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(Fragment)An Apollo 11 Lunar Bag, Bought for $995, Sells for $1.8 Million
A bag used by Neil Armstrong to bring back to earth samples of lunar material sold for $1,812,500 (with buyer's premium) at Sotheby's on July 20 to a "private American." The estimate was $2/4 million.
Photo courtesy Sotheby's
This wasn't the first time this bag had been offered at auction. In fact, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Pretty Things to Kill Folks With
Bruce Gamage Jr., Rockland, Maine
Running a tightly focused specialty auction can be a challenge, even for an experienced auctioneer. He runs the risk of not being able to attract a sufficient number of bidders to attain "critical mass" to generate buying enthusiasm, even with ample use of absentee and phone ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Tarkington Collection, Part I
Seeck Auctions, St. Louis, Missouri
Photos courtesy Seeck Auctions
Since the start of his career in the 1980s, auctioneer Jim Seeck of Seeck Auctions has had the pleasure of selling some of the finest examples of carnival glass of his career to Carlton and Jane Tarkington.
On July 15, Seeck had the bittersweet ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Second Annual Textiles and Sewing Auction
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Jeffrey Evans's experiment with offering a specialty textiles and sewing auction has now completed its second year. The second annual textile and sewing auction was held at the Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates salesrooms in Mt. Crawford, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Art and Tribal Art at Cobbs
The Cobbs Auctioneers, Peterborough, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy The Cobbs Auctioneers
It was all about art at the midsummer auction at The Cobbs Auctioneers in Peterborough, New Hampshire, on July 15. The top lot was an oil on canvas by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), Moat Mountain from the Intervale, 1872, in a Foster ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, July 2017
Ian McKay,
There's a definite leaning towards Chinese works of art in this month's selection, with some 2000 words in all devoted to the subject.
Elsewhere, this July "Letter" looks at a canine meteorite, a sumptuous binding for a very special Galileo book, a foxy car mascot, some oddly attractive blue ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The George "Frolic" Weymouth Sale
Pook & Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
Friends and neighbors of George A. "Frolic" Weymouth, who died in April 2016, gathered at Pook & Pook in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, on Friday evening, July 14, for cocktails and a light supper before a short auction of the remaining contents of Big ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Florida Man Files Suit against Antiquorum
On May 19 Andrew Woods of Fort Myers, Florida, filed a lawsuit against auction house Antiquorum, watch specialists, alleging that he had not been paid for a Patek Philippe watch that he consigned to the firm's December 8, 2016, sale.
The watch appears on the price list as being sold for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Stremmel and Overby Move to Dismiss Defamation Lawsuit
"If they can prove the painting is authentic, then they will not have suffered any damages. If they cannot prove the painting is authentic, then they cannot prevail at trial."
That's one of the arguments lawyers made for Peter Stremmel and Stremmel Galleries, Ltd., Mike Overby, and Coeur D'Alene Art Auction ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lincoln-Hamlin Flag Brings $40,124
An 1860 glazed cotton parade flag reading "For President, / Abraham Lincoln. / For Vice President, / Hannibal Hamlin." sold for $40,124 (includes buyer's premium) at the Hake's Americana July 11-13 auction in York, Pennsylvania. According to Hake's, that's a record price. The estimate was $20,000/35,000.
The buyer was York County, ... (Read More)
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