New York, March 18, 2008 – Sotheby’s spring sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art in New York, which featured Qing period jades, ceramics of the Five Dynasties to the Early Ming period, bamboo carvings, Ming and Qing dynasty porcelains and works of art from a number of distinguished private collections, totaled $11,091,263. […]
Frank Lloyd Wright was considered the most ingenious architect and artist of our time and arguably the most creative and fascinating figure in American history.
You have the extremely rare opportunity to purchase a matched pair of Two Indian Memorial Sculptures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Titles: Nakoma (Warrior) and Nakomis (Woman)
Date of conception: 1924, several casts […]
Dennis and Marla Chorney are holding the grand opening of their new web store, www.CrystalFigurineShoppe.com, viewable now by the Internet buying public. After careful product selection and site design, this brand-new web store is ready to display its wares to the online shopping community, offering an exquisite collection of crystal figurines, animal figurines, gemstone birds, […]
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In 1885 Tsar Alexander III commissioned the House of Fabergé to make an Easter Egg as a gift for his wife, the Empress Maria Fedorovna. Its ‘shell’ is enamelled on gold to represent a normal hen’s egg. This pulls apart to reveal a gold yolk, which in turn […]
VintageSportsCardMemorabilia.com has launched its state-of-the-art website. This site is dedicated to helping the beginner sports collector as well as the serious collector in obtaining any sports memorabilia ever desired. The site features football, baseball, basketball and hockey memorabilia. In addition, autographed footballs, helmets, jerseys and cards are just some of the items visitors will find […]
Every four years the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors holds their exposition. The show will consist of all type bottles - whiskey, flasks, milks, infant feeders, fruit jars, bitters, medicines, painted label sodas, blob top sodas - to name a few. You will also find insulators, target balls, pottery, table top antiques and other miscellaneous […]
Southern California Glass Show CANCELLED. The much anticipated and previously announced Southern California Glass, Pottery and Dinnerware Show and Sale which had been scheduled for May 3-4, 2008, has been cancelled by the promoter, Buckwheat Antique Shows, LLC.
While collector interest was high because there has not been a Glass Show in southern California since June […]
200 private homes and iconic historical sites show off perennial passions April 19-27
Virginia invites all garden fanatics and history buffs to live passionately this spring during the 75th anniversary Historic Garden Week (http://www.virginia.org/site/features.asp?FeatureID=439). Perennial passions bloom April 19-27, 2008 with nearly 40 regional tours at more than 200 private homes and gardens and iconic historic […]
Toys made by the biggest name in American tin windups, Louis Marx, will highlight the April sale of Smith House Toy & Auction Company. The spring roundup will also feature a selection of about two dozen boxed, battery-operated toys made in Japan in the 1950s and 60s; two dozen boxed windups made by the Japanese […]
A modern $3 Comic today can become a vintage Comic tomorrow. In this - real humourous - movie you’ll learn how to proceed correctly when you want to examine a Comic Collector’s treasure …
