Lodestar Auctions
Located in Chicagoland
Selling Antiques and Collectibles online since year 2000
Helping local antique dealers, collectors and estates bring their items to the web.
Upcoming Auctions from Lodestar Auctions
Art Automobilia Porcelain Furniture Lamps etc
Lodestar Auctions proudly presents a sweeping multi-category online event featuring an extraordinary cross-section of fine art, antiques, clocks, lighting, automobilia, petroliana, decorative arts, photography, vintage electronics, furniture, and rare memorabilia. Curated from private estates and long-held collections, this sale brings together hundreds of distinctive pieces—each selected for craftsmanship, rarity, and visual appeal. Fine art collectors will find an impressive range of works, from 19th-century European oils and genre scenes to modernist prints and pop-culture reinterpretations. Highlights include the 1978 Chicago International Film Festival Poster featuring Orson Welles, atmospheric winter landscapes, Italian and German school paintings, Victorian crayon portraits, and signed works by Charles Buck, Ede de Waal, Henri Jourdain, and R.C. Gorman. Unique contemporary pieces such as the Jaws-themed oil painting after Roger Kastel and the Planet of the Apes original canvas add cinematic flair. Sculpture and decorative arts are equally strong, with Giuseppe Armani figurines, Lladró collections, carved wood kings and queens, Art Deco statuary, Bohemia crystal, Icelandic lava ceramics, and a striking bronze marine life sculpture. Collectors of cultural artifacts will appreciate Native American embroidery, Kachina dolls, folk-art belts, religious pieces, and vintage taxidermy including a full-body Corsican ram and albino squirrel mount. The clock category is one of the most robust in recent Lodestar sales, offering French gilt-metal carriage clocks, Ansonia mantel clocks, Seth Thomas regulators, Dutch Zaanse wall clocks, Emperor neoclassical models, and multiple Howard Miller timepieces including a Grandfather Clock Model 610-199. Lighting enthusiasts will discover Victorian revival mirrors with dual lamps, slag-glass panel lamps, mid-century ceramic and copper table lamps, Hollywood Regency candelabras, Asian-style woven basket lamps, and elegant Waterford Crystal lighting. Chinoiserie and cloisonné lamps round out a diverse selection. Furniture and architectural elements include French Louis XV corner cabinets, Jacobean and Hollywood Regency console tables, a Venetian marquetry writing desk, antique marble barber shop cabinetry, oak medicine cabinets, and Gothic Revival leaded-glass windows. Automobilia and petroliana collectors will find one of the largest assortments in recent memory: Harley-Davidson and Texaco oil cans, grease tins, radiator covers, Standard Oil measures, Wadhams cans, vintage steering-wheel spinner knobs, automotive brochures, and massive magazine collections including 174 Hot Rod magazines, 50 Road & Track issues, and early Horseless Age publications. Additional highlights include Indianapolis 500 programs, vintage license plates, and dealership signage. Breweriana offerings include wooden and cardboard beer crates from Blatz, Effinger, Peoples, Rahr’s, Werbelow’s, WIECO, and West Bend Lithia, plus promotional displays such as the Corona Extra inflatable airplane. Photography, books, and ephemera include antique multi-volume sets, Chicago and Pennsylvania history collections, Shepp’s World’s Fair photography, vintage black-and-white prints, and extensive magazine archives spanning cycling, racing, hardware, and trade industries. Rugs, textiles, and home décor feature Persian-style runners, Zapotec wool weavings, Goodwin Weavers tapestries, Harvard hockey blankets, and a wide array of porcelain vases, cloisonné pieces, and crystal works. Pop-culture and entertainment collectors will enjoy Arcade1Up Golden Tee and NBA Jam cabinets, Nintendo and Jurassic World store displays, Gottlieb pinball backglass art, and vintage sports gear including Wilson baseball gloves and football pads. Rounding out the sale are vintage cameras, tube audio equipment, electrotherapy devices, violin sets, mid-century cheese boards, gumball machines, and countless decorative accents that bring character to any home or collection.Bidder Reviews for Lodestar Auctions (470)
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ChristopherLake Oswego, OR
Oct 11, 2026
Exceeded Expectations
Great experience with Lodestar. Communication has been timely and clear. Items were well packed and arrived in great shape. The mezzotint prints themselves elves exceeded all expectations and were close to pristine. Would definitely bid with them again.
GuyChicago, IL
Sep 22, 2026
Great auction item!
Received the lot today. Excellent description Well packaged, quick and reasonable shipping. Thank you.
HowardChicago, IL
Aug 24, 2026
Excellent Service
It is a treat working with this auction house. They are friendly and helpful and treat you like they value you as a customer.
TimFort Collins, CO
Aug 8, 2026
very different item. needs lots of cleaning/polishing
this item will fit in nicely with my silverware items
ChristopherYuma, AZ
Jul 21, 2026
Great Auction House!
Great items well packaged were sent. I had a question for the Auction House and Larry provided excellent and quick customer service. Will definitely utilize the honest Auction House again!
AndrewWadsworth, OH
Jun 22, 2026
Fantastic experience
First time buying with this house and I could not be any happier. The bidding was simple, paying was simple and the shipping was incredible as they do it in house, was very reasonable and arrived unbroken and as described. I will be following every auction they have it was such a great experience!
RichBristol, WI
Jun 22, 2026
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