KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Five centuries worth of art and the estate of a founding father’s descendant, including several lots of presidential and historical material, command the spotlight at the July 14 Case Antiques Auction. The event will take place at the company’s new, expanded gallery headquarters in Knoxville. The growing 12-year-old company also has offices in Nashville and Kingsport, Tennessee. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
Fine decorative arts abound in Vidi Vici Gallery auction July 10
SAN FRANCISCO – Vidi Vici Gallery will conduct an auction of curated estate items on Tuesday, July 10. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.Continue reading
Wisconsin author’s children’s book details 1893 World’s Fair
WHITEWATER, Wis. (AP) – Carol March McLernon keeps her cherished antique doll on display in her living room.
Music memorabilia in the spotlight at new Atlantic City Hard Rock
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Patrons streamed into two newly reopened Atlantic City casinos on Thursday as the struggling gambling resort reclaimed 6,000 of the 11,000 jobs it lost during a brutal stretch of casino shutdowns.
Ancient Egyptian gilded coffin goes on display July 20 at The Met
NEW YORK – A highly ornamented ancient Egyptian coffin from the first century B.C. will be the spectacular centerpiece of the exhibition “Nedjemankh and His Gilded Coffin,” opening July 20 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The recently acquired work, which was inscribed for a high-ranking priest of the ram-headed god Heryshef of Herakleopolis, will be displayed with 70 other works, also from The Met collection.
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Helm Auction expects heated bidding for Native American art July 7
EL CAJON, Calif. – Helms Auction Inc.’s Tribal & Native American Summer Shindig planned for Saturday, July 7, is packed with over 460 lots of Navajo weavings and Pueblo pottery; pre-Columbian artifacts; prehistoric arrowheads and other stone tools; Oceanic, African and Chinese tribal artifacts; 20th-century Native American and Mexican jewelry items and more. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
American Flags: collecting symbols of freedom
NEW YORK — Most people picture the American Flag in its modern incarnation with 50 white stars on a blue background in the upper left corner surrounded by horizontal red and white bands but this was not always the case.