Auctioneers Press Release

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Freeman’s October 25 white-glove sale of The Alexander Hamilton Collection of John E. Herzog confirms Freeman’s strength in presenting single-owner collections and securing excellent results for significant historic American material. The auction totaled nearly $600,000 in 44 lots...View Full Article

PHILADELPHIA, PA—Freeman’s American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts auction, beginning at 11am on Wednesday, November 10, features a fine selection of American silver, furniture, paintings, flags, and objects illustrating the customs, politics, and design sensibilities of early America, and also...View Full Article

The 2021 Smithsonian Craft Show will be held virtually from Oct. 23 to Oct. 31. Originally scheduled in-person for October, the craft show will now be online due to health and safety measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The 2020 Smithsonian Craft Show was also held virtually due to the pandem...View Full Article

Victor Mashihi, owner of Fine Rugs NY, is putting 263 handmade rugs under the hammer during an exclusive, live online auction on Sunday, October 24. On offer are finely woven antique and vintage rugs and tapestries from Persia, France, the Caucuses, China, Turkey. The auction will kick off at 2pm ES...View Full Article

PHILADELPHIA, PA - On Thursday, October 28, Freeman’s presents a Fine Jewelry and Luxury Accessories auction beginning at 12pm, featuring 74 lots of jewelry, handbags, and fine accessories.   Lot 74, A shiny black Crocodile Porosus palladium hardware Birkin 35, Hermès 2013. Estimate $25,000-$40,000 ...View Full Article

CHICAGO - Rivich Auction is known for its liquidation of valuable goods, in particular fine and decorative art and antiques. However, a few weeks ago a call came in of a different nature which resulted in the consignment of a 2015 Bella Tori (USA) electric ride-on train. It will be offered as a spec...View Full Article

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Freeman’s is honored to present The Alexander Hamilton Collection of John E. Herzog, a single-owner sale of Alexander Hamilton material, in an October 25 auction. Collectors of documents of American history, particularly items related to Hamilton and the US Federalist Era, will fi...View Full Article

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Freeman’s is pleased to announce the results of its September 23 auction, a 140-lot sale that achieved a 95% sell-through rate and underscores Freeman’s strength in presenting material across a wide range of disciplines and time periods. Thursday’s auction saw strong results for d...View Full Article

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Freeman’s is honored to present a rare Imperial “Emperor Emeritus” celadon-white jade seal of great cultural and historical importance at its October 14 Asian Arts auction. An outstanding example of Chinese jade carving, the seal’s upper face is gracefully sculpted with a qilong a...View Full Article

Cloudscape is a word coined by American artist and author Eric Sloane (1905-1985). His largest cloud painting is a 58 foot by 75 foot mural covering an entire wall of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. In the 1920’s Sloane was hired to paint signs for Coney Island’s Steeplechase Amusement Park, w...View Full Article

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Freeman’s is pleased to announce the results of its September 15 Art and Design auction, in which all but six lots of the 126-lot auction sold, resulting in a 95% sell-through rate. Property from the Estate of Gabriele Lee (Lots 1-19), a prominent champion of the arts in Philadelp...View Full Article

Pook & Pook Auction’s two-day sale September 30th and October 1st promises to be one of its biggest Americana & International events to date. The sale will begin with the Pennsylvania Mocha collection. The first three quarters of this noted collection was sold over the course of multiple Americana a...View Full Article

JACKSON, WY – The internationally-recognized Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival, September 8- 19, 2021, will bring in the best Western, wildlife, and landscape artists in the region. Most events are scheduled to continue both in-person and online, attracting buyers and collectors to Jackson and showcas...View Full Article

Veno Art welcomes you to attend the Covid-Free Kids live charity auction taking place September 19 and 20 at locations in Los Angeles, New York, Maryland and the Washington DC area, as well as online. This extraordinary event will offer a unique opportunity to bid on everything from handcrafted anti...View Full Article

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, August 10, 2021 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present a Summer Sale on August 28, 2021, featuring Russian porcelain, Nailsea glass, jewelry, decorative arts, fine art, books, and much more. Besides numerous items from estates and consignors, the auction offers...View Full Article

PHILADELPHIA, PA—Freeman’s is honored to present The Alexander Hamilton Collection of John E. Herzog, a single-owner sale of Alexander Hamilton material, in an October 25 auction. Collectors of documents of American history, particularly items related to Hamilton and the US Federalist Era, will find...View Full Article

NEW YORK — The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction brought a strong total of over $ 17.5 million during this year’s sale. The highlight of the 2021 sale was auction mainstay Charles M. Russell’s Roping a Wolf, 1904, which sold for over $ 1.7 million – the highest total for the influential Western artist in ov...View Full Article

On August 19th, 2021, Pook & Pook presents The Collection of Barbara A. & Fred Johnson, of Rockford, Illinois. Owners of Barbara A. Johnson Antiques, the couple spent decades traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe in search of antiques, specializing in Swedish and Scandinavian folk art and furnitu...View Full Article

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, July 21, 2021 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present Feelin’ Groovy: Hippie, Counterculture & Music Posters and Memorabilia on August 7, 2021. Featuring 150 lots from a Northern California collector’s estate, the sale features an eclectic range of colorful or p...View Full Article

Early American History Auctions presents a specialized numismatic auction including 336 lots, closing Saturday, July 24th, 2021. This major sale will feature extensive consignments including historical early American Coins, Colonial and Continental Currency Notes, Fiscal Documents for financing the ...View Full Article

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Freeman’s is thrilled to announce the results of its July 1 single-lot auction, This Important State Paper: Signer Charles Carroll’s Copy of the Declaration of Independence, which achieved a historic $4.42M sale price, exceeding by a remarkable five times its pre-sale high estimat...View Full Article

Pook & Pook’s June 24th and 25th sale of the Estate of Joyce Bowes Collis recorded strong results, grossing $1.26 million, 19% above estimate. A high degree of interest and strong bidding pushed 47% of lots above high estimate, with a total of 79% of lots hammered down at or above estimate, and a 99...View Full Article

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 25, 2021 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present a Cabinet of Curiosities, Decorative Arts & More on Saturday, July 10, 2021. Featuring over 290 lots from multiple collectors and estates, the sale offers a wide range of items from around the world, from the...View Full Article

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 14, 2021 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present strategy board games from the Estate of Peter Dean, Part I, on Saturday, June 26, 2021. Offering more than 325 lots from a passionate collector for over 30 years, the sale features strategy board games of fan...View Full Article