Expert Kathy Flood offers a candid update on the often-fickle jewelry market, listing what’s selling and what’s sitting. "Recently I purchased an enameled base-metal pin clip for $15 and sold it for $1,500. If that doesn’t get your juices flowing for jewelry, I don’t know what will. Why, you could even pay for a...
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Early California landscape art, fresh on the market, blows away presale estimates
Two fine examples of early California landscape art, fresh on the market, blew away pre-sale estimates March 19. Estimated at $40,000 to $60,000, a Hanson Puthuff oil painting titled 'Blue Hills and Winding Rivers,' sold after a round of competitive bidding for $103,500. The sale again shows the market's appetite for work from California...
Art brokerage has benefits of both straight sale and auction consignment
Les and Sue Fox, professional art brokers with West Highland Art Brokers, have developed a method of partnering with consigners to sell art, which touts benefits of both selling directly and consigning with an auction house: the husband and wife team will buy original paintings by listed artists, then partner with the art's owners...
Little boasts highest grossing wine auction in firm’s history
More than 1,700 bidders registered for a March 18-19 Leland Little auction to purchase a Berlin (KPM) Painting on Porcelain Plaque for $7,250, a Philip & Kelvin LaVerne "Chan" Cocktail Table for $6,000 and Edouard Cortes' oil on canvas, titled "The Pantheon," for $25,000. The fine wine session, which was held Friday March 18th...
Asian objects, porcelain and estate silver to cross the block April 29-30
The estate of the late Dr. Tanja B. Tarsey – a chemist and philanthropist who died in 2009 and collected fine art, Asian objects, porcelain pieces, better furniture, estate silver, fancy jewelry and more – will be sold the weekend of April 29-30, 2011.
Could April 8-10 discovery auction hold sleeper lots of famous 20th century design?
A discovery auction coming April 8-10, 2011 features 1,000 unreserved lots of stylish and practical property from traditional through the 21st century. Tucked inside the sale are several sleeper lots of famous 20th century design including pieces by George Nakashima, Mies Van Der Rohe and Charles & Ray Eames. Many more lots include furniture,...
Sale of Kittinger furniture nets hospital $20,000 windfall
Holy Redeemer Hospital in the Philadelphia suburb of Meadowbrook received a welcome windfall of approximately $20,000 thanks to a consignment of 15 pieces of Kittinger (Buffalo, N.Y.) furniture in a January sale. Learn how the furniture went from a thrift store donation to a major donation.
Herter, Belter and Meissen: Three generations comprise 101-year-old Mississippi estate
The estate of the late Mrs. Flossie Stallworth, who accumulated many antique and beautiful items over the course of her 101 years, will be sold on-site March 5, 2011 in Quitman, Miss. A pair of Belter chairs is certain to wow the crowd – one being an armchair in the Spring Meyer pattern, the...
Coins, rare antiques and fine collectibles discovered in Minnesota estate
More than 400 cataloged lots of coins, rare antiques and fine collectibles from two estates are expected to result in a banner sale for the James Peterson Co. of Edina, Minn. Among the discoveries include French gilt bronze clocks, a leather bound edition of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf," an 1802 Liberty gold coin, an...
TOP 10 blue vintage costume jewelry categories
Jewelry author, collector and dealer Kathy Flood lists her favorite types of blue costume jewelry as a side to her look at the 2011 trend of hot blue vintage jewels.