African-American artists have top billing in Nadeau’s sale May 20 WINDSOR, Conn. – Original oil paintings by noted African-American artists Henry O. Tanner (1859-1937) and Rex Goreleigh (1902-1986), plus a late 19th century table by the Philadelphia furniture maker A. & H. Lejambre, are just a few of the expected top lots in Nadeau’s Auction Gallery’s upcoming Outdoor Furnishings, Antiques, Custom Mahogany and Decorative […]
Hudson Valley Auctioneers to offer contents of upscale NY estates, Mar. 30BEACON, N.Y. – Hudson Valley Auctioneers will conduct a multi-estate auction of 500 fresh-to-the-market estate lots on Monday, March 30, starting at 6 p.m. Eastern Time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers. The sale includes a complete Bedford. New York estate along with partial contents from several other estates in Dutchess […]
Kovels Antiques & Collecting: Week of Feb. 2, 2015BEACHWOOD, Ohio – Some serving pieces used in the 19th century are no longer needed or made. Victorian table settings were very elaborate – lace or other fancy cloths, at least six or seven special dishes for every course, like a service plate, then fish, soup, dinner, salad and butter plate, and a sauce dish. […]
Kovels Antiques & Collecting: Week of April 21, 2014BEACHWOOD, Ohio – Antique games of all sorts interest collectors. Sometimes the rules of a game or the history of its design and graphics is unknown. Several 2013 auctions offered containers shaped like chickens, frogs or even vegetables that held nine related small figural pins. They are 19th-century children’s skittles sets. The game of skittles […]