Pocket Watches

DENVER, Pa. – Everyone bidding in Morphy Auctions’ June 30 no-reserve sale of fine antique pocket watches was after the same thing: a “timely” acquisition in gold or platinum with a desirable Swiss pedigree. Within the 650+ lots presented in a dedicated single-owner session were many elegantly complicated timepieces that fit the bill. All came […]

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Two antique watches, one of which belonged to famed cartoonist Homer Davenport, have disappeared from a Silverton museum, and some of the volunteers who work there believe they were stolen Silverton police are investigating the disappearance but have no suspects. “We’re sick. It’s sickening is what it is,” Chris Schwab, a […]

Tiffany & Co. Aesthetic Movement Pitcher, $41,920 CHICAGO – The Aesthetic Movement lived by the phrase ‘art for art’s sake.’ Its adherents rebelled against the more functional thinking of the Victorian era, instead opting to make everyday things as beautiful as possible. The trend flourished in the 1870s and 1880s, and its influences were felt […]