Auctioneers Press Release

TOWSON, MD - September 6, 2019 - Baltimore-based Auctioneer Alex Cooper will host a two-day Gallery Auction on Thursday, September 12th and Saturday, September 14th, featuring an expansive collection of modern and contemporary art, fine jewelry, sterling silver, currency, fine rugs, period, mid-cent...View Full Article

Lambertville, NJ - On Saturday, September 21 and Sunday, September 22, Rago holds auctions of early, mid-century, and modern design across five sessions, commencing with a single-owner collection of Martin Brothers pottery followed by segments of early 20th century design, studio ceramics, modern de...View Full Article

Litchfield, CT – Litchfield Auctions is pleased to announce their finely curated auction of important and fine jewelry.  The sale is viewable online now, and the live auction will be held on September 15th. Some wonderful collections have been combined to create this distinguished sale which feature...View Full Article

Over 160 Lots of Artworks & Decorative Arts that Span the Centuries Go Up for Bid SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, AUGUST 21, 2019 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present "Rembrandt to Yoshida," on Sunday, September 8, 2019, at 10:30 am PDT, featuring over 160 lots – an intriguing selection of ...View Full Article

Lambertville, NJ - On September 22, Rago Auctions will offer for sale a stand-alone segment of works by American visual and glass artist Dan Dailey, coming directly from the artist’s personal archives. Many of the works were owned for years by the artist’s mother, Barbara Tarleton, 1926-2001. This 2...View Full Article

Lambertville, NJ: On Thursday, September 19, Rago Auctions hosts former Senior Industrial Designer for Knoll Product Development, William Shea, as he delivers a presentation titled “Harry Bertoia’s Furniture Period.” This talk will explore the 15-year period (1940 through the mid-1950s) during which...View Full Article

Whitley’s Auctioneers, located in Greater Fort Lauderdale’s Dania Beach, FL will host a live and online evening auction of international Classic and Contemporary Masters from painting and photography on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 5PM eastern time.  Lot 165, Alistair Morrison, 'Oliver Reed' Photog...View Full Article

TOWSON, MD – August 8, 2019 – Fifty lots of vintage Leica cameras and accessories bring thousands at Baltimore-area auction house. Lot 745, Leica M 2 Black Camera Body, dated 1969; Sold for $2,016 Alex Cooper’s August 8th auction featured scores of jewelry and heaps of silver at the block, but a sin...View Full Article

HINGHAM, MA - Copley Fine Art Auctions, LLC, the nation’s premier decoy and sporting art auction house, realized over $3 million in sales at the Sporting Sale 2019, held at Hotel 1620 on Thursday, July 25, in Plymouth, MA. The auction, consisting of 547 lots, was a solid 88% sold, extending Copley’s...View Full Article

Lambertville, NJ - Join Rago and Wright Auctions on September 22, 2019 for “Post-War Ceramics from Autio to Woodman".  This stand-alone session of ceramics features significant works from masters of the post-war era including Rudy Autio, Richard DeVore, Waylande Gregory, Shoji Hamada, Bernard and Da...View Full Article

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, JULY 31, 2019 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present the Julianna Southall Glumac Collection on Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 10:30 am PDT, featuring a diverse and eclectic selection of artwork and decorative arts, mostly from the 18th-20th centuries. Mrs. Glumac ...View Full Article

Pottery and textiles from the collection were in high demand during Cowan’s $1.3M Spring Auction. An exceptional collection of pottery, textiles, fine art, and katsinas from the southwestern United States led the way in Cowan’s Spring American Indian & Western Art: Premier Auction on April 5, 2019. ...View Full Article

Lambertville, NJ - On October 20, Rago Auctions will offer for sale the only Morton Bartlett figure still held in private hands as part of the “Curiouser and Curiouser” auction of outsider art and extraordinary objects. The quintessential figure, never before offered for sale, is titled Daydreaming ...View Full Article

A unique Joel Whitney album containing photos of Sioux involved in the 1862 Minnesota Uprising fetches an astonishing $131,250 while a photo of fugitive slaves with abolitionists Levi Coffin and Jonathan Cable goes for $81,250. Cowan’s solidified itself as the market leader in early photography sell...View Full Article

On August 3, 2019 Rafael Osona Auctions will conduct its Annual Americana Fine Art & Marine Auction. The live auction begins Saturday, August 3 at 9:30am EST in their Nantucket Gallery as well as online at Bidsquare.com. The Preview Gallery is open Thursday & Friday, August 1 - 2 from 10am to 5pm at...View Full Article

Skinner held an auction of European Furniture & Decorative Arts, with ceramics and fine silver in Boston on July 13, 2019. The sale saw active participation from bidders in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia competing for items online, by telephone, in the room, and via partner plat...View Full Article

The auction opens for browsing and bidding Wednesday evening July 3rd on Bidsquare and litchfieldcountyauctions.com.  The auction will take place on Saturday July 20th beginning at 10am E.S.T. in front of a live seated audience while running simultaneously and internationally on the internet. Lot 34...View Full Article

On July 31st 2019, as the rest of the auction world prepares for the Fall Auction season, Pook & Pook, Inc. will be bidding goodbye to the summer season by hosting yet another one of their ever-popular Online Only Decorative Arts Auctions, through Bidsquare.com. Bidding for the auction will begin at...View Full Article

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, JULY 1, 2019 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present Decorative Arts and Wildlife Art in a two-part estate sale on Sunday, July 14, 2019, at 10:30 am PDT. Offering 210 lots, the sale features a diverse range of items, mostly from two estates. Lot 106, Four Heren...View Full Article

JULY 6, 2019 - Rafael Osona Auctions offers a robust sale of antique furnishings & décor, fine Nantucket art, sophisticated furnishings by Billy Baldwin, Weatherend and B&B Italia, decorative and folk arts including Nantucket Baskets and a Gustave Bayol Carousel Figure, plus jewelry, rugs, export po...View Full Article

Pook & Pook’s Downingtown, Pennsylvania auction gallery was buzzing on Saturday morning with many passionate toy collectors eager to take one last look at the 452 lots on offer.  Pook’s Antique Toy Auction commenced at 10am on June 15th and was the latest in collaboration with the acclaimed antique ...View Full Article

JULY 13, 2019 - Rafael Osona Auctions will offer a single-owner sale of items from Michael Kittredge’s compound, “ACKlandia” in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Michael Kittredge is best known as the founder of Yankee Candle. The offerings include maritime art and artifacts, automobiles, English antiques, ...View Full Article

NEW YORK, NY - Spring auction season is proving to be strong online, as bidders turn to Bidsquare for art and design finds. Modern design, 20th Century and fine art lead sale results in May and early June on Bidsquare. Highlights include a Lino Tagliapietra wall sculpture; a George Nakashima Pedesta...View Full Article

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, JUNE 18, 2019 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present the Peck Family Historical Collection on Sunday, June 30, 2019 at 10:30 am PDT. The sale offers very diverse and eclectic items acquired by three generations of Peck family members, from the late 1880s to pre...View Full Article