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STANSTED MOUNTFICHET, U.K. - A rare Chinese “dragon” box fashioned from zitan, a cherished Asian wood, sold for $180,480 – more than 71 times its high estimate – on November 3 in England. It was the top prize in an Asian Art auction conducted by Sworders of Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex. A Sworders auction house associate with the spectacula...

Featured: Unique test photos for Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ LP with copyright; John Wayne’s personal proof copy of ‘The Green Berets,’ Nakashima chairs, Patek Philippe & Rolex watches CLEARWATER, Fla. – Important paintings and prints, luxury timepieces, fine antiques, and fresh-to-market celebrity memorabilia await bidders at Bl...

Terry O’Neill called 1971 photo of the alluring French actress ‘best shot’ of his career LONDON – A famous image of French film star Brigitte Bardot taken by Terry O'Neill in 1971 leads the 19th and 20th Century Photographs Auction slated for November 30 at Chiswick Auctions. The silver gelatin print of Bardot on the set of Les Petroleuses,...

Featured: Fiske weathervane of legendary harness trotter St. Julien; targets depicting ‘Pancho Villa,’ cowboy gunslinger, large 19th C. mechanical lady lion tamer prying open lion’s mouth LONE JACK, Mo. – In September 2020, Soulis Auctions of suburban Kansas City knocked down record prices at their headline-making sale of the Richard and Va...

Impeccably elegant, the late Anne Eisenhower was a premier American interior designer, collector and philanthropist — “an icon of sophistication,” as one publication put it. So much so, that when her jewelry was auctioned at Christie’s earlier this year, the sale realized $11.5 million — in just 31 lots, the top being the iconic 1937 Van ...

Circle Auction is proud to announce the sale of an exceptional collection of works by the legendary American artist Thomas Hart Benton, previously owned by fellow artist and friend, Vincent Campanella. This significant collection, amassed by Campanella, includes a variety of Benton's drawings, watercolors, and paintings, and is set to be auctioned ...

Chew on this: Rare non-sports gum cards powered through their estimates, with a 1940 ‘Strange True Stories’ set commanding $64K and dark-horse ‘Hee Haw’ set harvesting $22K YORK, Pa. – Hake’s wrapped the year with a $2.4 million auction that traversed the pop-culture panorama, from 19th-century political memorabilia to modern-era toys a...

Over 235 Trains & Accessories Go Up for Bid on Sunday, December 3 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, November 20, 2023 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present The Armond Conti Collection of Model Trains, Part 4, on Sunday, December 3, 2023, at 10:30 am PST. Offering over 235 lots from the estate of a Northern Californian who collected trai...

New Braunfels TX: With their milestone 20th anniversary now underway, Lark Mason Associates is delighted to present The Collection of Anne Eisenhower with Property from President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, which goes live on iGavelAuctions.com, November 21st through December 19th, 2023.  This highly anticipated auction of the Estate of Bar...

Oct. 27-30 event was led by rare penny arcade ‘lung tester,’ upright double musical Puck and other Caille slot machines, Art Deco neon automotive signs, pre-Prohibition brewery signs LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Morphy Auctions has returned to Vegas, and West Coast collectors are loving it. After a four-year hiatus, the Pennsylvania company’s $5.1 mil...

Over 1,100 lots of posters, prints, multiples, and other fine artworks are heading to auction with Dane Fine Art this November. The November Sale of Modern & Contemporary Art—scheduled to begin live on November 30, 2023—will particularly highlight works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Dine, Louis Icart, and others.  Andy Warhol - Tid...

This November, Helmuth Stone Gallery of Sarasota, FL will present a 460-lot benefit auction featuring a single-owner collection of antique perfume bottles. Proceeds from this event will be donated to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church of Palm Coast, FL for the installation of a new roof. A wide variety of perfume bottle styles are represented ...

Many auction entries boast impeccable provenance from prestigious collections and are either book examples, have been museum-exhibited, or both BOULDER, Colo. – Artemis Gallery, the Colorado auction house known to many collectors as the premier authority in the field of ancient and ethnographic art, will host a very special boutique event on Nove...

Bidders worldwide competed fiercely for postwar Japanese tin motorcycles, with a 12-inch ‘Romance’ bike leading the pack at $25,830 WILLOUGHBY, Ohio – Elmer’s Auto and Toy Museum in Fountain City, Wisconsin, achieved legendary status long before its doors closed in 2022, after 28 years of operation. While the rambling rural museum is now hi...

New York:  Asia Week New York, in collaboration with The Cleveland Museum of Art, is delighted to present the webinar: From a Land of Pestilential Vapors to Paradise on Earth, featuring guest speaker Dr. Clarissa von Spee, the James and Donna Reid Curator of Chinese Art and Interim Curator of Islamic Art, Chair of Asian Art. &nb...