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Winter 2026 Two-Day Highlights

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Thank you for an outstanding Winter auction! The sale exceeded the high estimate by 53% with 98.5% of the lots sold. Highlights include a William Edmondson sculpture achieving $393,600 and a Eanger Irving Couse painting realizing $84,000 (including buyer’s premium). New auction records were set for several Tennessee artists, including Knoxville Seven artists Robert Birdwell, […]

POSTPONED: Winter Auction Special Lecture – Collector’s Coffee with Jennifer Core

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  UPDATE 1/26/26: Due to weather related issues, our special guest Jennifer Core will be unable to join us Thurs. Jan. 29 for our Collector’s Coffee presentation: Tennessee Samplers: Female Education and Domestic Arts in Tennessee, 1800-1900. We’re still excited to have samplers from all 3 Tennessee Grand Divisions in this auction (lots 235-237) and […]

Summer 2025 Two-Day Highlights

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Thank you for an outstanding July auction! The sale exceeded the high estimate by 25% with 98% of the lots sold. Highlights include a William Edmondson sculpture achieving $244,000 and a Carroll Cloar painting realizing $97,600 (including buyer’s premium). New auction records were set for the following Tennessee artists: Lloyd Branson, Meyer Wolfe, Carl Gutherz, […]

Variety is the “Spice of Life”

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We have consistently found, sale after sale, that a faster-paced auction with a larger number of lots and a greater variety of categories leads to the most ideal bidding environment. By “ideal,” we mean maximizing the number of registered bidders, absentee bids, bidder retention from beginning to end, and achieving the highest prices realized along […]

Increasing the rate of items auctioned and the number of lots in the sale

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We have proven that increasing the rate at which lots are auctioned per hour drives higher bidder engagement, improves bidder retention throughout the sale, and significantly increases the number of lots sold in a given day—all while minimizing passed lots and maximizing realized prices. However, the recent trend in the antique and fine art auction […]

Documents, Books, and Maps

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Below are examples of exceptional results for Documents, Books, and Maps auctioned by Case Antiques, Inc. The sold price includes the Buyer’s Premium. If you have items like these in an estate, a private collection, or a museum, and would like to sell them, visit our selling page to learn more about consigning. We appreciate your […]

Textiles, Rugs, Quilts, and Fashion

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Below are examples of exceptional results for Textiles, Rugs, Quilts, and Fashion items auctioned by Case Antiques, Inc. The sold price includes the Buyer’s Premium. If you have items like these in an estate, a private collection, or a museum, and would like to sell them, visit our selling page to learn more about consigning. We appreciate […]

Summer 2024 Two-Day Auction Highlights

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Thank you for participating in one of the most successful weekend auction in company history! We achieved a record total and an extraordinary 98% sell-through rate! Catherine Wiley’s oil painting, Woman with a Green Parasol, set a new auction record for the artist, selling for $146,400. Additionally, a Friedel Dzubas acrylic on canvas soared to […]

Summer 2021 Two-Day Auction Highlights

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Thank you for making our Summer 2021 Auction our biggest and best-selling auction yet with more than 8,000 registered bidders from 60+ countries and 95% of lots sold! Top lots included a Beauford Delaney abstract painting at $348,000 and a William Edmondson sculpture at $120,000. Our Summer Auction was July 24-25, 2021 in Knoxville, TN […]