Twenty-five chess sets are on offer, at Christie’s second Interiors: Style & Spirit sale, to be held on 18 May 2010 in London. Sure to excite and intrigue chess players and aficionados, as well as those captivated by their character and workmanship. The selection on offer is of the utmost quality and [Read More]
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One of the world’s finest collections of early American quilts will be on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum May 22–September 6, 2010. Featuring rare surviving textiles of the late 1700s and early 1800s from Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Delaware, American Quilts outlines America’s earliest cultural landscape in stunning detail. American [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. announced that more than 500 objects from the Ted Crom Horological Tool Collection and Library will be offered at auction in Skinner’s Science, Technology & Clocks auction, May 1, 2010 at 10 a.m. in its Marlborough, Massachusetts gallery. Ted Crom was a world-renowned collector of and international authority on horological [Read More]
Locati Auctions is proud to offer the public a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buy photographs and related material from the estate of Lois C. Jennings. This auction is made up of approximately 100 lots. Mrs. Jennings was the daughter-in-law of the celebrated William Nicholson Jennings (1860-1946), an American pioneer in the field of [Read More]
Stephenson’s Auctioneers and Appraisers of Southampton (Greater Philadelphia), Pa., will present a Spring 2010 Antique and Decorative Arts Auction on Friday, April 16. Stephenson’s owner and auctioneer Cindy Stephenson noted the interesting and unusual collections that are included in the quarterly specialty sale. “We have one estate of a railroad collector and [Read More]
Bertoia’s will offer part III of the Donald Kaufman Collection, which will include the first offerings of classic American character toys from this prestigious collection. “The selection will astound collectors – something like this won’t happen again in our lifetime,” said Rich Bertoia, who catalogued the majority of the auction.. Two-Day Auction [Read More]
Viewers of the popular PBS television series “Antiques Roadshow” will get a special treat during the final Phoenix episode on Monday, May 3 at 8 p.m. with a special segment showcasing three pieces from the Heard Museum’s collection of more than 2,550 American Indian baskets. “Roadshow” host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser [Read More]
A major multi-estate sale featuring over 300 quality consignments from four prominent local estates will be held on Saturday, Apr. 24, by The Specialists of the South, Inc., in the firm’s spacious gallery facility at 544 East 6th Street in Panama City. The sale will go online beginning Apr. 7 (at www.SpecialistsoftheSouth.com). [Read More]
AntiqueWritingDesk.org is site that is created specifically to provide everyone with the right information they would need to assist them in their purchase of writing desk. The site will post useful tips, advices and guidelines to make life easier for antique lovers and those that want to engage in this kind of [Read More]
On Saturday, April 10th @ 9:30am (Preview @ 8am) at VFW Hall, 200 Veterans Dr., Rt. 158, Millstadt, IL (20 Minutes From St. Louis, MO) 618-473-2273 Beautiful Antique Victorian, Period, Country & Oak Furniture: Fancy Walnut Victorian 2 Piece Cylinder Roll Secretary With Glass Door Bookcase Top, Beautiful Walnut Victorian Marble Top [Read More]
Latique.com, a Dallas, TX, start-up, announces the launch of the first product based social media site for buyers of traditional antiques and fine period art. According to Julie Garrett VanDolen, www.Latique.com co-founder, more than 400 traditional antiques and decorative items were listed at launch in early March 2010. It currently showcases nearly [Read More]
At 90,000 square feet, Relics Antique Mall will easily be the largest Antique Mall in Missouri. The next largest in Missouri is near St. Louis, and it is a paltry 77,000 square feet. Located on Battlefield Road, just 5 minutes west of the Battlefield Mall, Relics’ south side location, at 2015 W. [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of European Furniture and Decorative Arts, featuring Fine Silver on Saturday, April 10th at 10 a.m. in Skinner’s Boston gallery. Nearly 1,000 items will be up for bid, with about half the offerings representing lots of fine silver. The auction’s cover lot is a Tiffany & [Read More]
Engines, cabooses, boxcars, barrel loaders, semaphores, and stations, all of which boys and girls of any age dream, will be sold April 10 at Gateway Gallery Auction. “This particular collection of model trains is in excellent condition and has been lovingly cared for, with many of the box sets unopened” said Micah [Read More]