Gustav Stickley and the American Arts and Crafts Movement will offer the first comprehensive examination of the life and work of the recognized patriarch of the American Arts & Crafts movement, Gustav Stickley. The exhibition and accompanying catalogue will explore Stickley as a business leader and design proselytizer, whose body of work [Read More]
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A brass alms dish decorated with the arms of the French national heroine and Catholic saint, Joan of Arc (1412-1431), is to be sold at Bonhams at its monthly Period Design sale on 6 July 2010. Believed to date from the early 15th century and inscribed 1429, the dish has attracted a [Read More]
The 21st annual Old West Show brings together 200 dealers from across the country selling their best Western art, antiques, apparel, jewelry, furnishings, cowboy gear, historic firearms, books, boots and more. In addition to merchants, there will be book signings, museum exhibits, and live demonstrations by Navajo Master Weaver Mary H. Yazzie. [Read More]
A glittering exhibition of paste and other jewellery dating from the golden years of the 18th and 19th centuries will be staged by S.J. Phillips Ltd., 139 New Bond Street, London, from Tuesday 15 to Tuesday 29 June 2010. Founded in 1869, S.J. Phillips is a leading dealer in antique and modern [Read More]
Dan Morphy Auctions 1,300-lot July 16-17 Premier Auction is a collection of mostly mint/boxed toys that has flown under the radar for nearly three decades. Running the gamut from European, early American and Japanese toys to pressed steel, pedal cars and even two actual hot rods, the collection was amassed by retired [Read More]
Sotheby’s two-day auction of The Collection of Patricia Kluge, held in Charlottesville Virginia, concluded bringing $15,158,227, exceeding pre-sale expectations (est. $9/14 million). The historic sale was the first on-site house sale conducted by Sotheby’s in North America in over 20 years, and more than 2,000 people attended the week-long public exhibition at [Read More]
An historic Colt 1862 Revolver that belonged to Lieutenant A. Sinclair of the Confederate States Navy, who served aboard the Alabama, the famous Civil War raider, is estimated to sell for £10,000 to £15,000 at Bonhams sale of Antique Arms and Armour on July 28th. CSS Alabama (1862-1864), a 1050-ton screw steam [Read More]
Nearly 800 fresh-to-the-market lots in a wide variety of categories will be sold at a two-session Fine & Decorative Arts Catalog Auction slated for Saturday, June 19, by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. The auction will be conducted in the firm’s spacious new gallery, located at 620 Cornerstone Court in [Read More]
A vast collection of 19th century Animalier bronzes by celebrated sculptors, including Pierre Jules Mêne, Ferdinand Pautrot, Jules Moigniez, Isidore Jules Bonheur and his sister Rosa Bonheur, is to be sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge as part of its monthly Period Design sale on 8 June 2010. The 70-strong collection, which was assembled [Read More]
Stamp dealer and publisher Stanley Gibbons announce their sale of one of the rarest stamps ever to come on the market; the1904 6d Pale Dull Purple (I.R. Official). The stamp was recently on display on Stanley Gibbons’ exhibition stand at the London 2010 International Stamp Exhibition at The Business Design Centre in [Read More]
Heritage Auction Galleries (HA.com) has announced the appointment of David Michaels to the position of Director of Classical Coins. He will be based at the company’s Beverly Hills showroom. “We’re thrilled to have David as part of the Heritage team,” said Cristiano Bierrenbach, Vice President of International Numismatics at Heritage. “He brings [Read More]
On Thursday 27th May 2010, London’s historic Old Spitalfields Market is playing host to a free antiques valuation day. The valuation event, which is open to the general public, will commence at 11am and take place alongside the regular antiques and collectors market that is held at the site every Thursday. Michael [Read More]
The Cardinal Type Collection of Early Copper, a multi-million dollar display of over two dozen high-grade early American copper coins including items from an all-time finest Professional Coin Grading Service Set Registry collection, will be exhibited at the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo, June 3 – 5, 2010. The show [Read More]
Ronald Phillips, one of London’s finest antique dealers, is set to exhibit a large quantity of rare mirrors, once used as looking glasses by some of the world’s most famous faces. ‘Mirrors’ the exhibition will be showing at the Ronald Phillips’ gallery (26 Bruton Street, London W1) from 9 to 29 June [Read More]