BERKELEY, Calif. – PBA Galleries announces the collection of California collector George E. Steinmetz to be auctioned on Thursday, May 7. The sale will be PBA’s first return to the live auction format after the hiatus required to safely observe Berkeley’s shelter-in-place restrictions. The late Steinmetz of Benicia, Calif., collected scarce and rare works relating to California history, including many first editions, one-of-a-kind ephemera and more. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
Saints come marching in icons online auction May 6
NEW YORK – Jesus Christ and many of the saints and angels are represented in an online auction of Russian icons that will be conducted by Jasper52 on Wednesday, May 6. The expected top lot is a double-sided wooden icon depicted both the Resurrection and the Madonna and Christ Child from the 16th century. Bid absentee or live online exclusively through LiveAuctioneers.
Bruneau to disperse Pokemon, trading card collection May 14
CRANSTON, R.I. – Bruneau and Co. Auctioneers and Travis Landry, Director of Pop Culture will present a single owner collection of TCG trading cards in an online auction Thursday, May 14. The auction will feature 180 lots of Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, and Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
Freeman’s results confirm strength in ‘made in America’
PHILADELPHIA — Freeman’s April 28-29 online auctions of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts totaled just shy of $975,000. Both sales elicited the participation of a sizable number of new bidders and ultimately exceeded expectations, nearly reaching their presale high estimates. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
Mattel Hot Wheels: fast and furious fun
NEW YORK – There are certain toys that can immediately transport a person back to childhood and call up a bevy of happy memories. Hot Wheels cars have that power. Long before the advent of electronic toys, kids of all ages, both boys and girls, would play with their Hot Wheels for hours on end. Setting up the orange plastic tracks and racing against friends provided hours of fun. There was also the unbridled joy of going into a store to buy the newest car, choosing carefully among the many models (infinite, or so it seemed at the time), and at last breaking open the packaging emblazoned with bright flames to get our hands on the car at last.