Only six examples of this work by the Prairie School designer are known to exist. It will be sold at Matheson’s AA Auction in Melbourne, FL in the September 27, 28 sale. According to Auction owner Lloyd Matheson only six examples of this vase are known to exist. The last one known [Read More]
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An important atlas of China with 42 maps, executed in Paris in 1737 by the renowned French cartographer Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville, is the anticipated top lot of an online auction (#125) planned for September 10-24 by Old World Auctions. The atlas constitutes the first scientific mapping of China, for the Emperor [Read More]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Atlantique City Antiques & Collectibles Show will host selections from “The American Presidential Experience,” a sweeping exhibit dazzling audiences this week at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. The exhibit for the Oct. 18-19 antiques show is made possible though a special partnership between Atlantique City and [Read More]
SILVER SPRING, MD – What is believed to be the largest and most topically diverse photographic portrait collection ever assembled, is now being offered for sale. Although restricted to a single photographic format, this archive includes over 8,500 individual photographs (samples below) and encompasses nearly 500 categories or topics. Categories include conventional [Read More]
The Labor Day Prallsville Mills Antiques Show will take place on August 30 and August 31, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, at the historic Prallsville Mills on Route 29, just 1/2 mile north of the Village Center of Stockton, New Jersey. [Read More]
The Original 151st Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale is scheduled for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 29, 30 and 31, 2008 at Memorial Hall East, located within the York Fairgrounds Convention and Expo Center in downtown York, Pennsylvania. This extremely popular event will feature 96 carefully screened exhibitors in room settings [Read More]
Covington, Indiana – With successful Antique Shop Directories for the Hoosier State and the Land of Lincoln, now, ATD Marketing has launched their latest antique directory site for the Great Lake State, www.antiqueshopsinmichigan.com. Since 2005, the principals of ATD Marketing have created these three web-site to be the most accurate, up-to-date, informative [Read More]
Santa Fe, NM – NativeAmericanJewelry.com, a leading resource for Native American jewelry, has recently announced the release of its Guide to Native American Necklaces article. The purpose of this article is to educate site visitors through profiling the most popular styles of Native American necklaces, including pendant, choker, squash blossom, fetish, and [Read More]
A laminated rosewood bed, made around 1850 by John Henry Belter and with the original finish, sold for $33,350 at a multi-estate sale held June 21 by Grand View Antiques & Auction. The bed, in excellent condition and with seventeen layers of lamination, featured a raised border ending in C-scrolls and fleurs-de-lis. [Read More]
DOYLESTOWN, PA, – An authentic anastatic facsimile of the original handwritten 1776 Declaration of Independence has been rescued from obscurity by Tom Lingenfelter of Bucks County, PA. Lingenfelter, historian and President of the Heritage Collectors’ Society, said the copy provides definitive evidence of how the original Declaration was damaged. The little-known anastatic [Read More]
The 54th antique paper show, is all about memorable items and documents, nostalgia, postcards, rare books, photography, movie star posters and old collectibles. This extravaganza is scheduled two days, August 23 and 24, at the XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut. Considered the largest show of its kind in the Northeast, Papermania Plus boasts [Read More]
The Historical Society of Ocean Grove invites you to its 19th Annual Ocean Grove Summer Postcards, Antiques, Collectibles & Jersey Shore Memorabilia Show on Saturday, August 23, 2008 at the Auditorium Pavilion and surrounding grounds directly across from the Great Auditorium. Show hours will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is [Read More]
Antique Trader, America’s Antiques & Collectibles Marketplace, has launched the Antique Trader Treasure Hunt Sweepstakes. Participants in the Antique Trader Treasure Hunt sweepstakes will have the chance of winning antiques- and collectibles-related prizes; prizes have already been selected for the remainder of 2008 and early 2009. The initial prize that will be [Read More]
SAN FRANCISCO – Art.com Inc., a leading authority in wall décor and the world’s largest online retailer of posters, prints and framed art, today announced that the company will move its West Coast framing operations headquarters from Oakland, CA, to an expanded, 48,000 square-foot facility in Hayward, CA. The move south will [Read More]