More than 1,000 antique firearms enthusiasts attended Dan Morphy Auctions’ preview prior to the standing-room-only Aug. 14, 2009 sale of the late John Holman’s collection of 220 antique Kentucky rifles and powder horns. The selection of handmade rifles – many of them crafted by German immigrant gunsmiths of the 18th and 19th [Read More]
Garth’s Auctions of Delaware, Ohio held two strong sales within two weeks during late July and early August. The Saturday, July 25th auction of Fine & Contemporary Art and Decorative Arts featured Garth’s usual offerings of antique furniture, artwork, pottery, glass and sculpture, but it was clear that furniture stole the show. [Read More]
Allman Promotions is pleased to announce a new antiques show to be held on January 30 & 31, 2010 in the heart of old Naples, at The Jubilee Center of Saint Ann School, in Naples FL. The Old Naples Antique Show dates are positioned to follow the Miami Beach Antiques show by [Read More]
On July 4, 1902, Henry Clay Frick, one of America’s greatest industrialists and art collectors, hosted President Theodore Roosevelt and 20 other gentlemen at a luncheon at Clayton, the Frick family home in Pittsburgh’s East End. The president visited Pittsburgh for a day-long celebration that included a parade, a speech in Schenley [Read More]
Items that Queen Victoria made herself will be sold by Bonhams at their Scottish sale on 18-21 August. These two personal items of Victoriana reach the market at the same time as the release of the film ‘The Young Victoria’ which is being publicized by Sarah, Duchess of York, as her daughter, [Read More]
The Israel Antiquities Authority is embarking on a first of its kind campaign to register the antiquities collections that are held by the general public in Israel. An individual that is listed in the state’s databank as the owner of an antiquities collection will be recognized by the state as a “collector [Read More]
The Royal Bayreuth Collectors Club President, Sandy Heerhold, is pleased to announce that the club will hold its 15th annual convention in Memphis Tennessee. The big event will take place September 17, 18, & 19th at the Embassy Suites in Memphis. The club is proud of the many exciting & educational sessions [Read More]
Several prominent local estates – including one with collections that span multiple generations – will be sold at auction on Saturday, Sept. 12, by Jay & Wilma’s Local Estates, based in nearby Wakefield. The sale will be held at the Ivor Municipal Building, located at 8420 Bell Avenue. Ivor is located in [Read More]
Medieval Times joins the site’s stable of targeted blogs, including the Dinky Toys Blog and the recently-relaunched webzine Tales of Toy Cars for small-scale model cars. The blog will focus on figures and dioramas depicting knights, peasants, crusaders and other medieval characters in all scales and materials, painted and unpainted. Robert Hill [Read More]
A Parker Brothers AA Pigeon Gun wood and metal advertising sign, one of only two known, sold for a record $7,543 in an Internet and catalog auction that concluded Aug. 1-2 by SoldUSA.com. The only other known example sold a few years ago at auction to a Parker Gun Collectors Association member, [Read More]
On Saturday, Aug. 29, Dan Morphy will host the 16th 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 must-do event on collectors’ calendars. Approximately 75 to 100 top-notch dealers from North America and [Read More]
An historic archive comprising nine ambrotype and daguerreotype images of James A. Garfield – taken in the 1850s and the first known images of the slain president – sold for $21,470 at a massive weekend sale held July 31-Aug. 2 by Philip Weiss Auctions. Around 1,200 lots in a broad array of [Read More]
For more than sixty years, the Pacific Northwest community, art collectors worldwide and enthusiasts of all ages have enjoyed the annual Bellevue Arts Museum artsfair presented by Microsoft. This year’s three-day festival, held July 24 – 26, was no exception as an estimated 320,000 visitors came to enjoy the 325 juried artist [Read More]
One of the most important Colonial maps of North America – Henry Popple’s Map of the British Empire in North America, published in 1734 – will be the highlight of an online sale slated for Sept. 4-16 by Old World Auctions (www.OldWorldAuctions.com). The map is just one of hundreds of antique maps, [Read More]