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(Fragment)First Newspaper Printing of Declaration of Independence Sells for Record $632,500
A copy of the first newspaper printing of the Declaration of Independence sold for $632,500 (est. $500,000/750,000). This printing by Benjamin Towne on July 6, 1776, was preceded only by the official broadside published by John Dunlap on the day before. The newspaper is four 8" x 10½" pages. The ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Surprises at Cobb Auctioneers and Canadian Cultural History at Dupuis
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
All prices include the buyer’s premium
This Cartier, Paris, diamond men’s tuxedo set, in white gold or platinum, is set with small diamonds on an opalescent stone. One cufflink back is not signed and is probably a replacement; the two smallest button backs are not signed and are ... (Read More)
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(Show)Annual Laudholm Farm Show
Woodview Antiques, Sandwich Village, Massachusetts, offered this primitive cranberry table and scoop from the Gristmill Hiller Farm, Rochester, Massachusetts, for $595.
Woodview Antiques asked $285 for this 19th-century nicely grained spice cupboard with seven drawers.
Tom Joseph of Limington, Maine, offered this late Federal mahogany fold-over card table with crotched mahogany bookmatched ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Virginia Pottery Record Set at Americana Sale
The high lot of the Evans sale was this grapefruit-size (5" high with 4¼" diameter rim) salt-glazed stoneware honey or sugar pot. The compressed ovoid form displays a stencil signature, “Emanuel Suter,” within a freehand cobalt feather design in the center of the body. The reverse features a large brushed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Lincoln and the Colonel
From the 1840 campaign, this William Henry Harrison silk flag shows Harrison’s log cabin and cider barrel symbols, which some consider to be among the most effective political logos in the history of American campaigning. Collectors have always prized 1840 flags with this design above those with the candidate’s portrait. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Round Lake Antiques Festival
Robert Schicke of Reclaimed Memories, New Jersey, offered a school desk priced at $125, a jockey doorstop at $185, a coat tree for $105, and an oak rocker for $185.
Matthew Gosch of North Tonawanda, New York, found this beautiful tiger maple and cherry one-drawer stand and priced it at $325. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History Sale
“The Same Old Coon/ Henry Clay and Frelinghuysen” flag, 1844 presidential campaign, previously unknown, printed silk in red, white and blue, 24¼" x 29", $49,350.
Gen. R.E. Lee and Staff by Mathew Brady, albumen photograph, 8¼" x 7" plus mount and frame, $19,975.
Carte de visite of First Lieutenant Holman S. Melcher, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Little Things Mean a Lot—Big Things Bring More
This is the fortune telling Esmeralda machine that brought $43,845.
The Mutoscope Multiscope allows several viewers to watch the show. It brought $34,020.
This Western Union Automatic Self-Winding Ticker was probably used as late as the 1940’s to report stock quotes, and later on reported news and sports information. Standing on an ... (Read More)
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(Auction)June Toy Soldier Auction Brings in over $600,000
Britains Exploding Trench with flag, non-cataloged item without set number, originally sold at Hamleys Toy Store, with original box and in excellent condition, sold for $6720. The label is a reproduction copy.
Britains factory sample card with musicians from the very rare Band of the Royal Marine Light Infantry set, issued ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Washington Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Fake Chihuly Art Glass
Two of the pieces that Little claimed were by Dale Chihuly. Immigration and Customs Enforcement photos.
In U.S. District Court in Seattle on June 19, Michael Little, 35, of Renton, Washington, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with advertising and selling fake Dale Chihuly art glass. Little had bought pieces ... (Read More)
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