An exceptional and singular 1860 John C. Breckenridge portrait banner, perhaps the most important American political textile to appear at auction, lived up to its top billing as it soared to a record final price of $95,600 to lead the day at Heritage Auctions on Nov. 17.
Auction totals have surpassed the $800,000 mark (all prices [...]

Bonhams New York is pleased to present the Arnold Smoller Collection of Contemporary Livres d’Artiste. A wonderfully astute and varied assemblage of nearly 200 volumes, the collection spans several decades of American and international art. It includes experimental works made of such surprising materials as lead, hair, plastics, and rubber. The works range in date [...]

Pook & Pook, Inc., in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, began its 2009 fall catalogue auction schedule with an outstanding two-day sale featuring items from six non-profit institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region, eleven estates, and over one hundred private collections. The 822-lot sale totaled $1,568,882, and boasted over 90 percent of the lots sold.
Six educational institutions, including the [...]

Aficionados of fine, rare Whiskies will be presented with an unparalleled collecting opportunity when the renowned Willard S. Folsom Collection goes to block on December 17th at Bonhams New York.
A sports fan, football handicapper, race car driver, master of finance, scuba diver, skydiver, and salsa dancer at various times in his life – Folsom began [...]

Collectors with a fondness for the stylish, fun and whimsical Bakelite jewelry of the 1930s are eagerly awaiting Bonhams New York’s December 16th sale of the Susan Kelner Freeman Collection.
Discovered in the early 1900s, bakelite was the first completely synthetic plastic thatcould be produced in almost any color and molded to any shape- leading to [...]

A one-of-a-kind album of 97 carte de visite photographs featuring 25 rare images of Lincoln’s funeral procession will be offered in Cowan’s December 9, 2009 American History Auction. Never before has such a comprehensive collection of images related to Lincoln’s funeral been offered by Cowan’s, an international leader in auctions of historical Americana.
The album [...]

When Heritage Auctions presents its Signature® 20th Century Design Auction to New York City, on Dec. 10, 2009, it will be a celebration of the style, international flair and timelessness of the great designers and design movements of the century just passed. Names like Tiffany, Giacometti, Bertoia and Rietveld will highlight the offerings at 104 [...]

Skinner auctioneers will host an auction of fine jewelry at its Boston gallery on Tuesday, December 8th at 10:00 a.m. Highlights include a number of rare and impressive pieces of animal jewelry, brilliant diamonds and colored gemstones, and a stunning selection of unique artist and art deco pieces. More than 700 lots will be [...]

Prominent private and institutional collections are the source for a stellar line-up of works to be offered at Christie’s sale of Important American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture on December 2, 2009 in New York. Lead highlights of the sale include a significant and deeply personal work by the late Andrew Wyeth that has not been [...]

On December 4 and December 9, Christie’s New York will present three sales offering over 550 lots of important and rare books, manuscripts, and maps from distinguished private collections. The first day of sales begins with part II of The William E. Self Library of important English and American Literature and immediately following is Fine [...]

National Commercial Auctioneers LLC, (NCA) (www.natcomauctions.com), who does business as NCA Auctioneers, LLC in Texas, is selling at auction a .723 acre tract with full service operating car wash on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at 11am.
The car wash, which was updated in 2002, is a single lane exterior facility including a vacuum station area with [...]

Christie’s New York will offer a highly important George Washington letter to his trusted nephew Bushrod Washington, in the sale of Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana on December 4 (estimate: $1.5-2.5 million).
The revealing, four-page letter has never been publicly exhibited and has remained in the possession of English descendants of Bushrod Washington for [...]

An original 289 Shelby Cobra, CSX2091, and the first production 1966 Shelby GT350, will headline a docket of spectacular cars slated to be sold at No Reserve during the 39th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale on Jan. 18-24, 2010, at WestWorld. Hailed as “The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions(TM),” the Scottsdale auction and [...]

One of the largest single-owner lifetime collections of model airplanes in existence – well over 1,000 examples, some unassembled and still in their original boxes – will be sold at an on-site auction slated for Sunday, Dec. 6, at 12 noon. The auction will be held by Tim’s, Inc., of Bristol, Conn., at the [...]

Christie’s Latin American Sale totaled $14,691,900, led by an exceptional selection of works by artists representing 15 countries. Six new world auction records were set for Oswaldo Guayasamín, Victor Manuel, José Clemente Orozco, León Ferrari, and Javier Marin, and for a work on paper by Fernando Botero. The sale was 89% sold by lot and [...]