The single-owner, lifetime gambling and coin-op collection of Richard and Mary Schulte of Michigan, plus three other outstanding collections from other states around the country, will co-headline Showtime Auction Services’ three-day spring auction slated for the weekend of March 31st thru April 2nd, at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor. [Read More]
The contents of The Vintage House Restaurant in Warrensburg, Missouri, a fine dining establishment that closed its doors about three years ago but doubled as a veritable museum of Victorian-era antiques gathered and displayed there by its late owner Ron Castleman, will headline a multi-estate auction slated for Saturday, February 25th, by [Read More]
An online-only Winter Asian Auction featuring 400 lots of fine Chinese and Asian items, to include carvings in jade and other hard stones; Chinese, Japanese and Korean porcelain; bronze Buddhas and more will be held Friday, February 17th at 10 am Eastern time by Converse Auctions. People can register to bid and [Read More]
The Midwest’s Premiere Antique Show Festival Event Series! The St. Louis Antique Festival (Belleville, IL)and the Indianapolis, IN Antique Festival 22-23 APR 2017 St. Louis – Belleville, IL Fairgrounds 8-9 APR 2017 Indianapolis, IN Fairgrounds. Fine antiques and collectibles abound at The Hallett Antique Festival series events. If you’re interested in fine [Read More]
When the Geldermalsen ship crashed into a reef and sank in the South China Sea during its return journey to the Netherlands in January of 1752, it claimed the lives of eighty crew members who went down with the vessel’s precious cargo of tea, textiles, gold, silk, lacquer, and porcelain. As part [Read More]
BOULDER, CO – Artemis Gallery’s Thursday, February 9th Varity Auction lives up to its name and then some, with hundreds of fine-quality pieces to suit all tastes and budgets. From relics of early Middle Eastern civilizations through to the Pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial periods of the Americas’ rich history, there are many [Read More]
Three scholars will speak about views of Mary’s life in different cultures. on Saturday, March 18, Snow date: Saturday, March 25 – Symposium 2:00–5:00PM, Reception 5:00–6:00PM Reverend Chris Visminis will address Dormition and Assumption: Meanings for the End of Mary’s Life. The Eastern and Western view of the end of Mary’s life [Read More]
A set of 16 books by the 19th Century American author Mark Twain is expected to excite book collectors when it comes up for sale at Wolverhampton auction house Cuttlestones next month. Originally part of the 22 volume ‘Author’s Edition de Luxe’, published 1899 – 1901 by Chatto & Windus, with a [Read More]
BOULDER, CO – On Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 18 and 19, Artemis Gallery of Boulder, Colorado, will auction 454 expertly curated lots of classical antiquities and Asian, Pre-Columbian and ethnographic art. Without exception, every item in this exciting auction event is unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic, as described in the catalog, and [Read More]
WILLOUGHBY, OH – Based in the Cleveland suburb of Willoughby, Milestone Auctions is a company on the rise. Co-owners Miles King and Chris Sammet have become increasingly well known for their traditional business values and youthful passion for tracking down antiques – a combination that goes a long way in their chosen [Read More]
Secrets of Buddhist Art: Tibet, Japan, and Korea February 10-May 7, 2017 NASHVILLE, TN – Organized by the Newark Museum exclusively for the Frist Center, Secrets of Buddhist Art: Tibet, Japan, and Korea explores one of the great faiths of the world through paintings and sculptures by Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan artists. [Read More]
Antiques and art experts from across the country will host a series of discussions during the 54th Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show, April 15-17 at The Navy Yard. Speakers include: designer Ellie Cullman, consistently recognized by “Architectural Digest” on its AD 100 top designers list; Johanna McBrien, Editor-in-Chief of “Antiques & Fine [Read More]
MyAntiqueSchool, has teamed up with Toma Clark Haines, CEO of the world’s most acclaimed Antiques Touring company, The Antiques Diva & Co and Angela Somwaiya, owner of Paul’s Antiques , Thailand who is one of Asia’s most knowledgeable antiques dealers and is the head Antiques Diva Guide for Southeast Asia. The collaboration [Read More]
An exceedingly rare 18th century English-made pagoda form automaton musical clock, produced for the Chinese Qing Imperial Court, is expected to soar to $800,000-$1.2 million at an Antique & Fine Arts Auction planned for Saturday, Jan. 21st, by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, in the firm’s showroom at 1485 Housatonic Street in Pittsfield, at [Read More]