CHARLESTON, S.C. – Charleston Estate Auctions will present a live online auction through LiveAuctioneers on March 25, starting at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. The auction offers rare Asian antiques, fine art, exceptional sterling silver and collectibles from notable Southern collections.
Financier Bobby Haas to open motorcycle museum in Dallas
DALLAS (AP) – Dallas financier Bobby Haas has a leather jacket that features a snarling wild animal with the words “Lone Wolf” written above it — biker lingo for a rider who isn’t affiliated with a gang or club.
Michigan museum acquires reconstruction of extinct hominid
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – The University of Michigan now owns what’s believed to be the only lifelike reconstruction of a human relative that roamed southern Africa 2 million years ago.
Far out: 1960s rock concert posters
NEW YORK – The 1960s were a heady time in rock ’n’ roll and the music scene. Long before the Internet, the best advertising for concerts was the poster. And while posters were produced on both coasts of the United States, a hotbed of the poster-making — and music — was San Francisco.
Restored WWII bomber Memphis Belle is moved into Ohio museum
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – The fabled World War II bomber Memphis Belle has been moved into its new home at an Ohio museum after years of restoration work, but won’t go on public display until May.
1940s-era phone booths installed in Iowa train station
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) – The two 1940s-era telephones at the Burlington Depot have been restored, bringing the city’s former transportation hub one step closer to its former glory.
War of 1812 map on front line of March 20 auction
NEW YORK – A scarce view of the United States showing important places during the War of 1812 is one of many fascinating antique maps offered in a Jasper52 online auction on Tuesday, March 20. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
Family that found 7 baseball cards worth millions finds 8th
LOS ANGELES (AP) – What could be better than becoming a millionaire after finding seven vintage baseball cards while cleaning out your late great-grandfather’s house?
How about finding an eighth?
Crescent City sale March 24-25 to feature American art
NEW ORLEANS – A portrait painting of George Washington done in the manner of Edward Savage, an oil painting titled Native American Bow Hunting by H. Irving Marlatt and an American Rococo carved mahogany half tester bed, circa 1850-1860, stamped “C. Lee” are star lots in Crescent City Auction Gallery’s March 24 and 25 sale. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
Einstein family letters, photos to be auctioned online in May
LONDON – Christie’s will present Einstein and Family: Letters and Portraits, an online auction open for bidding from May 2 to 9.