DALLAS — A monumental map of Texas by Chas. W. Pressler and A.B. Langermann — one of just three known copies and the only example in private hands — brought $705,000, including buyer's premium, in Heritage...
MOUNT CRAWFORD, VA. — An 82-inch-tall carved and painted Native American tobacconist trade figure attributed to the shop of Thomas V. Brooks of New York City, circa 1870, was the top lot in Jeffrey S. Evans...
AMESBURY, MASS. — On December 1-2, John McInnis sold the Titus collection of more than 20,000 individual items, including folk art, paintings, Halloween and other holiday collectibles, early children’s...
HOUSTON, TEXAS — Antique carpets went flying from Lewis & Maese’s world headquarters store on December 2 as an onsite sale of 600 rugs and carpets marked the closing of the store.
PHOENIXVILLE, PENN. — Renowned Philadelphia businessman and telecommunications pioneer William Gross amassed a robust collection of antique coffee mills, with examples spanning the last 150 years, both...
VINELAND, N.J. — Bertoia Auctions conducted its one-day sale dedicated to holiday items on December 1. The nearly 500 lots offered included decorations and figurines for celebrating Christmas, Halloween,...
CRANSTON, R.I. — Bruneau & Co Auctioneers presented its Fall Pop Culture Auction on Saturday, December 2. The auction offered more than 750 lots of comic books, sports memorabilia and toys.
NEW YORK CITY — Jonathan Hugh Mann, historian, collector of political Americana, avid Lincoln scholar and documentary filmmaker, died unexpectedly on August 15.
Words – or text – leapt off the page with a handful of this week’s auction round-up. A pair of early Twentieth Century New York City street signs for Christopher and MacDougal streets sold for $401...
DALLAS — Nearly 700 lots of historical artifacts evincing American milestones and memories were offered during Heritage’s Americana & Political Auction on November 13-14. After two days of bidding,...
DALLAS — Heritage Auctions’ Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu auction took place November 16 and was presided over by vice president of fine silver and decorative arts, Karen Rigdon. The 205-lot auction,...