KNOXVILLE, Tenn.— A record number of floor and phone bidders, a record number of online bidders, and a signed Beatles record that sold for $63,250 all combined to make the May 21st Spring Case Antiques auction the company’s most successful sale to date. “While having a strong single lot like the Beatles album is great, […]
Case Antiques, Inc. named in New York Times article on 2010’s Most Intriguing Auction Lots
The sale of a Kentucky stoneware butter churn for $55,200 at Case’s October auction was noted in a Dec. 24 article in the New York Times as one of “the year’s more intriguing auction lots.” The article includes a brief interview with Robert Leath of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, the institution which […]
Records for Southern and Southwestern pottery at Oct. 16th Auction
New auction record for Kentucky Pottery set at Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals Historic Jar sells for $55,000 KNOXVILLE, Tenn.— A cobalt slip-decorated stoneware butter churn achieved a record price for Kentucky pottery at auction, selling for $55,200 (inclusive of 15% buyer’s premium) at Case Antiques Inc., Auctions & Appraisals on Oct. 16. The […]
Rare Southern Pottery, ex-Museum pieces and more featured at Case’s Fall Auction on October 16, 2010
Rare Southern pottery, furniture that once graced rooms at Nashville’s Belle Meade Mansion, and acollection of Mexican masks deaccessioned by the Knoxville Museum of Art arejust a few of the 700 lots featured at the Fall Case Antiques Auction, set forOctober 16 at the company’s gallery in Knoxville, Tennessee. One of the outstanding pottery lots […]
Southern antiques shine at Case’s May 22 Spring Auction
In an auction containing 600 lots of items with national and international appeal, Southern decorative arts carried the day at the Spring Case Antiques Auction, held May 22 at the company’s gallery. It was the company’s largest sale to date and attracted a record number of Internet, phone and absentee bidders, as well as a […]
May 22, 2010 Auction Highlights
Highlights from the May 22nd, 2010 Antiques & Art Auction in Knoxville are listed below: (prices realized include a 13.5% buyer’s premium) For a complete catalog listing of all hammer prices from this auction, click here. If you are interested in consigning items of this quality for future auctions, please contact us at info@caseantiques.com.
Large East Tennessee cobalt decorated jar, attrib. Charles Decker
Large 4 gallon stoneware jar with extruded lug handles, bold cobalt decorated tulip design on both sides, “4” capacity mark on rim consistent with known Decker forms from Keystone Pottery, Washington Co., Tennessee. The large open tulip design is associated with potter, Charles Decker. More information in coming weeks.
Jan. 23, 2010 Auction Highlights
Highlights from the January 23rd, 2010 Antiques & Art Auction in Knoxville are listed below: (prices realized include a 13.5% buyer’s premium) If you are interested in consigning items of this quality for future auctions, please contact us at info@caseantiques.com. Lot 6 – Rare 1904 Giers Confederate Cavalry Veterans photo of Troop A, Nashville, TN. […]
Sept. 26, 2009 Auction Highlights
Highlights from the September 26th, 2009 Antiques & Art Auction in Knoxville are listed below: (prices realized include a 13.5% buyer’s premium) Lot 1 – Signed woodblock print and 1st edition signed copy of “The Tennessee”. 1st item – Woodblock – Signed and titled in pencil in bottom margin “Steamboat Sending, Ed. 25, T. S. […]
May 16th, 2009 Auction Highlights
———————————————————————————————————————————————————————- Highlights from the May 16th, 2009 Antiques & Art Auction in Knoxville are listed below: (prices realized include a 13.5% buyer’s premium) Lot 1 – Painted Tole flower metal box with hinged lid & 2 locks. Old painted surface, possibly not original with fading tole painting. One lock missing. Small pinhole to lid. Three […]