NEW YORK (March 3, 2009) Carlton Hobbs, the pre-eminent international antiques dealer, announced today that he will mount a special exhibition called “ON TOPS: Table Tops from the 2nd Century AD to the 19th Century,” which opens at his gallery, located at 60 East 93rd Street, (between Madison and Park Avenues), on [Read More]
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For a matter of months now, many in the firearms fraternity have awaited the spring Julia firearm’s auction with bated breath and with very good reason; the March sale indeed was one of the most significant auctions to take place in decades. Its success would be a strong indicator and would help [Read More]
Everyone wants to get something for nothing, and now you can, thanks to Collect.com’s free classified ads. “The classified ads are completely free — no gimmicks, no strings attached and no limit to the number of classified ads that can be placed,” said Dianne Wheeler, the community leader for collect.com. “This is [Read More]
A full slate of blockbuster sales is planned for the rest of this spring by Philip Weiss Auctions, Long Island’s premier auction house. Two of the sales – April 24-25 and May 8-9 – will be two-day weekend affairs, while the May 30 auction will be a stand-alone event. Of the group, [Read More]
Poster Auctions International will offer more than 500 lots of rare, vintage posters in its semi-annual auction of Art Nouveau and Art Deco masterpieces, on Sunday, May 3. Including some of the rarest and best works on paper the auction house has ever seen, this sale is, in a word, unbeatable. One [Read More]
A rare North Carolina surveyor’s compass, made around the late 18th century by Guilford County artisan Camm Moore (1755-1845), soared to $28,750 at a quarterly cataloged auction held March 21 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. It was the final sale held in the firm’s South Nash Street location. Next [Read More]
An extremely rare Winchester three-panel triangle mobile-style die-cut poster soared to $13,080 in an Internet and catalog auction held by SoldUSA.com, the premier hunting, fishing, militaria and collectibles site. The auction went online in February and concluded March 21-22. It was a new world auction record for a Winchester three-panel triangle mobile-style [Read More]
dmg world media opens its newest antique, art and jewelry exhibition, the annual Washington DC Antiques Art & Jewelry Show, with a fabulous preview party from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, located at 801 Mount Vernon Place, N.W. in Washington, [Read More]
dmg world media has announced that the third annual New York Antique Jewelry & Watch Show will take place July 24-27, 2009 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. This four-day show, opening two days prior to the JA New York Summer Show, will bring together more than 100 of the [Read More]
Free advertising opportunity offered in the Antique Trader 1st Annual Antiques and Collectibles Industry Directory IOLA, Wis.—Antique Trader, the national antiques publication delivering news, commentary, and advertising for the antiques market, has announced it will produce a stand-alone Antiques and Collectibles Industry Directory in 2009, which will be distributed to more than [Read More]
A spectacular lifetime single-owner collection, comprising over 700 lots of vintage toy trucks, cast-iron and tin motorcycle toys, full-size antique motorcycles and bicycles, advertising signs and displays, petroliana, coin-op machines and even a big-rig 1954 Mack LTH semi truck, will be sold at auction May 2-3 by Matthews Auctions, LLC, and Gavin [Read More]
Kaminski Auctions has announced its Spring Fine Art and Estates Auction. The auction features antiques, fine art and collectibles from estates in Massachusetts, California and beyond. The auction takes place Saturday and Sunday April 4-5 at Woodman’s Function Hall, 127 R. Main St., Essex, MA. Bidding commences at 10am each day and [Read More]
Mark Twain and Red Baron Antiques have something in common: reports of their demise were greatly exaggerated. In the case of Red Baron’s – the Atlanta-based auction house known for its thrice-annual themed extravaganzas – falsely reported rumors of its closing proved to be premature. A ‘Grand Finale’ sale was held late [Read More]
The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University has announced Treasure Market, March 26–29, 2009, with the theme “The Art of Collecting.” This biennial sale of art, antiques, and collectibles, now includes two evening events preceding the popular Saturday and Sunday sale. Bonhams appraiser Alan Fausel, frequently featured on “Antiques Roadshow,” is the [Read More]