fidzu : Antiques

Appraisers tend to throw the word provenance around pretty freely, and rightfully so. It's an important consideration when valuing antiques and collectibles, including the chair shown here which...

23 Jul 2008 7:30pm GMT

PARISIAN STREET SCENE BY THE FRENCH ARTIST HENRI VICTOR LESUR (1863-1900) SOARS TO $14,575 AT MULTI-ESTATE SALE HELD JUNE 29th BY HAL HUNT AUCTIONS (Northport, Ala.) - A beautiful Parisian street scene with figures, rendered by the French artist Henri Victor Lesur (1863-1900), housed in an ornate frame and measuring 2′ 8″ x 2′ 4″, [...]

22 Jul 2008 8:41pm GMT

CHRISTIE'S HOLDS FIRST EVER CONTEMPORARY DESIGN SALE IN NEW YORK Contemporary Design September 8, 2008 New York - On September 8, Christie's will launch its first ever sale dedicated exclusively to works by international contemporary designers. Offering collectors works fresh to the market by some of the most important designers living and working today, the sale will include [...]

22 Jul 2008 8:25pm GMT

Eldredge Bermingham Is Named Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Eldredge "Biff" Bermingham has been named the director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama City, Panama, effective Sept. 28. Bermingham has been STRI's acting director since March 2007. He joined the institute's scientific staff in 1989 and has served [...]

21 Jul 2008 8:31pm GMT

What's On At Immigration Museum July To September 2008 Waters of Tuvalu: A Nation at Risk This new exhibition will be among the first to tackle a pressing consequence of climate change - the expected loss of Pacific island nations and resulting migration. The exhibition will pose the challenging question: What would you do if you had [...]

21 Jul 2008 8:30pm GMT

The James Brown Collection Totals $857,688 At Christie's New York - Thursday, July 17, 2008 Sale no: 2116 - Top Ten [All sold prices include buyer's premium] Sold: $857,688 £428,844 €542,841 Lots Sold: 317 Lots Offered: 329 Sold by Lot: 97% Sold by $: 98% Exchange Rate: £ = $2.00 / € = $1.58 Lot Description Estimate ($) Purchase Price Buyer 327 Black Cape, a black [...]

21 Jul 2008 8:26pm GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20, 2008 ALL OUT AUCTIONS & ANTIQUES July 26, 2008 CONTACT: NATHAN BURCH (321) 984-8484 A collection of sports and entertainment memorabilia and autographs that has been thirty five years in the making will cross the block at All Out Auctions & Antiques on July 26. The collection includes over 350 items and contains classics such as a [...]

20 Jul 2008 5:47pm GMT

Antiques Roadshow updated its Web presence recently, and I'm really liking the result. One of my favorite features is a searchable archive of the appraisals aired on the show....

20 Jul 2008 1:27am GMT

Is the piece shown here a pricey Roseville ewer, or just another fake? While most Roseville enthusiasts can tell straight away, the inexperienced antiques dealer or novice collector can...

19 Jul 2008 2:49am GMT

Is this pressed tin truck worth $550, $5,500 or $55,000? Learn more about this Buddy L Tank Line truck and find out just how much it sold for at a...

18 Jul 2008 3:49pm GMT

Ken Eberts To Offer Prints Of Award Winning Shelby Cobra Painting At The 2008 Pebble Beach Concours Pebble Beach, Calif. - July 17, 2008 - Automotive Fine Arts Society president, Ken Eberts, will offer limited edition prints of his award winning painting, "L.A. Scenic," during the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance on August 17, 2008. The [...]

17 Jul 2008 4:12pm GMT

Christie's Extends Commitment To Asia With Appointment Of Andrew Foster In Newly Created Role Of President, Asia Andrew Foster to work with Ken Yeh, Deputy Chairman for Asia, and Theow Tow, Deputy Chairman for Asia and Americas New York / Hong Kong - Christie's International, the world's leading art business, today named Andrew Foster President, Asia. Mr. [...]

17 Jul 2008 4:05pm GMT

The National Portrait Gallery Presents "One Life: The Mask of Lincoln" in Celebration of Abraham Lincoln's 200th Anniversary Washington, DC- Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12, 1809-April 15, 1865) is one of America's most revered presidents. His leadership during America's most divisive crisis, the Civil War, was essential to the abolition of slavery and the [...]

17 Jul 2008 3:17pm GMT

31 Club Gallery, headed by Daryle Lambert, has recently aquired a collection of early paintings by international artist, Dimitar Manev from a private collector. Many of Manev's works have been placed in the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art and the National Gallery in Skopje, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, in the company of some of the world's most important modern and contemporary artists.

16 Jul 2008 3:05pm GMT

With fantastic colors and magnificent motifs, majolica wares are nothing short of extraordinary. There was a time when my knowledge of majolica was fairly limited, but a few years...

13 Jul 2008 1:01am GMT

Can you imagine typing a term paper, or even a book manuscript, on an old manual typewriter? As much writing as I do, I don't even want to think...

11 Jul 2008 2:15am GMT

The possibility of breaking a piece of antique china can be a very scary proposition. Whether it's through use, cleaning, storage or moving, accidents can and do happen. Shy...

07 Jul 2008 3:46am GMT

I'll be upfront with you, there's no catch-all answer to this this recurring question. I can tell you that if you run across a piece of American masterpiece furniture like...

05 Jul 2008 2:37am GMT

I've loved vintage postcards since I was a child in my mother's antique shop. The greeting cards were always my favorites, so it's only fitting that I would grow...

30 Jun 2008 12:14pm GMT

What better way to celebrate our nation's independence than with a gallery filled with, if I do say so myself, fantastic Vintage Patriotic Postcards. The color, the sentiment, the...

30 Jun 2008 1:26am GMT

Call it online estimate or something. "Appraisal" means formally establishing a value and the best you can hope for would be an online estimate. A true antique appraisal is a legal document! Antique appraisal is an art and generally performed by an appraiser using "experience" and a "trained eye". So, to be fair, don't expect an appraiser (blinded in an electronic world) to be able to provide you with anything more than an estimate..... more

22 Jan 2003 7:19pm GMT

The definition of antique varies from source to source, product to product and year to year.... more

22 Jan 2003 7:19pm GMT

Thanks to the popularity of programs like Public Television's "Antiques Roadshow" Americans are looking more closely than ever at stuff that, a few years ago, they might have unthinkingly taken to the local charity thrift shop or just tossed into a recycling bin never considering the price or value of an item.... more

22 Jan 2003 7:19pm GMT