3 days LeftElstob AuctioneersAN UNUSUAL ZOOMORPHIC CARVED COQUILLA NUT SNUFF BOX, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY£240
4 days LeftKinghams AuctioneersAn Edwardian silver novelty pin cushion, modelled in the form of a hatching duckling, the body£60
Qing dynasty headdress ruffles bidders’ feathers at ClarkeLARCHMONT, N.Y. – The Summer Sizzler auction at Clarke Auction Gallery on July 16 was topped by a Qing dynasty kingfisher feather headdress that flew past its $1,000-$1,500 estimate to achieve $23,040. Absentee and Internet live bidding was facilitated through LiveAuctioneers.
Rare Alfred Stieglitz images starring in Two Feathers auction Nov. 8RENSSELAER, N.Y. – Ten black and white images by American photographer Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) in the form of glass magic lantern slides are featured in a Nov. 8 auction that will be conducted by Two Feathers Antiques & Auction Services / Schillaci & Shultis. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
1883 Amberina Tankard by Libbey Cut Glass leads our five lots to watch1883 Amberina Tankard by Libbey Cut Glass DOUGLASS, KS – The Saturday, May 18 sale of American and Brilliant Cut Glass at Woody Auction includes this remarkable amberina tankard made by Libbey Cut Glass in 1883. Rated by the auction house as the finest piece of amberina glass it has ever offered for sale, it is […]
Meissen 18th-century porcelain figure collection exceeds $1M at BonhamsPARIS — The first part of one of the finest assemblages of 18th-century Meissen porcelain figures still in private hands generated a premium-inclusive €948,450 ($1,010,480) at Bonhams on April 17. A total of 44 of the 55 lots from the collection formed by German businessman Hadrian Maria Oskar Merkle (1942-2018) were sold. The auction results […]