NEWS
Sunday, December 3, 2023.
November 21, 2023. 5:55pm. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! We wish all of you a great holiday this week and safe travels to those of you visiting family and friends. The gallery will be closed 11/22 - 11/24 but will reopen on Monday. If you have any questions, etc., we will be happy to answer them at that time. All our best, The Zipps
November 11, 2023. 10:27am. Thanks so much to all of our bidders for making this another outstanding sale! You can follow today's final phone session by clicking here. If you are a phone bidder, you can see a schedule with time windows of when to expect a call by clicking here.
October 31, 2023. 10:00am. Bidding has begun: Our October 31 - November 10 auction catalog is open for bidding! Full online catalog. (How to Bid.)
October 25, 2023. 9:37am. Catalog now shipping and online catalog coming October 30: The print catalog for our Fall 2023 auction is now shipping! Keep an eye on your mailboxes. Also, the online catalog will be posted on Monday, October 30, at 10am eastern time. If you're new to our auctions, please have a look at our How to Bid page to learn more. Thanks so much and we look forward to another exciting sale!
September 26, 2023. 2:29pm. Added more auction photos from our upcoming Fall 2023 sale this afternoon.
September 11, 2023. 2:52pm. FIRST PHOTOS: Added our first photographs of stoneware to be sold in our upcoming October 31 - November 10 auction! Click here to view them. We are actively ACCEPTING CONSIGNMENTS for this sale. Please feel free to contact us to discuss including your pottery in what will be a landmark sale; space is limited, so we always encourage prospective consignors to contact us as soon as possible. Thanks very much for your interest in our auctions! All Our Best, The Zipps
August 5, 2023. 3:22pm. THANK YOU to everyone who helped make our Summer auction another outstanding sale! This auction saw over $1.4 million in sales and featured two new important world auction records: $120,000 for Thomas W. Commeraw stoneware ($100,000 plus 20% buyer's premium) and $32,400 for District of Columbia stoneware ($27,000 plus 20% buyer's premium). Winning bidders will receive their invoices at 9am on Monday morning. Thank you again and all our best, The Zipps
July 12, 2023. 2:21pm. Added more photos of featured lots from our upcoming Summer auction. Please note that some photos have been rearranged.
June 1, 2023. 2:53pm. FIRST PHOTOS: Added our first photographs of stoneware to be sold in our upcoming July 25 - August 4 auction! Click here to view them. We are actively ACCEPTING CONSIGNMENTS for this sale. Please feel free to contact us to discuss including your pottery in what will be yet another exceptional sale; space is limited, so we always encourage prospective consignors to contact us as soon as possible. Thanks for your interest in our auctions! All Our Best, The Zipps
April 1, 2023. 3:45pm. Thank you to everyone--our bidders and consignors--for making our Spring auction a truly landmark sale. At over $1.8 million, this auction represented our second-highest grossing sale ever, behind only our Summer 2021 auction that featured the monumental David Drake verse jar and Anna Pottery Liberty Monument. Lot 1, the Loudoun County, Virginia, ring flask, realized a *New World Auction Record for Virginia Stoneware* at $170,000 plus 20% buyer's premium: $204,000! Winning bidders will be invoiced Monday morning; thank you again! All Our Best, The Zipps
March 20, 2023. 10:20am. The online catalog for our Spring 2023 auction is now available for browsing. Click here to view it. This landmark sale--over 500 lots in length--features numerous examples of American ceramics worthy of the highest level of institutions and private collections, and is extraordinarily deep in quality. Bidding starts tomorrow at 10am eastern. If you're new to the auction, you can click here for full information on how to bid / how the auction works, and you can click here to create a free account that enables you to bid. Thanks so much to our consignors for making this such an exceptional sale. All our Best, The Zipps