SAN ANTONIO, Texas – A unique auction of gift cards to support local businesses suffering from closures will be held Saturday, April 18, by Vogt Auction Texas, starting at 1 p.m. Central time. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
BEACHWOOD, Ohio – Neue Auctions’ online-only auction of collections and ephemera on Saturday, April 25, will be packed with 340 lots of books, library furnishings, natural history and orthinological prints, works on paper, assorted estate goods and a single-owner collection of collectible knives. Start time is 9 a.m. Eastern. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
DALLAS – A letter signed by Florence Nightingale, whose name has become synonymous with the altruistic spirit many associate with the members of the medical profession, is among the featured lots in Heritage Auctions’ Historical Manuscripts Auction April 22. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
What you see: A painted tinware and zinc Liberty cap flag finial that was part of one of the earliest deadly incidents of the Civil War—the Pratt Street Riot of April 1861. Freeman’s estimates it at $15,000 to $25,000.
The Expert: Lynda Cain, vice president and department head for American furniture, folk and decorative arts at Freeman’s.