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Asian European and Natural History Auction

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

I.M. Chait ASIAN AND INTERNATIONAL FINE ARTS AUCTION Dec 14 2008 at 13:00
Western 20th Century treasures include a Georges Rouault Fauvist painting (#361), an Ansel Adams Collotype (#372), a Bernice Abbott Photograph (#371), a fine collection of Antique European Furniture (#s 379 – 390), and truly magnificent jewels (#s 319-351).
Asian collections offer Ming and Qing […]

West Virginia Condominiums for Auction

Friday, November 28th, 2008

J. P. King Auction Company, is selling seven Soaring Eagle Lodge condominiums at absolute auction, to the highest bidder in Snowshoe, West Virginia on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 1 p.m.
The condominiums feature two bedroom, two bath and open floor plans with designer furnishings, decorative lighting, gas fireplaces, slate tile floor, state-of-the-art technology. The kitchens […]

Dorflinger Tankard Makes $49,000 at Woody Auction

Friday, November 28th, 2008

An exceptionally rare, dark cranberry cut to clear tankard by Dorflinger, cut in the fine #99 pattern and boasting a fine embossed vintage spout with monogram “S.V.S.” signed Tiffany & Company, with mark “C” (for Charles C. Cook, the president of Tiffany from 1902-1907), soared to $49,000 at an American Brilliant Cut Glass multi-estate auction […]

Honus Wagner Baseball Card Auctioned for $791,000 at Philip Weiss

Friday, November 28th, 2008

A rare T206 Honus Wagner baseball card – one of only a handful of known examples released into circulation in the early 1900s by the American Tobacco Company and often called the Holy Grail of sports collectibles – soared to $791,000 at a three-day multi-estate sale held Nov. 21-23 by Philip Weiss Auctions. The card […]

New York Judaica Sale Dec 17

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

On December 17, 2008 Sotheby’s New York will hold its annual sale of Important Judaica, comprising important manuscripts, books, ceremonial metalwork, carpets and textiles, and paintings. Highlights from the sale include an Extraordinary Silver Sabbath Hanging Lamp (est. $600/800,000), a rare set of illustrations by Ze’ev Raban of the Passover Haggadah (est. $180/220,000), a selection […]