August 19, 2025 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • Across The Block
    August 19, 2025

    Objects made of metal made a strong showing in recent auctions, from an antique Pennsylvania coffee grinder that outperformed at The Popular Pioneer to a lot of two enamel petroliana signs that George S. Foster & The Complete  Auction Service topped off at $4,600. Finally, earning nearly $50,000 was a pre-Prohibition Buffalo Brewing Company Lager Dawes lamp that was made in California and was the top lot at Michaan’s. Other highlights are below.

  • Clars’ July Sale Has The Wares
    August 19, 2025

    LOS ANGELES — July 19 saw 730 lots cross the block in Clars Auctions’ The Warehouse Auction. The sale featured an “eclectic mix” of art, prints, photographs, modern and antique furniture, silver porcelain, glass, fashion and decorative objects. According to press representative Talesa Eugenio, all of the top-earning lots sold to private buyers in the United States.

  • Withington Is All Dolls For Summer Auction
    August 19, 2025

    HILLSBOROUGH, N.H. — Withington Auction captured the heart of every inner child with its Summer 2025 Auction, which consisted of 240 lots of antique dollhouses, dolls, choice miniatures, early Steiff and other vintage toys. The sale also featured the second part of the collection of Shelley Smith of Bethlehem, Conn., and 100 dolls from a notable Boston collector, who was a member of the Doll Study Club of Boston. Owner Marcia Leizure reported, “The results of the auction were better than the first part of the collection sold in March. All lots in the sale were sold.”

  • Schultz Celebrates Summer With A Three-Day Auction
    August 19, 2025

    CLARENCE, N.Y. — Schultz Auctioneers started off the month of August strong, with a three-day sale spanning the 7th through the 9th. Each day had a different theme, with day one encompassing art, jewelry, antiques and more; day two featuring art, maps, furniture and more; and day three offering art, firearms and sports collectibles. The sale totaled $521,724, with a sell-through rate of 90 percent.

  • Heritage’s Historical Manuscripts Tell America’s Story
    August 19, 2025

    DALLAS — August 8 saw 389 lots cross the block in Heritage’s Historical Manuscripts Including Texana Signature Auction, which brought together a “wide-ranging collection of historical manuscripts, maps and autographs many of which have never before appeared at auction.” The sale heavily featured the collection of Dr Jeffery Rudolph, as well as some newly discovered material.

  • Schmitt Horan Has Success With Expanded Offerings
    August 19, 2025

    CANDIA, N.H.— While Schmitt Horan & Company is best known for its horological auctions, the firm’s August 9 online auction also included American and European paintings, art glass, inkwells, tobacco jars, automata and music boxes, coins, rare books and more. Nearly 290 lots were on offer, and the sale realized a total of $332,000 with a 100 percent sell-through rate.

  • Eldred’s Annual Marine Sale Docks At $1.74 Million
    August 19, 2025

    EAST DENNIS, MASS. — One of Eldred’s most anticipated events of the year, the firm’s annual Marine Sale took place August 7-8 this year, offering 516 lots of marine art, scrimshaw, whaling items, nautical collectibles and decorative arts. In total, the auction realized $1.74 million and had an 86 percent sell-through rate.

  • Regionalism + Records Equals $1.16 Million For Crocker Farm
    August 19, 2025

    SPARKS, MD. — Crocker Farm’s Summer 2025 auction of American stoneware and redware was conducted from July 30 through August 9. With 570 lots offered and only one passing, the sale realized $1,159,020, and Mark Zipp said “It went great. There were some strong prices and we were very happy with the results. All of the best lots did well, and there were many that overperformed compared to their estimates.”

  • CCADA Celebrates 55th Orleans Summer Show
    August 19, 2025

    ORLEANS, MASS. — The Nauset Regional Middle School welcomed the Cape Cod Antique Dealers Association (CCADA) for its 55th Annual Summer Antiques Show in Orleans, Mass., on Saturday, August 2, and, with warm sunshine and mild temperatures, the weather seemed to comply with what dealers and shoppers would hope for.

  • Q&A: Kelsi Monteith & Jaime Kantor
    August 19, 2025

    The Palm Beach Show Group, best known for its annual Palm Beach Show and the New York City Jewelry & Watch Show, is expanding its portfolio with the Miami Jewelry & Watch Show this upcoming January 8-11. To find out what to expect in Miami, we caught up with Palm Beach Show Group’s executive director of communications, Kelsi Monteith, and show director/COO Jaime Kantor.



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