1959 Chevy Corvette was top prize at Miller & Miller sale

Fully restored powder blue 1959 Chevrolet Corvette convertible, CA$82,600

 

Fully restored powder blue 1959 Chevrolet Corvette convertible, CA$82,600
Fully restored powder blue 1959 Chevrolet Corvette convertible, CA$82,600

NEW HAMBURG, Canada – A fully restored powder blue 1959 Chevrolet Corvette convertible sped off for $82,600 in Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.’s online-only Petroliana, Railroadiana & Advertising auction held on June 18. One hundred percent of lots sold, and 86 percent of the top 50 lots exceeded estimate. Overall, the auction grossed $628,674. All prices are given in Canadian dollars.

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Ethnographic and tribal art treasures abound at Heritage, July 8

Murik mask from Papua New Guinea, est. $60,000-$80,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions
Murik mask from Papua New Guinea, est. $60,000-$80,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions
Murik mask from Papua New Guinea, est. $60,000-$80,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

DALLAS – A Murik mask from Papua New Guinea and a Taino cohoba stand from the Dominican Republic each could bring $80,000 or more when they are sold in Heritage Auctions’ Ethnographic Art: American Indian, Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art Signature® Auction July 8. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Declaration of Independence signers collection purchased for $1.4M

Portrait of Button Gwinnett, the signer of the Declaration of Independence whose signature is the scarcest of all.
Left, an exceptionally scarce Button Gwinnett-signed document from a set of signatures representing every signer of the Declaration of Independence, which dealer John Reznikoff purchased for $1.4 million; Right, a portrait of Gwinnett. Images courtesy of University Archives
Left, an exceptionally scarce Button Gwinnett-signed document from a set of signatures representing every signer of the Declaration of Independence, which dealer John Reznikoff purchased for $1.4 million; Right, a portrait of Gwinnett.

WILTON, Conn. – If the name Button Gwinnett doesn’t ring a bell, you’re in good company. Many American history buffs might not recognize the name, either. Unremarkable as he was, Gwinnett’s rare signature on a document that was purchased recently for $1.4 million completed an autograph collection of all signatories of the Declaration of Independence. The buyer was dealer John Reznikoff, who is also president of the University Archives auction house.

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Holabird to auction objects from SS Central America shipwreck this fall

This brass name tag and set of keys for SS Central America Purser Edward W. Hull may have unlocked a room where Gold Rush treasure cargo was secured on the ship. Photo credit: Holabird Western Americana Collections

 

This brass name tag and set of keys for SS Central America Purser Edward W. Hull may have unlocked a room where Gold Rush treasure cargo was secured on the ship. Photo credit: Holabird Western Americana Collections
This brass name tag and set of keys for SS Central America Purser Edward W. Hull may have unlocked a room where Gold Rush treasure cargo was secured on the ship. Photo credit: Holabird Western Americana Collections

RENO, Nev. – After a century and a half on the ocean floor, nearly a thousand historic California Gold Rush-era sunken treasure items from the 1857 sinking of the fabled Ship of Gold, the S.S. Central America, have been brought together again, cataloged and conserved for upcoming public displays. Many of them will be shown for the first time at collectors’ shows across the country, then offered in public auctions planned for October and November by Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC.

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