Leland Little’s Dec. 6-7 sale: two days, four sessions, 15 collections

Pastel-on-silk full-figure drawing by Elizabeth O'Neill Verner (S.C., 1883-1979), titled Jamie (est. $20,000-$30,000). Image courtesy Leland Little Auctions.
Pastel-on-silk full-figure drawing by Elizabeth O'Neill Verner (S.C., 1883-1979), titled Jamie (est. $20,000-$30,000). Image courtesy Leland Little Auctions.
Pastel-on-silk full-figure drawing by Elizabeth O’Neill Verner (S.C., 1883-1979), titled Jamie (est. $20,000-$30,000). Image courtesy Leland Little Auctions.

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. – About 15 prominent estates and collections, featuring a dazzling array of fine and decorative arts plus other items, will be sold in a two-day, four-session sale planned for Dec. 6-7 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. The sale – a Historic Hillsborough Auction – will be held at the Leland Little showroom, with real-time Internet bidding available.

“Our end-of-year, holiday cataloged sale is always a blockbuster, and this one will be no exception,” said the auction company’s owner, Leland Little. “We are proud to be able to represent these fine estates and collections…about 1,000 lots will cross the block. The assortment and quality are second to none. It should be fun.”

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London Eye: November 2008

Interior view of London gallery The Dairy, showing the current Banners of Persuasion exhibition of tapestries designed by leading contemporary artists, including Grayson Perry, Gavin Turk, Gary Hume and Kara Walker. Image courtesy Banners of Persuasion.
Interior view of London gallery The Dairy, showing the current Banners of Persuasion exhibition of tapestries designed by leading contemporary artists, including Grayson Perry, Gavin Turk, Gary Hume and Kara Walker. Image courtesy Banners of Persuasion.
Interior view of London gallery The Dairy, showing the current Banners of Persuasion exhibition of tapestries designed by leading contemporary artists, including Grayson Perry, Gavin Turk, Gary Hume and Kara Walker. Image courtesy Banners of Persuasion.

Christie’s decision to shut down lines of credit, even to its longest-standing and most trusted clients, was the main issue raised by dealers showing at the Winter Fine Art and Antiques Fair at Olympia in London this month.

“I’ve had an account with Christie’s for twenty-five years,” said London-based specialist textiles dealer Joanna Booth, “but they never told us they were changing their policy on lines of credit. You only get this news when you come to [pay for and collect] your objects.”

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Police: two men took antique coins worth $69K from Pennsylvania shop

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) – Police say they have arrested two men accused of stealing $69,000 in antique coins from an Allentown dealer.

According to police, 27-year-old Shawn Robinson stole a tabletop display case from Hottel’s Coins at the Merchant Square Mall. It happened shortly before noon Sunday while the owner was helping other customers during an indoor flea market. The case was filled with rare and antique coins.

Authorities say Robinson ran from the building and hopped into a waiting car, driven by 26-year-old Allentown resident Troy Anderson.

 

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Nov. 20 auction of Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR Roadster to benefit St. Jude’s

Image courtesy Mercedes-Benz USA.
Image courtesy Mercedes-Benz USA.
Image courtesy Mercedes-Benz USA.

NEW YORK – In an exclusive offering featured in Saks Fifth Avenue’s 2008 holiday catalog, Mercedes-Benz is giving shoppers the chance to own a piece of history on Nov. 20 by bidding on a McLaren SLR Roadster­-among the last of this model built for the U.S. market. The starting bid on the car is set at $529,500, and all additional funds raised above this amount will be donated to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s Thanks and Giving® campaign.

St. Jude’s is a world-renowned pediatric cancer research center, dedicated to finding cures for juvenile cancer and other catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatment over and above their own insurance coverage, if such coverage exists. No child is ever denied treatment because of the family’s inability to pay.

The Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR Roadster will be offered via an exclusive online auction on November 20, 2008, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. EST.  Interested parties are invited to place their bid at https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/17643.

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