Established in January 2012, Tophatter affords anyone who wants to list items for sale the ability to do so. Whether you’re an individual, professional antiques dealer, distributor or artist, you can sell, bid and buy. Read More +
A record 46,000 visitors attended BRAFA in 2012, and the 2013 event is pulling out all the stops in an attempt to surpass this figure. Read More +
lso in this sale are over 50 quality antique clocks, including an Ansonia Pompeii black enameled iron case clock with gilt adornment. Read More +
In addition to a show floor filled by 30 outstanding galleries and dealers specializing in important pottery, glass and porcelain, the Fair offers one of the the most distinguished ceramics lecture series in the U.S. Read More +
The time has come for the Springdale Country Store of Huntington Beach, Calif. to close its doors and this entire collection will go up for auction at Gallery Auctions in Houston on Jan. 12. The collection has been kept entirely intact and each item will be sold to the highest bidder. Read More +
When I was 8 or 9 years old, my dad gave me a dime store package of the Beton Indian figures. Eventually they all met the same fate as the real Indians of the West (going to the Happy Hunting Grounds), with one exception: A one-armed Indian who was carefully laid to rest. Perhaps, sorry for his loss of a limb, I decided to put him to rest in a mausoleum of sorts. Some 55 years later, I had occasion to return to New York with my wife. Wanting to show her where I grew up, we paid a visit to my old apartment building and even dared knock on the door. Read More +
A rare and desirable $10 1871-CC PCGS AU58 coin boasted provenance from the fabled Simpson Collection and the David Hall Collection prior to that – which surpassed its high estimate and sold for $28,900 at Legend-Morphy’s auction debut at the PCGS Member Only auction Dec. 13, 2012. Read More +
A gorgeous Tiffany Studios Spanish bronze desk clock, made circa 1910 and showing a gold tone face with black enamel numerals and notches, carries a surprisingly modest pre-sale estimate of $1,000-$1,500. Another Tiffany & Co. Spanish clock sold at Tiffany’s in New York in 2007 for $8,400. Read More +