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Presley keeping doors to So Cal gallery open
Auctioneer Don Presley reports city officials have approved his Orange, Calif., gallery is fit to hold online auctions, reversing a call to relocate or close his business altogether. Read More +
European art leads Bonhams period art and design sale in San Francisco
European paintings brought the auction much success and helped it generate $272,448 in gross sales. The top lot was “The Adoration of the Magi,” an After Sir Peter Paul Rubens oil on canvas, which sold for $6,875. Read More +
With gallery in limbo, Don Presley Auctions moves online
Don Presley offers Middle East photos online after city officials force him to shutter his Orange, Calif., auction house or pay as much as $60,000 to retrofit his auction gallery. While he investigates a new headquarters, Presley is brining more than 650 lots of fresh to the market goods to auction including an album of Middle Eastern images. Dating to the second half of the 19th century, the album was reportedly given to an American sailor on duty in Constantinople from 1919 to 1921. Read More +
Jesse James brothers wanted poster could sell for $25,000
Brian Lebel’s Old West Show returns to the Denver Merchandise Mart Expo Building June 22-24, 2012. A featured lot is this circa 1881 Proclamation of the Governor of Missouri offering a $5,000 reward for the “arrest and delivery” of Frank and Jesse James. Read More +
Tancredi oil on canvas leads Clars’ largest sale in 40 years
Clars Auction Gallery is celebrating the largest fine art and antiques sale in the firm’s 40 year history, following its May 19-20, 2012 fine art sale. “It was phenomenal to watch the bidding come in from around the world and energy on the sale room floor,” said Deric Torres, Clars’ director of decorative art and furnishings. An important abstract by Italian artist Parmeggiani Tancredi lead the sale at $225,950. Read More +
AB 391 lumps antiques dealers with pawnbrokers, may cripple California antiques trade
AB 391 groups California antiques dealers with pawnbrokers, forcing them to join a reporting system, pay fees, hold items 30 days before sale and even fingerprint and photograph all sellers. The law may be on Governor Jerry Brown’s desk as early as this summer for signage into law. Here’s how you can voice your opinion on the bill. Read More +
Four tips to improving your antiques show sales
Tim and Angela Swift, promoters of the North San Diego County Antique & Collectible Show, are working with dealers to add features that appeal to more antiques collectors in Escondido, California. Read More +
Bookstore stock heads to auction in April Period Design sale
Bonhams continues its sale of property from Serendipity Books, a Berkley, Calif., institution. The inventory will be offered April 15-16 as part of its Period Design auctions. The sales are held monthly and include paintings, prints, rugs, lighting, mirrors, antique furniture and much more, with many lots selling in the $500 to $5,000 price range. Read More +
Garden antiques personalize your collection and your outdoor space
Whether we live in a tract house or a country estate, a trailer or a condo with a patio, we can use antiques and collectibles outside to mold our outdoor world into a thing of beauty. Here are some of the popular antique garden trends as seen by retailers this year. Read More +