September 1, 2023 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • Tyen Collection Produces Monumental French Painting At Akiba
    September 1, 2023

    DANIA BEACH, FLA. — On August 29, Akiba Galleries conducted a 700-lot auction from the Addison Mizner-designed Palm Beach, Fla., residence of photographer, artist and makeup design director Tyen. The fine art, decorative arts and artifacts offered spanned the European Renaissance through Abstract Expressionism, focusing on the Gothic and the unusual.

  • Sweet Result: Felt-Covered German Candy Container Leads At Kleinfelter’s
    September 1, 2023

    MYERSTOWN, PENN. — A single-owner holiday collection yielded sweet surprises on August 29 as Kleinfelter’s Auction dispersed myriad lots of candy containers, still banks, celluloid toys, ornaments, miniature trees and more, all celebrating the variety and creativity of holiday décor. Leading the pack was a rare felt-covered papier mache German candy container in the form of a black bear with a witch riding on its back. It brought $3,568, including buyer’s premium. A more extensive write-up on the sale will follow.

  • First Poulin/Julia Collaborative Sale Topped By Webb Cameo
    September 1, 2023

    FAIRFIELD, MAINE — On August 29, a Webb cameo glass vase sold for $31,200 at Nick Poulin and Jim Julia’s first outing of the new division of Poulin Antiques & Auctions Inc. Their collaboration will add antiques and fine art sales to the company, which is one of the nation’s largest specialty firearms auctioneers.

  • Great London Circus Poster Highlights Freedom’s Three-Ring Circus Auctions
    September 1, 2023

    SARASOTA, FLA. — Over a two-week period, Freedom Auctions conducted three Circus auctions, the first one August 20 in Baraboo, Wisc., the second two in Sarasota, Fla., on August 26 and September 3. A highlight from the three-day event was Sanger’s Royal British Menagerie one-sheet poster for the Great London Circus from 1879, which earned $13,750, including buyer’s premium. Featured on the original Strobridge lithograph was a depiction of the Fitchburg Steam Engine Co engine and boiler, which was advertised as generating light “as bright as day” under the Big Top. It was being sold by the Circus Historical Society and found a new home with a circus collector and historian in the United States. A more extensive review of all three sales will be presented in an upcoming issue.

  • Elvis Presley’s Revolver Brings Nearly $200,000 At Rock Island
    September 1, 2023

    ROCK ISLAND, ILL. — A flashy engraved revolver owned by Elvis Presley recently sold for $199,750 during Rock Island Auction Company’s (RIAC) August Premier Auction, which took place, August 25-27. The King of Rock & Roll’s revolver was one of the featured firearms during the three-day event that attracted international attention and achieved more than $21 million in total sales

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