Bloomsbury Auctions announces the success of The De Orbe Novo Collection: Exploration of The New World 1492-1625. Consigned by collector Bruce McKinney, this spectacular collection sold for a double low estimate $3,500,000 and was a complete sell through with 100% sold by lot and 133% by value. A world record for a [Read More]
Antique arms, edged weapons, suits of armor and modern sporting guns brought more than $1.5-million during a day-long auction at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco on Monday, November 23rd 2009. A global audience of collectors and dealers vied for Colt firearms, edged weapons and militaria, with strong prices realized throughout the [Read More]
A gorgeous pair of gilt bronze figural dancers, executed by the renowned French artist and sculptor Agathon Léonard (1841-1923) sold for a combined $60,950 at a Fine & Decorative Arts Cataloged Auction held Dec. 5 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. It was the final sale of the year for [Read More]
The Luxury Antiques Weekend at Kilhey Court returns to the four star Macdonald Kilhey Court Hotel, Standish, Lancashire WN1 2XN from Friday 15 to Sunday, January 17, 2010. This boutique-style antiques fair organised by The Antiques Dealers Fair Limited was hailed as a great success on its debut visit in January 2009 [Read More]
A pair of prominent and important local estates will headline the 26th annual New Year’s Day sale planned by Tom’s Auctions & Appraisals of Suffolk, Va. The sale will be held at the old Ivor High School (now the Ivor Municipal Building), at 8420 Bell Avenue in Ivor, off Route 460, at [Read More]
On 17 December 2009 at 2pm, Sotheby’s New York will hold its bi-annual sale of Important 20th Century Design beginning with works from the Art & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and American Modern movements, and concluding with Mid-Century and Contemporary design. Highlighting the sale is an offering of 25 lots collected [Read More]
Over 325 rare and vintage bottles – most of them made between 1850 and 1900, the period most desired by collectors, when superior embossing techniques were employed – will be sold in an Internet and catalog auction slated for Jan. 8-18 by American Bottle Auctions (www.AmericanBottle.com). Phone and absentee bids will also [Read More]
Native American art comes to auction at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco on Monday, December 14, 2009 featuring several important collections which have never-before been offered publically. Fine Northwest Coast art is well represented by the Berthusen Collection from the Lynden Pioneer Museum of Lynden, WA. Gathered one summer in the [Read More]
Now in its third year The Luxury Antiques Weekend at Linden Hall, staged by The Antiques Dealers Fair Limited, is returning to the Macdonald Linden Hall Hotel, Longhorsley, near Morpeth, Northumberland from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 March 2010. This is a glamorous boutique-style antiques fair with around 24 exhibitors who are [Read More]
A two-part auction featuring around 250 lots of vintage clocks and horology-related items will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 29, at the Italian-American Club in Wayne, beginning at 3:15 p.m. The sale will be conducted by Gordon S. Converse & Co., based in nearby Strafford. It will be the firm’s first auction [Read More]
An advanced but intentionally low-key collector, the late William D. “Bill” Ansley amassed a select private collection of contemporary art glass over a 40-year period, and in so doing, created a panoramic three-dimensional history of Murano production. To the amazement of his fellow collectors, Ansley accomplished this feat almost entirely from his [Read More]
Serious collectors are eagerly awaiting the December 17th sale of Fine Watches and Wristwatches scheduled to take place at Bonhams New York. Consisting of just over 100 lots, the sale includes pieces by the most desirable names in watch design including Ulysse Nardin, Cartier, and Patek Philippe. In fact, it is a [Read More]
E. Howard & Company has been producing high-grade watches, regulators and marine clocks since its inception in 1842, and today E. Howard & Company clocks have evolved into the Holy Grail of manufacturers among the rapidly burgeoning genre of vintage clock and watch collecting. The firm still exists today, but most of [Read More]
Manion’s the international online auction company is partnering with Proxibid to offer an early American stoneware collection. The auction begins December 6 and closed December 20 – the collection is currently online for preview at www.proxibid.com. “We will offer nearly 100 pieces in the initial auction with more to come in the [Read More]