Skinner, has announced that Session I of the Richard Wright Collection will be held in the Marlborough gallery on Oct. 10, 2009. The eclectic sale is comprised of more than 450 lots. Wright’s vast collection of dolls and doll furniture and accessories up for auction is truly a study of the history [Read More]
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More than 400 lots of superb English, French and Italian furniture and decorative arts from the collections of the late Antonio Mariani and his wife Liliane Mariani, owners of the well-respected firm Antonio’s Antiques, come to auction in Bonhams & Butterfields’ San Francisco salesrooms on November 2, 2009. The auction and pre-sale [Read More]
The Du Paquier ceramic manufactory, founded by Claudius Innocentius du Paquier in Vienna in 1718, was only the second factory in Europe able to make true porcelain in the manner of the Chinese. This small porcelain enterprise developed a highly distinctive style that remained Baroque in inspiration throughout the history of the [Read More]
This hoard is perhaps the most important collection of Anglo-Saxon objects found in England. It compares and perhaps exceeds those objects found at Sutton Hoo. Originally discovered by metal detectorist Terry Herbert in July 2009 and subsequently excavated by Birmingham University Archaeology Unit and Staffordshire County Council. Leslie Webster, former Keeper of [Read More]
Visitors to this year’s Historic Alexandria Antiques Show can treat themselves to an evening of looking and learning without paying the admission fee. Celebrating its 61st consecutive year, the Historic Alexandria Antiques Show returns November 13-15 to the Holiday Inn Historic District. Show admission, at all other times $15 per person, will [Read More]
Historic Temple Newsam House, part of Leeds Museums and Galleries, has recently acquired part of a major gift presented through the American Friends of The Art Fund by the widow of Sir Arthur Gilbert, founder of the Gilbert Collection, an outstanding collection of decorative arts currently housed in London’s V&A. Marjorie, Lady [Read More]
Cartier and America covers the history of the House of Cartier from its first great successes as the “king of jewelers and jeweler to kings” during the Belle Epoque through to the 1960s and 1970s, when Cartier supplied celebrities of the day with their jewels and luxury accessories. Derived mainly from the [Read More]
The Everson Museum of Art in collaboration with The Arts & Crafts Society of Central New York is planning a free one-day symposium on Saturday, October 17, 2009, titled Women as Visionaries- Women as Participants. The symposium will be held from 9:45 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the Everson’s Hosmer Auditorium, registration [Read More]
The Annual Miami Beach Antique Jewelry & Watch Show will showcase the latest trends and spectacular antiques, art and jewelry collections as it opens to the public for the 17th time November 13-15, 2009, at the Miami Beach Convention Center. The three-day show will feature more than 100 dealers from the United [Read More]
A landmark exhibition of furniture and decorative art by the protean American craftsman and designer Charles Rohlfs opens at the Dallas Museum of Art on September 20, 2009, and will remain on view through January 13, 2010, in the Museum’s Chilton I Gallery Based on the newly discovered Rohlfs family archives and [Read More]
Hundreds of quality, fresh-to-the-market items in an impressive array of categories – to include stamps, coins, rare books, autographs, postcards, sports items, comics, comic art, rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia, pop culture collectibles and more – will be sold in a two-day, weekend sale slated for Oct. 3-4 by Philip Weiss Auctions, in [Read More]
Rhode Island Estate Sales has been commissioned to liquidate the estae of the sweetser family of Duxbury, Ma. The family operated an antiques shop at their location on route 14 for twenty years. the public will be offered the opportunity to purchase the entire contents of the shop as well as many [Read More]
The world-famous jukebox and advertising collection of the late John Gurrech of Houston, Tex., will be sold at auction on Saturday, Oct. 3, starting at 10 a.m., by Hal Hunt Auctions. The sale will be held at Hal Hunt’s spacious gallery, located at 5925 Hwy. 43 in Northport. Dozens of rare and [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of European Furniture and Decorative Arts, featuring Fine Silver, on Saturday, Oct 3rd at 10 a.m. in the Boston gallery located at 63 Park Plaza. More than 750 lots of material will be offered, including 350 lots of fine silver. Fine Silver British and European silver [Read More]