A gorgeous antique mahogany winged griffin 2-piece parlor suite, crafted in the 1880s by R.J. Horner, soared to $10,450 at a multi-estate sale held Jan. 1 by Hal Hunt Auctions. It was the ninth New Year’s Day sale held by the firm, at Hal Hunt’s spacious gallery facility located at 5925 Highway [Read More]
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ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, PBS’s most-watched primetime series has announced its summer 2009 Tour destinations: Atlantic City, New Jersey; Raleigh, North Carolina; Madison, Wisconsin; Denver, Colorado; Phoenix, Arizona; and San Jose, California. Programs taped in those locations will make up ROADSHOW’s fourteenth broadcast season on PBS, airing in 2010. ANTIQUES ROADSHOW’s 2009 Tour features [Read More]
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 the world’s finest dealers offer the rare, the unusual, the precious and the bizarre. When: Friday, February 13 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. [Read More]
This is an excellent established show that has already celebrated its 27th year. Period furniture and fine antiques dominate this show which features approximately 52 national and international dealers. A traditional antiques show with a Palm Beach flair and is known by all who attend as a great “buying” show. The show [Read More]
An extremely rare Winchester New Rival 10-gage empty Christmas shell box, professionally restored and with all the labels intact, sold for $12,870 in an Internet and catalog auction held by SoldUSA.com, the premier hunting and collectibles site. The auction went online mid-November and concluded Dec. 13-14. The Winchester box was the top [Read More]
DataArt built artnet Online Auctions, a platform in which fine art, decorative art and design are sold online via an online auction mechanism. The platform follows in the path of artnet’s other products, transforming the once opaque market with price transparency while also making ecommerce a safe and reliable way to make [Read More]
Web Wilson will set the stage with a big auction on New Years Day 2009. There will be 100 lots of collector quality hardware going on the Internet auction block and every lot will have an opening bid of $10. Then the bidders will determine just where the collectible doorknob market currently [Read More]
The antique fair is scheduled for Saturday, February 21, 2009 between 10 am and 5 pm and will be held at the Greeneville High School on Tusculum Boulevard. During those hours, certified appraisers will be on hand to offer their expert opinions on everything from old stamps, vases, paintings, furniture, and just [Read More]
The third in a series of Luxury Antiques Weekends is taking place next Spring at Hellaby Hall Hotel, Old Hellaby Lane, Rotherham, South Yorkshire S66 8SN from Friday 24 to Sunday 26 April 2009. The Luxury Antiques Weekend at Hellaby Hall is made up of a maximum of twenty-four exhibitors, all members [Read More]
Dates: Tuesday March 17, 2009 (Evening Preview Party & Sale), Wednesday and Thursday, March 18 and 19, 2009—presented by the United Methodist Women of historic First United Methodist Church, Sarasota—Sarasota’s FIRST CHURCH! 40 quality antique dealers are represented at The Pineapple Show, featuring American & English Antiques, Fine Art, Fine Jewelry, China, [Read More]
A beautiful 72-piece sterling silver service (circa 1948-1955) by the renowned Mexican silversmith Hector Aguilar, in the “Aztec” motif, sold for $41,400 at a two-day, four-session multi-estate sale, dubbed the “Historic Hillsborough Auction,” by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. The sale was held at the firm’s spacious showroom, located at [Read More]
Over 160 antiques dealers from 10 states will assemble under one roof at THE GREATER BOSTON ANTIQUES FESTIVAL at the Shriner’s Auditorium on Saturday and Sunday, January 17 & 18, showcasing thousands of sought after items including furniture from many periods, European ceramics, American pottery, sterling silver, folk art, mid century modern [Read More]
(Sarasota, Fla.) – A standing room only crowd of eager bidders turned out for a mid-20th century sale of furniture, designer name accessories, modern art and more at an auction held Nov. 30 by Elliot Bernstein Auctions. The 4-hour event was held at the firm’s spacious gallery, located at 6227 North Washington [Read More]
The Icollect247.com Web site is devoted to offering only vintage items from quality dealers across the United States. What sets icollect247.com apart from other online malls is the fact that their dealers agree to sell only vintage and no reproductions. Dealers are enthusiastic about the site and are promoting their Web stores [Read More]