Milestone to auction sensational collection of rare antique toys, Oct. 2

Paya tin windup motorcycle with sidecar, 11in long, Spanish. Rare all-original and complete example with working bellows. Estimate $3,000-$5,000

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio – Collectors of rare antique and vintage toys – whether manufactured in Europe, Japan or the USA – are in for a treat on Saturday, October 2nd. That’s when Milestone Auctions of suburban Cleveland, Ohio, will present its Fall Antique Toy Spectacular starring one of the most diverse collections of fine toys ever amassed. With the exception of a few select additions from other consignors, the 704-lot auction is devoted exclusively to the marquee collection, whose superlative holdings are a testament to decades of searching and networking within the toy hobby. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

Featured: 138 rare toy motorcycles, 117 Lehmann & Gunthermann windups, George Brown masterpiece + museum-quality Ives toys, Marx prototypes, character toys

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Petersen Automotive Museum green-lights F1 car exhibit through June 2022

F1 Renault driven by the late, legendary driver Ayrton Senna, one of 10 vehicles in Pole Position: The Juan Gonzalez Formula 1 Collection. Photo Credit: Petersen Automotive Museum
F1 Renault driven by the late, legendary driver Ayrton Senna, one of 10 vehicles in Pole Position: The Juan Gonzalez Formula 1 Collection. Photo Credit: Petersen Automotive Museum
F1 Renault driven by the late, legendary driver Ayrton Senna, one of 10 vehicles in Pole Position: The Juan Gonzalez Formula 1 Collection. Photo Credit: Petersen Automotive Museum

LOS ANGELES – The Petersen Automotive Museum has unveiled its first-ever exhibit dedicated solely to Formula 1. Pole Position: The Juan Gonzalez Formula 1 Collection opened on July 24 and will continue until June 5, 2022. It presents a varied collection of modern F1 cars surrounded by a 180-degree immersive video conveying the energy of the races in which these cars competed.

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Jasper52 to offer strong lineup of paintings at Sept. 15 auction

Kelli Folsom, ‘Still Life: Jug, Fruits and Flowers,’ est. $600-$1,000
Kelli Folsom, ‘Still Life: Jug, Fruits and Flowers,’ est. $600-$1,000

NEW YORK – The world has expanded to embrace many more varieties of art media, but oils and watercolors retain their allure. Though the two time-tested art formats might not be as dominant as they once were, contemporary artists still routinely mix their palettes, prepare their canvases, and pick up their brushes to create scenes and images in the same way that artists did decades and centuries before.

On Wednesday, September 15, starting at 6 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will stage an auction of Original Oil & Watercolor Paintings, consisting of 108 lots. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Dickens & Twain set world records at Potter & Potter Aug. 28

Collection of five Christmas books by Charles Dickens, $28,000
Collection of five Christmas books by Charles Dickens, $28,000
Collection of five Christmas books by Charles Dickens, $28,000

CHICAGO – Potter and Potter‘s spectacular August 28 Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale was the company’s highest-grossing auction to date. After a day of spirited bidding, 107 lots realized between $1,000-4,999; 22 lots realized between $5,000-9,999; and 16 lots broke the five digit mark.

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Undeniably touching exhibit, ‘A Cast of Blues’ opens in Mississippi

Sharon McConnell-Dickerson, Bo Diddley cast (1928-2008). It is one of 15 cast-resin masks on display in A Cast of Blues, opening at the Historic Eureka School in Hattiesburg, Miss., on September 11.
Cast-resin mask of the face of Bo Diddley, one of 15 on display in A Cast of Blues, opening at the Historic Eureka School in Hattiesburg, Miss., on September 11.
Sharon McConnell-Dickerson, Bo Diddley cast (1928-2008). It is one of 15 resin-cast masks on display in A Cast of Blues, opening at the Historic Eureka School in Hattiesburg, Miss., on September 11.

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) – An exhibit about blues legends and juke joints is opening soon in Mississippi, and it’s designed to appeal to the eyes, hands and ears. A Cast of Blues will be on display Sept. 11-Oct. 9 at the Historic Eureka School in Hattiesburg. It features 15 resin-cast masks of blues legends and photographs of blues performers and juke joints made by Mississippi artists.

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