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Empire
Auctions - Canada
Empire Auctions is a Canadian owned auction company offering
a multitude of articles for auction every month at each of
our locations. The auctions offer fabulous items including
antiques, jewellery and diamonds, paintings and sculpture,
rare wristwatches and pocket watches, Persian rugs, furniture,
silver, crystal, memorabilia, rare automobiles, porcelains,
rare coins, stamps, vintage toys and model trains, and much
more.
Encans Empire est une compagnie de vente aux enchères
canadienne; tous les mois, elle offre une multitude de fabuleux
articles présentés dans chacun des ses bureaux.
Ces articles comprennent des antiquités, des bijoux,
des diamants, des tableaux, des sculptures, de rares montres-bracelets,
des montres de poche, des tapis de Perse, des meubles, des
objets en argent et en cristal, des souvenirs, des voitures
rares, des porcelaines, des monnaies rares, des timbres, des
jouets et des trains miniatures anciens, et bien d'autres
choses encore.
Dupuis
Jewels - Canada
Dupuis specializes in the auctioning of jewels consigned by
private individuals and estate executors. Established by Ronald
Dupuis in 1986, the auction house dominates the jewellery
auction scene in Canada with over 80% of market share. In
2002, Dupuis auctions recorded over 7 million dollars in sales.
Dupuis holds important Canadian auction record prices for
diamonds, colored stones and watches. Art Deco, Edwardian
and antique jewelry are always featured in the catalog and
fetch strong prices.
Southeby's
Sotheby's, which held its first auction in 1744, is one of
the largest auctioneers of art and antiques in the world,
conducting more than 700 auctions worldwide in over 90 collecting
categories, including Fine Art, Furniture, Books & Manuscripts,
Jewelry, Watches, Wine, Musical Instruments, Rock-and-Roll
Memorabilia, and Animation Art. Although Sotheby's principal
salesrooms are located in New York and London, the company
regularly conducts auctions in Australia, Hong Kong, France,
Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Singapore. The role
of Sotheby's in the art world also extends to complementary
fields including educational studies, appraisals, trust and
estate services, museum services, and real estate and financial
services. Sotheby's is listed on the New York Stock Exchange
as well as the London Exchange.
Doyle
New York
Founded in 1963, Doyle New York today is one of the world's
foremost auctioneers and appraisers of fine art, jewelry,
furniture, decorations and other specialty categories. Located
in New York City, Doyle offers 40 auctions each year attracting
a broad base of buyers and consignors from around the world.
In addition to its New York salesroom, Doyle oversees an ever-expanding
network of regional representatives throughout the United
States, including those in Arizona, Connecticut, Florida,
North Carolina, and the Washington D.C. mid-Atlantic region.
Through the years, Doyle New York has been the focus of international
media attention as the gallery that auctioned the estates
of such Hollywood legends as Gloria Swanson, Bette Davis,
James Cagney, Rock Hudson, Rex Harrison and Ruth Gordon. Doyle
also auctioned the estates of world-renowned musicians Louis
Armstrong and Count Basie, as well as the stage gowns of opera
diva Marion Anderson. Additionally, Doyle New York is well
known for its on-site auctions, including the sales of treasures
from two legendary New York restaurants: Maxwell's Plum and
the celebrated Russian Tea Room.
Chrisitie's
Founded in 1766 by James Christie, Christie's has conducted
the greatest auctions of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries,
including negotiating with Catherine the Great the sale of
Sir Robert Walpole's collection of paintings, the base of
the Hermitage Museum Collection; the sale of Madame du Barry's
jewels; and the disposition of the collection of the Duke
of Buckingham at Stowe House, which lasted 40 days. Since
then, Christie's has grown and diversified to become one of
the world's preeminent auction houses, offering sales in more
than 80 categories, including all areas of the fine and applied
arts, popular arts, wine, jewelry and classic motor cars.
Sale highlights at Christie's include the sale of Vincent
van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Cachet, which broke all auction
records when it sold for$82.5 million in 1990, still the highest
price ever realized for an item at auction.
Christie's growing operations currently consist of over 90
representative offices, including 15 selling centers, in 35
countries. Christie's principal sale center in the United
States is located in New York's famous Rockefeller Center,
and the company maintains 14 regional offices throughout the
United States.
Skinner
Skinner, Inc., based in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the
nation's leading auction houses and the only full-service
auction house headquartered in New England. Founded over 40
years ago by antiques aficionado Bob Skinner, the company
has grown to become a major force in the sale of art and antiques
at auction. Skinner employs experts in over 20 specialty areas
and conducts auctions year-round in both its Boston and Bolton,
Massachusetts, galleries. Skinner auctions draw major dealers
and serious collectors nationwide, and their long history
of consistently achieving world-record prices at auction brings
them consignments from all over the world.
As a full-service auction house, Skinner provides a full
range of auction and appraisal services, accepting single
items, groups, or entire collections for auction. Skinner
is also widely regarded as one of the most reputable names
in the auction business — a factor that is increasingly
important in today's highly competitive art and antiques market.
The Skinner name is synonymous with trust, integrity and experience.
Skinner's many specialty departments include American Furniture
& Decorative Arts, American & European Paintings &
Prints, European Furniture & Decorations, Fine Ceramics,
Silver, Jewelry, Couture & Textiles, 20th-Century Furniture
& Decorative Arts, Fine Musical Instruments, Asian Furniture
& Decorative Arts, Fine Judaica, Rare Books & Manuscripts,
Toys, Dolls & Collectibles, Science & Technology,
Oriental Rugs & Carpets, American Indian & Ethnographic
Art, and Discovery.
Frank
H. Boos Gallery
Over the past 40 years, the Frank H. Boos Gallery has become
a leading regional house based on quality, professionalism
and service to clients. The Boos Gallery has been connected
with the appraisal and/or dispersal of most of the famous
collections in the area, including Robert Hudson Tannahill,
whose collection is now at the Detroit Institute of Arts;
Charles Gershenson, whose collection set records in Americana;
Alfred Glancy, once an owner in the Empire State Building;
the family of U.S. Senator James Couzens; Dr. Walter Koelz,
who was part of the MacMillan-Byrd Arctic Expedition of 1925;
Walter Simmons II, former curator of the Henry Ford Museum;
the famous Elsholz glass collection; and Minoru Yamasaki,
the internationally renowned architect who designed the World
Trade Center, to name a few. The Gallery also appraised the
art and objets d'art of the world famous Cranbrook Institutions.
The Gallery appraisers have participated in ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
since its inception. The Gallery staff does appraisal work
for museums, law firms, insurance companies, private collectors
and all the major banks in Michigan.
DuMouchelle
Art Galleries
DuMouchelle Art Galleries Company was founded in Detroit in
1927. The firm is family-owned and operated by the descendants
of the founder, Joseph DuMouchelle, that is: Lawrence DuMouchelle,
president; Ernest DuMouchelle, vice president; and Joan Walker,
secretary.
Auctions are scheduled monthly at the gallery, located in
a six-story building directly across from the Renaissance
Center, now General Motors World Headquarters.
Fully illustrated color catalogs are published including
approximately 1,500 lots each sale. Merchandise offered includes
fine arts, paintings, graphics and sculpture, as well as decorative
arts such as fine porcelain, crystal and silver. Jewelry and
oriental carpets are also featured.
Important estates from the Midwest have been liquidated by
DuMouchelles including those of Michigan and Ohio's most prominent
citizens. Collectors also find "sale by auction"
a successful venue when dispersing of valuable assets.
DuMouchelles offers an appraisal service with free verbal
auction estimates offered at the gallery, or fee-based estimates
scheduled off location.
Northeast
Auctions
Northeast Auctions was started by Ronald Bourgeault, owner,
chief auctioneer and appraiser; he is closely involved in
the business and strives to provide personal service for consignors
and bidders. Northeast Auctions has a dedicated full-time
staff as well as an adjunct of consultants in various specialty
areas who enhance our reputation for quality.
We hold five major weekend auctions annually, each with profusely
illustrated catalogs. In addition there are several general
estates auctions; in 2001, total annual sales grossed $25
million. The auctions take place about an hour north of Boston
and include two on the premises of Northeast Auctions in Portsmouth,
New Hampshire. The mid-May sale features furnishings for entertaining
at home and in the garden. And a Marine and China Trade auction
the third weekend in August includes an open-to-the-public
lecture on a related topic on Saturday evening, sponsored
by Northeast Auctions. The three other cataloged weekend sales
occur in March, August and November in a restored armory in
Manchester, New Hampshire. The August auction is by tradition
the kick-off event for Antiques Week in New Hampshire and
that sale attracts a standing-room-only crowd with numerous
antiques-related activities in the region, including Mid-Week
in Manchester Antiques Show and the New Hampshire Antiques
Dealers' Association Antiques Show. The Northeast Auctions
August sale features Important American Furniture and Folk
Art and generally includes a single-owner collection as part
of the weekend auction: in 2000 the Virginia Ramsey-Pope Cave
Collection; in 2001 the Audrey and Tom Monahan Collection;
and in 2002 Northeast Auctions will offer the Isobel and Harvey
Kahn Folk Art Collection. The March and November auctions
also feature a preponderance of American furniture, folk art
and decorative accessories, as well as European furniture
and paintings. Consignments have included important estate
property, de-accessioned material from various historical
societies and museums such as the Mariners' Museum, Winterthur;
the Shelburne; and Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Northeast Auctions has achieved record prices in various
categories, including paintings, American furniture and folk
art, and marine and China trade antiques.
Swann
Galleries
Swann Galleries was founded in 1941 as an auctioneer specializing
in rare and antiquarian books. Today we are the largest specialist
rare-book auctioneers in the world, and our business has expanded
to encompass the visual arts. We retain the informality of
a family-owned business; clients deal directly with the experts.
Swann conducts 40 auctions a year, offering an international
clientele diverse material in a wide range of prices, appealing
equally to advanced and new collectors.
There are about 20 sales devoted to books in all collecting
categories, several auctions devoted to autographs of diverse
historical and cultural figures, and at least two sales of
maps and atlases and attractive decorative graphics.
Swann holds about 15 sales of visual art each year, including
important 19th- and 20th-century photographs and photographic
literature; immense selections of museum-quality prints and
drawings; and rare and attractive vintage posters.
As a founding member of International Auctioneers, an alliance
of nine leading independent auction houses, our sales are
publicized to auction clients around the world.
Swann is located in one of the most interesting parts of
New York City.
Weschler's
Weschler's has been an auction tradition in the nation's capital
since Adam Weschler opened a gallery just a few blocks from
the White House in 1890.
The fourth generation of Weschler family members continues
to uphold the principles on which Adam Weschler founded his
company — that the client's interests should remain
above all others. To ensure this, Adam Weschler resolved that
the company would neither buy nor own any of the items it
sold at auction. We maintain this same policy today and act
solely as a representative for the buyer or seller.
As downtown Washington's only auction house, Weschler's has
been in the unique position to auction over the years such
treasures as a first edition of Thomas Paine's 1776 Common
Sense, furniture from the office of former House Speaker Sam
Rayburn, and memorabilia from General Douglas MacArthur.
Today Weschler's holds specialized sales from September to
May in the following categories: European & American Furniture
and Decorations; Jewelry, Coins and Watches; American and
European Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Prints; Asian
Works of Art and 20th-Century Decorative Works of Art.
Kaplans
Group - Sweden
The Kaplans Group is a private Swedish family owned group
which consists of Kaplans Auktioner AB and its wholly owned
daughter company Guldsmedsaffären Kaplans Safir AB. Kaplans
Auktioner is the leading auction house in the Nordic countries
for jewelry, silverware, gemstones and watches. Kaplans Safir
is a premier jewelry shop co- located with the auction-house.
Total group turnover for 1999 was about 6 MUSD.
Bonhams
& Butterfields
Recognized as one of the most dynamic auction houses in the
world today, Bonhams & Butterfields Auctioneers is one
of the largest companies of its kind in the United States
and the third largest auction house in the world. A house
of experts in many fields, Bonhams & Butterfields specializes
in the appraisal and sale of fine art, antiques and decorative
objects in virtually every auction category. Bonhams &
Butterfields continues its tradition as the premier West Coast
auction house by providing a wide selection of property in
every category combined with excellent customer service and
professional expertise.
Specialists at Bonhams & Butterfields offer a range of
client services including seller appraisals, consignment management,
buyer assistance, and insurance and estate appraisals. Coming
from a variety of educational backgrounds, specialists bring
years of experience and knowledge to their particular area
of collecting.
Spink
1666 Founded by John Spink, principally as goldsmith and pawnbroker,
based in Lombard Street, London.
1700 Added silverware and firearms to the product range offered
for sale.
1703 Moved the business to a shop in Gracechurch Street, London,
and expanded into jewellery and coin dealing.
1772 Established Spink and Son Ltd. Increased dealing in gold
and silver coins.
1850s Started dealing in Oriental Art.
1880s Purchased the Soho Mint, a small independent foundary
and mint in central London, and started to design and produce
medals.
1890s Started to sell collectors’ medals.
1892 Started to publish the Spink Numismatic Circular. This
is believed to be the oldest, continually published, coin
and medal mail order catalogue in existence today.
1897 Produced the medals for Queen Victoria’s jubilee.
1900 Received its first Royal Warrant for medal services to
Queen Victoria.
c.1902 Moved its business from Gracechurch Street to Piccadilly
and soon after opened its famous art dealing business specialising
in British Pictures and Oriental Art.
c.1930 Moved to the corner of King Street and Duke Street,
St. James’s.
1962 Listed on the London Stock Exchange with the Spink family
retaining a controlling interest.
1970 Started a furniture restoration business based in Kennington.
This is now considered to be one of the finest English furniture
restoration businesses in the world.
1977 Andrew Weir & Co Ltd acquired Spink. He purchased
the family’s controlling interest and all the shares
listed on the stock market.
1978 Spink held its first coin auction. 1993 Christie’s
acquired Spink from Andrew Weir & Co Ltd and integrated
its coin and medal department into Spink.
1996 Purchased the Leger Galleries in Old Bond Street, one
of the leading British picture dealers, and soon afterwards
moved Spink Pictures to the Leger premises in Old Bond Street
and formed Spink-Leger Pictures.
1997 Christie’s stamp auction department was integrated
into Spink.
2000 Relocated the King Street business, moving Collectables
to new purpose-built premises at 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury.
Launched its web site at www.spink-online.com.
2002 Spink & Son business (Coins, Stamps, Banknotes and
Medals auction and dealing operations) both in the UK and
internationally acquired from Christie's by Abaca Capital,
an investment firm based in Singapore.
Go
Antiques
Founded in 1999, GoAntiques is now the antiques shopping destination
of choice for millions of collectors and the online storefront
for hundreds of dealers and gallery members around the globe.
With offices in three states and two countries, we continue
to grow our core business while focusing on customer satisfaction.
Our staff of dedicated individuals is the lifeblood of our
business. Their number one priority is to ensure that while
visiting the GoAntiques site you have a pleasant shopping
experience. We understand that half the fun of shopping for
antiques is walking through a small town and discovering a
treasure, however we try to compensate for the loss of that
experience by providing you with the opportunity to access
inventory that you may not otherwise see. The very proprietary
nature of antiques is what makes GoAntiques a perfect web-based
business. It would be impossible to imagine a single antiques
store with the selection of products we offer, just as it
is impossible to imagine a single antiques store with a customer
base such as ours. By combining the inventories of our dealer
members and using proprietary technology, we are able to bring
together an otherwise impossible business.
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