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Neue Auctions' April 14 Civil War and Early Americana online auction features a 30+-year collection

Neue Auctions / April 4th, 2023

1 ¼-inch gold in quartz oval pendant that would open to two small photos ($812.50). No photos were present, but this appeared to have been for small tin-type photos from around 1860-1865.

Holabird's Treasures From the Shelves auction, Feb. 18-19, had mining collectibles, bottles, Americana

Holabird Western Americana / March 6th, 2023

Museum-quality Sharps Model 1855 percussion breech-loading carbine in unused state, originally contracted for export to Britain, .577 caliber, 1845 date on patent Maynard tape primer door. Brass patch box and butt plate. Estimate $10,000-$20,000

Milestone’s March 11-12 Premier Collectible Firearms Auction features top-notch antique, military and civilian rarities from seasoned collections

Milestone Auctions / March 3rd, 2023

Theodore Roosevelt’s American Waltham pocket watch in a coin-silver case. Gifted to him in 1898 by his sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson. Estimate $100,000-$200,000

Blackwell Auctions’ March 18 American Sale features art, documents signed by historical figures, plus other iconic American cultural objects

Blackwell Auctions / March 2nd, 2023

Mayflower Gold & Silver stock certificate datelined 1861 in San Francisco, for 20 shares. Mayflower was in California, Utah or Nevada when it was incorporated (est. $450-$800).

Holabird's online-only Treasures from the Shelves auction will be held February 18th and 19th

Holabird Western Americana / February 13th, 2023

Mid-17th century German Wheelock sporting carbine, 24 inches long (the barrel 16 ½ inches), with a .65 caliber rifled bore and a walnut stock (est. $2,000-$4,000).

Bruneau & Co.'s online Winter Historic Arms & Militaria auction is set for Wednesday, February 22nd

Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers / February 13th, 2023

Signed print of Ansel Adams’s El Capitan Winter Sunrise, 9 inches by 10 inches, from an edition of 250, inscribed on the back to Andrea Gray and a lithography firm (est. $3,000-$5,000).

Holabird's Pike's Peak or Bust! auction, Jan. 19-22, will honor the Great Colorado Gold Rush of 1859

Holabird Western Americana / January 16th, 2023

The lid to the oldest known Wells Fargo treasure shipment box, recovered from the fabled “Ship of Gold,” the S.S. Central America that sank in 1857, was sold at auction for $99,600 by Holabird Western Americana Collections in Reno, Nevada on December 3, 2022.

California Gold Rush sunken treasure artifacts auction sets records on December 3rd in Reno, Nevada

Holabird Western Americana / December 9th, 2022

Large Chinese Tang Dynasty (circa 618-907 AD) pottery figure of prancing horse with raised right foreleg, head thrown back with sideswept mane. Height: 700mm x 590mm (28in x 23.2in). Accompanied by TL testing certificate and full report from independent German laboratory Ralf Kotalla. Estimate £3,000-£6,000 ($3,680-$7,360)

London’s Apollo Art Auctions invites one and all to a Dec. 11 Christmas ‘feast’ of ancient art, antiquities and coins

Apollo Galleries / December 2nd, 2022

Rare-pattern 1760 British light infantry flintlock carbine. Distinctive furniture is of a type seen on carbines recovered from French and Indian War sites. Identical to an example in DeWitt Bailey’s reference ‘Small Arms of the British Forces in America.’ Estimate $20,000-$30,000

Morphy’s Dec. 13-15 Collectible Firearms & Militaria auction features rarities from pre-Rev War era through modern day

Morphy Auctions / December 1st, 2022

Imperial protector ring pistol, French or Belgian, 2mm, having a German silver ring marked, “Imperial Protector” with engraved designs, in a Morocco-covered case (est. $3,000-$5,000).

Bruneau & Co.'s online-only Historic Arms & Militaria auction will be held on Saturday, December 10th

Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers / December 1st, 2022

Oil portrait painting of Geli Raubel, the daughter of Adolf Hitler’s stepsister, commissioned by Hitler, who was smitten with her from their very first meeting in 1928 (MB: $7,500).

Mohawk Arms' Militaria Auction #88 will be held online and live in Bouckville, N.Y. on December 17th

Mohawk Arms / November 16th, 2022

Stunning pair of Daniel Moore (London, master gunsmith active circa 1758-1800) presentation flintlock pistols with solid silver mounts by John King. Owned by Edward Lloyd IV, delegate to the Continental Congress who was known as ‘The Patriot.’ Estimate $30,000-$60,000

Morphy’s Nov. 15-16 Firearms & Militaria auction features ultimate in ATF Registry weapons, Model 1853 Sharps carbine from John Brown’s arsenal, pair of circa-1978 Ivo Fabbri shotguns

Morphy Auctions / November 14th, 2022

DC Comics ‘The House of Secrets,’ July 1971, Issue #92, offered by Tom Molocea, $850

Second annual edition of The Big Collectibles Show slated for Oct. 21-22 at military aviation museum hangar at Akron-Canton Airport

/ October 10th, 2022

Oil on canvas painting signed by the Old Lyme Association artist Gershon Camassar (Conn., 1908-1995), titled Gallagher’s Farm (circa 1950), one of five Camassars in the auction.

Paintings by Holmes Smith, Eric Sloane, Gershon Camassar are in EstateOfMind's October 15th auction

EstateOfMind Auctions / September 21st, 2022

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Neue Auctions' April 14 Civil War and Early Americana online auction features a 30+-year collection

Holabird's Treasures From the Shelves auction, Feb. 18-19, had mining collectibles, bottles, Americana

Milestone’s March 11-12 Premier Collectible Firearms Auction features top-notch antique, military and civilian rarities from seasoned collections

Blackwell Auctions’ March 18 American Sale features art, documents signed by historical figures, plus other iconic American cultural objects

Holabird's online-only Treasures from the Shelves auction will be held February 18th and 19th

Bruneau & Co.'s online Winter Historic Arms & Militaria auction is set for Wednesday, February 22nd

Holabird's Pike's Peak or Bust! auction, Jan. 19-22, will honor the Great Colorado Gold Rush of 1859

California Gold Rush sunken treasure artifacts auction sets records on December 3rd in Reno, Nevada

London’s Apollo Art Auctions invites one and all to a Dec. 11 Christmas ‘feast’ of ancient art, antiquities and coins

Morphy’s Dec. 13-15 Collectible Firearms & Militaria auction features rarities from pre-Rev War era through modern day

Bruneau & Co.'s online-only Historic Arms & Militaria auction will be held on Saturday, December 10th

Mohawk Arms' Militaria Auction #88 will be held online and live in Bouckville, N.Y. on December 17th

Morphy’s Nov. 15-16 Firearms & Militaria auction features ultimate in ATF Registry weapons, Model 1853 Sharps carbine from John Brown’s arsenal, pair of circa-1978 Ivo Fabbri shotguns

Second annual edition of The Big Collectibles Show slated for Oct. 21-22 at military aviation museum hangar at Akron-Canton Airport

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