dmg world media reports increased attendance and brisk exhibitor sales at the 17th Annual Miami Beach Antique Jewelry & Watch Show. The show was held November 13-15, at the Miami Beach Convention Center and showcased magnificent antique jewelry, gemstone and watch collections. The three-day show exhibited stunning antique jewelry and unique signed [Read More]
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Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania, the first exhibition devoted to the subject ever mounted by an art museum, will open at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on November 17. Featuring more than 50 outstanding works—including percussion, wind, and string instruments—the exhibition will explore not only the diverse forms of Oceanic [Read More]
Well-known Wall Street money manager, William H. Gross, Founder and Co-Chief Investment Officer of PIMCO, is selling two portions of his extensive stamp collection to raise funds for the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. Estimated to bring $3 million in an auction in New York City on Thursday, November 19, 2009, many of [Read More]
The Winter Antiques Show celebrates its 56th year as America’s most prestigious antiques show, providing museums, established collectors, dealers, design professionals and first-time buyers with opportunities to see and purchase exceptional pieces showcased by 75 exhibitors. This year, specialists in 18th and early 19th century American furniture, 20th century fine and decorative [Read More]
A 102-year old U.S. gold coin designed by an acclaimed sculptor at the request of President Theodore Roosevelt and insured today for $5 million will be displayed during the first three days of the Santa Clara Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo to be held November 19 – 22, 2009. The show will [Read More]
Antiques collectors, art lovers and those with an interest in the beautiful and historic can look forward to an exciting winter in Sarasota as JMK Shows will host three antiques shows of distinction, each featuring 50 hand-selected dealers offering an abundance of the finest furnishings, silver, crystal, jewelry, art and much more. [Read More]
I.M. Chait is to offer more than 400 lots of exceptional Chinese and Japanese art on November 15. The collections are directed at both mid-level collectors and high-level connoisseurs seeking good and realistically priced investments. I.M. Chait’s sale leads with an extensive collection of Han and Tang Dynasty ritual pottery figures, now [Read More]
An exhibition of nearly thirty artworks and historical objects celebrating the contributions of Union women to a Civil War relief effort known as the Sanitary Movement is the subject of the latest exhibition in the Herstory Gallery of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. Healing the Wounds of War: The [Read More]
The Main Line Antiques Show (MLAS), the only antiques show held in the heart of Philadelphia’s Main Line, takes place on Saturday and Sunday, November 21-22, 2009 (Preview Party on Friday, November 20) at Valley Forge Military Academy & College (VFMAC), Mellon Hall, 1001 Eagle Road, Wayne, PA 19087. MLAS benefits Surrey [Read More]
There is no stamp – perhaps no collectible in general – more famous than the legendary #C3a, or the “Inverted Jenny,” as it’s more commonly known. And there is, perhaps, no “Jenny” more famous than the one that Colonel E.H.R. “Ned” Green placed in a locket for his beloved wife, Mabel, in [Read More]
Heritage Auctions, on behalf of the American Red Cross, will auction off the one and only Rose Percy, an historic and beloved wax doll originally sold in 1864 as a benefit for the U.S. Sanitary Commission. It will be featured in Heritage Auctions’ Nov. 17 Political & Americana Auction, and is estimated [Read More]
In a packed saleroom in New Bond Street last Thursday, Bonhams Fine Japanese Art sale delivered some spectacular prices which culminated in a sale total of over £1,700,000. With well over 80% of the lots sold by value, the auction not only produced the best result to date for its recently-established department, [Read More]
The Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art sale offers 160 lots with an estimate of HK$20 to 30 million. The auction includes a number of private collections of works of art featuring jades and scholars objects. “Many new collectors have emerged in China this year. Bonhams is pleased to be able [Read More]
An authentic 19th-century vampire killing kit – containing a pistol with silver bullets in a coffin-style case, Holy water vials, a cleaver, a prayer book and a looking glass – sold for $8,800 at an estate sale held (appropriately enough) on Halloween, Oct. 31, by Stevens Auction Company, based in Aberdeen, Miss. [Read More]