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  The week of June 25-29, Garth's Auctions will be sending CEO Richard "Jeff" Jeffers and Vice-President Andrew Richmond on a roadtrip to the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state to teach courses at the prestigious Chautauqua Institution. Selected by Chautauqua as two of the 300 teachers, experienced in subjects they love, Jeffers and Richmond will be a part of a diverse Special Studies program embraced by over 10,000 lifelong learners who enroll in ...

On May 18, Garth’s Auctions in Delaware, Ohio will host the Sixth Annual Ohio Valley Auction which features an extraordinary combination of all the best Ohio has to offer, alongside Americana and accessories including fine painted and formal furniture, stoneware, fine art, firearms, textiles and more. Started in 2007, the interest in the Ohio Valley session continues to grow as the appreciation of buying local and the importance of Ohio’s material culture spreads.  Always a ...

(Delaware, Ohio) - Known as the time of year to reinvent one’s surroundings, the Spring season encourages us to clean, to move out the unwanted and bring in the new! What better place to search out the “new” than in an auction venue where one can just as easily find a prehistoric Mississippian pottery bowl, a set of Fancy Windsor chairs, or a Currier & Ives folio print to fit the bill and spruce up the home decor? In the world of antiques, “new” is just the latest find you bring home ...

Garth’s Auctions will present a double shot of decor for its bidders during the February 3rd Eclectic Auction and the February 4th Auction of Asian, Continental and American Fine Art, Furniture and Decorative Accessories.  Presenting over 1500 lots in two days, Garth’s will be looking to capitalize on the seasonal home decor consumer, strong bidder response generated at the January 6-7 Americana Auction, as well as a robust market for antique firearms. ECLECTIC The Friday ...

“Growth…Improvement…these are key words in today’s antiques economy,”  reported Jeff Jeffers, CEO & principal auctioneer of Garth’s Auctions in Delaware, Ohio, regarding the results for Garth’s May 20-21 Americana auction (which featured the Fifth Annual Ohio Valley session).  Sales for this yearly event have been on the rise each year, drawing impressive crowds.  Serendipitously timed near the end of Ohio Decorative Arts Center's "Equal in Goodness: Ohio Decorative Arts 1788 - 1860," a ...

The firing of objects made from earthenware, porcelain, and stoneware comprise the larger category known as ceramics and during Garth’s March 11-12, 2011 Americana auction, the ceramics definitely provided continual fireworks as bidders, both in-house and in absentia, took home a variety of vessels, some typical and some more unusual, at very strong prices.  With over 800 lots offered in two sessions, the top lot of the sale was a monumental Cochiti effigy figure dating to the late 19th – ...

An impressive early 20th century Chinese carved ivory vase was the top lot of Garth’s Auctioneers and Appraisers’ auction of Asian, Continental, & American Furniture, Decorative Arts, & Fine Art on January 29, 2011. On display the week prior to the sale, the 14 ½” tall vase, adorned with intricate, continuous carving of a banquet scene around the circumference, drew quite a bit of attention from those visiting Garth’s gallery, as well as many phone calls from Europe and Asia. The vase ...

Leading national auction house, Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers, has rolled out a new Facebook application that allows users to send and receive virtual gifts of art, antiques and collectibles.  beGifted by Garth's was the brainchild of company President, Amelia Jeffers.  "Not everyone can afford a $30,000 antique cupboard, a $4,000 autographed Babe Ruth baseball, or even a $470 bouquet of vintage glass tulips.  That kind of purchase can be intimidating - or even unrealistic - for many ...