There was a time when advertising wasn't something you scrolled past. It hung outside a service station, traveled on a train, or greeted customers at a record shop. The best signs used color and imagery to make people stop and look. Today, those same qualities make them compelling collectibles. On October 28, Everard Auctions and Appraisals will present Modern and Contemporary, Ethnographic & Advertising: Day 2 live on Bidsquare. Among the fine art, design, and antiques is a standout advertising collection from the Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, estate of Sally Lloyd Steedman.  Featured Auction Highlights: Goodrich Tires "Mountie" Porcelain Sign, circa 1933 (Lot 638) It's hard to miss the bright red uniform of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer on this tall Goodrich Safety Tires sign. Set against a deep blue background, the figu...Read More

Few artists are as closely tied to the visual mythology of the American West as Charles Marion Russell. Born in St. Louis in 1864, Russell headed to Montana at just 16, determined to experience the West for himself. He worked as a ranch hand, night wrangler, and cowboy, sketching and painting along the way before eventually making art his full-time career. That firsthand familiarity with horses, ranch life, wildlife, and the people of the Northern Plains shaped a body of work that made him one of the most recognizable Western artists of his generation. Known as the “Cowboy Artist,” Russell worked across watercolor, oil, drawing, illustration, and sculpture, building a career around scenes that combined observation, storytelling, action, and nostalgia. Today, his legacy is particularly preserved at the C. M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Mo...Read More

Saturday, November 14, 2026 6:00 – 9:00 PM Baywater Wonderland 3405 Royal Street New Orleans, LA70117 Featuring artists Max Herrlander, Bilal Amjad and Nikhil Shah Presented by HOPLA, New York During New Orleans Fringe Festival More information: hopla.gallery · @_____hopla About the Event For one evening during the New Orleans Fringe Festival, New York artist-run project HOPLA comes to Baywater Wonderland. Artists Max Herrlander and Bilal Amjad bring work from New York into the courtyard — Amjad’ s hand-knotted rugs and Herrlander’ s Wisdomhairs — and let the work exist in direct relation to the place, the people and the evening around it. Rather than creating a conventional exhibition space, HOPLA is interested in what happens when art is placed somewhere it does not quite belong: a courtyard, a sauna, a restaurant, a street. The setting c...Read More

On October 29, 2026, Brunk Auctions will present Important Mason-Dixon Manuscript Map & Related Documents live on Bidsquare. At the center of the four-lot sale is the original manuscript map of the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, drawn by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon after years of surveying one of colonial America’s most complicated territorial disputes. But the story does not begin or end with that famous line. The auction brings together maps and printed documents that show how geography, politics, science, and even cartographic error helped determine where the boundary would fall. Featured Auction Highlights: Nicolaes Visscher and Peter Schenk, Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae Tabula (Lot 1) The sale opens with a hand-colored map after Nicolaes Visscher, published by Peter Schenk in Amsterdam in 1729...Read More

There is something uniquely captivating about a well-made miniature. A familiar object, a desk, a musical instrument, a favorite chair, takes on an entirely different personality when recreated at dollhouse scale. The best examples reward a closer look, revealing details that can be easy to miss at first glance. On October 25, 2026, Karen’s Dollhouse Shop presents Dollhouse Miniature Florida Collection, exclusively on Bidsquare. Drawn from two collectors, one moving to Florida and another based there, the 269-lot auction brings together years of collecting across a wonderfully broad range of miniatures. Handmade furniture, artisan pieces, vintage finds, room settings, dolls, bronze sculpture, supplies, and kits appear in multiple scales, including 1-inch, 1/2-inch, and 1:144. With work by a long list of respected miniature artists and maker...Read More

It is easy to overlook a button. Made to fasten a garment and small enough to disappear into the palm of your hand, it is an object we tend to think of as purely functional. But in the hands of a skilled maker, a button can become a miniature painting, a piece of jewelry, or even a record of the design movements and craftsmanship of its time. That transformation from everyday object to collectible work of art is at the heart of Lion and Unicorn’s Beyond the Button: The Art of Collecting, Day 1, taking place October 27, 2026, live on Bidsquare. Part of a two-day event featuring approximately 850 lots, the auction brings together antique, vintage, and contemporary examples in materials ranging from glass and enamel to metal, pearl, porcelain, ceramic, and more. Among the breadth of the sale, several lots stand out for the stories they tell ab...Read More

From statement diamonds to iconic names in jewelry and watchmaking, this late-October sale offers plenty for collectors to explore. On Wednesday, October 28, 2026, Pook & Pook Inc. will present its Coins & Jewelry auction live on Bidsquare, featuring more than 800 lots spanning jewelry, watches, coins, and other collectible treasures. Among the extensive selection are several standout pieces that combine impressive gemstones, distinctive design, and enduring craftsmanship.  Here are four highlights worth a closer look. Platinum ring with a 6.11 ct. round diamond (Lot 7005) For anyone drawn to a classic diamond with serious presence, Lot 7005 is difficult to overlook. The platinum ring is centered by a 6.11-carat round diamond, graded I color and VS1 clarity, surrounded by thirty-eight single-cut diamonds graded G color and VS2 clarity. The ...Read More

Some collections feel assembled; others feel lived in. Marvelli | Padovano: A Life in Art & Design belongs firmly to the latter. Presented by Millea Bros. Ltd. on October 22, 2026, the one-day, single-owner auction brings together nearly 350 lots from the collection of Marcello Marvelli, art historian, curator, and dealer, and Rosemarie Padovano, artist and interior designer. Built over three decades and shaped by years spent in Florence, New York, and their historic 1755 home in Old Lyme, Connecticut, the collection moves easily between periods and categories. Contemporary art sits beside Old Master traditions; modern design shares space with antiques; utilitarian copper, iron, wood, and stone objects are valued as much for their character as their function. It is the kind of collection that reveals not only what its owners admired, but ho...Read More

There is something especially appealing about an antique gameboard. It was made to be used, but over time it often becomes something closer to folk art. Worn surfaces, hand-painted geometry, unexpected color combinations, and small irregularities give these objects a presence that feels both familiar and completely individual. On October 21, 2026, New England Auctions will present Americana featuring Bruce Wendel Gameboards and Clifford A. Wallach Tramp Art, live on Bidsquare. The sale includes the second half of the gameboard collection assembled by Bruce and Doranna Wendel, following the auction house’s July offering. Among the highlights are examples ranging from classic late-19th-century Parcheesi designs to a circa-1920 table top that pushes the category toward modernist abstraction. Parcheesi Gameboard (Lot 55) One of the most immedia...Read More

There are estate auctions that feel less like a collection of objects and more like a glimpse into the personality of the person who assembled them. Day 1 Estate Collection of the Late Nancy Jo Fox of North Carolina, presented by Mebane Antique Auction Gallery, is one of those sales. Taking place live on October 16, 2026, the auction brings together decorative arts, folk art, period metalwork, and wonderfully distinctive objects with a strong sense of history and character.    From a pair of fox-shaped lamps to an ingenious Victorian carriage warmer, the collection rewards a closer look. Here are five lots that capture the range, and charm, of the sale. A Pair of Foxes with Plenty of Personality (Lot 1001) It seems fitting that an estate bearing the Fox name would include a pair of wonderfully theatrical anthropomorphic fox table lamps. Dat...Read More