Strong public demand and “limited” supply present a solid hedge against shifting metals prices. Read More +
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Rescued from tag sale fate, Garrard Victorian centerpiece earns $32,500
A monumental Garrard Victorian centerpiece destined for a Dallas estate sale before Heritage researchers discovered it was cast from more than 200 ounces of silver, sold for $32,500. Read More +
Ten Tiffany leaded glass lamps lighting the way in art glass auction
A private collection of Tiffany lamps, a collection of Tiffany glass that had been bricked up in a secret Connecticut trove and the largest Lalique collection ever offered by Heritage Auctions make their way to the auction block Nov. 16-17. Read More +
Gil Elvgren’s ‘Skirting the Issue’ pin-up art sells for $176,500
Gil Elvgren’s reign as the greatest and most popular pin-up artist of all time continued at Heritage Auctions on June 27 when his masterful “Skirting the Issue (Breezing Up),” 1956, brought $176,500, earning the top spot in the sale and beating its presale estimate several times over. Read More +
Auction house replaces monthly sales with weekly world coin Internet auctions
Beginning in July, world coin rarities from around the world are offered in weekly Internet auctions by Heritage. Each lot starts at $1 with no reserves. Read More +
Annie Oakley’s shotgun earns $143,400 at auction
Annie Oakley’s historic Parker Brothers 12-gauge shotgun, consigned for auction by her great-grandnieces and offered to the public for the first time, brought $143,400 June 10, during Heritage Auction Galleries’ “Legends of the Wild West” auction. Read More +
Gil Elvgren’s ‘Skirting the Issue’ pin-up art carries low estimate of $30,000
The Jerry Weist Collection of Science-Fiction and Fantasy art, one of the most important collections of artwork from the genre to ever be offered, anchors Heritage Auction Galleries’ June 27-28 sale. Read More +
Heritage Auctions announces buyer’s premium changes for several categories, effective Jan. 1, 2012
DALLAS – Heritage Auctions has announced that, effective Jan. 1, 2012, the structure of its buyer’s premiums (BP) will be changing in several of its categories. While 13 of the company’s 33 categories will remain at 19 1/2 percent or … Read More +
Modernism: New era propelled furniture design
Modernism is the stuff of the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair “Century of Progress,” the boundless optimism of post-World War II America, the sleek comic lines and manic music of Tex Avery’s MGM 1949 “House of Tomorrow” cartoons, and the ever-present acres of the suburban ranch house that subsequently spread endlessly across the nation. Read More +