LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – Rago Arts and Auction Center ended the year in spectacular style with a weekend sale that totaled $4.3 million. The top selling lot was a Cartier Art Deco “Pinecone” shoulder brooch in diamond encrusted platinum, which sold for $514,000.
LONDON – I’m not sure where, but somewhere in the house is my late uncle’s truncheon. He was a special constable and, sadly, he died before I met him. From him, I inherited a love of fishing and a fascination with the unusual.
BOSTON (AP) – A centuries-old map compiled by French explorer Samuel de Champlain and believed to be among dozens stolen more than a decade ago from the Boston Public Library has been recovered, library officials said Friday.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Fontaine’s Auction Gallery will break the mold on its customary sales when it conducts a 400-plus-lot auction dedicated to antique medical devices, quack and electroshock instruments, vintage World Wars I/II posters, Native American artifacts, coins, trains and comic books on Saturday, Dec. 12.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Premiere Props will auction off over 500 movie props and entertainment memorabilia at a Hollywood Extravaganza Auction on Saturday, Dec. 12. Several miniatures from the 21st Century Creative Studio and New Deal Studios will be featured.