The Atlantic City Antiques & Collectors Show, a premier antique show managed by JMK Shows and Events, will be held Saturday, March 19, and Sunday, March 20, at the Atlantic City Convention Center. Show managers expect antique and collecting enthusiasts from across the country to attend. Special exhibits and events are scheduled, [Read More]
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A collection of furniture from the prestigious five star London hotel, The Lanesborough, is to be sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, as part of its monthly Period Design sale on 29 March 2011. The furniture, which has been in the hotel since its opening in 1991, has been brought to auction to make [Read More]
The Raab Collection, the nation’s leading dealer in important historical autographs, announced today that it is offering for sale several important historical documents signed by Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, others. These documents, which range in price from $1,000 to $30,000, tell the story of World War II. Among the pieces [Read More]
Cave Creek Museum is hosting Antique Appraisal Days Friday and Saturday, January 28 & 29, 2010 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The Museum hosts its ever-popular event inviting you to bring your treasures and find out what they are worth. Expert Sean Morton anecdotally describes the details of your antiques. Limit two [Read More]
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announce the appointments of Stephen Little to the position of department head and curator of Chinese and Korean art, as well as Christina Yu to the role of assistant curator of Chinese art. Previously, Little was employed as director of the Honolulu Academy of [Read More]
Throughout January and February, Sotheby’s will exhibit selections from the Jerni Collection, the largest and most comprehensive collection of magnificent quality European and American toys and trains ever assembled. The exhibition takes up an entire floor of Sotheby’s York Avenue headquarters, yet remarkably, what is on view represents a mere 20% of [Read More]
Bonhams is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert A. Scott as the Head of the recently established Stamp and Postal History Department in the U.S.A. An important addition and widely respected expert, he has more than thirty years experience in philately, having participated in both the accumulation and dispersal of some [Read More]
Antiques Roadshow is planning to film in Tulsa on July 23, 2011 and will be shown by American public broadcaster PBS during 2012. Tulsa World reports that Tulsa will be one of six cities where episodes will be taped during the summer. The other cities are Eugene, Ore.; El Paso, Texas; Minneapolis; [Read More]
Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World, on view 3 March – 3 July 2011, will highlight some of the most important archaeological discoveries from ancient Afghanistan and will display precious and unique pieces on loan from the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul currently undergoing reconstruction The geographical position, overland connections and [Read More]
The African Collection of the Neuberger Museum of Art provides an introduction to the richness and complexity of the artistic traditions of Africa. Focusing on central Africa, the collection spans a broad geographic range from Mali to Mozambique, offering artistic insight into over thirty cultures. Of the major works on display, many [Read More]
With an overall result of EUR 1,9* million, the two day auction of Rare Books at Ketterer Kunst made for the best result in this section for the last twenty years. The evening auction alone realized a stunning 74 percent sold lots and a quota of 128 percent*. The reason for this [Read More]
The Michael and Diane Schoeman Collection of Vintage Radios will be presented to collectors at Bonhams on Wednesday, December 14, 2010 at 11 a.m. in New York. The international auctioneers will conduct the third sale of this kind, which will surely serve as yet another benchmark in the collecting history of vintage [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. will host its annual auction of Science, Technology & Clocks on November 20th in its Marlborough gallery, located at 274 Cedar Hill Street. The sale, which starts at 10 a.m., includes an impressive collection of rare clocks and timepieces, a strong offering of militaria including Revolutionary and Civil War material, [Read More]
The Falkland Islands Philatelic Study Group (FIPSG) has, for some months, been trying to compile a basic mint collection of stamps to form the Falkland Islands National Stamp Collection to be housed in the Falklands Museum, after it was found that the collection bought previously was incomplete; Stanley Gibbons is pleased to [Read More]