Adelaide, Australia – Estimated at over $150,000, a rare collection of Penfolds Grange, spanning 52 years of Australian history, is set to go under the hammer at Wickman’s Fine Wine Auctions on Thursday night. A passion for fine art and history have always gone hand in hand, playing a major role towards [Read More]
Monthly Archives: July 2008
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WESTCHESTER, Ill – Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. the leading North American salvage auto auction company today announced its launch of I-Pay Services for registered buyers. I-Pay Services is an on-line solution available through the IAA Auction Center that allows qualified, licensed buyers to pay for vehicles online in real-time. Buyers simply set-up [Read More]
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., – The LFC Group of Companies, the nation’s premier online real estate auction marketing firm, is proud to announce the launch of a new land auction on its commercial auction website, http://www.LFC.com. Featuring land that once served as tree farms, a Portland, Oregon-based timberland investment advisory firm selected LFC [Read More]
TULSA, OK – Wilson Auctioneers announces it will broadcast live on Auction Network its Antiques, Guns & Collectibles Auction on Friday, July 25. The pre-show will start at 9:45 a.m. CDT, with the live auction beginning at 10 a.m. CDT exclusively on www.auctionnetwork.com. This one-day live auction from the beautiful Ozark Mountains [Read More]
NEW YORK – Christie’s has announced the sale of Property from the Collection of the Ping Y. Tai Foundation in its Fall 2008 season of sales at Christie’s in Hong Kong and New York. The series of three single-owner sales of 151 Chinese classical paintings, ceramics and works of art is expected [Read More]
SANTA FE, N.M., – Some of the leading lights of the Taos Society of Artists and the Santa Fe Art Colony will be featured this November 8, 2008 at the 15th annual Santa Fe Art Auction. The auction — the largest of its kind in the Southwest — will feature work from [Read More]
NEW YORK – On September 8, Christie’s will launch its first ever sale dedicated exclusively to works by international contemporary designers. Offering collectors works fresh to the market by some of the most important designers living and working today, the sale will include pieces by Marc Newson, Forrest Myers, Zaha Hadid, Ron [Read More]
(Northport, Ala.) – A beautiful Parisian street scene with figures, rendered by the French artist Henri Victor Lesur (1863-1900), housed in an ornate frame and measuring 2′ 8” x 2′ 4”, crossed the block for $14,575 at a multi-estate sale held June 29 by Hal Hunt Auctions. Artwork dominated the event, although [Read More]
RAINBOW CITY, Ala – Despite persistent news of a weakening economy, RealtyBid.com, the nation’s leader in online home auctions, is still thriving. Second quarter results have confirmed expectations that company performance during the first six months of 2008 outpaced the first half of 2007, which had itself been a record-shattering year for [Read More]
DALLAS, TEXAS – Heritage Auction Galleries’ most recent Vintage Movie Poster Signature® auction, held July 11 & 12 in Dallas, Texas, realized $1,731,385 for 1,595 lots offered, although after-auction sales are still ongoing and are expected to push the final total to even higher levels. “This was one of our largest offerings [Read More]
Toy collectors around the world are in for a treat with two significant collections of vintage toys set to be auctioned over the coming weeks. First cab off the rank is the Bonhams & Goodman auction of Vintage and Retro Toys, to be held in the Adelaide rooms on Monday 21 July [Read More]
Bonhams, one of the world’s leading international auction houses, has committed to holding its annual Scottish Sale in its new, state-of-the-art salerooms, which will be launched in August 2008. The Scottish Sale – now in its ninth year – will be the first auction to take place at 22 Queen Street, Edinburgh [Read More]
Bonhams & Butterfields, international fine arts auctioneers, is pleased to announce that its July 27, 2008 Sunset Estate Auction in Los Angeles will feature additional property from the Estate of José Iturbi and Marion Seabury, sold to benefit the José Iturbi Foundation. In early June the auctioneers offered and sold more than [Read More]
LONDON/NEW YORK/ HONG KONG – Christie’s International, the world’s leading art business, announced today worldwide sales of £1.8 billion ($3.5 billion) for the first six months of 2008, an increase of 10% by £ on last year’s figure of £1.6 billion ($3.2 billion) for the same period. (Figures include buyer’s premium.) In [Read More]
LONDON – At Sotheby’s London, Beatrix Potter’s original watercolour illustration for the final scene from “The Rabbit’ Christmas Party” sequence sold for the remarkable sum of £289,250 – almost five times its pre-sale high estimate (est. £40,000-60,000) – setting a new record for any book illustration sold at auction. Commenting on the [Read More]
The very first FPV GT Cobra sold to the public will go under the hammer at Shannons Sydney Winter Auction on Monday July 21, representing a unique opportunity for Ford enthusiasts and collectors. The rare six-speed manual sedan is build number three of just 400 individually-numbered examples produced by FPV in 2007. [Read More]
Lovers of the performing arts will be particularly delighted by this sale. Gilbert and Sullivan programmes and early photographs (lot 190) will delight, as will the various lots of programmes and music covers. A private collection of 17 lots relating to ballet (lots 235-250) includes a rare collection of publications by the [Read More]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Collector car aficionados from around the world will descend on Las Vegas Oct. 15-18, 2008, when the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company brings their acclaimed auction and lifestyle event to the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino for the first time. Hundreds of desirable collector vehicles will be sold at No Reserve [Read More]