MILFORD, Conn. – Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers’ Summer Online Fine Art Auction to be held online Thursday, June 20. The sale includes over 160 lots of quality fine art available at approachable prices for collectors at every level. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Capodimonte porcelain was born of secrecy, love and passion.
In 1738, the height of the porcelain craze, Bourbon King Charles VII of Naples and Sicily wed Maria Amalia of Saxony, whose grandfather founded Meissen, the first hard-paste porcelain factory in Europe. Its secret formula replicated the strength, fragility, translucence and heat-resistance of imported china. Yet amazingly, this “white gold” also allowed extravagant enameling, gilding and glazing.
DENVER, Pa. – An 1864 hand-painted flag that was carried into battle by the 127th Regiment, one of 11 African-American regiments from Pennsylvania that fought for the Union during the Civil War, has sold at auction today for $196,800 (inclusive of 23% buyer’s premium).
SYLVANIA, Ohio – Dave Taylor’s Civil War Antiques will conduct its first-ever online auction on June 30. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.