NAPLES, Fla. — Judy and Steve Allman, owners of Allman Promotions LLC/Antiques Shows of Florida, recently announced they acquired the long running, highly successful Sunshine City Antiques & Collectible Show in St. Petersburg from founders Susan and Rui Farias. Transfer of ownership will take effect immediately.The Sunshine City Show has been highly popular with...
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For the collector who has everything: Private Bora Bora Island and estate fine art set to cross the block Sunday
In its 47 years, California Auctioneers has seldom offered something as distinctive as a private island. However, on June 26, 2011 the firm will offer the private island paradise in Bora Bora known as Blue Heaven Island. Located less than a mile from the Celebrity and pro surfer destination of Tavarua,...
Horner dining set sells for more than $100,000, vintage Tiffany dominates lamp selection
A monumental circa-1890 R.J. Horner figural carved mahogany 12-piece dining room set soared to $100,300 at a cataloged auction held May 21, 2011 by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery. The set was the top lot in the sale, which attracted a large amount of Tiffany lamps and decorative objects. An unusual Tiffany Studios bronze crab inkwell...
“Flea Man” debuts Friday night: new collectibles TV show
A new National Geographic Channel program follows the exploits of flea market veteran Jimmy Kaplow as he travels the U.S. buying and selling. The show looks at the often humorous and touching situations that happen when buyers and sellers meet. It's the latest reality program to debut on the antiques market ahead of a...
Faberge egg-style miniature portrait frame sells for $57,300
A Faberge egg shaped miniature portrait frame sold for nearly as much as several important paintings during a May 21-22, 2011 Maine fine art and antique auction. Telephone, floor and internet bidders aggressively pursued the circa 1910 gold frame, composed of white guilloche face, a seed pearl liner, a deep blue enamel outer band...
Priceless Moments: Vernacular photographs are a snapshot of folk art
Vintage snapshots have become collectible for three reasons. First, even the best pictures are still relatively cheap. Second, the lowly snapshot has been the subject of at least half a dozen critical books and a number of museum shows. Third, people are becoming sophisticated and aggressive in their pursuit of the best examples.
Thomas Edison’s inventions, vintage fishing lures highlight 39th annual Round Lake Antiques Festival
ROUND LAKE, N.Y. – The Victorian village of Round Lake, N.Y., once again plays host to the much-anticipated Round Lake Antiques Festival, June 25-26, 2011. Introduced 39 years ago as a fundraiser for the local library, the show continued to grow, garnering interest from dealers across New York State, soon adding dealers from New...
Round Top Antiques Fair Spring 2011: The draw of the West
Promoters in Round Top, Texas, are filling all available exhibit areas with dealers from all over the world. This spring there were nearly thousands of dealers at nearly a dozen venues offering Americana, Continental Antiques, vintage textiles, early silver and jewelry to several thousand shoppers attending the week-long affair.
Jewelry designer Margret Craver’s Solar-Lunar Cosmos series in June 14 Massachusetts antique auction
Margret Craver was a self-taught modernist jeweler and metalsmith. She was introduced to metalsmithing at the University of Kansas in the late 1920s. In 1938 she traveled to Sweden to study with Baron Erik Fleming, silversmith to the King. Under his tutelage, Craver refined her craft and sharpened...
Unnoticed atop a fountain for 300 years, de Vries bronze masterpiece may set $8M auction record
Christie’s says it has discovered a previously unrecorded 17th masterpiece by the Dutch master sculpture Adriaen de Vries (1550-1626): a bronze mythological figure supporting the globe, which is estimated to bring between $8 million and $11 million at a July 7 sale. Dating to 1626, the work may possibly be...