DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) – The Henry Ford’s revamped website offers improved access to details about its historical collection and information about artifacts.
NEW DELHI (AP) – India’s government has told the Supreme Court that it won’t request the return of the 106-carat Koh-i-Noor diamond, which is now part of the British crown jewels.
PHOENIX (AP) – A Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in Phoenix will close to the public starting next month.
VINELAND, N.J. – In toy-collecting circles, the term “top-shelf” is used to describe the upper reaches where a person might display his or her most treasured pieces – the ones that stay in their places for years. For their March 12 Select Toys Auction, Bertoia’s had the honor of presenting toys, trains, banks and figural cast-iron doorstops from the top shelves of some of America’s most important collections. Many pieces also came with distinguished pedigrees from historical collections, such as those of Bernard Barenholtz, William Gottschalk, Donald Kaufman, the Buddy ‘L’ corporate archive, and Philadelphia’s fabled Perelman Antique Toy Museum.Continue reading
MANCHESTER, N.H. – The date for the 59th annual New Hampshire Antiques Show is set for Aug. 11-13 at the Radisson Hotel Manchester. Sponsored by the New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association, this year’s show will feature 67 exhibitors from across the country with a wide range of fresh items that include folk art to fine porcelain, country and formal furniture, paintings and prints.
OAKLAND, Calif. – Twilight, the newly discovered painting by Elliot Daingerfield (American 1859-1932), recently found concealed inside a mirror at Clars Auction Gallery, took an exciting leap from “amazing discovery” to “hidden treasure” status when it skyrocketed to $39,325 on April 17 at Clars Auction Gallery.
MARION, Ohio (AP) – Fundraising efforts have begun to restore President Warren G. Harding’s Ohio home and build a 15,000-square-foot presidential center at the property by 2020.
BIRMINGHAM, UK – While Fellows’ auction known succinctly as “The Watch Sale” has established itself as a great source for commercial watches, the huge selection presented every month turns up interesting rarities too. Such is the case for the April 26 auction.
From contemporary collections, April’s auction has simple dress watches from Ulysse Nardin and Audemars Piguet’s Jules Audemars collection. Distinctive modern styling comes from Hublot and De Grisogono while complications are on offer from Zenith, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Breva.
Vintage collectors will also find pieces to tempt them, including a Rolex Explorer II with rare cream dial, a Patek Philippe ref.592 in steel from 1942, Tudors – both Sub and Snowflake (below) – and a Heuer Autavia GMT.
Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAucitoneers.com.
For details call Fellows at 020 7127 4198 or email London@fellows.co.uk.
LAS VEGAS – Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC, which was founded in upstate New York, also operates a Lake Worth gallery and a Tampa Bay auction and estate sale company in Florida. Since company started conducting online-only events at their Las Vegas office in 2014, it is only natural that in addition to Clark County, Nevada-sourced items there would be Florida and New York discoveries included in their upcoming Las Vegas online-only auction on Saturday, April 30.