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.
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The low-down on Heritage Auctions’ mobile coin app
05 February 2018Texas-based fine art and collectables specialist Heritage Auctions announced a number of new developments to its mobile app last month. Advances included one-touch mobile bidding and an extension to the barcode scanning facility for coins.
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Haul of $6m worth of Marvel and DC Comics are coming to auction in the US
25 January 2018Heritage Auctions in Dallas is offering more than 1000 lots at its February 22 Comics auction including an original Spider-Man cover by artist John Romita Sr.
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Concerns over authenticity cause withdrawal of ‘world’s oldest Nobel Prize medal’ from New York auction
21 December 2017Heritage Auctions has withdrawn from sale ‘the world’s oldest Nobel Prize medal ever offered at auction’ after doubts were expressed over its authenticity.
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Are today’s superhero movies creating a bubble for classic comics?
27 November 2017The release this year of movies such as Justice League, Wonder Woman and, most recently, Thor: Ragnarok has brought added interest in the original comics, according to specialist at Heritage Auctions, Barry Sandoval.
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Rare design for 1931 Dracula film sets movie poster record – watch Heritage Auctions specialist giving an expert’s view
21 November 2017One of just two surviving movie posters for the 1931 horror classic ‘Dracula’ set a record for a movie poster at auction when it sold for a premium-inclusive $525,800 (£398,300). In this video released before the sale, director of vintage posters at Heritage, Grey Smith, discusses the film and the rarity of the poster.
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L’Arc de Triomphe comes to Dallas
20 November 2017The French artist Jean Béraud (1848- 1935) was renowned for his numerous depictions of life in Paris.
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The revolution may well be televised
13 November 2017A brief letter of 1864 in which Ulysses S Grant agrees to General William T Sherman’s ‘March to the Sea’, a bold plan to destroy Atlanta, then march across Georgia to Savannah or Charleston during the American Civil War, sold for $100,000 (£75,755) on October 19, at Heritage Auctions (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) in Dallas.
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Film poster collectors get their teeth into Dracula and more classic early designs
01 November 2017Have you heard of the famous actor Béla Ferenc Dezsö Blaskó? Probably not in that form, but you may know him better as Bela Lugosi. If you collect film posters, you will certainly know his most famous role.
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Lizzie Borden auction lot recalls infamous New England axe murder trial
25 October 2017'No, you can't chop your Poppa up in Massachusetts', the refrain from a once hugely popular song, and the verse from a skipping-rope rhyme with which this article ends, both derive from the controversy that continues to this day regarding one of America's most famous murder trials – and to a legal document sold on October 19 by Heritage Auctions of Dallas.
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The magic of a clean Harry Potter
25 September 2017Harry Potter’s 20th birthday celebrations continue apace – with a new record for a standard copy of 'The Philosopher’s Stone'.
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Heritage makes capital gains with purchase of London Coin Galleries
18 September 2017Texas auction house Heritage Auctions has opened in the Shepherd Market area of London’s Mayfair after taking over dealership London Coin Galleries.
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Two records set for Norman Rockwell in recent Heritage Auctions sales
23 August 2017An oil study once believed to be a cheap print set a record for the American artist Norman Rockwell last week.
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Casablanca movie poster sets record at Heritage Auctions
02 August 2017A record for a Casablanca movie poster was made last week when an Italian example sold for a premium-inclusive $478,000 (£361,800).
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D-Day relics fly high in US sales
03 July 2017Original D-Day invasion flags may be fragile and rare but a spate of them has appeared on the market recently in the US.
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Tony Curtis cut-out from Sgt Pepper's album cover up at auction
05 June 2017You may have, possibly, maybe, perhaps, gleaned by now that 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest albums of all time.
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Crumb's Fritz cosies up to Charlene for Chicago sale
05 June 2017“Artworks from Underground Comix – especially from masters such as Robert Crumb – are becoming recognised in the fine art world as cultural cornerstones.”
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Berenice Abbott New York photos on sale in same city
08 May 2017The largest group of photographs from Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) to come on the market since the Museum of the City of New York deaccessioned its duplicates in 2002 is offered in Heritage Auctions’ photographs sale on May 18-19.
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Church prayers answered at auction as rare US double eagle coin soars
28 April 2017‘In God we trust’ goes the phrase. It had a double meaning when an American church sold a rare 19th century coin with a result no doubt causing more than a few hallelujahs.
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Heritage Auctions’ Texana sale led by Battle of the Alamo document
20 April 2017“Remember the Alamo!” It was the battle cry that spurred the Texans on to victory during their 1836 revolution, recalling the sacrificial last stand of a few heroic men during a brutal siege by the Mexican Army.
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Rare “Invisible Man” vintage film poster soars to $274,850 at Heritage Auctions
03 April 2017A poster for the classic film The Invisible Man soared to four times its low estimate at a recent Heritage Auctions sale in Dallas.
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