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.

September 7, 2016 6pm
A large group of guitars and amps from a single owner. The list includes a Heritage Super Eagle Archtop, a Jesus Diaz Reyes, a Gretsch 7690, a Rickenbacker 330, and a Gibson SG electric. There are over 200 guitars and amps for each price point.

Ethnographic Art Auction to include Pre-Columbian pottery, Mexican Folk Art, Ethnographic objects, African art and beads, Native American pottery, baskets and more.

June 22, 2016 6pm (est) Live and Internet bidding.
A sale of prints from of Old Master artists. Including Rembrandt van Rijn, Francis Seymour Haden, Thomas Gainsborough, Henri Riviere, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Pierre Bonnard, John Constable, James McNeill Whistler, and more.

June 11th, 2016--11:00am EST
Fine & Decorative Arts Catalog - June 11, 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 guns. Featuring works by Sam Gilliam, Merton Simpson, Clifford Possum, John Safer, Howard Newman, R.C. Gorman, Priscilla Warren Roberts, Felipe Casteneda, George Shalders, Manet, Isac Friedlander, and more. In addition, a fine collection of Asian decorative arts including scrolls, watercolors, snuff bottles, woodblock prints, jade, and porcelain.

Thursday, June 9th, 2016 at 6:00 PM EST
Rare Books, Fine Bindings, First Editions, Press Books, Art & Illustrated, Historic & Contemporary Photographs, Americana, Autographs and Manuscripts. We are pleased to present the REX SCOUTEN COLLECTION OF WHITE HOUSE MEMORABILIA with President and First Lady signed photographs and documents, original artwork, architectural fragments from White House renovations and White House memorabilia. Rex Wayne Scouten (1924 -2013) served 10 US Presidents, holding the position of White House Chief Usher from 1969 to 1986 and White House Curator from 1986 to 1997. Includes signed material and gifts from Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George HW Bush and Clinton. Also offered will be 8 contemporary photographs by WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY (1936-) showcasing his iconic images of change and decay to the buildings and landscapes of his native Hale County, Alabama. The Donald Boggs Collection of Space Books and Flown Objects bring almost 70 lots of books, pamphlets, press kits and objects related to space flight and rocketry.

May 11, 2016 6:00pm
Ethnographic Art Auction to include Pre-Columbian pottery, African art and beads, Native American pottery, baskets and more.

Matson Collection of Vintage Advertising & Toys and The Collection of Hechinger Tins Featuring vintage and antique tobacco, tea, and biscuit tins, advertising signage, promotional materials, store signs and displays, and assorted toys. Items from Coca Cola, Pepsi, Texaco, Dekalb, Campbell's, Dr. Pepper, Shell, Lucky Strike, Sweet Cuba Tobacco, Old Virginian, and many more.

March 16, 6:30pm
Single Owner sale of prints from Old Masters to Modern artists. Including Rembrandt van Rijn, Maurrits Cornelis Escher, Giorgio de Chirico, Eugene Delacroix, Edouard Manet, Paul Cezanne, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Pierre August Renior, Edouard Vuillard, Jacques Villon, Robert Delaunay, Thomas Gainsborough, John Constable, James McNeill Whistler, and more.

Saturday, March 12, 2016-11am
Fine & Decorative Arts Catalog - March 12, 2015 Quinn's Auction Gallery Fine and decorative arts featuring Modern,18th and 19th century American and European furniture, silver, porcelain, jewelry, paintings, prints, rugs, and sculpture. Featuring paints, prints, tand woodblocks by James Ward, Alexander Calder, Isac Friedlander, Raham Chughtai, Willem De Looper, Attrib. Philippe Mercier, Nicolass Riegen, Lucien Philippe Moretti, Attrib. ALfred J. Munings, LeRoy Nieman, George Rouault and more. In addition, a fine collection of Asian decorative arts including scrolls, watercolors, snuff bottles, woodblock prints, jade, and porcelain.

Thursday March 10, 2016 at 6:00 pm EST
Fine Bindings, First Editions, Maps & Atlases, Autographs, Art, Press & Illustrated Books, Prints, Children's Books, American History, Political Americana, Western United States & Polar Exploration.

Auction ends Monday, February 22 2016. Starting at 1:00 PM
A Collection of vintage wine from a local Washington, DC area collector. This is an online only auction which will start closing on Monday February 22, 2016 beginning at 1:00 PM.

Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 6:00pm EST
The Howard Wolverton Collection of Black American History is a 2000+ piece collection that represents the changing roles and images of Black Americans in the United States, from the late 1700s to the 1960s. A New Jersey high school history teacher, Mr. Wolverton (1910-2005) collected across the spectrum of Black Memorabilia, from sheet music to toys and games, books, textiles, artwork, photographs, newspapers and furniture and used it all when instructing his students. His first purchase of Black Americana in 1963 was a piece of sheet music and highlights of the auction include the sheet music of "The Bereaved Slave Mother," and "When a Coon Sits in the Presidential Chair," and many pieces by the piano prodigy, Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins. Other rare items include a series of scrapbooks by the Civil War era ex-slave David F. Nelson, a tintype of the Civil War mariner hero, William Tillman, a poster for a lecture by a young Booker T. Washington, Ives windup toys, a meersham pipe of "Fugitive Slaves," a painted Folk Art tray top lap desk, trade cards, post cards, advertising and much more.