CLEVELAND – On Monday, Nov. 18, a uniquely American collection of amusement park artifacts will come up for auction at Gray’s Auctioneers. The venerable Lake Erie amusement park Cedar Point has deaccessioned items from its museum collection to make way for a new collection that will debut next year, 2020, one of the many events which will mark the park’s 150th anniversary. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Vogt Galleries will auction the estate of famed American artist G. Harvey on Saturday, Nov. 16. The auction will feature many of his paintings and sculptures as well as over 100 personal effects from the artist’s home and studio in Fredericksburg, Texas. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
DENVER, Pa. – On October 23rd, Morphy Auctions sold the widely acclaimed gun that fired the first shot at the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill for $492,000. The company’s Extraordinary Firearms Auction held over two days, October 22-23, 2019, attracted worldwide media interest and grossed more than $10 million. Absentee and Internet live bidding was facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.
MOUNT CRAWFORD, Va. – Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates will conduct their 37th Semiannual Americana and Fine Antiques Auction on Nov. 15 and 16. The two-day event features historic property from estates and collections in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Texas, Connecticut, Georgia, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio, plus museum deaccessions, including material from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
LOS ANGELES – Olivia Newton-John’s outfit from the final scene of the movie Grease has sold at auction for more than $400,000. Julien’s Auctions held its highly anticipated event Property from the Collection of Olivia Newton-John on Saturday, Nov. 2, in front of a packed audience of collectors, bidders and fans of the four-time Grammy award-winning singer and pop culture icon. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – More than 40 years after its conclusion, the Vietnam War remains one of the most controversial events of the 20th century. How did the conflict begin? Why did it begin? What are the connections between the war and its confounding cousin, World War I?
NEW ORLEANS – A fossilized woolly mammoth tusk, a Steinway Model L ebonized baby grand player piano, a collection of 19th century Russian icons, a pair of superb men’s Rolex wristwatches and an oil painting by English artist Richard Hume Lancaster (1773-1853) are all part of Crescent City Auction Gallery’s next major auction. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.