Author Archives: Skinner

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BOSTON, Mass. – April 16, 2009 – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host an auction of Fine Musical Instruments on Sunday, May 3rd in its Boston gallery at noon.  More than 400 lots will be offered.  Featured is a stunning example of the world’s most sought after electric guitar, the 1959 Les Paul Standard (lot 22), which more than any other guitar has achieved legendary status among guitar collectors, players, and investors everywhere for playability, sound, beauty and investment power. … Read More

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BOSTON, Mass. – April 10, 2009 – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host its semi-annual auction of Asian Works of Art this month in its Boston gallery.  The sale will be offered in two sessions: Session I takes place on Friday, April 24th at 4 p.m. and consists of 278 lots; Session II will be held on Saturday, April 25th at 10 a.m. and will offer over a thousand lots of Asian arts.… Read More

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MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – April 1, 2009 – www.skinnerinc.com – On April 15 -16, 2009, Skinner, Inc., one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host a two-day Discovery auction featuring Ephemera & Collectibles in its gallery in Marlborough, Mass.  Session I begins on Wednesday April 15th at 5 p.m. at 274 Cedar Hill Street, Skinner’s new facility located off exit 23C on Route 495, just north of the Mass Pike. … Read More

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BOSTON, Mass. –March 24, 2009 – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, today announced the results of its Fine Jewelry sale last week which grossed $1,768,021.00, achieving the sale’s high estimate despite the current economic conditions and uncertainty in the marketplace.

A number of the top selling lots came to Skinner from the family of William and Henry Walters, who established Baltimore’s Waters Art Museum. … Read More

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BOSTON, Mass. – March 19, 2009 – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses, will hold a sale of European Furniture & Decorative Arts featuring Fine Silver on Saturday, April 11th at 10 a.m. in its Boston gallery located at 63 Park Plaza.  A major U.S. force in the sale of high style European pieces to both national and international clients, Skinner again offers an impressively varied selection of English and Continental decorative works of art, ceramics, furniture and silver with this sale.… Read More

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BOSTON, Mass. – February 17, 2009 – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, Inc., one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will offer a varied selection of American and European Paintings on Friday, March 6th in its Boston gallery located at 63 Park Plaza.  With more than 850 lots of paintings, prints, photography and sculpture, the sale has something to suit every taste.

Prints & Photography

Kicking off the sale at noon on the 6th is a fine selection of prints and photography. … Read More

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MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – February 11, 2009 – www.skinnerinc.com – On Thursday, February 26,  2009, Skinner, Inc., one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host its inaugural auction in its new gallery in Marlborough, Mass.:  a one-day Discovery auction featuring Country Americana.  The auction begins at 10 a.m. at 274 Cedar Hill Street, Skinner’s new facility located off exit 23C on Route 495, just north of the Mass Pike. … Read More

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MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – January 28, 2009 – www.skinnerinc.com – On February 2, 2009, Skinner, Inc., one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will move from its long-time Bolton gallery to a new, state-of-the-art facility located at 274 Cedar Hill Street in Marlborough, Massachusetts.  The 69,000 square foot space will house the company’s corporate offices, suburban auction gallery, and property warehouse. … Read More

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BOSTON, Mass. – January 8, 2009 – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, Inc., one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host an auction of American Indian and Ethnographic Art on Saturday, January 24th at 10:00 a.m. in its Boston gallery.  More than 400 lots of tribal art will be offered from North American, South America and Africa.

African & Pre-Columbian

A nice selection of Pre-Columbian and African material leads the sale with the first 100 lots. … Read More

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BOSTON, Mass. – December 03, 2008 – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses, will host an auction of 20th Century Furniture & Decorative Arts in its Boston gallery on December 20th at 10 a.m.  The sale will feature more than 750 lots of furniture and decorative and utilitarian objects from the Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts, Art Deco, Mid-Century and Post Modern periods (1880-contemporary time). … Read More