Archive for September, 2008

Raymond A. Whyte Collection Auction

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Burchard Galleries owner Jeff Burchard was confident well ahead of his August 24 sale that this would be a signature event. He was featuring over 45 works of art and personal artifacts of portrait and surrealist painter Raymond A. Whyte (American 1923-2002). While Whyte’s work is on display in many major collections, they are seldom […]

Basketball Hall of Fame Auction Makes $1.3 million

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

Grey Flannel Auctions held its third annual Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Auction on Sept. 6 at the Victory Arena Special Events Room in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame complex. Rare jerseys, jewelry and memorabilia hammered with all the excitement of a LeBron James dunk or a Kobe Bryant fast break. In the […]

Long Beach Currency Auction

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Heritage Auction Galleries, the official auctioneer of the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectible Expo, will conduct a 6,000+ lot Currency Signature® Auction on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, September 17-19, 2008 at the Long Beach Convention Center, 100 South Pine Ave., Long Beach, California. The Convention Center is also the site of the Long Beach […]

Stoneware And Redware Auction

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Crocker Farm’s July 19th auction of American stoneware and redware pottery in York, Pennsylvania, started off with a bang when lot number one, a very rare Western Pennsylvania stoneware wax sealer with baseball player decoration, sold to the phone for $65,550. The “out of the park” price was over three times its estimate of $10,000 […]