A Tupac Shakur ID with a color photo signed by the hip-hop star above the “Inmate Signature” line is one of the more unusual and heavily followed items in the Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Signature Auction from Heritage Auctions. The starting bid for Tupac Shakur’s 1995 prison ID is $15000. The auction contains a wide variety of items from different avenues of entertainment, primarily music, TV and film.
Also, in this auction, are several unique guitars owned and used by some of the most famous names in the music industry. The list includes Duane Allman’s circa 1961/1962 Gibson guitar, which is best known as the guitar he played on the live recording of “Statesboro Blues,” the opening track of At Fillmore West. This guitar was later purchased and played by Graham Nash. There are also several unusual prop memorabilia items from TV and film, notably a black leather/suede eye patch worn by John Wayne in the movie Rooster Cogburn, which still has makeup residue on the inside of the patch. See the entire collection of entertainment memorabilia and register to bid at Heritage Auctions.
Skinner’s auction, Studio Art Online, offers a wide range of paintings spanning from the 16th-20th centuries. Portraitures, still life, and sublime landscapes are included, with each piece selected for its artistry and charm. With bid beginning from $10 and estimates ranging from $20-$5,000, all items would be welcome additions to a variety of collections. Highlights include Alexander Oscar Levy’s Portrait of a Woman, the excellent seascape Rolling in by Gallet Joseph Perrett, and Farmhouse Spring by Arthur Clifton Goodwin of the American school. For the complete auction catalog and bidding registration, go to Skinner.
An attention-grabbing display of firearms and military collectibles will be put forth by Antiques and Estate Auctioneers in their July Firearms Auction, along with a few ancient artifacts. Firearms being the major part of the auction will host a series of colts, rifles, shotguns, and many more collectibles. The set of two stainless finish, double diamond colts, is the top bid and the most sought-after artifact of the auction. The CZ Super Scroll 2-gauge set hosting a Turkish walnut made shotgun with magnificently engraved side panels and similar sets are other highlights. Articles like the artistic Meerschaum pipe with intricately carved horses, an Italian marble hourglass depicting the excellent craftsmanship of artist Frank J. LaCavera and few others are the noteworthy artifacts. Explore the full listings and register to bid online on Antiques and Estate Auctioneers.
The Summer Sports Cards Catalog that Heritage offers, in their upcoming auction, is enough to impress all sports collectors. With cards of all of the greatest, from every major US sport, there are too many highlights to count. Those that stand-out though are an 1866 “Union of Morrisania” team baseball card depicting America’s favorite past time before there was even an American League of National League. Also included are cards of two of the greatest Yankees ever, a 1953 Mickey Mantle and a 1933 Babe Ruth.
Further highlights include a 1953 Jackie Robinson card, arguably one of the most significant figures in the history of American sports, as well as all-time greats like Willie Mays (1960). This auction offers a piece of sports history for its collectors. Current bids range from $3,000 to $300,000. View the full catalog and register to bid on Heritage Auctions.
European Asian & 20th Century Auction, offered by Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraisers, is the perfect fusion of royal antiques, fine arts, furniture, jewelry and more. Featuring 562 lots of items, George Owen Royal Worcester vase with the finest of hand-tooled reticulation is one of the highlights, as Asian arts and antiques are the auction’s center pieces. With the highest estimated value of $12,000, is a portrait of a man by Francis Newton Souza (signed 1959), depicting a modernist image of man on yellow ground. Ranging from antique Roman gold finger ring and Liberty head, double eagle gold coin, to antiques like an important English Queen Anne secretary bookcase, goes on to show the variety and diversification of the auction. For more details on the fascinating items, registrations and to view the full catalogue visit Garth’s.
In the upcoming sale Doyle at Home, auction house Doyle offers fine art and décor from prominent estates and collections across the country. A favorite among designers, architects, and magazine editors, the auction series is an exceptional resource for fine living and offers an opportunity to recreate interiors viewed in influential home décor magazines. Highlights include an oil painting, The Finish of the America Cup Race of 1893 by Leslie Arthur Wilcox, eight hand-colored engravings of antique vase designs from early 19th century Paris, and an elegant pair of carved Chinese green quartz lamps. For the complete catalogue and bidding registration, visit Doyle.
Roland Auctions NY presents Estates Sales by Roland Auctions. Included is a pair of elegant 18K gold and diamond clip-on earrings. White gold is the center of a flower surrounded with round brilliant and baguette diamonds. Each earring has approximately 88 stones. Another featured item is a landscape oil painting by Spanish artist S. Rusinol. This painting features a scenic setting of various types of trees in a wooded area. A French Empire-style figural clock is also included in the auction. On this clock is a bronze sculpture of a reclining woman in a draped gown. The base of the clock is marble with marble face painted with putto and two gilt bronze relief plaques with classical female figures. This auction features fine art, Asian decorative arts, antique and vintage furniture and decorations, and much more. Bids range from $10 to $4,500 with estimates from $10 to $8,000. View the entire catalog at Liveauctioneers.
The Lewis and Maese by Lewis and Maese Antiques and Auctions features a wide selection of antique and collector’s editions books along with fiction and nonfiction books. Featured is an Edgar Allen Poe set. This rare set comes with 10 volumes and is a collector’s edition with only 300 numbered sets in print. Also highlighted in this auction are 16 volumes of British Essayists Spectator that were published in London by J.F. Dove in 1827 and five volumes of Robert Burns works, published in London in 1834 by Cochrane. Nine volumes of William Shakespeare works are included in the auction as well, having been published in 1866 by Macmillan and Company. The auction has numerous first editions, autographed books, classics, great coffee table books, and more. Bids start at $1 with estimates from $25 to $2,500. Visit their site to view the catalog.
Summer Estates, by Butterscotch Auctioneers and Appraisers, is a robust selection of American & European silver, decorative arts, designer jewelry and more. Amongst the highlighted and noticeable items in the auction is a Reza Derakshani ‘Fill My Sleeve with Unseen Pearls’ from the Persian Serenades series, signed with initials and dated 1992. With bids starting as low as $30, the auction offers diversity by showcasing a Thai Temple painting, oil on canvas from the 19th/early 20th Century, depicting various scenes out of Buddhist mythology. Pouring their essence and ingenuity, in the auction, are an ornately decorated pair Renaissance-revival silver-plated candelabras, alongside an 18k gold Girard Perregaux pocket watch with engraved case decorated with scrolls, vines, acanthus leaves. To find favorites in the complete auction catalog, and bidding registration go to Butterscotch Auctioneers and Appraisers.
Find the next work of decorative art, for home and office, in the upcoming Friday Afternoon auction offered by Stair. From portraits for the mantle, flatware for the kitchen, carpets for the den, and furniture, this auction features works appropriate for any living space worth decorating. The lots include antique books like a 16th century Latin antiphonal hymnal, painting and portraits like Henry Pember Smith’s scenic rendition of Venice, and other pieces of decorative art like an 18-light Dutch brass chandelier. View the remaining lots and register to bid at Bidsquare today.
