Auctioneers Press Release

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, April 30, 2021 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present the sale of vintage posters from Bill Graham, Family Dog, Grateful Dead, and more at 10:30 am PST on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Offering over 125 lots, the auction features over 100 vintage rock posters from th...View Full Article

PHILADELPHIA, PA—Freeman’s is pleased to announce the results of its April 27 American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts auction, which confirms Freeman’s place as a market leader for objects significant to American history. The 287-lot auction achieved an 82% sell-through rate. The auction’s top ...View Full Article

The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod (AFCC) is hosting the last event of its Modern Love Speaker Series on Thursday, May 6th at 5 PM ET. Lilly Chan, AFCC board member, and former executive at auction houses Christie’s and Phillips, will be speaking with Allis Ghim, CEO of online auction platform Bidsquar...View Full Article

Online Craft Show Is a Curated, Climate-Conscious Makers’ Market Craft Optimism, a curated contemporary craft show and online marketplace, opens April 24 and runs through May 1, 2021. Sponsored by the Smithsonian Women’s Committee (SWC) and Honoring the Future, a non-profit organization based in Phi...View Full Article

During the past year, people have spent a lot of time at home. Homes have been our refuge from the pandemic. In them we have cooked, rearranged, revisited old memories, telecommuted from basements, and also yearned to escape. We’ve considered how we inhabit our space, what we surround ourselves with...View Full Article

Pook & Pook held its fourth Native American Indian sale on March 24th and it exceeded expectations. Finishing far and above the high estimate, this sale has helped solidify the Downingtown auction house as the leading Native American arts and Ethnographic dealer in the region.  Drawing from several ...View Full Article

PHILADELPHIA, PA—Freeman’s is delighted to announce the results of its April 8 Asian Arts auction, which featured lively bidding wars between online and phone buyers, resulting in many lots selling well above their pre-sale estimates. The highlight of the 138-lot auction was the sale of a red-underg...View Full Article

There are two types of collectors. Many come to the hobby later in life, often by happenstance: meeting another collector and acquiring the contagion or seeing an object that speaks to them somehow. Others are born, perhaps with some sort of recessive gene – they begin as children when something spa...View Full Article

PHILADELPHIA, PA—Freeman’s will hold its Asian Arts auction on April 8, the sale will showcase a rare example of Chinese Porcelain, a carved twelve-panel “Coromandel” folding screen, and a hanging scroll attributed to the Empress Dowager Cixi. The sale provides an excellent opportunity for collector...View Full Article

PHILADELPHIA, PA—Freeman’s is delighted to announce the results of its March 23 Art and Design auction, which achieved an impressive 92% sell-through rate, and exceeded its pre-sale high estimate. The strong results are testament to the strength of the prints and multiples market as well as Freeman’...View Full Article

Babe Ruth memorabilia and single-owner Americana & Political collection vie for top-lot honors (March 23, 2021) – A fully-working, 1937 Rockola Rock-Ola 1937 World Series Baseball Arcade Game took top lot honors in Fine Estate, Inc.’s March 21 auction, soaring past expectations to sell for $34,375, ...View Full Article

A single owner’s collection of period painted Scandinavian furnishings from a Nantucket Waterfront Estate plus, Frank Gehry furniture, antiques, fine art & décor from multiple family compounds offered at Rafael Osona’s April 24th online auction, now open for bidding, Over 500 lots. Rafael Osona, Daf...View Full Article

(March 16, 2021) – A collection of rare sports memorabilia, including autographed baseballs and game bats by legendary players such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmy Foxx, and Mel Ott highlight the upcoming, March 21, Fine Estate, Inc. auction catalog. The auction offers worldwide bidding, live across...View Full Article

BOSTON (March 8, 2021) — Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) today announced its 32nd MassArt Auction, marking the second year that the event will be hosted online using leading virtual auction platform Bidsquare. Participants can visit massartauction.org/bid to register for the Live a...View Full Article

Just a week and a half after the clocks spring forward leaving the world a bit groggy but also eager to dive into everything that comes with spring, Pook & Pook will hold its first Native American Indian Auction of 2021! While quite a bit has changed in the antique and auction world over the past ye...View Full Article

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, March 2, 2021 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is very pleased to present The Cliff House Collection of Celebrity Photos at its online auction on Saturday, March 13, 2021, featuring movie stars, sports figures and other noted personalities. The framed photographs, most with au...View Full Article

CINCINNATI – The February 18th African Americana auction at Cowan’s, a Hindman company, realized over $250,000 with institutional and international bidders showing strong interest in a range of historically significant lots. A number of influential figures including Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Was...View Full Article

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, February 17, 2021 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present The Paul Guaraglia Collection of Model Trains on Saturday, March 6, 2021, at 10:30 am PST. Featuring over 220 lots,the sale presents a variety of train offerings, including locomotives, various train cars...View Full Article

Apart from sharing Colombia as a native country, Maluma and Federico Uribe have core beliefs in common and a profound love and respect for nature. Over the course of the past year, Maluma and Uribe have developed a relationship, and they have discussed their travels and personal experiences of seein...View Full Article

After what many saw as a surprisingly good year for antiques during this global pandemic and rocky economy, some people wondered if the market would continue hold up. Well, in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Pook & Pook kept the good times rolling with an Americana sale that saw incredible results. With ...View Full Article

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, January 26, 2021 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present Fine Art, Russian Silver, and Jewelry on Saturday, February 13, 2021, at 10:30 am PST. Among the many artworks are paintings, etchings, lithographs and mixed media by noted artists from the 18th to 21st ce...View Full Article

TOWSON, MD — September 24, 2020 – Baltimore-based Auctioneer Alex Cooper will host a one day auction on Saturday, January 30th, featuring an expansive collection of art, fine rugs, period, mid-century modern, quality reproduction and period furniture, and decorative arts. Lot 1009, Jimmy Ernst, Spac...View Full Article

Did your New Year’s resolutions include buying more antiques? Pook & Pook’s upcoming two-day auction in Downingtown, Pennsylvania on January 28th & 29th will have items cross the auction block from material originating from all over the world. From Ohio to Maryland, from Massachusetts to Virginia, f...View Full Article

Early American History Auctions, Inc. (EAHA) announces a highly important Autograph and Historic Americana auction featuring 311 lots on Saturday, January 23, 2020. This major auction is set to begin 9:00 am Pacific Time (12pm Eastern) with lot number one continuing through to lot 311. Absentee bidd...View Full Article