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Fine art, antiques and collectibles totaling more than 1,500 lots will be spread over three sessions during DuMouchelles’ Feb. 12-14 auction. Live Auctioneers will provide Internet live bidding. The action will begin Friday at 6:30 p.m... Full story

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The English band Depeche Mode has joined forces with Swiss watchmakers Hublot, Geneva auction house Patrizzi & Co., and LiveAuctioneers.com to produce an unprecedented and never to be repeated auction fundraiser... Full story

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -

Iran said it will cut ties with the British Museum on Monday because of the museum's failure to lend Tehran an ancient Babylonian artifact described as the world's earliest bill of... Full story

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Depeche Mode auctioning 12 unique wristwatches for charity

Depeche Mode auctioning 12 unique wristwatches for charity

NEW YORK – The perennially popular English band Depeche Mode has joined forces with Swiss watchmakers Hublot, Geneva auction house Patrizzi & Co., and LiveAuctioneers.com to produce an unprecedented...

Imperial bowls from Cody Collection at Brunk Auctions, Feb. 20-21

Imperial bowls from Cody Collection at Brunk Auctions, Feb. 20-21

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Buffalo Bill Cody bought his Wild West show to American towns and cities. His reenacted gun fights and Indian battles delighted the public for 30 years. Thomas English Cody (1889-1948)...

Painted pieces, Asian items highlight Midwest Auctions' Feb. 13-14 sale

OXFORD, Mich. – More than 1,200 lots of antiques, collectibles and fine art will be sold at Midwest Auction Galleries on Feb. 13-14. The line will extend from Chinese porcelain and furniture to Americana...

Hindman to conclude sale of artist Trova's collection Feb. 10-11

CHICAGO – For the second time in as many months Leslie Hindman Auctioneers will auction property from the estate of acclaimed St. Louis sculptor Ernest Trova. Live Auctioneers will again provide...

DuMouchelles presents all-star lineup in Valentine's weekend auction

DETROIT - Fine art, antiques and collectibles totaling more than 1,500 lots will be spread over three sessions during DuMouchelles’ Feb. 12-14 auction. Live Auctioneers will provide Internet live...

Beauty, muscle meet at Great Gatsby's auction Feb. 6

PBA Galleries to sell Shakespeare's greatest hits on Feb. 8

Michaan's Feb. 7 sale loaded with fine estate items

Patek Philippe wristwatch, important art headline Clars’ Feb. 6-7 sale

1872 Tom Thumb presentation cane stars in Kimball Sterling’s Feb. 6 sale

Myers Fine Art to auction bumper crop of Americana on Feb. 7

New Orleans Auction's Jan. 30-31 sale features Glade Collection

Neal's Winter Estates Auction features festive paintings, Jan. 30-31

Clark Cierlak art auction Jan. 24 is truly mixed media

Rediscovered O’Keeffe painting in Skinner’s Jan. 29 art auction

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Iran to cut ties with British Museum over loan

Iran to cut ties with British Museum over loan

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran said it will cut ties with the British Museum on Monday, Feb. 8, because of the museum's failure to lend Tehran an ancient Babylonian artifact described as the world's...

Meltdown no more? Records fall as art sales surge

LONDON (AP) - It only took eight minutes for a wiry sculpture of a striding man to make history. After a brief but intense bidding war involving at least 10 prospective buyers, Alberto Giacometti's...

TV director convicted of shoplifting antiques

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, (AP) - Veteran TV director and English baron Raymond DeVere-Austin has been convicted of petit larceny in Virginia for taking cast-iron statues from an antique store. The 76-year-old,...

Compensation approved for Michael Jackson estate administrators

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two men administering Michael Jackson's estate will receive a total of 10 percent of its profits minus several sizable assets, a judge agreed Wednesday. Superior Court Judge Mitchell...

Christie's to sell works from Michael Crichton's art collection

NEW YORK — Christie’s will offer at auction May 11 in New York major works from the collection of the late Michael Crichton. Best-selling author and screenwriter, film director and producer, Crichton...

Space rock worth thousands stirs ownership debate

Christie's to auction 67 Irving Penn photos

Rebuilt Art Gallery of Alberta an ultra-modern architectural gem

Prosecutors: Informant in artifacts case is clean

Cowan's Auctions forms partnership with two top ceramics scholars

LiveAuctioneers releases live-bidding app for Google Android platform

Clock honoring Washington’s inauguration at Hunt Valley show

Warhol photos distributed across nation

UNESCO fears pillaging of Haitian treasures, calls for ban

Egypt soon to announce King Tut DNA test results

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Giacometti sculpture sells in UK for record $104M

Giacometti sculpture sells in UK for record $104M

LONDON (AP) - A life-size bronze sculpture of a man by Alberto Giacometti was sold Wednesday at a London auction for 65 million pounds ($104.3 million) - a world record for the most expensive work of...

Rare Tiffany art pottery vase tops Rago's $3 million auction

Rare Tiffany art pottery vase tops Rago's $3 million auction

LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. - A rare Tiffany art pottery vase - discovered at a New York City flea market - sold for $50,020 to open Rago Arts and Auction Center's 20th Century Design Weekend, Jan. 16-17. The...

Jack in the Box founder’s estate wows bidders at Kaminski auction

BEVERLY, Mass. - Kaminski Auctions’ December Estates Auction, which took place Dec. 28-29, offered treasures from the San Diego estate of Robert O. Peterson. Peterson, founder of the Jack in the Box...

Black Forest dog grouping collars $30,590 bid at Auctions Neapolitan

NAPLES, Fla. – There was plenty of bark and one winning “bite” at Auctions Neapolitan’s Jan. 23 standing-room-only sale as an exceptional 39-inch-wide Black Forest carved tableau of a St. Bernard...

Internet bidders competed fiercely at Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Substantial Internet live bidding bolstered the results at Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches’ sale Jan. 11. Among the top items was a 7 3/4-inch white jade figure of Buddha,...

Rare German military figures led Old Toy Soldier Auctions’ Winter Sale

38.8% sells online on day 2 of Tavern on the Green auction

$9,200 Joseph Ives mirror clock reflects positively for Converse & Co.

Chinese porcelain continues its winning streak Jan. 2-3 at Brunk

Toys, treats and jolly old St. Nick brightened Bertoia's Nov. 13-15 sale

Jackson's plows through $2 million auction during blizzard

Lincoln funeral photo album records $27,025 sale at Cowan's

Bronze Art Nouveau dancers turn $60,950 at Leland Little's sale

Online bidders bolster stellar results at Dallas Auction Gallery

Hepburn's dress bid to nearly $100,000 at auction

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Who’s that girl? It’s Zigi Ellison, and she’s enjoying the stardust

Who’s that girl? It’s Zigi Ellison, and she’s enjoying the stardust

LONDON – ACN’s American readers may recognize her as the pampered housewife in a series of LiveAuctioneers video ads from a few years ago. Others may recall her as the mini-skirted young woman with...

Vickrey portrait of J.D. Salinger on view at Smithsonian

Vickrey portrait of J.D. Salinger on view at Smithsonian

WASHINGTON - On Feb. 1, 2010, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery installed a Robert Vickrey portrait of American author J.D. Salinger. The intensely reclusive writer died at his New Hampshire...

Laura Bush joins Smithsonian black history board

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former first lady Laura Bush is joining an advisory board to help raise money to build the Smithsonian Institution's planned black history museum. Bush will join Brown University President...

Lisa King named Chief Operating Officer of Christie's International

LONDON - Christie’s announced today the appointment of Lisa King as Chief Operating Officer and Group Managing Director of Christie’s International effective immediately. King, previously International...

In Memoriam: Canine artist Stephen Huneck, 60

MONTPELIER, Vt. - Folk artist Stephen Huneck, whose whimsical paintings, sculptures and woodcut prints of dogs celebrated his love of animals and won him a worldwide fan base, has died. He was 60. Huneck,...

Marc Porter appointed chairman of Christie’s Americas

Daughter of ACN columnist wins Lifetime TV movie role

Poe's home, for now, quoth a cousin: 'Baltimore'

Jeffrey Deitch named director at LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art

In Memoriam: Gumby animator Art Clokey, 89

Chris Jussel departs post at Samuel T. Freeman & Co.

Bill Moggridge, designer of first laptop, named director of Cooper-Hewitt

New Year’s greetings from the publisher of Auction Central News

Eisenhower museum curator still likes 'Ike' after 41 years

Maryland man is certified auctioneer at only 18

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Kovels - Antiques & Collecting: Week of Feb. 8, 2010

Kovels - Antiques & Collecting: Week of Feb. 8, 2010

Valentines that we send today can be printed on heavy paper, homemade using paper lace and trim or e-mailed via a digital greeting-card service. The idea of a valentine dates back to the Middle Ages, when...

Live Auction Talk: February 2009

Live Auction Talk: February 2009

Jackie Robinson blazed a trail for African-American athletes when, in 1947, he became the first black man to play Major League baseball. Dressed in his Brooklyn Dodgers uniform, Robinson felt like an...

Kovels - Antiques & Collecting: Week of Feb. 1, 2010

A recent auction sold a 19th-century carved and painted wooden "raven rattle" made by Northwest Coast Indians. Its shape is very unusual. Ceremonial rattles like this one tell a story and are valued pieces...

Cowan's Corner: Gothic style - revival or survival

Gothic style conjures images of extreme costume – black draping coats or gowns, spiky ornament, blackened eyes, a la Adams Family, but Gothic and the style enjoy a much richer, deeper, longer and more...

Kovels - Antiques & Collecting: Week of Jan. 25, 2010

"Gemel" is the name for a special type of bottle. Two bottles with curved necks are heated and joined together to form one unit for two liquids, such as oil and vinegar. The term gemel is related to the...

Gallery Report: January 2010

Kovels - Antiques & Collecting: Week of Jan. 18, 2010

London Eye: January 2010

Kovels - Antiques & Collecting, Week of Jan. 11, 2010

Auktionsgespräche: Kaupp Auktionshaus bekannt als spezialist für Spitzweg gemälde

Auction Talk Germany: Kaupp Auktionshaus known as specialist in Spitzweg

Kovels - Antiques & Collecting: Week of Jan. 4, 2010

Live Auction Talk: President George Washington

Cowan's Corner: It's a buyer's market except at the top

Kovels - Antiques & Collecting: Week of Dec. 28, 2009

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Features

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Antique dealers go green, display creativity with recycling

Antique dealers go green, display creativity with recycling

DELAND, Fla. – It has often been often said that the antiques business is the ultimate recycling activity, but several dealers who set up at events organized by Florida Antique Shows/Puchstein Promotions...

Quest for clocks leads majority of collectors to trusted online sources

Quest for clocks leads majority of collectors to trusted online sources

NEW YORK (ACNI) - Any way you slice it, time is money. The adage certainly holds true for buyers and sellers of antique clocks, especially those who bid online at auctions through Live Auctioneers. Auctioneers...

Rock 'em-sock 'em Sherlock: a 19th-century pop icon comes out swinging

Category: 19th Century British Pop Culture. Question: Name three Victorian literary characters that are still hot topics in the 21st Century. If you answered, “Alice in Wonderland, Dracula and...

Idaho collector has high stakes in vintage poker chips

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) - Richard Jimenez has a passion for poker chips. When he isn't working his day job selling and trading collectable coins, currency and antiques, Jimenez is trying to locate rare...

Vintage NASCAR items are Michigan teen's ticket to college

BURTON, Mich. (AP) - Carole Mansfield can still see the proud, boyish grin on her late husband's face every time he came home with a new prize for the mammoth NASCAR collection that flooded their home....

Today’s Market: Vintage Fashion and Accessories

Joe's Train Room is Southern link to Polar Express

Elite Delaware antique car restorer seeks apprentices to learn craft

Vintage Sears Roebuck Christmas catalogs find buyers online

Art restorers uncover unknown Duncanson work worth $300K

Art 101: The wrong frame does an artwork no favors

Washington man crafts guitars out of old cigar boxes

Colorful bottle tree a spirited Southern tradition

Uncle Remus museum still grapples with race issues

Jules Leleu: designer and patriarch of The House of Leleu

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