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Miller & Miller will hold online auctions June 9th (Toys) & June 10th (Petroliana, Advertising, Coin-Ops)
NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – Fresh off the highly successful sale of the Jean-Marc and Danielle Belzile collection held in Quebec on May 13th, Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. will jump right back into the fray with a pair of online auctions on back to back days, the first on June 9th dedicated entirely to toys and next on June 10th featuring petroliana, advertising and coin-ops. ...
Author: southeastern , Category: Auctions, Posted on: 24-May-2023Lovely 18th/19th century Quebec furniture leads the way in Miller & Miller's May 13 auction in Canada
NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – An important, circa 1820 Quebec armoire in alligatored yellow paint with the family nickname “Armoire Crocodile” sold for $29,500, and a Louis XIII armchair from the Bastien family on the Huron-Wendat reserve in Loretteville, Quebec rang up $21,240 at the sale of the Jean-Marc and Danielle Belzile collection held May 13th by Miller & Miller Auct...
Author: southeastern , Category: Auctions, Posted on: 22-May-20231960s/70s Mopar muscle cars from the collection of Jay Soneff will be auctioned June 10th in Denver
DENVER, Colo. – More than 80 American classic automobiles from the collection of Jay Soneff – a dedicated car collector and owner of Soneff Master Garage in Denver – will be sold without reserves on Saturday, June 10th, online and live at the Soneff-owned warehouse located at 3825 Grape Street in Denver, starting at 10 am Mountain time. Online bidding is via Proxibid.com. ...
Author: southeastern , Category: Auctions, Posted on: 20-May-2023Gilt bronze Tibetan Buddha sells for $200,000 at Briggs Auction's Fine Estates Auction on March 24th
GARNET VALLEY, Pa. – A rare and important gilt bronze Tibetan Buddha blasted through its $200-$300 pre-sale estimate to finish at a staggering $200,000 in an online Fine Estates Auction held March 24th by Briggs Auction, Inc. The piece, pulled from a Main Line, Pennsylvania estate, generated auction fever from almost the moment it was posted until the hammer came down. It was the most ever p...
Author: southeastern , Category: Auctions, Posted on: 18-May-2023Items signed by many of history's brightest luminaries will be sold online May 31st by University Archives
WILTON, Conn. – An autograph letter handwritten in German and signed by Ludwig van Beethoven, regarding his only opera, Fidelio; an autograph letter signed by Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson following his historic raid on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in 1861; and an autograph letter signed by John Adams in 1801 regarding the influence of Virginia Democrats will headline U...
Author: southeastern , Category: Auctions, Posted on: 16-May-2023Andrew Jones Auctions' June 18th and June 21st auctions are packed with important decorative arts
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Andrew Jones Auctions will greet the summer season in a big way with two sales dedicated to important decorative arts. The Sunday, June 18th auction features the collection of Stuart and Phyllis Moldaw of Atherton, California, curated by Anthony Hail. The collection includes a broad selection of Chinese porcelain as well as Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica d...
Author: southeastern , Category: Auctions, Posted on: 15-May-2023Holabird's online "Spring Into Americana" auction, May 13-14, has over 1,400 lots, starting at just $10
RENO, Nev. – An American Express Company stock certificate from 1861 signed by Henry Wells and William G. Fargo (two of the three founders of American Express and the founders of Wells Fargo & Company) is an expected highlight in a special two-day timed auction event titled “Spring into Americana” slated for May 13th & 14th by Holabird Western Americana Collections. &nbs...
Author: southeastern , Category: Auctions, Posted on: 08-May-2023Neue Auctions' online-only Decorative Objects, Fine Art & Antiques auction is scheduled for May 20th
BEACHWOOD, Ohio – An 1854 Portrait of a Gentleman by British artist John Thomas Peele (1822-1897), a large Louis XV-style rock crystal chandelier, and a stoneware vessel by Claude Conover (American, 1907-1994) titled Kohnal are a few expected top lots in Neue Auctions’ online-only Decorative Objects, Fine Art & Antiques auction planned for Saturday, May 20th. 1866 oil on c...
Author: southeastern , Category: Auctions, Posted on: 08-May-2023American paintings drive strong results in Shannon's $2.6 million Spring Fine Art Auction, April 27th
MILFORD, Conn. - American paintings drove strong results in Shannon’s Spring Fine Art Auction held April 27th. The 139-lot sale was nearly 90 percent sold and grossed $2.6 million. Most of the lots offered came from private collections. The top lot was a colorful Boston beach scene by Maurice Prendergast. The dynamic composition sold for $162,500, topping the high estimate. Screenpr...
Author: southeastern , Category: Art, Posted on: 04-May-2023Tiffany Studios Nasturtium table lamp sells for $71,500 at Part 2 of the Ron Blessing collection, March 18
DOUGLASS, Kan. – An outstanding Tiffany Studios (N.Y.) table lamp with a leaded glass Nasturtium shade sold for $71,500, and three lots of spectacular furniture from the renowned 19th century American cabinetmaker R. J. Horner brought a combined $43,000 in the sale of Part 2 of the Ron Blessing collection held March 18th by Woody Auction, online and live in the Douglass auction hall. ...
Author: southeastern , Category: Auctions, Posted on: 03-May-2023