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Rachel Davis Fine Arts is currently offering a buy-now sale devoted to Albert Pels (American, 1910-1998), with 176 oil paintings listed under its Fine Art and Paintings categories. The catalog's lots, numbered from 801 onward, are all attributed to Pels and priced by login only, so buyers must register to see figures. The sale is listed as a buy-now event rather than a traditional live auction.

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 a two-day November sale on 13 and 14 November 2026, starting at 10am each day, with viewing on 12 November. Day 1 offers antiques, collectables, gold Omega watches, jewellery, sovereigns, rare books and banknotes, while Day 2 is a special art sale of oil paintings, film posters, maps and engravings.

Theron Auctioneers, a Cape Town family business, sells movable assets for companies and private clients, with lots that have included oil paintings, antiques, Imbuia furniture, an Otto Bach piano, hand-painted Delft ornaments, and porcelain dolls. The house holds auctions every second week, covering machinery, office and household furniture, electronics, tools, vehicles and boats. A warning on its site cautions buyers about scammers impersonating the firm on social media and on invoices.

Upcoming auctions include a luxury, premium daily driver and electric vehicle sale in the Netherlands (27 lots) closing on October 26, followed by a busy run of closings on October 27 that features a 1930 Renault Monaquatre, a 1999 Ferrari 360 Modena, a diamond and sapphire tennis bracelet collection (9 lots), and several Tiel-based car sales. Further closings include Milsbeek car sales on November 3, a Mosgaard Whisky Single Cask and a Chevrolet Corvette C2 Sting Ray on November 10, and an abstract oil painting on November 24, while new yacht and boat auctions open on a rolling basis from October 27 through November 24.

Sidcup Auction Rooms runs fortnightly two-day sales of antiques, collectables and general items, with 900-1200 lots per sale, and sells silver, gold, jewellery, pottery, porcelain, glass, crystal, prints, oil paintings, water colours, furniture, mirrors, metalware, military items, books and toys. The house also offers free valuations for items entered into its sales and a probate valuation service for executors, solicitors and beneficiaries, alongside full house clearances. It is based just off Sidcup High Street in Kent, where lots can be viewed before each sale.

Meissner's Auction Service, a family-owned house in New Lebanon, New York, specializes in antique and period furniture, quality oil paintings, Shaker pieces, and antique firearms, alongside antique toys, dolls, stoneware, and Victorian collectibles. The company bills its weekly Saturday sales as among the largest auctions in the area, with its listings also spanning automobilia and petrolania and antique and vintage advertising.

Specializes in liquidating estates, personal collections, and business assets, with its collector-focused niche centered on sports memorabilia, war memorabilia, stamps, coins, trading cards, vintage toys and action figures, comic books, antique books and manuscripts, and vinyl records. The Carolina-based firm also handles fine art such as oil paintings, watercolors, and rare prints, plus gold, silver, and diamonds, and offers on-site sales, online auctions, and in-person auctions to match each consignment.

Visbids leads with folk art and Indigenous material in its upcoming "Folk Art, Pottery, Textiles and Country Furnishings" sale, which names works by Mose Tolliver, Clarence Webster, Jacob Roth and Gilbert Desroches, alongside decorated stoneware and redware by Goold, Schuler and Welding and Mohawk pottery. The house also runs collector's auctions heavy in Lalique hood ornaments, trench art and vintage model cars, sold in the Greater Toronto Area and online through HiBids. Its catalogues are rich with pre-Confederation samplers and Canadian paintings, giving the Toronto-area house a distinctly Canadian focus.

Il Ponte Casa d'Aste Bergamo is holding an auction on October 21, 2026, featuring works for Good StArt 2026. Upcoming auctions include Vintage Fashion Selection on October 27, 2026, followed by Old Master Paintings, Furniture, Works of Art, Ceramics, Carpets, Textiles, Russian Art, Scientific Instruments, and Important Silver from October 28-30, 2026. Further sales are scheduled for Figurative Arts between the 19th and 20th Century on November 3, 2026, and Stamps on November 4, 2026. Additional auctions are planned for November 10-18, November 11, November 12, and November 19, 2026, covering Furnishings, Paintings, Interior Decoration, Asian Works of Art, Carpets and Textiles, Modern Antiques, Prints, Multiples and Modern Art, and Vintage Fashion, respectively.

Upcoming auctions include an estate sale of Moorcroft, Royal Doulton, Victorian epergnes and Dresden figurines, and a fine furnishings and collectibles sale, both with bidding opening Friday, October 23rd, while the ongoing fall fine art sale features a 1905 Florence Carlyle oil and a Jack Bush landscape study. The November Art Session I, billed as the gallery's largest art offering of 2026, has no set date in the source, and the Holiday Art Auction, opening December 18th, falls outside the search window.

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.

North Island Estate Liquidation Inc. runs estate sales and appraisals across the Comox Valley and Vancouver Island, with recent sales featuring Medalta stoneware, Robert Held art glass, MCM teak furniture and restored classic cars. The firm's recent calendar also lists a museum-grade collection of petroliana, advertising signs, and vintage hi-fi gear, along with records, original paintings and Coach handbags. Its sales are open-to-the-public, one-day warehouse events in Courtenay, with its own staff spanning appraisers and auctioneers.

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.

Auctions important Australian and international art, including paintings, sculptures, and works on paper, from traditional to contemporary periods.

Upcoming auctions include the first part of Old Master and Modern Prints and Drawings (401) on October 27 and the second part, Prints from the 15th to 20th Century, on October 28, both at Palazzo Caetani Lovatelli in Rome. Later sales include Old Master Paintings from the 14th to 19th Century on November 5, Oriental Rugs from the 19th to early 20th Century on November 12, and Smart Auction Christmas Gifts on November 19.

Michael Spooner Auctions is holding its next online sale with bidding closing on Monday, November 16, 2026 at 6:00 P.M. (soft close), preceded by a preview that day from 2:00 to 5:00 P.M. at its Ottawa location, and followed by pick-up on Tuesday, November 17, 2026 from 8:30 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. Highlights include a Thomas Sidney Cooper oil on board, a Leo Ayotte oil on board dated 1954, a Herman Miller Eames chair and ottoman, a Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre Firbolgs vase, an Alessandro Becchi for Giovanetti Anfibio sofa bed, a 14K gold diamond and sapphire ring, and a rare 1932 Governor General of Canada car flag.

Upcoming auctions include Pre-1980 Sports Cards & Memorabilia, an online-only sale on October 25, 2026 at 6pm EDT. Miller and Miller Auctions is holding Pottery & Glass online-only on October 28 at 6pm EDT, alongside The Laurin Garland Collection in Decoys, a live webcast offered as an exclusive on October 28 at 10am EDT. Decoys & Sporting follows as a live webcast on October 29 at 10am EDT, while Gas, Oil & Automotive Advertising from The Barry Yorgason Collection continues in sessions on October 27 and November 3. Luxury & Important Watches runs as a live webcast on November 12 at 5pm EDT, and Petroliana & Advertising closes the window as a live webcast on November 29, which falls outside the search window.

New Hampshire Auctions and Appraisals is holding a Fall Auction of Fine Art and Collectibles on November 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM, featuring over 300 lots that include fine art from estates, antique swords and weapons, oriental rugs, Sterling silver, African masks, T. Nast woodcuts, 1950s toy trucks, cast iron toys, trains, early lead soldiers, and country and Renaissance Revival furniture. The house specializes in antiques, fine furnishings, books, and fine art, and recent results included a Dunlap painting that sold for $42,500 and a Dunlap molding plane that sold for $15,000.

Upcoming auctions include a Fine Antiques, Asian, Art, Gold and Sterling online sale on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT, featuring a 15.37 CT Paraiba Tourmaline, Georg Jensen and Tiffany silver, over 200 lots of jewelry and watches, a Chinese mother-of-pearl chair (Lot 12), and an Albert Artwell folk art painting (Lot 127). A Country Store, Advertising, Tobacciana and More online auction follows on Sunday, November 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM EST, with over 600 lots from a Pennsylvania County Store, including a Neon Salem advertising sign by Everbrite (Lot 272) and a Neon 1999 Parliament advertising sign (Lot 274). Note that new buyers of gold and sterling silver must pay by wire, ACH, cash or cashier's check rather than credit or debit card.