Welcome to the September 2026 Discovery Auction hosted by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals! With over 500 lots spanning Alaska Native art, sterling silver, military optics, fine furnishings, woodworking equipment, cameras, audio gear, collectibles, household goods, and plenty of unexpected discoveries, this auction lives up to its name. Whether you are furnishing a home, outfitting a workshop, expanding a collection, or simply enjoy bidding on things you did not know you needed five minutes ago, there is an enormous variety to explore. The sale begins with an especially strong assortment of Alaska Native and Alaska-related material, including John “Cikpik” Andrews spirit masks, finely woven Yup’ik grass baskets, walrus ivory and baleen carvings, scrimshaw, whalebone sculptures, traditional dolls and masks, handmade parkas and moccasins, and works by Jim Aningayou, Bowhan Kealiher, Wilbur Waluk, Howard Weyahok, Glenn Tootkaylok, Robert Mayokok, C. Alan Johnson, and others. Alaska artwork and collectibles appear throughout the catalog, joined by an impressive 82-piece Gorham Camellia sterling-silver flatware service, Iditarod pins, historic photographs, maps, license plates, and vintage regional ephemera. Military and optical collectors will find an unusually extensive selection of World War II-era binoculars and cases, including U.S. Navy, Army, Maritime Commission, and Canadian military examples by Bausch & Lomb, SARD, Universal Camera Corporation, Anchor Optical, Nash-Kelvinator, Gundlach-Manhattan, and others. The catalog also offers aviation equipment, a Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune windshield panel, antique and vintage tools, coins, knives, fishing equipment, snowshoes, skis, taxidermy, outdoor gear, and an assortment of fossils, minerals, shells, and natural-history specimens. For the workshop, highlights include Jet, Delta, Grizzly, KFF, DeWalt, Craftsman, Porter-Cable, Kobalt, Ryobi, and Black & Decker tools and equipment, with woodworking machinery, dust collection equipment, a planer, mortising machine, drill press, jointer, saws, tool chests, hand planes, ladders, and shop accessories. Home and furnishing selections range from an Ekornes Stressless theater-seating set and a sculptural Variér Peel chair with footstool to Copeland furniture, Hong Song lacquerware, area rugs, lighting, kitchen appliances, copper cookware, Pyrex, Corning Ware, Lenox, Noritake, Royal Albert, Waterford, Mikasa, and much more. Technology, photography, and audio enthusiasts will want to watch for Canon DSLR and film-camera outfits, a Sigma 150–600mm telephoto lens, a Pioneer RT-707 reel-to-reel deck, Pioneer and Sony stereo components, a Woo Audio WA7 Fireflies tube headphone amplifier, an Astell & Kern AK240 SS digital audio player, a RØDECaster Pro podcast console, microphones, turntables, speakers, guitars, DJ equipment, smart-home devices, Apple accessories, and an ever-growing assortment of chargers and power banks capable of making any junk drawer feel woefully underprepared. Rounding out the auction are vinyl records, comics, vintage Atari gaming, sneakers, sporting goods, barware, fine china, holiday decorations, décor, practical household equipment, and enough curious odds and ends to reward a thorough scroll through all 545 lots. There are even handcrafted moose and bear candy dispensers that deliver their contents in a manner best discovered through the photographs. As always, bidding begins at only $5. Browse the complete catalog, review all descriptions and photographs carefully, place your bids, and enjoy the hunt. You never know what you will discover. AUCTION CLOSING: This auction opened for bidding on August 27th and will begin to close at 6:00 pm AKDT on Wednesday, September 2nd. It features a soft close of 1 lot 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.