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Koller Auktionen AG, based in Zurich, sells Old Master paintings, Impressionist and modern art, and Swiss art, with recent results including Pieter Bruegel the Younger's "The Swann Inn" at CHF 1.34 million and Pierre-Auguste Renoir's "Jeune fille lisant" at CHF 1.17 million. The house also runs sales in watches, such as a Rolex chronometer in yellow gold that set a world record at CHF 287,000, and in jewellery and unmounted gemstones, including a 4.024 ct unheated Mozambique ruby. A Genève gold and enamel box with singing bird automaton, signed by Jaquet Droz and Leschot, rounds out its recent highlights.

John Nicholson's is holding a specialist sporting auction on October 24, 2026, followed by a fine antique & oriental auction on November 4, 2026. Upcoming sales also include Saturday antique and general auctions on November 7, 2026, and a fine painting auction on November 11, 2026.

Jackson's International Auctioneers & Appraisers is holding its Summer World Treasures Auction on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 11-12, 2026, featuring over 1,000 lots including the estate collection of Dr. Boris and Dr. Germaine Frid, an exceptional painting collection from the estate of Dr. Valarie Anne Rodgers, items from the collections of Frank Royce Brownell III and Stanley D. Jensen, and two recently discovered original paintings by Norman Rockwell.

Art+Object sells historical, modern and contemporary art, applied art and rare books, with recent lots including a deluxe edition of Joseph Dalton Hooker's The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage and a rare New Zealand book collection tied to the Ray Saunders Sporting Library. Other offerings include paintings by Anne Noble, Shane Cotton and Brent Wong, along with an illuminated manuscript presented to Cecil Rhodes that marks New Zealand's gold mining heritage. The house describes itself as Aotearoa-New Zealand's leading auction house.

Anthemion Auctions is holding a Monthly General sale on November 4, 2026, featuring ceramics, glass, paintings, furniture, clocks, works of art, books, and sporting memorabilia. A Fine and Antique Auction, also including jewellery, silver, ceramics, glass, paintings, furniture, clocks, works of art, books, and sporting memorabilia, is scheduled for November 25, 2026. Another Monthly General sale is planned for December 9, 2026.

Upcoming auctions include Fine Paintings and Frames and Silver, Jewellery and Watches, both listed for Thursday 5 November, though the source gives no year. Parker Fine Art Auctions Ltd also holds monthly picture auctions and jewellery, watch and silver sales every three months, with online bidding available.

Lucas Casa d'Aste is holding an auction on September 23 featuring Design, Furniture & Oriental Art, followed by an Old Master, 19th-Century Paintings and Icons auction on September 24.

Encans Gelineau & Fils is holding its online painting auction #71, which runs until Monday, October 26, with bidding through the Hibid platform after customers register their credit card and address. The house is also seeking consignments of notable paintings, gold jewelry, and coins, and buyers pay an 18% premium.

Upcoming auctions include the 535th sale of unsold philately, postcards, numismatics, artwork, books, and collectibles lots, which closes at 07:00 on October 30, 2026, alongside a Paintings, Posters and Ex Libris unsold-lot sale closing at the same time and a fixed-price offer ending at 09:00 that day. Darabanth Kft. is also holding its 47th Grand Auction, with the live session beginning at 09:30 on November 7, 2026, offering philately, postcards, numismatics, paintings, porcelain, jewellery, posters, books, and historical documents.

Upcoming auctions include a Modern Paintings and Pictures sale going live on November 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM, with the catalogue available for viewing ahead of the event. Country Auctions and Antiques is holding this online sale, which requires a verified phone number and a card on file before bidding, and the house notes its expertise spans antique furniture, clocks, collectables, coins, and jewellery.

California Asian Art Auction Gallery USA is holding its 2026 Autumn Fine Asian Art, Jadeites, and Chinese Paintings Auction on August 30. The preview for this auction will run from August 22 to August 29.

Upcoming auctions include Fine & Decorative Arts on October 28, featuring American paintings, modern design, art glass, European decorative arts, clocks, watches, jewelry, and silver, with highlights by Emile A. Gruppe and Wendell Castle. The following day, October 29, will feature Art, Antiques, & Americana, including early American furniture, folk art, stoneware, and Native American works.

Hampel Fine Art Auctions specializes in Old Master Paintings, 19th & 20th Century Paintings, and Impressionist & Modern Art. The Munich-based house offers exceptional objects and exciting bidding battles.

G.W. Bell Antiques, a Falmouth, Maine buyer, specializes in purchasing antiques and collectibles, with a stated focus on furniture, oriental rugs, clocks, paintings, bronzes and statuary, autographs, wood carvings, costume jewelry, and oriental items. The firm bills itself as New England's largest buyer of antiques and collectibles and says it is seeking paintings by artists from American, European, Latin American, and Canadian schools, citing a catalog of over 350,000 artists' work. Its licensed auctioneer and appraiser principal has more than four decades in the field, according to the site.

Upcoming auctions include Furniture, Paintings and Works of Art on October 27, 2026, Asian Art on October 29, 2026, and Modern and Contemporary Art on November 3, 2026, with the first two and the third running in Turin and online.

New Hampshire Auctions and Appraisals is holding its Fall Auction of Fine Art and Collectibles on November 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM, featuring over 300 lots that include estate fine art, antique swords and weapons, oriental rugs, sterling silver, African masks, T. Nast woodcuts, 1950s toy trucks, cast iron toys, trains, early lead soldiers, and Renaissance Revival and country furniture. The sale will be conducted as a live auction, and the house's recent results include a Dunlap-attributed painting that sold for $42,500 and a John Dunlap molding plane that sold for $15,000.

Specializes in estate and general auctions featuring Greek icons, a 1939 Buffon "Histoire Naturelle," Chinese Jiaqing polychrome vases, Nantucket friendship purses, and Morgan silver dollars. Highlights in the current sale include a Petros Katsas sailboat painting and a G. Bourgerely watercolor of the Acropolis, with a livestream planned for the day of sale. Buyers are urged to preview in person at the gallery, while the house has stopped offering in-house shipping for auction purchases.

Upcoming auctions include an Antiques & Interiors sale on 4th November, held online only with viewing on 2nd and 3rd November, and a Model Railway & Collector's Models sale on 5th November, with viewing on 3rd and 4th November. A Fine Art Sale covering jewellery, silver, watches, Asian and European works of art, paintings, and country house antiques is scheduled for 18th and 19th November, with viewing on 14th, 16th, and 17th November. The source gives day and month for these sales but no year, so no complete calendar date could be confirmed.

Specializes in Asian arts and antiques, with a focus on Chinese paintings, porcelains, and jade carvings, and says it is one of the premier places in Canada to offer such works. The Toronto-based house, founded in 2015 by a Chinese painting collector, runs both online and in-person auctions and offers multiple catalog sales a year. Its staff works in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese, and it also travels to Montreal, Ottawa, and Vancouver.

Specializing in fine art, Chinese and Japanese antiques, and estate liquidations, Pegasus Antique & Estate Auctions has recently offered a Mead Schaeffer oil painting, described as museum quality and signed to "Binks," alongside Royal Doulton, Steiff, and a collection of over 60 antique dolls by makers including Armand Marseille and Simon & Halbig. Its catalog also spans Hummel, Elgin watch advertising, an 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition fan, and a Dali wood engraving from The Divine Comedy series. The house, which holds sales in Historic Owego, New York, touts a "Great Gatsby" on-site estate sale of a 20-room mansion.

Upcoming auctions include an online sale on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT, featuring fine antiques, Asian works, art, gold and sterling silver, and over 200 lots of jewelry and watches. Highlights include rare loose gemstones such as a 15.37 CT Paraiba Tourmaline and a 5.25 CT Blue Sapphire, Georg Jensen, Tiffany and Rolex items, Chinese furniture, a Meissen and Sevres porcelain selection, an 11x15 Oushak rug, and named lots including Lot 12 (antique Chinese mother-of-pearl and marble chair), Lot 115 (Venice scene oil by G. Scotti), Lot 127 (Albert Artwell folk painting), and Lot 133 (Errol Darling military portrait). New bidders should note that gold and silver purchases must be paid by wire, ACH, cash, or cashier's check rather than a debit or credit card.