Nearly 2,000 lots from several major collections in an array of categories – firefighting items from the Granite Handtub Museum in Newmarket, N.H., a private arcade machine collection, around 150 rare toys and banks and more – will be sold Apr. 9-11 by Showtime Auction Services, at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds [Read More]
Colnect Collectors Club (colnect.com) reached an important milestone, as more than 8,888 collectors from around the world have registered on the site. This follows months of significantly accelerated growth in both new members and catalog items, trends that bode well for transforming Colnect into one of the world’s most popular collectible sites. [Read More]
Christie’s Hanham Court sale is to be held at Christie’s South Kensington on Wednesday, 14 April 2010. Immersed in the world of antiques from a young age, Isabel and Julian Bannerman first met in Edinburgh in 1982 and have been collecting together ever since. The sale will consist of approximately 300 lots [Read More]
Encompassing more than one hundred objects drawn from the Brooklyn Museum’s world-renowned holdings of ancient Egyptian art, including some of the greatest masterworks of the Egyptian artistic heritage, To Live Forever explores the Egyptians’ beliefs about life, death, and the afterlife; the process of mummification; the conduct of a funeral; and the [Read More]
A lovely Roman marble bust that film director, Franco Zeffirrelli gave as a wedding gift to friends who worked with him on the filming of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’, will be sold at Bonhams next Antiquities Sale in London on 28th April. Dating from the second century AD the Roman herm [Read More]
In a joint effort to raise funds and awareness of Cystic Fibrosis, a chronic and debilitating disease which affects 30,000 children and adults in the US, 70,000 worldwide, Decotique.com partners with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Greater Delaware Valley. Decotique.com donates 10% of its proceeds to the Foundation in support of patients [Read More]
February is a great time to visit at Historic Burlington Antiques in Burlington City, New Jersey. Burlington is the oldest city in New Jersey, established 1677. Burlington City is one of the most scenic and historic towns on the Delaware River. Scott Carlbon, a local developer and city resident, gave new life [Read More]
Christie’s London announce the sale of stellar English furniture from the John Parry collection on Thursday, March 25. An internationally renowned collector in the field, Parry’s passionate connoisseurship, his eye for detail, rare design and his commitment to quality, is showcased by exemplary walnut, oak and yew furniture dating from the 17th [Read More]
Bloomsbury Auctions, the world’s leading auction house for rare books and works on paper, announces their first sale of the winter season- Autographs & Fine Printed Books (web, 3D, pdf) on Wednesday, February 24th with sale times at 10:00am and 2:00pm. The sale will showcase over 100 lots of autographs which will [Read More]
Fontaine’s Auction Gallery is offering a free one-day seminar and appraisal on the lamps of Tiffany and other 20th century lighting, to be held Sunday, Mar. 21, in the firm’s gallery facility, located at 1485 South Housatonic Street in Pittsfield. Fontaine’s has been the scene of numerous auctions that featured rare and [Read More]
The DFW Elite Toy Museum (http://www.DFWeliteToyMuseum.com) in Fort Worth contains thousands of rare automotive toys from around the world. Now one item in their collection is to be featured in a book about German toys. German toy expert Juergen Cieslik plans to include a photo and description of the German-made tin motorcycle [Read More]
The 48th Hong Kong Coin Auction will be held at the Holiday Inn Golden Mile, Kowloon, Hong Kong, at 10.00am on the 25th February, and will feature two sessions (868 lots in total) of predominantly Asian coins and banknotes. The auction opens with lot 1, a Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) 1-Kuan banknote. The [Read More]
On Monday, February 8th at 6:00 pm, Clarke Auction will sell 400 lots of its usual mix of the unusual, the exceptional, and the unique. Estate Silver, a Clarke strength, features a heavily chased Ottoman-era lidded urn with a eagle finial poised over a possibly gold serpent. Other silver highlights include a [Read More]
Contents from the historic Annesdale mansion-villa in Memphis, Tenn., plus several other private Southern collections and a marvelous collection of antique guns, will be sold Saturday, March 13, at 10 a.m., by Hal Hunt Auctions. The sale will be conducted at Hal Hunt Auctions’ spacious gallery, located at 5925 Hwy. 43 in [Read More]