California impressionists set the scene at Moran’s Nov. 17

Birger Sandzén (1871-1954, Lindsborg, Kansas), ‘Mountain Landscape,’ oil on canvas. Estimate: $60,000-$80,000. Moran’s image

MONROVIA, Calif. – Moran’s Fall California & American Fine Art auction on Nov. 17 is filled with a selection of fine and important works from the nation’s most respected artists. From the California coast to the cliffs of the Grand Canyon, inspiring vistas from across the country are sure to impress. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Scientific pioneers noted in Heritage manuscript sale Nov. 12

William Harvey, the personal physician to King Charles I, autograph document signed, one page, 1636, 6 x 9in. Estimate: $12,000-$18,000. Heritage Auctions image

DALLAS – Heritage Auctions’ Manuscripts event, to be held Thursday, Nov. 12, is rife with correspondence, documents and ephemera signed by men and women about whom libraries’ worth of histories have been written. They range from Mary Queen of Scots to George Washington, Abraham Lincoln to Bugsy Siegel, Steve Jobs to Nelson Mandela. Princes and princesses, presidents and Supreme Court justices, generals and foot soldiers, authors and artists, inventors and dictators – their private missives and public pronouncements available in this sale often helped shape the modern world and our understanding of it. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.

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Morphy’s rolls out historical firearms & militaria for Nov. 17-18 auction

Extremely rare .60-caliber smoothbore silver-mounted officer’s pistol made at Rappahannock Forge, Va., for private purchase. Signed ‘J. Hunter,’ bears touchmark of rifle-maker John Frederick Klette (1756-1810), foreman and master armorer at the forge during the Revolutionary War period. One of two known, the other being in the Maryland Historical Society collection. Speculated to have been the gun of Brig. Gen. Charles Scott (1739-1813) of the Virginia Line, later governor of Kentucky. Estimate $250,000-$500,000

DENVER, Pa. – Morphy’s will unleash three centuries of firepower on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 17 and 18, with auction sessions titled “Early Arms & Militaria from the Age of Exploration, Empire & Revolution,” and “Extraordinary, Sporting & Collector Firearms,” respectively. Collectors, military enthusiasts and history buffs are invited to bid absentee or live via the Internet through LiveAuctioneers.

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NHADA picks bold Americana for Nov. 12 online sale

Chippewa Indian Salt cardboard sign, circa 1930, 60½in long. Estimate: $1,400-$1,500. Jasper52 image

NEW YORK – On Thursday, Nov. 12, Jasper52 will present an exciting auction of Americana that features items exclusively from the prestigious New Hampshire Antique Dealers Association. Everything that could be found in a country store a century ago – from weathervanes to the fabric used to stitch a quilt – can be found in the sale’s nearly 400 lots. Bid absentee or live online exclusively through LiveAuctioneers.

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