A sixteenth century cottage in the Lichfield area of Staffordshire has revealed a wealth of antiques and valuables when it was emptied for auction recently.
The traditional black and white timbered cottage in a sleepy village setting had every nook an…
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The sale will be held by Woody Auction, based in Douglass, Kansas, starting at 9:30 a.m. (CST)
(ST. CHARLES, Mo.) – Nearly 450 lots of highly collectible American Brilliant Cut Glass, drawn from several important collections consigned from around th…
Approximately twenty of the UK’s top dealers in 18th and 19th-century British pottery and porcelain will be exhibiting at The London Ceramic Fair on Saturday 14th January, 2012. The fair is open to the public between 11am – 4.30pm, and situated just a five-minute walk from Kensington Palace and the world-famous antiques [Read More]
A simply magnificent 1892 South African Republic gold Proof Pond 1892, PR65 NGC – the best of just 10 like pieces known to have been minted – is expected to bring $300,000+ as one of the principal highlights of Heritage Auctions’ Jan….
An 1841 Sovereign is set to make a new world record when it is sold in the Medals, Banknotes and Coins sale on Wednesday 14th December at Bonhams, Knightsbridge.
Estimated to sell for £8,000- 10,000, the coin depicts Queen Victoria, in relief, and ha…
The second annual Naples International Art & Antique Fair will return February 23-28 to the Naples International Pavilion at Immokalee and Livingston Roads. Inaugurated in 2011, NIAAF introduced international fine art galleries to the flourishing art scene of Florida’s Gulf Coast for the first time. With solid sales and an attendance of [Read More]
Bonhams announced a sales total of $1.36 million at its December 6 Antique Arms, Armor & Modern Sporting Guns auction in San Francisco.
Highlighting the auction was a historic, Paris-made Confederate artillery officer’s frock coat of Lt. Co…
Sotheby’s Important Tiffany sale, on 15 December 2011, will be highlighted by A Highly Important Three-Panel “Magnolia” Window, circa 1910 (est. $400/600,000*).
Tiffany Studios, A Highly Important Three-Panel “Magnolia” Window (detail). Circa…
Sotheby’s Important 20th Century Design on 15 December 2011 will offer a strong selection of works across a diverse range of styles, featuring important pieces from the Arts & Crafts movement, European and American Modernism, and Postwar and Con…
A new survey showing art and antique prices rising has prompted Alternative Asset Analysis (AAA) to promote the asset class as a viable option to investors. The UK-based Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Art and Antiques survey found a 26 per cent increase in the number of chartered surveyors who reported [Read More]
Sotheby’s winter sale of Antiquities brought a total of $30,918,375, soaring past the $5/7.6 million estimate, with 84% of the lots sold.* The sale was led by A Marble Group of Leda and the Swan, Roman Imperial, circa 2nd Century A.D which sold for $…
The Bonhams 20th Century Decorative Arts auction on December 14 will feature a wide range of exciting works from periods such as Art Nouveau, Post War Design and the Contemporary Studio Craft movements.
The Art Deco period is well represented by Clara,…
The Biblical Archaeology Society, publisher of Biblical Archaeology Review, presents “Scholars on the Scrolls,” a series of three informal yet intriguing interviews with five world-renowned Dead Sea Scroll scholars. Host Hershel Shanks, editor of Biblical Archaeology Review, chats with experts Weston Fields, George Brooke, Joseph Fitzmyer, James Charlesworth and Sidnie White Crawford [Read More]
An old-fashioned American Christmas traditionally includes a statuesque, fragrant tree, topped by either an angel or star and accompanied by a vintage toy train that chugs energetically around its base to announce that Santa has arrived.
Finding the p…