University Archives turns up rare signatures for May 15 auctionWESTPORT, Conn. – Collectors of early American history, science and technology and Civil War memorabilia will want to mark their calendars for Wednesday, May 15, when those popular categories will be featured in University Archives’ online-only auction, starting at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time. Close to 300 quality lots will come up for bid. Absentee and […]
Stevens Auction staging Cadillac-quality estates sale May 18-19ABERDEEN, Miss. – A gorgeous Prudence Mallard five-piece bedroom suite and a fully restored 1933 V-8 Cadillac are among the top lots in a massive antique estate auction slated for Friday and Saturday, May 18 (at 5 p.m. Central) and 19 (10 a.m.), by Stevens Auction Co. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through […]
John W. Coker to auction 3-generation collection of rare glass bottles Aug. 3 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – A distinguished eastern Tennessee family’s three-generation collection of antique American glass bottles and flasks will be auctioned with no reserve on Thursday, Aug. 3, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Auctioneer John W. Coker has chosen the Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel as the venue for his auction of the Frank M. Hodges Jr. […]
Miscellaneana: Glass bottlesLONDON – How did I get interested in antiques and collecting? Down a hole in a Victorian rubbish dump. Unlikely, I know, but it’s true. It was the discovery that an area of my hometown, romantically called Fol Hollow, was actually a derivation of Foul Hollow, because a century or more ago, that was where […]