Heritage Auctions
Heritage Auctions are an American auction house presided over by Steve Ivy and Jim Halperin, who merged their companies together under the Heritage umbrella in 1982.
Their headquarters are in Dallas, Texas but they also hold auctions and have offices in a number of other locations including New York, California, Hong Kong and Europe. At auction they offer a range of items including fine, decorative and contemporary art. They also hold specialist collectable sales focusing on coins, entertainment and music memorabilia and rare books.
Albert Einstein letters come to auction in Dallas
01 April 2020Several letters written by Albert Einstein discussing his most significant scientific accomplishments will be among the major attractions in Heritage Auctions’ April 23 sale of historical manuscripts in Dallas.
Invisible Man appeal now clear to see
30 March 2020This rare poster for 'The Invisible Man', the 1933 Universal Studios horror film, realised a hammer price of $152,000 (£132,175) in Heritage Auctions’ Movie Poster sale in Dallas.
Key work of American political theory sold at Heritage
30 March 2020Comprising essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, all of which were published under the same pen name, ‘Publius’, The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution… is a key American contribution to political theory.
Poster from 1930s horror film The Invisible Man appears at Dallas auction
26 March 2020This rare poster for 'The Invisible Man', the 1933 Universal Studios horror film, realised a hammer price of $152,000 (£132,175) in Heritage Auctions’ Movie Poster sale in Dallas.
‘A pivotal piece of video game history’: PlayStation prototype from failed Sony-Nintendo partnership draws huge bidding in Texas auction
11 March 2020A prototype of the PlayStation has sold for $300,000 at auction in Texas. The 28-year-old gaming console, offered by Heritage Auctions as part of a sale in Dallas this week is thought to be the sole survivor from 200 made during a failed joint-venture between Sony and Nintendo in c.1992.
Entertainment memorabilia previews from the Fab Four in New York to James Bond in London
17 February 2020A selection of upcoming entertainment lots at auctions ranging from the Fab Four in New York to James Bond in London and Tommy Cooper in Stockport.
Five examples showing how exotic Eastern blades remain a key fixture at auction
20 January 2020Edged weapons from the East continue to feature regularly among the top lots in auctions across the world. Awareness of the rich array of culturally-significant weapons to be found in Western collections has grown as internet technology reaches a new international audience.
Sabres suggest the swashbuckling world of Hornblower
20 January 2020Two spectacular early-19th century British presentation sabres have turned up in the salerooms recently, one in London and the other in Munich.
French cat painter's felines head to Heritage sale
20 January 2020Heritage now conducts a monthly online-only auction titled Fine & Decorative Arts. The February 13 sale includes two typical oil on panel works by the French cat painter Jules Gustave Leroy (1856-1921).
New faces, locations and auction schedules - the latest Movers and Shakers across the art and antiques market
08 January 2020An update from across the world of art and antiques including a new joiner at Duke’s and a new saleroom for Elstob & Elstob.
Marvellous ‘Windy City pedigree’ blows hot at Heritage
16 December 2019Comics and comic artwork selling at a very high level were evident in a three-day sale held recently in Dallas.
Dracula lobby card once owned by Bela Lugosi sells for six-figures in Dallas auction
29 November 2019A lobby card for the 1931 classic horror movie Dracula, once owned by the film’s lead actor Bela Lugosi, sold for a hammer price of $160,000 (£123,000) at Heritage Auction’s Movie Poster sale in Dallas.
Photographic carte de visite portraits of Carson, Custer and ‘Our Willie’ sold in Dallas
25 November 2019Featured here are three photographic carte de visite portraits of American interest from an historical manuscripts and documents sale held in Dallas by Heritage (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium).
Marvel’s first ever comic book - granddaddy of all Marvel Comics - makes auction record at $1m
22 November 2019A 1939 copy of Marvel Comics No 1 sold at Heritage Auctions this week setting a world auction record for the most expensive Marvel comic ever sold.
Famed Manhattan collection yields second tempting selection of first editions in New York
14 October 2019Graham Greene was a star turn when a second portion of the famed ‘Mystery Fiction’ collections and stock of Otto Penzler, proprietor of Manhattan’s ‘Mysterious Bookshop’, came to auction in New York on September 5.
Sci-fi collection is 442-lot sell-out success in Dallas
07 October 2019Several records were broken when all 442 lots in the Glynn & Suzanne Crain science-fiction collection sold in a US auction on August 13-14.
Isaac Newton notes off to great start
30 September 2019It is the practice of one US saleroom to publish what are called ‘starting bids’ rather than an estimate range in its catalogues.
English mystery and crime fiction from renowned collector
19 August 2019A group of 481 rare book lots from the personal collection of renowned collector in the New York literary community features in Heritage Auctions’ rare books sale on September 5.
Dracula lobby cards from 1931 film taken to record high in Dallas
05 August 2019Two lobby cards for the 1931 film ‘Dracula’ led Heritage Auctions’ latest sale of movie posters when each sold for a six-figure sum.
Alfred Hitchcock’s 'The 39 Steps' poster emerges in Dallas
22 July 2019This poster for Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps is one of the rarer entries in Heritage Auctions’ July 27-28 sale of posters to be held in Dallas.
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