An appraisal fair is being sponsored by the Durham Regent, and the public is welcome. Regional antiques and art appraiser Vicky Nash Shaw, ISA AM will be featured at the appraisal fair which is being held in Durham, North Carolina on August 1st. The event, Regent Relics Roadshow, which be an Antiques [Read More]
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It was obvious from even before the very first lot hit the block that this was going to be no ordinary sale. In an auction world that is very much absentee and internet bid driven, Julia’s Fairfield, Maine auction facility was brimming with one of the largest crowds seen at a Julia [Read More]
A Remington .41 caliber Double Derringer, taken from John Dillinger when he was captured in Tucson, AZ on Jan. 25, 1934 will be up for auction as part of Heritage Auction Galleries’ July 25 Militaria and Arms Auction. It is expected to bring between $35,000-$45,000. This follows close on the heels of [Read More]
Hundreds of antiquarian books are currently on the Internet auction block through the website www.manions.com. The company, which specializes in militaria and historic collectibles, has recently received a large consignment of collectible volumes. “Antiquarian books certainly fall within the realm of historic collectibles,” said company representative Andrew Turner. “We’re pleased to offer [Read More]
Around 1,200 lots in a wide array of categories – to include toy trains, transportation, advertising, militaria, ocean liner, World’s Fair, railroadiana, automotive, Hollywood memorabilia, historical items and more – will be sold at a three-day event slated for July 31-Aug. 2 by Philip Weiss Auctions, in the firm’s spacious gallery facility [Read More]
GAVIN GARDINER is delighted to announce that he will be selling a gun that belonged to Lord Ripon – the greatest shot of the Edwardian era – in his annual auction of Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns at the world-famous Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland on Monday, August 24, 2009. The [Read More]
The Wild Rice Trade, Art & Antique Expo – 2009 will be held July 17-19 on Highway 59 at the south entrance to Mahnomen, MN. A replica of the World’s Largest Bratwurst will be served on Saturday, July 18, to benefit the Deputy Dewey Fund, the deputy sheriff shot in the line [Read More]
Houston Antiques Dealers Association presents our Fall 2009 Antiques Show & Sale! This is the 46th Semi-Annual HADA Antiques Show & Sale. What: For one weekend only, shopping enthusiasts and antiques aficionados will be able to peruse antiques from the 1750s through Art Deco and Mid-Century Modernism when more than 150 of [Read More]
A Japanese toy designer took a discarded tin can in 1945 and hammered it into the shape of a U.S. Army jeep. Just inches in length, crudely painted by hand, and powered by nothing more than an elastic band, Matsuz? Kosuge’s jeep spawned a huge automotive industry–in miniature. From July 9 to [Read More]
For the last few weeks, the talk in the rare lamp and art glass world has been the Julia auction of June, 19th & 20th. Without question the auction was the epitome of diversity, quality, rarity and value. This was the finest offering to take place in the glass world this year! [Read More]
Following the highly successful sale of a collection of papers from Rocket Engineering icon, Dr. Werner Von Braun, Bonhams New York will be presenting a sale entirely devoted to the history of man’s exploration of space. Taking place on July 16th, the approximately 400 lot sale fittingly coincides with the week of [Read More]
More than 500 U.S. and world bank notes will be offered in the Official Auction of the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money® conducted by Bowers and Merena Auctions at the Los Angeles Convention Center and online, August 2 – 8, 2009. One of the many highlights is an 1870 $100 [Read More]
A stunning 5-piece rosewood Victorian bedroom suite, signed Mitchell & Rammelsberg (circa 1860), soared to $51,700 at the living estate sale of Katherine Creamer, a discerning collector from Mobile, Ala., whose stately mansion was built to contain her vast collections. The sale was held June 13 by Stevens Auction Company at the [Read More]
Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, today announced that it will offer the Richard Wright Collection at auction in October 2009. Richard Wright was one of the world’s best known experts in the field of fine dolls, and a prominent and colorful appraiser on the [Read More]