Freeman’s new Ritual and Culture auction achieves 89% sell-through rate
Sterling Associates’ Oct. 7 auction features timepieces, Asian & fine art
NORWOOD, N.J. – Sterling Associates, Bergen County, New Jersey’s foremost estate specialists, will conduct this year’s edition of its popular Fall Collectors Estate Auction on Wednesday, October 7 through LiveAuctioneers. The sale’s featured collection consists of 100+ mantel clocks and 100+ American pocket watches from the estate of Phil Greco Jr., of New York.
Vermont museum and planetarium plans first big expansion in 125 years
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) – The Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury is planning its first expansion in 125 years.
Machine Man Robot sells for out-of-this-world price at Morphy’s
DENVER, Pa. (ACNI) – After languishing in an attic for 60 years, an extremely rare battery-operated “Machine Man” with its original box rolled into the auction spotlight on September 24 at Morphy’s and knocked down a world-record auction price for a toy robot. Estimated at $60,000-$90,000, it swiftly made lift-off and swept past expectations to land at $159,900, inclusive of buyer’s premium.
War god returns home, tobacco bag sells for record $131,250 at Cowan’s
CINCINNATI – This September, Cowan’s Native American, Prehistoric & Tribal Art department paired an auction record sale price with the repatriation of a sacred figure to have perhaps its most meaningful month ever. “Months like this make all the blood, sweat, and tears worth it,” said Danica Farnand, the department’s Director and Senior Specialist. “To not only serve our consignors but to help the Zuni recover a long-lost god, that is really something special.
Civil War amputation kit among top sellers at Holabird 5-day auction
RENO, Nev. – A Civil War-era military amputation kit sold for $5,000, a pair of circa 1910-1920 railroad signal lamps brought $5,375 and a choice, attractive crystalline gold specimen weighing 5.45 troy ounces hit $5,625 at a Great American Pow-Wow Auction held August 27-August 31 by Holabird Western Americana Collections, with online bidding through LiveAuctioneers.
Great variety of Americana & folk art offered Oct. 1 by Jasper52
NEW YORK – Handcrafted tramp art boxes, collectible vintage signs, and attractively detailed wooden frames are just a few of the whimsical treasures offered in Jasper52’s October 1 Americana & Folk Art auction. The array of artisan-made objects vary from charming folk art painting to desirable ceramics and more formal types of Americana. A reflection of rural life in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries, the featured collection of 385 lots offers many decorative opportunities for the home. Bid absentee or live online exclusively through LiveAuctioneers.
Sweden: Bones of dog found at Stone Age burial site
STOCKHOLM (AP) – Archaeologists on Thursday reported finding the remains of a dog from more than 8,400 years ago at a human burial site in southern Sweden.
Judaica collectors are sweet on spice boxes
NEW YORK — When is a box not a box? When it comes to Jewish spice containers, ubiquitously known as besamim spice boxes, they certainly can be made in the shape of a box, but more often than not they are tall towers, sometimes in the form of a building; or take on other figural forms.
Grant Zahajko navigates important Oct. 1 NASA, space and aviation auction
DAVENPORT, Wash. – Grant Zahajko’s Oct. 1 online auction of NASA, space and aviation collectibles will be held October 1, starting at 9 a.m. PT/12 noon ET on LiveAuctioneers‘ bidding platform. The auction lineup is led by the outstanding lifetime collection of the late Bill Endicott plus a golf ball signed by America’s very first astronaut, Alan Shepard.