Since the company's founding in 1987, Hecklers has been regarded as one of the most reputable names in the auction business. Today, Hecklers is a leading full-service auctioneer and appraiser of antiques.

Known for our broad category antique expertise as well as the foremost auction house for antique glass, Hecklers offers collectors the chance to bid on rare and desirable items. These items can often achieve record prices. In October 2010, Hecklers set a record for antique glass sold at auction, when an extremely rare General Jackson eagle portrait flask in a rare yellow-green color sold for $176,670.

The "Who’s Who" list of bottle collections and important material sold under the direction of Norman C. Heckler, Sr., include those of Maude Wilkerson, Gordon Bass, Charles B. Gardner, Edmund & Jayne Blaske, The Mattatuck Museum and William Covill. Numerous major collections have been built, augmented, appraised, and sold at Hecklers including those of  Doy MCCall, Elvin Moody, Paul Richards, William Pollard, and the Honorable Judge Edward McKenzie.

Hecklers has also been very active with museums, historical societies, and antique hobby organizations to assist in challenges and achieve their goals. Our expertise is also often called upon for appraisal services to prominent museums that maintain significant antique glass collections including: The Corning Museum of Glass, Old Sturbridge Village, The Seagram Museum, Wadsworth Athenaeum, The Connecticut Historical Society, The National Bottle Museum, Henry Ford Museum, and The Louisville Museum.

In addition to glass items, Hecklers offers other artful antique objects representing aspects of life in the early American experience. These items appear in the glass auction catalogs and general antique sales periodically offered by Hecklers.