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Gandhi’s Glasses Shatter Expectations

Gandhi’s Glasses Shatter Expectations

A pair of recently discovered glasses, gifted by India’s Mahatma Gandhi in the 1920s, sell for $340,000 at auction, stunning the collecting world.As the primary leader of India’s independence movement against British rule, Mahatma Gandhi was the archit…

Bidders push telephones way past their estimates at auction

Bidders push telephones way past their estimates at auction

Collectors were in a frenzy to get historically important phones and related items at Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers‘ recent saleGallows Pole early horn transmitter telephone reproductions, United States, 20th century, pieces marked “Historical Replica …

Artemis Gallery’s May 21 auction explores ancient times

Artemis Gallery’s May 21 auction explores ancient times

BOULDER, Colo. – Attention time travelers and antiquities collectors: No boarding pass is required for Artemis Gallery’s May 21 journey to past civilizations. All that’s required is an Internet connection and you’ll soon be browsing a fascinating aucti…

Auction Results for A Gentleman’s Collection

Auction Results for A Gentleman’s Collection

Important English Furniture:
A Gentleman’s Collection

A pair of late George III patinated bronze and ormolu cassolettes
Achieving a total of £1,476,500, Sotheby’s London auction, Important English Furniture: A Gentleman’s Collection, featured …

Waverly Rare Books Auction Will Take Place on September 19th

Waverly Rare Books Auction Will Take Place on September 19th

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Waverly Rare Books, a division of Quinn’s Auction Galleries in suburban Washington DC, will deliver a wealth of local nostalgia to the auction block on Thursday, September 19th. The centerpiece of the sale is a remarkable selection …