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This original Peanuts Sunday comic from 1964, by Charles Schulz, realized $41,400.

Pair of original Peanuts Sunday comics fetch a combined $78,200 at auction

Released: June 19, 2013

(LYNBROOK, N.Y.) – A pair of original Peanuts Sunday pages by the legendary comic illustrator Charles Schulz sold for a combined $78,200 at a multi-estate sale held Thursday, June 6, by Philip Weiss Auctions, in the firm’s new post-Hurricane Sandy gallery in Lynbrook. The firm was forced to move from their longtime home in Oceanside after the storm’s devastation. One of the Peanuts Sunday comics, dated March 1, 1964, was personalized by Schulz, “To Susie and George with friendship.” It was a wonderful page, with eleven characters in a movie theater line, including Charlie, Lucy, Patty, ...

Lincoln letter sold at Charlton Hall Auctions for $18,720 (including 17% Buyer’s Premium).

Abraham Lincoln Letter Appraised on Antiques Roadshow Sells at Auction

Released: June 11, 2013

A letter written and signed by Abraham Lincoln months prior to his election as President of the United States recently sold in South Carolina at auction for $18,720 (including 17% Buyer’s Premium). A South Carolina woman inherited the letter from her father, but was unaware of its true monetary value until she brought it to a Myrtle Beach taping of PBS’s Antiques Roadshow in June 2012 (aired February 2013). Her father collected autographs and, although uncertain of when or where her father acquired it, she believed this Lincoln letter had been previously appraised for several hund...

Martin Ramirez Untitled (Parade horse and rider with bugle and flag) c. 1960-1963

THE METRO SHOW ANNOUNCES "METRO CURATES" A REFINED FOCUS ON DEALER-CURATED PRESENTATIONS AT METROPOLITAN PAVILION, CHELSEA, NYC, JANUARY 22-26, 2014

Released: June 6, 2013

When the 2014 edition of the METRO Show opens for its five-day run on Wednesday evening January 22, at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, fairgoers will experience a thoroughly engaging concept billed METRO Curates. This all-encompassing theme puts forth single-artist and/or focused presentations curated by METRO dealers to distinctly articulate their point of view and where their specialty lies. Says Caroline Kerrigan Lerch, director of the METRO Show: "METRO Curates is our way of initiating a conversation between the dealer and the fairgoer, whether th...

Great Britain, Victoria, Una and the Lion Gold Five Pounds, 1839. Sold for $81,900 inc. premium

BONHAMS SELLS 100% OF FRENCH CHAMPAGNERY’S GOLD COIN TREASURE

Released: June 4, 2013

Los Angeles — Bonhams was delighted with the results of The Champagne Lanson Bonnet Vineyard Collection of $20 Gold Coins during its June 3 auction of Rare Coins and Medals in Los Angeles. Every lot from the vineyard’s cache found a buyer, making it a “white glove” sale, in auction parlance. The well-publicized discovery of the hidden treasure occurred in France last February by chance when, according to the vineyard, several of the coins rained down on a worker remodeling a former grape-drying facility. It is unknown how the coins found their way to the attic in the eastern v...

Lot 60: BUFFET, Bernard. Oil on Canvas "Soucis Oranges" Floral Still Life.

Rare Bernard Buffet Oil, Faberge, Antique French Furniture & Silver Featured at Clarke's June 3rd Auction

Released: June 1, 2013

On Monday, June 3rd at 5 pm, Clarke Auction will present what might be one of its best auctions to date. Normally a press release is written about one or two rare and important items and it is easy to highlight them. This time there is so much wonderful and rare stuff in each and every category that it is suggested that you view the catalog thoroughly at www.ClarkeNY.com as not everything can be mentioned. In our art section we have a freshly discovered large and important oil on canvas by German surrealist artist, Richard Oelze, $60,000 – 80,000. This magnificent painting is well...

Norman Rockwell 1894-1978 · American Willie Gillis: Package From Home Exhibitor: M.S. Rau Antiques

Introducing Art Baltimore 2013: Historic, Modern & Contemporary Galleries

Released: May 31, 2013

The Baltimore Summer Antiques Show, the largest indoor summer fine art, antiques and jewelry show in the country, proudly introduces Art Baltimore 2013 – a concept that features a spectacular selection of international fine art galleries at the Baltimore Convention Center – August 22-25, 2013. The show’s diverse array of artworks and galleries have been carefully selected and strategically integrated into the show, offering guests the opportunity to experience a variety of high quality fine art and an unrivalled art experience. Art Baltimore 2013’s objective is to highlight leading gall...

Recollector Antique Collecting Software Now for Mac and Mobile Apps

Released: May 30, 2013

Recollector, one of the most powerful and versatile software solutions for collecting antiques, fine art and collectibles is now available on Mac OS platforms and as a mobile app on Android, iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. With a suite of features designed specifically for cataloging collections, Recollector is a powerful, easy-to-use and customizable resource for collecting categories of all types. Comparable to systems that cost hundreds of dollars, Recollector is available for just $49, making it an affordable option for all collectors, and the only software of its kind availab...

An extremely rare Lenci felt doll of Rudolph Valentino as seen in his film "The Son of the Sheik" Est. $6,000-8,000

I DREAM OF…DOLLS! ALEXANDRA AND SIDNEY SHELDON’S EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION UP FOR AUCTION AT BONHAMS LOS ANGELES

Released: May 29, 2013

LOS ANGELES — Bonhams is pleased to offer the exceptional doll collection of Alexandra and Sidney Sheldon on June 24 at the Sunset Boulevard salesroom. Alexandra, a former actress, model, and advertising executive married the late Sidney Sheldon in 1989. Sidney won an Academy Award® in 1947 for screenwriting and created hit television shows like I Dream of Jeannie and The Patty Duke Show, all before becoming the seventh best-selling fiction writer of all time, authoring titles including 1973’s number one bestseller The Other Side of Midnight. During their marriage, Alexandra i...

1861 $20 MS61 PCGS From The Champagne Lanson Bonnet Vineyard Collection Est. $4,000-5,000

GOLD COIN TREASURE FROM PROMINENT FRENCH CHAMPAGNERY LANSON AND RARE UNITED STATES AND WORLD GOLD COINS HIGHLIGHT JUNE AUCTION AT BONHAMS

Released: May 28, 2013

Los Angeles — Bonhams is pleased to announce to sale of The Champagne Lanson Bonnet Vineyard Collection1861 $20 MS61 PCGS of $20 Gold Coins during its June 2013 auction of Rare Coins and Medals in Los Angeles. The well-publicized discovery occurred in France last February by chance when, according to the vineyard, several of the coins rained down on a worker remodeling a former grape-drying facility. The Collection features 497 gold US coins minted between 1851 and 1928 with an approximate value of $1 million. The coins have been untouched for nearly a century and range in condition ...

“That’s Amore: Travel Posters to Love” at International Poster Gallery

Released: May 22, 2013

BOSTON – Wanderlust is the theme of International Poster Gallery’s 21st annual Summer Show, “That’s Amore: Travel Posters to Love”. The core of the exhibition traces the fascinating development of travel to Italy, the “Sunny Boot of Europe,” from the rise of railroad travel in the 1890s to the 1960s. Featuring more than 100 original vintage travel posters, the exhibition will be rounded out by a select group of fine posters from every continent. “That’s Amore” opens June 11 and runs through September 2, 2013. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday 10 am to 6 pm and Sunday no...

Poster Mania! opens at the Currier this summer.

Celebrate Leisure, Romance and Adventure in 1890s New England with Poster Mania! at the Currier Museum of Art

Released: May 16, 2013

Although it is difficult to imagine, posters were once among the most popular collectable objects in America. Poster Mania! Leisure, Romance and Adventure in 1890s America, on view at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, NH from May 24 through September 2, 2013, tells the story behind the era’s poster craze. The exhibition contains about 90 of the most popular and sought after turn of the century examples of this art form. The Exhibition By the 1890s, the Industrial Revolution allowed workers to do more in less time. It created a growing economy, providing America’s emerging midd...

Chinese Blue And White Moonflask, Late18th / Early 19th Century

Antiquities-Saleroom Showcases Asian Art in May 17 Auction

Released: May 15, 2013

BOULDER COUNTY, CO – Antiquities-Saleroom.com unveiled its May 17 auction this week as the fourth in a series of specialized auctions planned for 2013. Asian Art through the Ages features art pieces from across Asia and showcases examples from every period in the continent’s illustrious history. “Even if you do not specialize in Asian art, you can’t help but be taken by the beauty of the art of this enigmatic and complex region,” says Teresa Dodge, Executive Director and co-founder of Antiquities Saleroom. Running at more than 415 lots, Asian Art through the...

Ripley Auctions offers personal collection of important Indy Racing figure Wilbur Shaw on May 24

Released: May 9, 2013

Featuring personal items and lifetime achievement awards from the collections of the first consecutive race winner of the Indianapolis 500, Wilbur Shaw Indianapolis, IN – Ripley Auctions is pleased to present Important Racing Memorabilia, an auction offering personal Items from the collections of Wilbur Shaw, the first consecutive race winner of the Indianapolis 500, on Friday, May 24th at 5 pm. The sale includes the prototype of today's winning Indy 500 driver's ring, the Borg Warner plaques Shaw received for each of his three Indy 500 wins, as well as a selection of other trophies ...

FOUR WORKS BY MARTIN WONG, THE HUMAN INSTAMATIC, SOAR AT GROGAN'S AUCTION

Released: May 8, 2013

Dedham, MA: Grogan and Company Fine Art Auctioneers recently conducted a four day auction of the Elli Buk Collection, one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Scientific Instruments and Technological Achievements ever assembled. For eight days, collectors and historians flocked to Dedham for a once in a lifetime opportunity to see the famed collection of SoHo antique connoisseur, Elli Buk. It took Buk forty years to amass his impressive collection of over 2000 objects spanning two centuries and over 30 collecting categories. "This was the first time ...

Oil on canvas portrait of Eleanor Slater by American artist Robert Henri, dated 1911.

Property from the late Mrs. Nat King Cole will be sold at auction May 18-19

Released: May 6, 2013

(MELBOURNE, Fla.) – “Unforgettable, that’s what you are…” is a line from a classic song by Nat King Cole, and unforgettable is what Matheson’s Auctions’ upcoming two-day sale of property from the late Mrs. Nat King Cole is shaping up to be. The event will be held the weekend of May 18-19 in Matheson’s gallery, at 600 East New Haven Avenue in Melbourne. Lloyd and Jan Matheson have been working closely with Casey and Timolin, the twin daughters of Nat King Cole and Maria Cole, after being introduced to them by Maria’s friend, Ron Bourgeault of Northeast Auctions. The cataloging ...