Auction Highlights

Hassinger & Courtney saw a Land of the Giants Set of (55) Cards bring fast and furious online bidding and a hammer price of $625, with a pre-auction estimate of just $120-$180.

Old Hat Auctions saw a Cuevas American Indian Bronze lead their sale bringing a hammer price of $1700 nearly 5 times the high estimate.

Dirk Soulis Auctions brought to the block an ATKINS & DOWNS PILLAR AND SPLAT WOODWORKS CLOCK with a high estimate of $200 and lots of interest the lot closed with a hammer price of $2200.

An Arnold Toys: Military Jeep brought Vectis Co., a hammer price of $1200 6 times the estimate with 58 bids coming online from around the world.

Alderfer Auction sold an Ancient Egyptian bowl for $2500 with a pre-sale estimate of only $400-600 with all but one bid coming from online bidders.

Bloomsbury Auctions’ June 10 sale in London was strictly for the birds, and quite happily so. A distinguished collection of ornithological prints produced some stellar highlights, such as J.T. Bowen's 8-volume first octavo edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. The collection of hand-colored plates drew 22 bids and more than doubled its high estimate to sell online via LiveAuctioneers for $40,060.90

A pair of 19th century Chinese Qing Dynasty copper-red and blue porcelain vases led the Internet acquisitions in Sloan's & Kenyon's June 18-19 Summer Estate Catalog auction. Estimated at $1,000-2,000, the ovoid vases with dragon motif pulled in a staggering $22,420, with a LiveAuctioneers bidder prevailing.