An outstanding marked, 25-inch Handel leaded and reverse painted lamp with an Egyptian design and large 20-inch square shade lit up the room for $16,000 at a sale of the single-owner lifetime collection of Dale Gabel, held Apr. 9-10 at the St. Charles Convention Center. The auction was conducted by Woody Auction, [Read More]
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The estate of the late J.T. Boudreaux of southern Louisiana, plus the contents of the magnificent Bella Vida mansion, will be sold Saturday, May 1, beginning promptly at 9 a.m. (CST). The on-site auction will be held at Bella Vida, located at 503 South Franklin Street in Aberdeen. Stevens Auction Company of [Read More]
Spence’s Bazaar, 550 S. New Street, Dover, Del. on Sunday May 2. features: Vintage furnishings, artifacts, jewelry, porcelain, ephemera, glassware, advertising, dolls, trains, pottery, collectibles and toys will be featured. Also at this event there will be a special antique, collectible and toy auction starting at noon. Admission is free. Gates open [Read More]
Bonhams next sale of Fine Japanese Art on May 11th, offers a superb decorated dish also estimated to sell for £100,000 to £150,000. This is a fine and rare Nabeshima shaku-zara, a large dish, circa 1690-1760, decorated with strange images which represent Buddhist symbols of precious emblems comprising the ribboned ‘bag of [Read More]
The 15th annual Los Angeles Antiques Show, runs from April 21 to 25 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Sixty-five top antique dealers from around the U.S. and some international dealers will be selling authenticated antiques. There will also be a Gala Opening Preview Party benefiting P.S. Arts. Barker Hangar The [Read More]
Christie’s New York will bring more than 180 works of art to the saleroom in A Marriage of Collections: The Property of Dr. Julius and Dena K. Tarshis. Focused into four main categories- 19th century European and Russian glass, European porcelain, antique and ancient jewelry and walking sticks- the works on offer [Read More]
Today’s toys are mostly electronic gadgets that keep kids rooted in one spot for hours on end. But sitting in attics and basements around the world are toys from a bygone era – when toys were more likely to exhibit craftsmanship and whimsy and ran mostly on imagination rather than voltage. Now [Read More]
The 14th Hong Kong sale of Imperial Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on Monday 31 May 2010 illustrates the depth of Christie’s experience and longstanding commitment to this rich and vibrant area of Asian Art. Demand is strong for the finest, rarest and most beautiful works in this category and Christie’s [Read More]
Due to be held at the CIPFA Conference Centre in London on the 4th and 5th of May this sale is packed full of quality, rare items and is one of the most diverse and varied auction that Baldwin’s have conducted for many years. Pre-sale interest from both collectors and dealers globally [Read More]
Bonhams & Butterfields announces the spring auction of 20th Century Decorative Arts on April 20, 2010. The 430 lot sale will offer a diverse group of high quality works spanning the evolution of 20th century design by well-known figures of the period. The sale will feature strong examples of Arts & Crafts, [Read More]
Sotheby’s Hong Kong Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Spring Sale 2010, held on the 9th April, featured an Important and Superb Imperially Inscribed ‘Tai Shang Huang Di’ White Jade Seal, Yubi Mark and Period of Qianlong fetched HK$95,860,000 / US$12,289,744, establishing a world record for white jade and Imperial seal [Read More]
On 28 April 2010, Sotheby’s London will offer for sale a collection of English furniture which – in its exceptional quality and aesthetic appeal – defines the connoisseurship and unfailing eye of two of the greatest protagonists ever to have worked in the furniture business: Francis Egerton and Peter Maitland. Together, the [Read More]
An outstanding collection of Blue and White Porcelain assembled by the renowned ceramics expert Geoffrey Godden is to be auctioned at Bonhams on Wednesday 30th June. Godden’s encyclopaedic knowledge has earned him the nickname ‘God’ to many in the ceramics field, and this collection, many items of which are included in his [Read More]
On Saturday, April 24 and Sunday, April 25, 2010 at Noon, the Rago Arts and Auction Center holds a 900+ lot auction of 20th C. decorative arts and furnishings, the vast majority new to the market, fresh from private collections secured in the US and abroad. “Our April auction is full of [Read More]