October 7, 2017 11 A.M. local Memphis time
Preview Times: October 5, Thursday, 10am-4pm October 6, Friday, 10am-4pm Preview Address: 263 Gayoso Memphis, TN 38103 *There are no identifiable markers on the building to indicate address; if you try to pull it up on google maps, it does not show the correct location, so parenthetically speaking if you enter in 124 S 4th Street on google maps, the proper image will pop up?the SE corner of 4th and Gayoso. Live Auction Address: 147 S. Main St. Memphis, TN 38103

Thursday September 14: 6.00 p.m.

Wednesday September 13 at 6.00
Quinns and Waverly present: Prints and multiples from the 18th century to the present day. September 13, Wednesday at 6:00 pm

Quinn's Auction Galleries July 15th Ethnographic Art Auction features, among others, the works of two collectors, Claude"Nyabinghi" Creary and John Woodall.Through their artwork one can see just how personal collecting can be and how fascinating these different approaches often are. Nyabinghi started collecting African Art from the 1960's for over 50 years by way of his travels throughout Africa. In 1968 Nyabinghi opened his first of eight gift shops in Brooklyn N.Y. where he was able share his passion and his incredible collection with many. He had a vast knowledge of the many different cultures, tribes and people from whom he obtained his many art pieces. Form interaction with them, and subsequent learning, he was able to education many of his buyers, and have active discussions and debates about Africa and Africa art. His collection has been featured in videos as well as on various television shows. His art has been collected by many prominent as well as everyday people. Nyabinghi Gift Shops have been located in Brooklyn, Manhattan and most recently Atlanta Georgia since 2007 until 2016. The estate is comproised of his personal, private and business collection of African art and artifacts which is indeed vast and important. Nyabinghi was a prominent community figure, a respected elder who was known throughout the world. His passion for African art is well represented in this collection. John Woodall began his life in the arts as performance artist in Northern California during the 1970s and quickly became immersed in the Native American culture of the area. Woodall literally became a part of his collection spending time with the Hupa people learning to weave baskets in their distinct style. For Woodall, collecting became a process of sharing a lifestyle and experiencing the cultures from within. Understanding this helps us appreciate why he collected what he did. A unique collection, with a wide scope, Woodall's items reflect the special journey he took to obtaining and learning about them.

Saturday, June 3rd, 2017, 11:00am
Fine and Decorative Arts Catalog Auction Saturday, June 3rd, 2017, 11:00am Fine and decorative arts featuring 17th, 18th, and 19th century American and European furniture including Galle and Benjamin Willard. Modern furniture including ,Charles and Ray Eames, Peter Lovid Nielsen, Hans Wegner, Arne Vodder, Neils Otto Moller, Thomas Moser, and others. Decorative Arts such as silver, porcelain, sculpture, fine clocks, art pottery and glass, jewelry, paintings, prints, chandeliers, modern design, and more. Featuring works by Winslow Homer, Thomas Moran, Condie Lamb, Warren Rollins, Peter Max, Siegfried Reinhardt, LeRoy Neiman, Leonard H. Reedy, Andy Warhol, and more. In addition, a fine collection of Asian decorative arts including Japanese woodblocks, Chinese porcelain, furniture, and photographs among others.

Thursday, June 1 2017: 6:00pm Please note Quinn's website / Highbid is an absentee only bidding platform. Please contact us by email (info@quinnsauction.com) or by phone at 703-532-5632 for options to bid live.
Fine and rare books, maps, autographs, Americana and prints; 2 volumes of Lorca poetry signed and inscribed by Federico Garcia Lorca; ALS of Joseph Brant; with books, autographs and portrait prints, ex inventory of The Queen's Shilling (Military and Historical). Signed material from NASA astronauts and manuscript sheet music by John Quincy Adams. Prints include two images from Seba's Cabinet of Natural Curiosities and a signed mother and child by Francoise Gilot.

Saturday, April 22, 2017, 11:00am
Ethnographic Arts Series: Multi-Estate Tribal Art Featuring the Inventory and Collection of Merton D. Simpson. Saturday, April 29, 2017, 11:00am Quinn's Auction Galleries is proud to present a Multi-Estate Tribal Art Auction Featuring the Inventory and Collection of Merton D. Simpson among others as part of their ongoing Ethnographic Art Series. This sale includes fine art by Merton Simpson as well as the remainder of the pieces from his tribal arts collection; especially African Tribal Art sculptures, utilitarian objects, Pacific Island artwork, and more. Other estates and collection include African art and sculpture, Pre-Columbian objects, Ethnographic items.

Saturday, March 25th, 2017 Please note Quinn's website / Highbid is an absentee only bidding platform. Please contact us by email (info@quinnsauction.com) or by phone at 703-532-5632 for options to bid live.
Patterns of Collecting: The Ethnographic Collections of John Woodall, William Leazer & William Swann, and others Saturday, March 25, 2017, 11:00am Quinn's Auction Galleries March 25th Ethnographic Art Auction features, among others, the works of three collectors, John Woodall, William Leazer and William Swann, who approached collecting in separate and distinct ways. Through their artwork one can see just how personal collecting can be and how fascinating these different approaches often are. John Woodall began his life in the arts as performance artist in Northern California during the 1970s and quickly became immersed in the Native American culture of the area. Woodall literally became a part of his collection spending time with the Hupa people learning to weave baskets in their distinct style. For Woodall, collecting became a process of sharing a lifestyle and experiencing the cultures from within. Understanding this helps us appreciate why he collected what he did. A unique collection, with a wide scope, Woodall's items reflect the special journey he took to obtaining and learning about them. Equally fascinating, William Leazer and his partner William Swann worked together for over forty years to create their collection as they traveled the United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. For them, each item became a part of a personal scrapbook of the life they shared together. Each object bringing back a memory from the past as they enjoyed the artwork in the present for its aesthetic merits in the home they created. The artwork from both gentlemen proves there is no right way of collecting. It is the joy experienced on the personal level that out weights the external art criticism that is so often placed on the shoulders of collectors. Quinn's Auction Galleries is proud to offer a vast array of objects from these collections that bring together the work of many cultures and the memories of how they were collected and cherished. The auction features Pre-Columbian pottery and texties, Native American beadwork, baskets, models, textiles, and more, Central and South American artwork such as retablos, pottery, Santos figures, and mask, African tribal arts including textiles, masks, headdress, and implements, and Oceanic and South East Asian ethnographic art and objects among others.

March 16th 2017 at 6pm Quinn's webisite/ Highbid is an absentee only biding platform. Please contact for optinos to bid live.
The auction includes fine and rare books, prints, posters maps, autographs and photographs.

Saturday, February 18, 2017, 11:00am
African American Artists: Featuring the Inventory and Collection of Merton D. Simpson Saturday, February 18, 2017, 11:00am Fine Art from the inventory and collection of Merton D. Simpson. Including works by the owner and artist, pieces from his personal collection, and inventory of his gallery. Including mixed media, oil on canvas, acrylic on canvas, drawings, and other works by Merton D. Simpson, Norman Lewis, Beauford Delaney, Emil Palmer, Felrath Gines, John Biggers, Catti, Nancy Flanagan, Sylvia Rabelar Skok, Rene Bokoko, Matar, and others.

January 28th, 2017-11:00am est
Fine & Decorative Arts Catalog - January 28, 2016 Quinn's Auction Gallery Fine and decorative arts featuring Modern,18th and 19th century American and European furniture including Stickely, Limbert, Plail Brothers, Nakashima, Renzo Frau, James Martin, Milo Baughman, Eames, Hans Wegner, Preben Fabricius and Jorgen Kastholm, and more. Decorative Arts such as silver, porcelain, jewelry, paintings, prints, music players, guitars, among others. Featuring works by Granville Redmon, A.M.Gorter, Joseph Albers, Jules Scalella, Jack Perlmutter, Alexander Calder, Lucien Boucher, Dali, Jocelyne Sequin, Alfredo Muller, and more. In addition, a fine collection of Asian decorative arts including Japanese woodblocks, teapots, inro, furniture, and photographs.

12/3/2016-11:00am
Join us for Part 2 of the Inventory and Collection of the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. This important one-day auction features Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Oceanic, and other Ethnographic Art pieces as well as paintings and fine art by Merton D. Simpson.

Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 6:00 pm EST
Fine and rare books, maps, autographs and Americana with political documents and memorabilia from the estate of Rex Scouten, Chief Usher and Curator for the White House. Notable autographs by Congressman John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jaqueline B. Kennedy, Presidents Truman through Clinton, Cabinet members from Theodore Roosevelt to Carter administrations, First Ladies and Supreme Court Justices. Archive of Tuskegee airmen documents and historic photographs by Charles F. Francis, the author of "The Tuskegee Airmen," the first history of the first Negro military aviators. Signed material from NASA astronauts, signed baseball and hockey memorabilia, 2 guest books from Wash. DC landmark restaurant Paul Young's, scrapbooks, diaries and account books. Rare maps include Herman Moll CAROLINA map of Southeast US and 1628 Hondius map, "Atlas Sive Cosmographicae" showing early representation of the area from Virginia to Florida. Exceedingly rare complete 3 books by PIRANESI with LAPIDES CAPITOLINI, ANTICHITA DI CORA and LE ROVINE DEL CASTELLO bound in one vol. and 3 vols. of hand-drawn illustrations of mushrooms by mid-19thC. amateur English mycologist Miss M. F. Lewis. Flash Gordon for Union Carbide comic artwork by Al Williamson and original Tarzan illustrations by Dave Hoover, Neil Adams with science fiction books and memorabilia from the Phil Petras Collection.

11/30/2016-6:30pm
Fine Jewelry Auction November 30, 2016 6:30pm Fine Jewelry and watches including Tiffany & Co., Rolex, and Lea Stein along with gemstone and diamond rings, bracelets, earrings, and necklaces, brooches, and more.

Nov 16, 2016
Join us for our latest coin, currency, & stamp auction. The sale includes Morgan Silver dollars, Peace dollars, silver proof sets, US Gold coins, and a mix of US and world stamps in singles and sheets.

November 2, 2016 6:30pm
Secessoin 3: A selection of modern prints, paintings & drawings including Norman Ackroyd, Pierre Celice, William de Kooning, Henri Riviere, William Hogarth and many more.

October 1, 2016 11:00am
Join us for an important one-day auction featuring ethnographic art encompassing Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Oceanic, and so much more! Session 1 features the Estate of Merton Simpson collection. Session 2 focuses on multi-estate ethnographic collectors. Simpson assembled a memorable collection of African art with notable pieces that include a 16th century Benin plaque, a Niger Delta seated figure c.15th – 17th century, a Kuba Bwoom mask, an Eket round face mask, and more.

Saturday 10, 2016 11:00am - 3:00pm (or when auction is over)
Fine & Decorative Arts Catalog - September 10, 2016 Quinn's Auction Gallery Fine and decorative arts featuring Modern,18th and 19th century American and European furniture, silver, porcelain, jewelry, paintings, prints, other decorative arts, music players, and bilston boxes. Featuring works by Gene Davis, Selma Gross, LeRoy Neiman, Vladimir Nasonov, Otis Dozier, bob Moline, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, C.S. Rienhart, Waldo & Jewett, Emile Van Marke, Thomas Smythe, Joanne Kent, Ding Shang, Antoine Blanchard, and more. In addition, a fine collection of Asian decorative arts including scrolls, watercolors, snuff bottles, woodblock prints, jade, and porcelain.

Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 6:00 pm EST
Fine and rare books, maps, autographs and manuscripts. Fine bindings, first editions, autographs, signed space & astronaut, Americana, early printing, religion, literature, science & technology, Civil War maps & atlases with maps of Virginia, New England, New York, West, and Europe, historic and modern photographs including Ansel Adams, Watkins & William Christenberry, illustrated and plate books, children's literature including original artwork by Tasha Tudor.