LONE JACK, Mo. – Session II of the lifetime collection of Joseph Earl Candioto – a Kansas City fixture for more than two decades as the owner of Joseph’s Jewelry in the city’s Georgian Village Shops – will be held on Friday, July 8, at 10:30 a.m. Central time, by Dirk Soulis Auctions.
YORK, Pa. – Hake’s Americana has had its finger on the pulse of pop culture since 1967, when it merged the auction format with nostalgic and historically important memorabilia. For nearly half a century, the Hake’s team has monitored the market and brought the best of pop-culture collectibles to buyers through their online, phone and absentee sales. Their ability to access top-notch consignments from long-held private collections comes into focus once again in Hake’s Auction #218, which closes for bidding July 12-14.
VINELAND, N.J. – “This was a collectors’ sale,” said Jeanne Bertoia, commenting on the April 9 auction of Jerry and Nina Greene’s personal toy train collection. The prized trains and rare accessories amassed over several decades by the Philadelphia couple were well known within the train community, but it was still a big step for Bertoia’s to auction the treasured collection with no reserve.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Portraits of an Albany mayor and his wife drawn by British officer-turned-spy John Andre during the Revolutionary War have been sold for $47,500 at a New York City auction.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – An Emmy Award won by Whitney Houston 30 years ago is the focus of a legal battle between an auction house and Emmy organizers seeking to block the trophy’s sale. Dallas-based Heritage Auctions has withdrawn the trophy from the auction.