Grey Flannel Auctions’ team of experts will conduct a free appraisal event – Sports Appraisals at Center Court – from 2-8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 8, at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. The specialists who will be on hand include Nick Coppola (uniforms), Joey Esposito (cards and [Read More]
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(Hyannis, Mass.) – Nearly 300 lots of items from local estates in a broad range of categories will be offered at a Summer Antiques & Nautical Auction to be held Saturday, July 26, at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel on Route 132 in Hyannis, next door to the Cape Cod Mall. The sale [Read More]
Theriault’s May 31 antique doll auction in Chicago was titled “A Fine Pretending Tea,” a phrase from a poem about doll’s tea parties. But there was no pretending about this auction. The dolls were abundant and awesome. The collectors responded, and prices soared. Buyers flocked to the auction and bid in person, [Read More]
A very rare example of John Arrowsmith’s important Map of Texas, published in 1841 when Texas was an independent republic, is to be sold at auction by PBA Galleries in San Francisco on July 24th, 2008. Produced a few years after Texas achieved her independence from Mexico, the finely engraved, hand-colored map [Read More]
Bayko was the world’s first plastic construction toy and was produced in Liverpool between 1934 and 1964. It is an architectural toy and can be used to build a wide range of buildings from a simple shed to a Skyscraper “limited only by the child’s imagination” as early literature said. The Bayko [Read More]
The third annual Antiques at Elm Bank event on the grounds of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society headquarters in Wellesley, will be held July 26-27. Antiques from the 18th to mid-20th century will be available, including Federalist and Victorian furniture, European and Asian ceramics, china, sterling silver, art, estate jewelry, antique toys, Indian [Read More]
NEW YORK – Carlton Hobbs LLC, the noted international antiques dealer, has announced the company will offer an independent and accredited expert assessment, at no cost to its clients, of any item purchased from the firm in the last 15 years. Should any item be found to have an issue of authenticity [Read More]
OAKLAND, Calif – Jan David Winitz, founder and president of Claremont Rug Company, today announced the acquisition of the final segment of an astonishing trove of art-level 19th century Oriental rugs built by a New York family over a 50-year period. Winitz characterized his three-segment purchase from the family of a retired [Read More]
The Phoenix and Consolidated Glass Collectors’ Club would like to announce their 16th Annual Convention to be held July 24 through July 26, 2008, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. “This year, we are very privileged to have Howard Seufer as our guest speaker,” says Sarah Smith, club board member. [Read More]
The second annual June Festival of Antiques took place on the 14th at the Gloucester County 4-H Fairgrounds in Mullica Hill, New Jersey. The show was promoted by The Yellow Garage Antiques, also of Mullica Hill. Some twenty-five years ago there was a popular but short-lived show at the fairgrounds known as [Read More]
BALTIMORE – Ironclad Authentics recently announced the launch of IroncladAuctions.com, an online auction platform designed to give collectors an opportunity to purchase and sell unique, authenticated memorabilia through a trusted name in the sports industry In addition to the daily auction platform, IroncladAuctions.com will host its first annual Ironclad Legends Auction, a [Read More]
YORK, Pa – On Saturday, Aug. 23, Geppi’s Entertainment Auctions & Publications, and Dan Morphy, will host the 14th edition of the York Antique Toy, Doll, Holiday & Advertising Show at the Memorial Hall, York Fairgrounds, in York, Pa. The semiannual show has developed into a powerhouse event with approximately 175 top-notch [Read More]
The July issue of Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles is available online and in print.Featured reports include: R.S. Prussia, Toy Robots, Baseball Collectibles, Plastic Chairs and Machine Age Radios Cleveland, Ohio – July 1, 2008 – The July issue of Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles Newsletter is posted. The 12-page, color-illustrated newsletter [Read More]
ATLANTA – WorthPoint Corporation this week announced the appointment of six new Worthologists — men and women with expertise in and a passion for art, antiques and collectibles. The new Worthologists are experts in a wide variety of items including coins, currency, antique farm tractors, classical furniture, movie memorabilia, sports memorabilia and [Read More]