Welcome to the July 2026 Discovery Auction hosted by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals! This auction features nearly 600 lots from estates, private collections, and consignors throughout Alaska, bringing together a wide-ranging mix of Alaska Native art, antiques, furniture, decorative arts, books, silver, jewelry, artwork, tools, sporting goods, household items, and unusual estate discoveries. The Alaska and Arctic material is a major strength of this sale, with masks, carvings, spirit wheels, baleen, whale bone, walrus ivory, jade, soapstone, baskets, beadwork, fur pieces, fishing floats, dolls, and handmade works by Alaska Native and Alaska artists. Highlights include an Aleut mask signed by a member of the Smiloff family, works by Carson Oozeva Sr., Rick Seeganna, Bobby Nashookpuk, Bryon Amos, C. Alan Johnson, Maxine Whitney, Robert Mayokok, Nelly Slats, Lena Mae Shontz, Michael Scott, Flora Wassillie, and others, alongside Arctic pelts, taxidermy, fossilized bone, mammoth tooth, and natural history specimens. Collectors of decorative arts and furnishings will find Mission-style Stickley dining chairs, antique and vintage furniture, stoneware crocks, Roseville pottery, Franz porcelain, Fenton and Murano glass, Swarovski crystal, vintage lighting, mirrors, clocks, art glass, porcelain, country décor, kitchenware, and a broad assortment of estate furnishings and display pieces. The catalog also includes a strong mix of books, paper, and Alaska ephemera, ranging from Alaska history, Indigenous culture, exploration, hunting, maps, cookbooks, classic literature, vintage newspapers, and collectible reference titles to Fur Rendezvous, Coca-Cola, and regional memorabilia. Art buyers will find Alaska and regional works, signed prints, reproductions, decorative paintings, and pieces after or by artists including Gail Niebrugge, Sydney Laurence, Renoir, Botticelli, Maxfield Parrish, David R. Meeks, and others. Beyond the traditional antiques and collectibles, this Discovery Auction includes the kind of variety that makes these sales worth browsing from start to finish: Pokémon cards, Nintendo and Xbox items, cameras, vintage records, a RCA Victor record player, a Bruno banjo-mandolin, tools, cast iron, fishing gear, sporting items, advertising signs, bar memorabilia, knives, replica handguns, appliances, outdoor equipment, apparel, and household treasures of every kind. Whatever you are searching for, this auction offers plenty to discover across every section of the catalog. Every lot opens at just $5 and is offered without reserve. Bid early, bid often, and don’t miss your opportunity to uncover your next great find. AUCTION CLOSING: This auction opened for bidding on June 27th and will begin to close at 6:00 pm AKDT on Tuesday, July 7th. It features a soft close of 3 lots per minute. If a bid is placed in the final minute, that lot will be extended an additional 60 seconds until no other bids are placed and the lot is sold.