NEW YORK — Chocolate has been a delicacy for centuries, enjoyed around the world in a range of treats, from truffles to pudding to cookies and cakes. Its simplest and most enjoyable form is also its earliest: a hot drink. Fine dining demands all manner of specialized serving pieces, so, unsurprisingly, a canny silversmith designed the chocolate pot, a vessel exclusively for melting and serving chocolate.
Unique R.S. Prussia bowl and Regina music box triumph at Woody
DOUGLASS, Kan. – A Spring Season bowl marked R.S. Prussia soared to $24,000 and a Regina upright music box brought $15,400 at the sale of the lifetime single-owner collection of David and Marlene Howard of Ohio, held March 19 by Woody Auction.
Single-owner glass collection leads Woody sale, March 19
DOUGLASS, Kan. – The lifetime single-owner collection of David and Marlene Howard of Ohio – hundreds of quality antiques gathered during many decades of dedicated searching – will be offered on Saturday, March 19, at 9:30 am Central time at Woody Auction. In all, more than 450 lots will be sold. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.