A 3-volume set of the iconic Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Rings, The Two Towers and The Return of the King), with one of the books signed by the author himself, sold for $14,600 at a two-day weekend multi-estate sale held Oct. 3-4 by Philip [Read More]
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It was the watch meant for a Queen. It is the watch that became the Queen of all timepieces. The story of the watch began in 1783. It was named after Marie-Antoinette, the young Austrian aristocrat who married King of France, Louis XVI and later became the Queen of France and Navarre. [Read More]
Christie’s New York is pleased to announce a dedicated sale of Arts of the Samurai on October 23, which exemplifies the outstanding craftsmanship and visual splendor of the Samurai culture. The collection includes over 80 lots comprising of armor, helmets, and most importantly, swords dating from the thirteenth to nineteenth centuries. The [Read More]
Skinner, will host Session II of the Richard Wright Collection on October 24th starting at 11 a.m. in the Boston gallery. Richard Wright, one of the world’s foremost fine dolls experts, and a prominent and colorful appraiser on the PBS series, Antiques Roadshow, also had a discerning eye for furniture and decorative [Read More]
Muddy Creek Antiques has upgraded to their own dot com! You can find them at www.muddycreekantiques.com. With this new dot com status comes a new look and a new name (formerly Sidekikz). Stop by and visit for a nice variety of glassware including Blenko, Fenton, and other WV Glass. We also have [Read More]
Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity, which opens at the Getty Villa on October 8, 2009, features more than 350 pieces of beautiful and rare ancient glass, formerly owned by Erwin Oppenländer. The 2003 acquisition of this collection placed the Getty among the nation’s leading centers for the display and study of ancient [Read More]
The National Gallery of Victoria will present a superb collection of Asian and European decorative art from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Chinoiserie: Asia in Europe 1620–1840. Opening 9 October, Chinoiserie will explore the European fascination with the ‘Orient’ and will feature works in a range of media including ceramics, furniture, [Read More]
Christie’s Important Silver and Objects of Vertu sale on October 22 in New York will present collectors with an exciting selection by renowned artists such as Paul Storr, Philip Rundell, Paul de Lamerie, among others from well-known collections such as the Inventory of Marks Antiques in London and Property from the Collection [Read More]
TIAS.com (http://www.tias.com) the Webs largest online antique and collectible mall released their monthly “Hot List” of Antiques & Collectibles. The TIAS “Hot List” has been published monthly since 2002. These monthly “Hot Lists” are based on hundreds of thousands of searches by people using the online search engines at the indicated Web [Read More]
Christie’s announces the sale of 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art and Ceramics on October 20, which will include over 260 lots of opulent gilt furnishings, bronze figures, ivory works of art, Sèvres porcelain, colorful Majolica and other ceramics. Leading the furniture section, and also featured on the catalogue cover, is [Read More]
It’s being touted as among the most impressive and diverse online auctions of its kind in years and a spectacular opportunity for collectors to bid on an expansive range of classic toys and memorabilia with no reserve prices. Registration and bidding for the Fall ‘09 Online Vintage Toy & Collectible Auction from [Read More]
October promises to be a busy month for Stevens Auction Company. The firm has scheduled two important estate sales this month. One will be held at the firm’s spacious gallery facility at 609 North Meridian Street in Aberdeen on Saturday, Oct. 17. Then, two weeks later, on Saturday, Oct. 31 (Halloween), Stevens [Read More]
Exhibiting all the “bells and whistles” collectors yearn for, a circa-1912 Marklin live-steam fire pumper blazed to the top of prices realized in Bertoia Auctions’ Sept. 25-26 sale of the Donald Kaufman antique toy collection, part II, achieving $149,500 (inclusive of 15% buyer’s premium) against an estimate of $40,000-$50,000. An exciting event [Read More]
A Colt Model 1883 .45 caliber Gatling Gun – named after the man who invented it (Richard J. Gatling) and a 19th-century precursor to the modern-day machine gun – scored a bull’s eye when it soared to $172,500 at a Civil War, Firearms and Militaria Auction held Aug. 15-16 by Fontaine’s Auction [Read More]