There is no stamp – perhaps no collectible in general – more famous than the legendary #C3a, or the “Inverted Jenny,” as it’s more commonly known. And there is, perhaps, no “Jenny” more famous than the one that Colonel E.H.R. “Ned” Green placed in a locket for his beloved wife, Mabel, in [Read More]
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Heritage Auctions, on behalf of the American Red Cross, will auction off the one and only Rose Percy, an historic and beloved wax doll originally sold in 1864 as a benefit for the U.S. Sanitary Commission. It will be featured in Heritage Auctions’ Nov. 17 Political & Americana Auction, and is estimated [Read More]
In a packed saleroom in New Bond Street last Thursday, Bonhams Fine Japanese Art sale delivered some spectacular prices which culminated in a sale total of over £1,700,000. With well over 80% of the lots sold by value, the auction not only produced the best result to date for its recently-established department, [Read More]
The Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art sale offers 160 lots with an estimate of HK$20 to 30 million. The auction includes a number of private collections of works of art featuring jades and scholars objects. “Many new collectors have emerged in China this year. Bonhams is pleased to be able [Read More]
An authentic 19th-century vampire killing kit – containing a pistol with silver bullets in a coffin-style case, Holy water vials, a cleaver, a prayer book and a looking glass – sold for $8,800 at an estate sale held (appropriately enough) on Halloween, Oct. 31, by Stevens Auction Company, based in Aberdeen, Miss. [Read More]
Significant Modern Design will take center stage in Manhattan on Dec. 10 when Heritage Auctions offers more than 300 period pieces of furniture and lighting from the collection of internationally renowned dealer and collector Michael Playford (Two Zero C Applied Art Ltd.) in its inaugural New York City auction of Important 20th [Read More]
Sotheby’s annual sale of Important Judaica will be held in New York on 24 November 2009. The sale will comprise a choice offering of Hebrew manuscripts, printed books, paintings, ceremonial metalwork and works of art estimated to bring more than $3.3 million. Works from the sale will be exhibited alongside the annual [Read More]
A massive three-session cataloged auction boasting nearly 525 lots of vintage clocks and watches, lighting (by Tiffany, Handel, Duffner & Kimberly, Pairpoint and others), Arts & Crafts furniture and accessories, bronzes, coins, paintings, porcelains and more will be held Saturday, Nov. 21, by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, at 1485 West Housatonic Street, starting [Read More]
On November 19th, collectors will have the opportunity to bid on several notable lots during an auction of European Furniture and Decorative arts set to take place at Bonhams New York. Consisting of over 200 lots the auction encompasses a well-rounded selection of English, French and Continental furniture; 19th century bronze and [Read More]
Internationally renowned antiques, art, and jewelry dealers will exhibit at the 49th Annual Original Miami Beach Antique Show, opening January 21-25, 2010, at the Miami Beach Convention Center. This five-day show will feature more than 800 national and international exhibitors and is the largest indoor antiques show in the world. The most [Read More]
A vintage E. Howard & Co. (Boston) Astronomical Observatory Regulator clock soared to $52,900 and a rare and antique Henry rifle purchased by the U.S. government for use during the Civil War hit a bull’s eye for $48,300 at a pair of sales held Aug. 15 and Aug. 29 by Cottone Auctions. [Read More]
Sotheby’s London will offer for sale on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 an exquisite selection of fine Piedmontese furniture and works of art from the Vigna Corte di Bonvicino – a charming 18th-century villa situated in the hills outside Turin. Representing the finest Piedmontese craftsmanship of the 18th-century, the selection of 204 lots [Read More]
MATTHEW BARTON is delighted to announce that he will be holding his first independent auction of Silver, Works of Art and Objects of Vertu on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 in West Kensington at 25 Blythe Road, W14. The sale will start at 12noon. More than 150 items dating from 1670 onwards, including [Read More]
The centrepiece of the sale will undoubtedly be the magnificent group of Kakiemon beauties which graces the front cover of the fine Japanese catalogue, going under the auctioneer’s hammer at Bonhams New Bond Street on the 5th November. Products of a bygone era of Japan’s feudal past, they were exported to the [Read More]