Rare survivals of American craftsmanship from the 18th and 19th centuries and a rediscovered duck decoy are among the highlights of the upcoming mid-season sale of Important American Furniture, Folk Art & Prints at Christie’s New York. The September 30 auction includes over 100 historic items and is expected to realize in excess of $1.8 [...]

Each November the 216-year old international auction house Bonhams hosts its famous auction at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles – a veritable temple for all automotive enthusiasts – and the call for consignments is now being announced for this year’s sale.
Past Bonhams sales at the Petersen Museum have included collections from such legendary [...]

Skinner, announced the stunning success of its Tuesday, September 15th Fine Jewelry sale. Rare and impressive colored diamonds and gemstones from two collections – one from the famed ballroom dancer, Verna E. Winegar and other from an All My Children’s actress – were hotly contested by a number of bidders. The sale’s overall [...]

Sotheby’s fall sale of Important Watches, Clocks and Automata will be held on 20 October, 2009. The auction features a varied selection of modern and vintage wristwatches, ladies’ wristwatches, pocket watches, clocks and a small unusual group of automata from the Private Collection of Dr. Frank and Mrs. Lore Metzger. The sale will be on [...]

Up for auction is the original Art for the popular Disneyland Map given to attendees in the 1950s and 1960s, and marked with “Walt Disney Productions” paper label. Oil and pastel on a 22″ x 40″ art board with fine detailing, by artist Sam McKim known as “the Cartographer of Disneyland.” Issued originally in 1958, [...]

Sotheby’s autumn auction of Prints will be held in New York on 29 October, 2009, and will offer collectors a broad selection of modern and contemporary works from the 19th century to present day. Works from the sale, estimated to bring in excess of $7.8 million, will be on view at Sotheby’s New York galleries [...]

Gemini 7 pilot James Lovell’s personal log, written during his first space flight, Dec. 4-18, 1965, forms the emotional philosophical centerpiece of Heritage Auction Galleries’ Oct. 8 Signature® Space Exploration Auction at the company’s Uptown Dallas headquarters. The log, which is one of the earliest descriptions of the earth as seen from an orbiting spacecraft, [...]

On September 9, the Alderfer Auction Company of Hatfield, Pennsylvania, sold a World War II uniform jacket that belonged to General Dwight D. Eisenhower for $43,875 (price includes 17 percent buyer’s premium). The jacket, size 38 regular, displayed the 5 Star rank of General of the Army on each shoulder as well as a Supreme [...]

One of the foremost collections of toy robots will be offered by the Smith House Toy & Auction Company in October, highlighted by pristine examples and rarely seen variations of the best mechanical men and their fantastic boxes.
The phone and online auction, which opens Oct. 15 and closes Oct. 30, features over 400 lots, including [...]

Among the antique furniture, paintings, silver and other decorations at Fairfield Auction this month is a rare artifact of the American Frontier. In a small autograph book are the signatures of Cole, Jim and Bob Younger together with Bob Ford- all dated 1882. The four men partnered with Jesse and Frank James and were known [...]

Valuable works from the originators of Southern California’s ‘kustom kulture’ movement representing some of the most unique and iconic vehicles of our time are up for auction Saturday, September 26 at the famed Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
“Southern California’s significant influence on the hot rod and custom car culture is prominently represented in this [...]

John Moran Auctioneers is delighted to announce the third of their 2009 California and American Art Auctions, to be held Tuesday, October 13th. Showcasing a spectacular selection of pre-1945 California plein air landscapes, California Style watercolors, and Western art drawn from private collections across the country, including definitive works by pre-eminent California Impressionists such as [...]

This auction will feature over 300 lots of Russian, European, American and Oriental paintings and drawings, icons, sculptures, bronze works, porcelain, coins and fine silver including selected silver and Russian works of art by K.Faberge, I. Khlebnikov, A.Kuzmichev, P.Ovchinnikov, G.Klingert, Grachevs.
The auction will be conducted in two sessions, Fine Art and Numismatics. The Fine Art [...]

The combination of “antiques, camaraderie, tradition, and plain, old fun” was touted as the focus of Garth’s Auctions’ Annual Labor Day Americana sale held on September 4 and 5, 2009 in Delaware, Ohio. Once the bidders gathered and viewed the array of material featuring paintings of American Indians, a few cowboys, and a collection of [...]

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, will be conducting a large, three-day, multi-million dollar unreserved public auction at its permanent auction site in Fort Worth, Texas from Wednesday, September 23, 2009 to Friday, September 25, 2009 starting at 8:00 a.m. each day. The upcoming auction marks the fourth auction the Company has [...]