Auction Press Releases

With fervent buyer participation through three online bidding platforms, telephone and floor bidding, Material Culture's June 10th Straight Up: American Outsider Art auction broke records as it brought to market an exceptional, unknown collection.

Taylor County BOCC Sells Hospital in Online Government Auction

A pair of Handel Birds of Paradise table lamps lit up the room for a combined $20,650, two rare clocks by the Canadian clockmaker Pequegnat together made $12,165, and an oil on canvas forest scene by Canadian artist Homer Watson fetched $8,625.

Fine art coexisted in peaceful harmony alongside Asian objects at Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers' antiques and fine art auction held on June 6th, as a fine Chinese Qing Dynasty miniature bronze censer changed hands for $8,125 to take top lot honors.

Auction of items from the Personal Collection of Lauren Chapin better known as "Little Kitten".

Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers announces their Summer Online Fine Art Auction to be held online on Thursday, June 20th at 2:00PM. The sale includes over 160 lots of quality fine art available at approachable prices for collectors at every level.

Andrew Jones Auctions next DTLA Collections & Estates auction on Sunday, June 16th, is packed with fun, quirky and out-of-the-ordinary accessories and furnishings, plus luxe décor and statement pieces for the home, loft, gallery and retail space.

A collection of significant, early Magic: The Gathering cards, including complete Alpha, Beta and Arabian Nights sets, with many BGS-graded examples in each, are the expected centerpiece lots in an auction planned for Wednesday, June 26th.

A wire gold specimen pulled from the Ibex Mine in Leadville, Colorado, a necklace with 25 gold nuggets and a diamond and a Hawaii Baseball Association stock certificate issued to baseball inventor A.J. Cartwright were just a few top achievers.

An antiques and fine art auction featuring 325 lots from estates across New England – many of them wonderful examples of fine art and art glass – will be held on Saturday, June 8th, by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, online and live in Cranston, R.I.

Nye & Company's Estate Treasures Auction slated for June 5th, online and in Bloomfield New Jersey, will be a diverse sale featuring nearly 700 lots gathered primarily from the tri-state area and includes ceramics, furniture, jewelry and paintings.

Rare Political and film silkscreen posters come to auction from PashCo Posters.

A two-day, two-session auction featuring over 700 lots of collector-grade art, clocks, fountain pens, lamps, art glass and items of historical interest from world-class makers will be held June 7-8 by Miller & Miller Auctions in Ontario, Canada.

An exceedingly rare and complete second edition of Description de l' Egypte, C.L.F. Panckoucke (1820-1830), including fold-out maps, elephant folios and atlas folio, sold for a world record price of $220,000 at Andrew Jones Auctions, May 18-19.

A rare, museum-quality 1966 Grateful Dead "Skeleton and Roses" concert poster brought a world record price of $56,400 in an online auction held May 16th by Psychedelic Art Exchange, with offices in Baltimore, Maryland and Park City, Utah.

Important paintings from the 19th century through the contemporary era were offered during Shannon's semi-annual Fine Art Auction on Thursday, May 2nd in Milford, Connecticut. Featuring 230 lots, the auction featured quality international examples.

An original gouache painting done around 1930 by the French painter Maurice Utrillo, an engagement ring set boasting a 3.28-carat, prong-set emerald cut center diamond, and an 18kt yellow gold Patek Philippe Calatrava men's watch are star lots.

Gray's Modern Ceramics & Art Glass Auction on Wednesday, May 22, will feature the work of the admired Ohio potter, sculptor and teacher George Roby (including works from the artist's personal collection), plus a single-owner art glass collection.

Andrew Jones Auctions' Design for the Home and Garden Auction, on Saturday, May 18th and Sunday, May 19th, will feature a selection of over 550 lots of market-fresh fine art, design, antiques and Asian works of art from prominent local estates.

Collectors of early American history, science and technology and Civil War memorabilia will want to mark their calendars for Wednesday, May 15th, when those popular categories and many others will be featured in University Archives' next auction.

A Galle mold blown Clematis vase, a carved oak Robert Jupe-style dining table, a 152-piece set of sterling flatware by Gorham, a Pairpoint reverse painted lamp and an outstanding collection of bronze sculptures are just a few expected top lots.

Andrew Jones Auctions' upcoming Design for the Home and Garden auction scheduled for the weekend of May 18th and 19th will feature property from the collection of Kate Edelman Johnson, with proceeds benefiting Alzheimer's Research.

The lifetime collection of Sandra Clements – for the past forty years one of the South's most formidable figures in the antiques, auction and interior design trades – will be sold over the course of three days, April 27 thru 29, in Dallas, Tex.

Shannon's Spring Fine Art Auction is sure to attract an international audience with top pieces by American, European and Asian artists. The sale, which features nearly 250 lots, will consist of quality paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture.

Anyone looking to start, add to or complete their collection of signers of the Declaration of Independence will have that opportunity in University Archives' next online-only auction, set for Wednesday, May 15th, starting at 10:30 am Eastern time.

The North Fork Collection of N173 Old Judge cabinet baseball cards from 1888 – 37 in all, sold as individual lots – brought a combined $431,000 at a Sports, Comics, Comic Art & Animation Auction held March 28th by Weiss Auctions in Lynbrook, N.Y.

Rosehill Auction Service Ltd., specializing in farm and land auctions, will be hosting four online auctions in the month of March.

Zomer Auctioneering & Associates, an industry leader in agricultural land and equipment auctions, will be hosting several Timed Online Only Auctions and Live Online Auctions this coming month.

A spectacular lithograph on paper signed by the important Native American artist Tommy Wayne ("T.C.") Cannon (1946-1978), titled Waiting for the Bus, Andarko Princess, sold for $12,500 at a five-day Wigwam Auction held March 7-11 in Reno, Nevada.

Andrew Jones Auctions will burst into spring with a special two-day event of amazing back-to-back sales for savvy buyers, collectors and decorators looking for a new way to acquire great pieces. Both sales will be held in the downtown LA gallery.

It will be a stellar, two-day American Brilliant Cut Glass auction featuring more than ten sparkling cut glass lamps, ten gorgeous punch bowls, numerous unique and hard-to-find patterns, rare Amberina candelabras, fantastic cut to clear and more.