to country, art, silver, fine and vintage jewelry, glass, pottery, decorative arts, early Americana, Asian, mid-century modern, textiles, Scandinavian country, garden relics, and more. Event Information for the [Read More]
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The “Collections Auction” will open for bidding on Sunday, March 15, on AntiquesYes.com, and will begin closing the following Sunday evening, March 22nd, beginning at 8 pm EDT. The different collections include high grade doorknobs and other builders’ hardware, Addison glass tiles, vintage French cookware, weaving artifacts, and even a collection of [Read More]
An exceptional antique estate auction featuring some of the biggest names in period American furniture, vintage lighting and more will be sold Saturday, April 4, by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery. The vast bulk of the auction will comprise the living estate of Dale Miller, a dedicated collector from Ashville, N.C. Nearly 500 items [Read More]
After years of providing free link listing service for antique and vintage-related web sites, CollectibleDetective.com now also offers paid banner advertising for businesses seeking prime page placement and increased visibility. Ad rates begin at just $45 dollars month, while three winners will pay nothing at all to enjoy 30 days —more than [Read More]
(Northport, Ala.) – An exceedingly rare and magnificent pierce-carved laminated rosewood bed, beautifully crafted by John Henry Belter (circa 1850s) and one of only two known, soared to $201,250 at a multi-estate sale held Feb. 21 by Hal Hunt Auctions. The bed was the top earner of the 437 lots that crossed [Read More]
Advanced computer technology and antique tractors may seem like a mismatch. However, to the growing tractor restoration community, online technology is pertinent to their success. For years, antique tractor enthusiasts have had to consult friends and neighbors or hunt through salvage yards to locate parts for their old tractors. Now, essential tools [Read More]
Carlton Hobbs, the pre-eminent international antiques dealer, announced today that he will mount a special exhibition called “ON TOPS: Table Tops from the 2nd Century AD to the 19th Century,” which opens at his gallery, located at 60 East 93rd Street, (between Madison and Park Avenues), on Wednesday, May 13-22, 2009. A [Read More]
Artfact has launched a new look for Artfact.com and its sister site in the UK, Invaluable.com. The newly designed site pairs Artfact’s suite of powerful online services with a bold, user-friendly interface. The largest global marketplace of fine and decorative arts, antiques, collectibles and estate auctions, Artfact offers live online bidding at [Read More]
Proxibid, the world’s largest provider of live auction webcasting services, today announced that Conestoga Auction Company has selected the Company to provide live online bidding for its upcoming auction of The George Kegerreis Collection of antique American arms and accoutrements. The two-day live event will take place Friday, March 27 at 5:00 [Read More]
An astounding 2,000 lots – mostly fresh-to-the-market merchandise from prominent estates and collections – will be sold at auctions planned for Mar. 28-29 and Apr. 4 by Philip Weiss Auctions. The sales will be conducted at the firm’s spacious gallery, located at #1 Neil Court in Oceanside, N.Y. Bids will also be [Read More]
Currently ongoing at iGavel is The Santa Barbara Auction, presented by Alexander Rose Fine Art & Antiques. Highlights of this auction include a Austrian Biedermeier Fruitwood Settee, 19th Century, estimated at $2,000-$3,000 with a starting bid of only $750. A Laver Kirman Rug, Early 20th Century, estimated at $600-$800, has a starting [Read More]
Nearly 450 lots of mostly Victorian lamps and antique glass will be sold on Saturday, Apr. 4, by Woody Auction at the Holiday Inn Airport West in Earth City, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis located five miles from the airport. Headlining the auction will be the estate of Mrs. Patsy Cary, [Read More]
(Hillsborough, N.C.) – Nearly 625 quality consignments, most of them drawn from prominent Southern estates, will be sold in a quarterly cataloged auction slated for Saturday, March 21, by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. Offered will be fine art, period furniture, sterling silver, books, clocks, watches, estate jewelry and antique [Read More]
Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses, will host an auction of fine jewelry at its Boston gallery on Tuesday, March 17th at 10:00 a.m. The sale will feature unique antique, Renaissance Revival and Art Deco jewelry items from Tiffany & Co., Boucheron and Castellani, a number of which descended in [Read More]