Christie’s announced this week it is has scheduled a series of public exhibitions and special events leading up to the sale of the collection of Elizabeth Taylor, who passed away March 23. The tour will culminate in New York in early December with a special ten-day, museum-quality exhibition of Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry, fashion, accessories, decorative arts and memorabilia, followed by four consecutive days of auctions.
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Starting July 1 through Sept. 30, 2011 you may submit your own stories of auction scores, heartwarming yard sale surprises or antiques show discoveries to the Third Annual Antique Trader Favorite Finds Contest. Since your stories keep getting bigger and better, so has this year’s prize. This year’s winner will receive the Antique Trader Yard Sale Survival Kit, a free subscription and a whopping 10-volume reference library! Read More +
Collect rare and unusual? How about a "heart-attack chair," used during initiations and private ceremonies of secret orders and societies? The chair is so-named because when a person sat in it and a mechanism was triggered, a .32 caliber blank fired. If the person in the chair got spooked and jumped, they were kicked out of the group. It could be yours July 16-17, 2011 at Red Baron’s annual summer extravaganza.
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A subscriber writes that despite so many criticisms leveled at online auction giant eBay, his sales are increasing. In fact, even during the worst of the recession, his sales on eBay stayed consistent. "While we are certainly not fan of eBay’s feedback system that gives far too much power for the occasional unreasonable customer to affect a seller’s search position and fee discounting, it seems that much of the discontent that we read in your Letters to Editor indicates that eBay somehow owes its sellers something."
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Jewelry expert and author Kathy Flood marvels at an unsung hero of the antiques trade: the inventory shipper. From trophy buffalo to Hershey’s Kisses sent to Afghanistan, the shipper knows all and sees all … maybe a little too much.
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ROUND TOP, Texas – American Antiques at Rifle Hall for the fourth year with Ralph Willard as owner and manager of one of the original antiques shows in Round Top Spring opened Friday, March 25 and ran through Wednesday, March 30, 2011.
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Norm Schaut, like the retired race horse he is, cannot stop producing shows. His Spring 2011 Antique City Fun Fair at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in the Philadelphia suburbs, April 9-10, 2011 drew about 300 exhibitors. This is the second event in the new location and Schaut was pleased with the results. “This is a good building for a new show in these tough economic times, and having this many dealers, just look at how many people are waiting to get in,” he said, pointing to a crowd of hundreds waiting for the Saturday morning opening. Read More +
The British royals are unique in their ability to grab headlines and generate excitement, especially for big events like births, anniversaries, coronations, birthdays, and above all, weddings. When an heir to the throne marries, it’s superstar time. Prince William, Charles and Diana’s handsome son, will marry his long-time girlfriend, Kate Middleton,today in Westminster Abbey.
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CARROLLTON, Ohio – Garner Auctioneers LLC will conduct a two-day auction with multiple sale rings at the Robert W. Lozier farm May 27-28. Lozier amassed diverse collections with thousands of items over his lifetime. Read More +
A May 28 auction includes several examples of mechanical toys that have held a well-documented fascination for the royal families of Europe and Asia for at least three centuries. The sale features a royal automaton in the form of a musical sewing necessaire with complement of gilt-metal tools and a mechanical seascape fitted into the lid. According to a period inscription on the underside, this luxurious toy was presented to the Duchess of York (later Queen Mary) by her friends.
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