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.

Saturday, January 23, 2016 11:00am
Ethnographic Art Auction to include Pre-Columbian pottery, African art and beads, Native American pottery, baskests and more.

Wednesday December 9, 2015 6:30pm

December 5, 2015 11:00 am EST
Fine & Decorative Arts Catalog - December 5, 2015 Quinn's Auction Gallery Fine and decorative arts featuring Modern,18th and 19th century American and European furniture, silver, porcelain, jewelry, paintings, prints, and Washington D.C. collectibles. Featuring paints, prints, tiles, and woodblocks by Sam Gilliam, Alexander Calder, Winslow Homer, Albrecht Durer, Benson B. Moore, A. J. Schram, Bladen Tasker Snyder, Jamini Roy, Henry Koehler, and more. In addition, a fine collection of Asian decorative arts including scrolls, watercolors, snuff bottles, woodblock prints, jade, and porcelain.

Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 6:00 PM EST
Rare Books, Fine Bindings, First Editions, Maps & Atlases, Autographs, Art & Illustrated Books, Children's Books, Medieval Reference & Literature, American History, Political Americana, NASA & American Space Program, Native American and Western United States, Exploration.

Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 11:00am
Ethnographic Art Auction to include Pre-Columbian pottery and gold, African art, Native American pottery, Kachina dolls, and more.

September 12, 2015 at 11:00am (EST)
Fine & Decorative Arts Catalog - September 12, 2015 Quinn's Auction Gallery Fine and decorative arts featuring Modern, Art Deco, 18th and 19th century American and European furniture, silver, porcelain, pottery, jewelry, paintings and prints. Featuring paintings and prints by Alexander Calder, J. Stall, Erick Heckel, Marc Chagall, Albrecht Durer, Edgar Nye, Hilda Thorpe, Hendrick Savry, and Mindy Weisel. Studio art glass and pottery including Chihuly, Lalique, Murano, Rolf Wald, and more. In addition, a fine collection of Asian decorative arts including scrolls, watercolors, snuff bottles, woodblock prints, jade, and porcelain.

Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 6:00 PM EST
Waverly Rare Books Catalog Auction Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 6:00 PM EST

Wednesday September 9, 2015 at 6:00pm
A collection of Japanese art featuring netsuke, lacquerware, porcelain and woodblocks including: Kawase, Yoshida, Kunisada and Hokusai.

Saturday, June 13, 2015 11:00 AM
Fine & Decorative Arts Catalog Auction - June 13, 2015 Quinn's Auction Gallery Fine and decorative arts featuring American and European furniture, silver, porcelain, pottery, jewelry, paintings and prints. Featuring paintings, prints and photographs by Antonio Nicolo Jacobsen, Harry B. Wagoner, Jonathan Winters, Marc Chagall, Pierre-Auguste, Albrecht Durer and William B. Post . Modern Scandinavian furniture by designers such as Hans Wegner, Finn Juhl and Arne Vodder , American furniture, a collection of Asian Buddhas, and Oriental rugs. In addition, a fine collection of Asian decorative arts including scrolls, watercolors, snuff bottles, netsuke, jade and porcelain.

Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 6:00 PM EST
WAVERLY RARE BOOKS CATALOG AUCTION June 11, 2015 at 6:00 PM EST

Postponed to Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 6:00 PM EST
Rare archive of materials relating to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights movement, incl. the Condolence Letter sent by President Lyndon B. Johnson to Mrs. King after the assasination of her husband. Provenance: The Stoney & Shirley Cooks Collection. Also rare and antiquarian books on natural history and science from The Raymond Sutton Jr. Collection. Historic photographs, find bindings, first editions, Children's Books, Americana and Illustrated Books.

March 7, 2015; 11:00am
Fine & Decorative Arts Catalog Auction - March 7, 2015 Quinn's Auction Gallery Fine and decorative arts featuring American and European furniture, silver, porcelain, pottery, jewelry, paintings and prints. Featuring paintings by John Frederick Herring Sr., Ladislaus, Marie Laurencin and Paul Strisik, bronzes by R. Abel Philippe and John Willis Good. Modern Scanadinavian and American furniture, a collection Japanese Tsubas, and much more. In addition, a fine collection of Asian decorative arts including scrolls, watercolors, snuff bottles, netsuke, jade and porcelain.

December 6, 2014 11:00am
Featuring American & European furniture, silver, jewelry and porcelain. In addition, a fine collection of Asian snuff bottles, netsukes, scrolls and woodblocks.

Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 6:00 PM
Maps & Atlases, Autographs, Rare Books, Fine Bindings, First Editions, Press Books, Americana and Art & Illustrated.

Saturday, October 18, 2014 12:00pm
The estate of Eileen Hackman including fine and decorative arts.

September 13, 2014 at 11:00am
Fine & Decorative Arts Catalog Auction - September 13, 2014 Quinn's Auction Gallery Fine and decorative arts featuring American and European furniture, silver, porcelain, pottery, jewelry, paintings and prints. Featuring a portrait of Abraham Lincoln by William Morris Hunt, a portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence, a 1960 Gibson Les Paul sunburst electric guitar, a comprehensive collection of musical instruments, modern furniture by Hans Wegner, Hvidt & Molgaard-Nielson and more, a collection Japanese woodblock prints by Hiroshi Yoshida, a Qian Long porcelain enamel bowl and much more. In addition, a collection of Asian decorative arts including scrolls, watercolors, snuff bottles, netsuke, jade and porcelain.

Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 5:30 PM
Maps & Atlases, Autographs, Rare Books, Fine Bindings, First Editions, Press Books, Americana, Art & Illustrated, Photographs, Posters & Prints along with Musical Scores from the "Burchuk-Warden Rare Book Collection" & Rare Books & Ephemera from the "Estate of Charles Clegg."

May 17, 2014 at 11:00am - 6:00pm
Fine & Decorative Arts Auction - May 17, 2014 Quinn's Auction Gallery Fine and decorative arts featuring American and European furniture, silver, porcelain, pottery, jewelry, paintings and prints. Featured in the fine and decorative arts auction will be a bronze and marble sculpture, Le Desespoir (Despair) by Auguste Rodin. Featured painters are the Hudson River School artist G.W. Waters, American painter Ammi Phillips, Italian painter Francesco Ballesio and French artist Paul Emile Pissarro. In addition is a fine collection of Asian decorative arts including snuff bottles, netsuke, jade and porcelain.