Folk art auctions feature a wide range of objects that reflect the artist’s craft traditions, and traditional social values. Folk art is generally produced by people who have little or no academic artistic training. Folk artists usually use established techniques and styles of a particular region or culture.

Folk art auctions include paintings, sculptures and other decorative art forms. Some artists also consider utilitarian objects such as tools and costumes as folk art. For the most part, the category of folk art auctions exclude works by professional artists.

It has been my experience that folk art auctions have something for just about anyone. I found a folk art painting of a cat in a peach tree that was done by the artist Tascha. The artist also noted on the folk art auction that they create unique ceramic tile art.

My mother purchased a blanket chest for me years ago that I listed recently in a folk art auction. The chest was made about two hundred hears ago and is very beautiful. The original painted decorations are still intact.

I found an interesting folk art auction for a carnival knock-down dummy in the shape of a large cat. It was made around 1930 and is twice the size of similar items. I researched the item on a non-auction site and found that it is worth a lot of money.

My heart is still swayed by Americana folk art auctions. I recently fell in love with a painting I found up for auction of Elvis on a Harley in front of a large American flag. It was spectacular! The stretched canvas was painted with acrylics.

I especially like the Halloween themed folk art auction I found that was offered by Sister Raya New Orleans Folk Art. The title of the painting was Little Spooky the Cat – Awaiting the Great Pumpkin. The painting was painted in classic vintage style and used gold maple, red sapphire, blue pearl, white, pumpkin orange, sable brown, amber rust and jet black. I would love to have this hanging on my wall all through the autumn months.

Another folk art auction that I found and was sad to bid up past my budget was a handmade set of miniature dominos. The set was in a folk art decorated maple case. The set dates from the mid to late 1800’s. It was really exquisite and I’m sorry that I missed out on it.

I really liked another folk art auction that I found for a modern fraktur. A fraktur is a specific kind of Pennsylvania German folk art. The fraktur I found was a watercolor of a marriage record. It was very colorful and looked like it held very special significance to its original owners.

I found a wood box from Maine in a folk art auction that really appealed to me. It was rather small, but was painted chrome yellow and was trimmed in forest green. The paint was crazed and worn and it was made in the late nineteenth century. There were no visible nails and the hardware was reported as looking original.

The folk art auction that I missed out on that was way out of my price range was for an Andrew Clemens sand bottle. The sand bottle was date 1887 and was covered in patriotic decorations. It was an apothecary style bottle with a stopper and it contained at least ten different colors of sand. The bottle ended up selling for eighty five hundred dollars. I’m sure that it has ended up in an excellent collection of folk art.

I found an amusing folk art auction for three wooden carvings. The name of the piece was Three Articulating Folk Art Whimseys and were all made by the same artist. The carvings were accented with sheet metal neckties. The first carving in the folk art auction was of a cobbler, a blacksmith and a gentleman with a donkey. The second carving was a diminutive soldier and the third was a cobbler smoking a pipe. I think that this piece of Americana was purchased at a low price of three thousand dollars and was worth much more.

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Coin auction or bidding comes in handy if you are a coin collector intending to buy or sell coins. You can obtain coins of remarkable worth in the best possible manner through coin auctions. The primary source for procuring rare coins is a coin auction. This is because majority of the rare coin collectors sell off their treasure to the highest bidder. Both the bidder and the seller, in a coin auction, need to adhere to a number of rules and regulations, which is quite unlike the typical way of selling and buying coins. Coin collecting auctions are basically of 3 types, which are as follows:

1. Auctioning with the help of mail bidding:

The seller advertises and publishes coin auctions by using the mail, in this type of auction. Those who wish to participate in the auction but cannot personally attend the event will find it to be extremely advantageous. In most cases the seller uses his mailing list to send catalogs containing the pictures and descriptions of the item(s) on sale. Sometimes the starting bid amount and other relevant information are included in it. The brochures or catalogs and the seller’s mailing list are dispatched to potential bidders and previous customers.

2. Auctions through phone:

As the name suggests, phones are used to conduct this type of auction. Rules and regulations must be adhered to, as is the case with mail bidding. The item goes to the highest bidder/winner once he is identified. There are instances when prospective customers request the seller to disclose an approximate selling price. But as a rule, previous bids are again not disclosed.

3. Coin auctions online:

Online auction owes its popularity to the fact that bidders are able to check out the coins visually while bidding for a particular coin. Since the seller can contact the bidder instantly for important information, there is greater interaction between the buyer and the seller. However internet auction has its shortcoming as well. A coin collector can be deceived into believing that he is bidding for exactly the same item that he gets to see on the screen.

If you follow these, you can easily obtain the best coins available in the market. To conclude with a precaution, don’t go overboard on your biddin

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There is a whole new way for the average consumer – like you and me – to get a real bargain on a car, truck, or other vehicle; consider getting your next car at a police auction.

In cities and towns all over the country, various police stations hold an auction every year to get rid of the surplus inventory they have been storing in their compound yards all year. Every year, police departments find themselves with an excess number of seized or unclaimed goods, including cars and trucks and even boats. They do use some of the vehicles themselves; that is why you see so many unmarked police cars on the roads these days. But a great number of vehicles are sold to the highest bigger at auction.

Cars, trucks, vans, and boats are not the only items available at bargain prices at police auctions. You can also find smaller items such as jewelry, artwork, furniture, and office equipment and furnishings. When criminal activity takes place, police departments all over the country have the right to seize any property that has been used in the process of illegal activity or has been gained through the use of ill-gotten funds. Most of the time, police officials do just that.

In fact, there is often quite a surplus of items – that is, more than the police station can use – so they will sell a lot of confiscated material at public auction to get rid of the merchandise and make a little extra money for the police coffers.

Although there is a wide variety of good available for ridiculously low prices, by far cars are the most popular things at police auctions very year. You only need to head down to your local automobile dealer to understand why. New, and even used, vehicles are downright expensive when you buy them off the lot, so more and more people are looking for alternative ways to get a decent car at a good price, and one place to turn for your next new car is a police auction.

Generally, there are a wide variety of vehicles you can choose from. You can ordinary-looking sedans like Honda Accords, flashier cars like Corvettes and the like, practical vehicles like Ford or Chevy pickup trucks, or just about any type of vehicle that piques your interest.

Nowadays, there is even an added bonus. Some police auctions will allow online bids, either before the auction begins or with real-time bidding you can do hundreds of miles away in your own living room. That’s right, you don’t even necessarily have to be present to win!

Of course, it can be difficult to know exactly when and where these auctions will take place, but if you prefer not to do the research on your own, there are sites that specialize in finding auctions for you, generally for a minimal annual fee. Signing up with such a service can make your police car auction experience even more successful, as your time is freed up a bit and you still get all the insider know-all to be able to bid your way to owning a great new car.

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