Christie’s New York sale of Important Botanical Books on June 24 featuring many of the most significant medicinal herbals and fine illustrated botanical books from the 15th through the 19th century. Over 200 works, including many of the most celebrated in the history of the field, document the development of the scientific and artistic studies of plants throughout these four centuries. What distinguishes these works from other scientific books are the quantity, and John Hill, The Vegetable System, London, 1773-1786 Estimate: $200,000-300,000 outstanding ... Read the full story

A JACKET worn over 194 years ago, to the month, in one the most momentous battles in European history, the Battle of Waterloo, will be offered by Thomas Del Mar (in association with Sotheby’s) in his auction of Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria in London on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at his saleroom at 25 Blythe Road, W14. The scarlet jacket, also known as a short-tailed coatee, was worn by Captain John James Hart (1798-1838) of the Oxfordshire Regiment and is estimated to fetch £1,500-2,000. It is part of an extremely significant collection of Naval and ... Read the full story

For anyone who has ever considered owning a golf course, the upcoming court-ordered auction of Ohio’s Tanglewood Country Club presents a rare opportunity. Regarded as one of Ohio’s finest golf courses, Tanglewood has played host to the PGA Tour’s Cleveland Open, the Ohio Open and the LPGA Babe Zaharias Classic since opening in 1967. Tanglewood Country Club is located in Geauga County, close to the busy center of Cleveland, Ohio. There are estimated to be more than 583,000 residents living within a 15-mile radius of the club, providing ... Read the full story

The Counts Realty and Auction Group (www.CountsAuction.com) announces the auction of two historic Virginia farms on Saturday, June 6, 2009, according to Bill Bryant. Elk Hill Farm is located on Elk Cree Lane in Forest, Va. The property features a restored 1790’s Colonial home overlooking the Peaks of Otter on 403 acres with mountain and pasture views. Bryant said, “This home was completely renovated while maintaining its original character that earned its place on the Virginia Historical Registry.” Outbuildings include an original brick ... Read the full story

Auction is proof that rare, fresh-to-market material still sells strong even in down-trodden economy BOSTON, Mass. – May 29, 2009 – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, today announced its recent sale of Fine Judaica – held in its Boston gallery on May 21st – was a tremendous success, more than tripling the pre-sale estimate and grossing more than $1.2 million for just over 200 lots of antique and artisan Judaica. The top lot in the sale was a rare and important silver and silver ... Read the full story

WWA Group, Inc. (OTCBB: WWAG) today announced the conclusion of an auction of US military equipment that was held on May 26, 2009 in Doha, Qatar and managed by WWA Group for Trident Kuwait, an established US military contractor. The Doha auction is the second of its type in which WWA Group has managed an auction of US military equipment in Qatar for Trident Kuwait. WWA Group expects to become more active in future auctions throughout the Gulf region for the US government and their contractors as accumulated military equipment is auctioned off. “The buyer ... Read the full story

Two important paintings by American Expressionist Donray will be available for sale at Stair Galleries Auction House in Hudson, NY, beginning June 5. The works will be on display June 5 and the auction will be held on June 20. The noteworthy paintings are from Pedro Vicente Perez, a longtime art collector and private dealer and a collector of Donray works for more than 15 years. According to Perez, the paintings Paladin and Butterfly #20 are representative of Donray’s surreal avant garde approach. “Donray carries the tradition of the great American modern ... Read the full story

Albert Burney Auction Company won all three awards for multi-color real estate auction brochures in the recent National Auctioneers Association competition. The company, which auctions high-end real estate nationwide, won the national association’s top prize for Auction Printed Materials, Multi-Color in all three real estate categories: Commercial Real Estate, Farm Real Estate and Residential Real Estate. Albert Burney was the only Alabama auction company to win awards in the competition. The competition for the residential and farm auction categories ... Read the full story

Bloomsbury’s Photographs sale of 21st May kicked off to a good start with the sought after photogravures of Alfred Stieglitz, the man responsible for making photography an accepted art form. Lot 1 consisted of six photogravures from 1911 and they fetched £5160 (estimated £3000-4000); the twelve photogravures from Camera Work of 1916 (lot 4) made over double the high estimate, selling for £7200. The group of signed and dated Christmas Cards by Angus McBean (lots 96-100) each ’starring’ himself, were fine examples of his experimental use of ... Read the full story

Not many people can declare they held a job for nearly five decades, but the family of renowned Kennedy photographer, the late Robert Davidoff, can say with pride that Davidoff was the photographer for the Kennedy family in Palm Beach for almost 50 years. Davidoff’s family waited until four years after his death to release a book, “The Kennedy Family Album”, in September 2008. Now, Babe Davidoff, widow of the photographer, has chosen, for the sale of the original photography used to create the book plus additional images not included in the ... Read the full story

May 29, 2009 – Silver Spring, MD, Bid4Assets, Inc., (www.bid4assets.com), an online real estate auction company, announced today that it will auction a 24-unit apartment building for the U.S. Marshals Service. The building, located in East Cleveland, OH has recently been renovated and is a turn-key investment for multi-unit real estate investors. Rehabilitation includes new plumbing, electrical systems and fixtures, breaker boxes, installation of individual baseboard electric heat, new ceramic tile and carpet and oak kitchen cabinetry. The auction will be ... Read the full story

Residents of Lichfield and visitors alike will be all too familiar with this iconic view of the ‘Ladies of the Vale’.It is actually a blue transfer design on one of a pair of ceramic oval meat platters dating from c.1825. Made in Staffordshire and stamped ‘Tams Semi China’ they are titled on the back using a‘t’ in the town name. Not much has changed in the 180 years since these were made. Figure scan be seen in the foreground on Minster Walk observing a rowing boat on Minster Pool. The abundance of heavy foliage and buildings in The Close ... Read the full story

Sotheby’s spring 2009 sale of Latin American Art in New York brought a total of $9,422,625 (est. $10.6/14.3 million). The top lot of the two-day sale was Diego Rivera’s Niña con rebozo, a work in tempera on linen which sold last night for $794,500, well above a high estimate of $450,000 and record for the artist in the medium. Nineteen auction records were established during the sale, for artists including Enio Iommi, Mercedes Pardo, Andreas López, Édouard-Théophile Pingret, Irene Sierra Carreño and Jose Antonio Davila, for a sculpture by Hugo ... Read the full story

Christie’s Latin American Sale totaled $11,004,350, led by strong results for Mario Carreño, Leonora Carrington, and Diego Rivera. Five new world auction records were achieved for artists Leonora Carrington, René Portocarrero, Helio Oiticica, Roberto Aizenberg, and Lygia Pape. The sale was 68% sold by lot and 77% by value. Icons of Latin American modernism led the sale tonight with strong results for the top three lots, all of which date from the 1940s. We are particularly excited about the long overdue recognition and important world auction record ... Read the full story

A hoard of 400-year-old coins discovered in the wall of a long-forgotten cellar is expected to sell for £50,000 in a sale at London specialist coins and medals auctioneers Morton & Eden. The 57 gold “Unites” date from the reign of James I (1603-1625) and were probably hidden at the beginning of the English Civil War. Originally 59 coins were discovered when builders were working on a building site in the Chipping Norton area of Oxfordshire. While digging footings for the erection of a building, the ground collapsed revealing a hidden cellar which ... Read the full story

May 28, 2009 – Silver Spring, MD – Bid4Assets, Inc., (www.bid4assets.com), an online real estate auction company, announced today it has successfully auctioned its 60,000th real estate property since its inception. In addition, the company announced that in the 1st quarter of 2009 they experienced a 19% increase in the number of real estate properties sold through online auction on its site versus the 1st quarter of 2008. “Feedback from our sellers state that the completion rate for their auctions is the best in the industry. They attribute their high ... Read the full story

(MALVERN, Penn.) – An original oil on board painting of a lone woman by the sea, done by the renowned Dutch artist Josef Israels (1824-1911), sold for $20,700 at a multi-estate sale held Apr. 25 by Gordon S. Converse & Co., the fledgling auction firm launched just last year. The painting – titled Watching and Waiting and measuring 26 inches by 19 inches – was the top lot of the 300 items offered.Josef Israels(1824-1911) – Watching and Waiting It was just the third-ever auction for Gordon S. Converse & Co., but it was a good one, ... Read the full story

Following a “photocall” press release circulated on Tuesday 26th May the press & media arrived at McTear’s on Wednesday 27th May. Those present included television film crews, the world’s largest news agency and the world’s most influential photo agency….it is even featured on the Wall Street Journal! The Telegraph and The Herald both ran with the story direct from the press release and it appeared in both publications today. BBC Scotland News showed fresh film footage this lunchtime (27th May) and are expected to show it on their ... Read the full story

On 17 June 2009 Sotheby’s France will present an exceptional sale of tribal art, featuring the personal collection of Philippe Guimiot and his wife Domitilla de Grunne, alongside works from European and American collections. PHILIPPE GUIMIOT & DOMITILLA DE GRUNNE COLLECTION OF TRIBAL ART The sixty-five selected works in the collection from Africa, Oceania and South-East Asia include a number of masterpieces. Several have been widely exhibited in major international exhibitions such as Africa: Art of a Continent (London 1995-96), Mains de Maîtres ... Read the full story

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, will be holding a large, multi-million dollar, unreserved public auction at its permanent site in Denver, Colorado on Thursday, June 4, 2009 and Friday, June 5, 2009, starting at 8:00 a.m. each day. More than 1,600 items will be sold to the highest bidders at the auction regardless of price, with no minimum bids or reserve prices. Some of the equipment highlights of the auction include a large selection of late model Caterpillar construction equipment, transportation equipment and ... Read the full story