Archive for July, 2009

SKINNER TO AUCTION COUNTRY AMERICANA

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Skinner, Inc. has announced it will host an auction of Country Americana on Sunday, August 9th at 11 a.m. in its Marlborough, Mass. gallery.
The auction features nearly 800 lots including marine paintings and ship dioramas, folk portraiture, country furniture, children’s furniture, basketry, blown glass, hooked rugs, weathervanes, country decorative arts, and much more. [...]

SILVER AUCTIONEER LAUNCHES IN LONDON

Monday, July 27th, 2009

MATTHEW BARTON, who has over 20 years experience in the auction world, is delighted to announce that he will be holding his first independent auction of Silver, Works of Art and Objects of Vertu on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 in West Kensington at 25 Blythe Road, W14.
He will be working as Matthew Barton Ltd [...]

Mike Peterson Auctioneers Rare Coin Auction

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Proxibid, the world’s largest provider of live auction webcasting services, will provide live online bidding for an upcoming coin and currency auction presented by Mike Peterson Auctioneers. The live auction will take place July 25 at 11:00 a.m., with live online bidding commencing at that time via Proxibid. Auction registration and pre-bidding are already available [...]

Morphy Auctions Biggest Ever Cataloged Sale

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

On Aug. 13-15, Dan Morphy Auctions will conduct the biggest cataloged sale in its history – a 3,000-lot no-reserve absolute auction featuring long-held private collections of Kentucky rifles, fine dolls and toys, mechanical music boxes, decorative art, jewelry and gold coins. All goods will be offered in logically organized categories, selling to the highest bidder [...]

John Dillinger Pistol for Heritage Auction

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

A Remington .41 caliber Double Derringer, taken from John Dillinger when he was captured in Tucson, AZ on Jan. 25, 1934 will be up for auction as part of Heritage Auction Galleries’ July 25 Militaria and Arms Auction. It is expected to bring between $35,000-$45,000.
This follows close on the heels of the July 1 release [...]

Kaminski Estates Auction July 25-26

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Kaminski Auctions, one of Massachusetts’ premier antiques and fine art auction houses, announces its July Estates Auction. The two-day auction features antiques, fine art and collectibles from estates spanning Massachusetts to Kaminski’s second location in California. The auction takes place Saturday and Sunday July 25-26 next to the Windward Grille at 109 Eastern Ave. in [...]

Bonhams History of Space Exploration Auction

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Following the highly successful sale of a collection of papers from Rocket Engineering icon, Dr. Werner Von Braun, Bonhams New York will be presenting a sale entirely devoted to the history of man’s exploration of space.
Taking place on July 16th, the approximately 400 lot sale fittingly coincides with the week of the 40th anniversary of [...]