For the last few weeks, the talk in the rare lamp and art glass world has been the Julia auction of June, 19th & 20th. Without question the auction was the epitome of diversity, quality, rarity and value. This was the finest offering to take place in the glass world this year! [Read More]
Editor
1830 posts
Following the highly successful sale of a collection of papers from Rocket Engineering icon, Dr. Werner Von Braun, Bonhams New York will be presenting a sale entirely devoted to the history of man’s exploration of space. Taking place on July 16th, the approximately 400 lot sale fittingly coincides with the week of [Read More]
More than 500 U.S. and world bank notes will be offered in the Official Auction of the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money® conducted by Bowers and Merena Auctions at the Los Angeles Convention Center and online, August 2 – 8, 2009. One of the many highlights is an 1870 $100 [Read More]
A stunning 5-piece rosewood Victorian bedroom suite, signed Mitchell & Rammelsberg (circa 1860), soared to $51,700 at the living estate sale of Katherine Creamer, a discerning collector from Mobile, Ala., whose stately mansion was built to contain her vast collections. The sale was held June 13 by Stevens Auction Company at the [Read More]
Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, today announced that it will offer the Richard Wright Collection at auction in October 2009. Richard Wright was one of the world’s best known experts in the field of fine dolls, and a prominent and colorful appraiser on the [Read More]
The Everson Museum of Art is proud to announce a major gift from the Syracuse China Corp., consisting of examples of china dating back to the mid 19th century, will be joining its permanent collection. This gift consists of 275 pieces of ceramics representing many eras and styles. For the past 138 [Read More]
The Antique Silver Library has announced the release of a free antique silver book from their growing library on the silversmith arts. Interested collectors and dealers, can claim their free antique silver handbook with 461 pages and over 2,500 extremely rare and unusual silversmith marks, by simply joining our free Antique Silver [Read More]
Bonhams are delighted to announce the sale of a private collection of furniture by one of the UK’s leading design talents, Tom Dixon. The collection includes some of Dixon’s most iconic works as well as a series of fixtures and fittings privately commissioned for a London house. The collection will be offered [Read More]
Heritage Auction Galleries, the world’s leading numismatic auctioneer, has created a new online auction venue for World Coin buyers with its new Monthly Internet-only World Coin Auctions. The first installment of this new venture is currently online at www.HA.com/WorldCoins, closing on July 12. The next auction will start the same day, July [Read More]
In the entire world, there are but a handful of companies that attempt the level of furniture making for which West Coast-based Burton-Ching has developed its sterling reputation. On July 13, 2009, international fine arts auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields, will pay homage to the noted design firm and offer part II of [Read More]
A Heuer Carrera watch classic in vintage sixties design has found its way to the auction rooms of Birmingham based auctioneers Fellows & Sons. The stainless steel, automatic gentleman’s watch, circa 1970, will be going under the hammer on Monday 6 July. The watch features the calibre 12 movement, successor of the [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host an auction of European Furniture and Decorative Arts, featuring Fine Ceramics, on Saturday, July 11th at 10 a.m. in the Boston gallery. The sale boasts more than 800 lots and features fine ceramics, as well as [Read More]
Over 500 lots of important Civil War items, rare and vintage firearms and all manner of militaria will cross the block in an auction slated for Saturday, Aug. 15, by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, beginning at 11 a.m. Featured will be the lifetime collection of the late George J. Bisacca, whose mainly Civil [Read More]
Silverdollar Productions (Silverdollarproductions.net) has been the internets premier seller of both General Electric and Telechron clocks since 2005. An increasing surge in the Westminster aspect (including both Revere and General Electric) has prompted us to open a sister-site in April of this year. Revereclocks.com is devoted to providing information concerning both the [Read More]