Pavel Ovchinnikov was one of Russia’s greatest silversmiths. Besides this claim to fame he was also instrumental in reviving traditional enameling techniques, such as champleve, filigree enamel (a variation of cloisonne in which the wires are twisted), and plique-a-jour (a variation of filigree enamel in which there is no backing behind the [Read More]
San Francisco, CA-May 13, 2008-San Francisco’s C. Mariani Antiques, Restoration & Custom, Inc. has announced the launch of its “Collezione” line of wholsale Tuscan antique reproduction furniture, lighting and accessories. The line is available exclusively through Shears & Window in the San Francisco Design Center, 101 Henry Adams Street, Suite 256, San [Read More]
NEW YORK – WorthPoint, a new Web site for people who have art, antiques and collectibles that they want to buy or sell or simply find out more information about items they have, this week helped a Colorado woman sell a painting she found in the trash a decade ago for $103,000 [Read More]
(Beverly, MA) – Kaminski Auctions’ Spring Fine Art and Estates Auction, held April 26-27 under the tent at Kaminski Auctions in Beverly, was a success, with many items selling well above original estimates. An impressive array of antiques, collectibles, furniture, decorative accessories and jewelry hailed from estates in Salem, Hamilton, Swampscott and [Read More]
The Second Edition of the Price Guide to Holt-Howard Collectibles and Related Ceramicware of the 50’s and 60’s, by Walter Dworkin, is published by Krause. In the 1950’s and 60’s, whimsical Holt-Howard ceramic pieces found their way into every nook and cranny of American homes. They held dressings, relishes, salt and pepper, [Read More]
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, has acquired the outstanding fraktur collection Joy and David Brocklebank. Having focused on western Pennsylvania fraktur for 38 years, the Brocklebanks’ collection consists of more than 200 hand-drawn and printed fraktur from Westmoreland County and other western Pennsylvania counties. It was assembled by [Read More]
Closed for two months for renovations, Benton Antiques, Etc., in Benton, Pennsylvania, will have a Grand Re-opening Celebration Saturday, May 17th and Sunday, May 18th with treats, door prizes, and special sale items. The market is located in a turn-of-the-century building, originally the Benton Store Company, and later a hardware store, at [Read More]
Old fashion fun is back in style as the Plantsville General Store Antique Center has just finished unpacking its newest shipment of nostalgia candy. Remember eating candy buttons? Do the names “Root Beer Barrels” and “Pixy Sticks” cause you to experience a flashback? If you loved shopping at your neighborhood candy store [Read More]
(Aberdeen, Miss.) – Several important area estates boasting fine period furniture, about 50 antique porcelain dolls, wonderful porcelains, exquisite china, sparkling sterling and hundreds of unique and beautiful antiques will be offered in a two-day sale slated for May 30-31 by Stevens Auction Company. The auction will be held at the firm’s [Read More]
DENVER, Pa. – Condition was king across the board in Morphy’s $2.6 million Spring Toy Auction, with a battle royal waged for premier examples of early American toys and folk art. The April 4-5 sale was topped by a spectacular circa-1885 William Demuth & Co. smoking Punch cigar advertising figure, which blazed [Read More]
Antiques and collectibles dealers who were blinded by the light of the Internet revolution and traded in their brick-and-mortar spaces at shops and malls for online selling via auction are slowly returning to the very places they bolted from around the turn of the millennium. That’s the observation, at least, of Tony [Read More]
IOLA, Wis. – Comics Buyer’s Guide, the world’s longest-running publication about comics, has announced the launch of an online Business Directory. Available at http://directory.cbgxtra.com, the directory is a valuable resource for anyone interested in comics. Users can find information about products, services, dealers, events, and more. A store locator allows enthusiasts the [Read More]
The Yellow Garage Antiques of Mullica Hill, New Jersey, announces its 2nd annual antiques show on Saturday, June 14th, at the Gloucester County Fairgrounds in Mullica Hill, New Jersey. The “June Festival Of Antiques” will be held, rain or shine, to benefit The Harrison Township Historical Society. Over one hundred outstanding dealers, [Read More]
Iola, Wisconsin: Comics Buyer’s Guide (CBG), the world’s longest-running magazine about comics, has announced that they will use actual sales results, from both Heritage Auction Galleries and Atomic Avenue, as the basis for their monthly price guide. “Reality-based pricing such as this has never been attempted before,” said Brent Frankenhoff, Editor of [Read More]