Chorley’s are delighted to be offering a good collection of Old Master and British pictures in their sale on Thursday 10th December 2009. 11 paintings come from Penarth in South Wales. They belonged to the late Millicent Hope Bovey wh had inherited a very large collection of Old Master and British Paintings from the estate of Mr R W Pettigrew. Pettigrew had moved to Wales from Ireland in the early 20th century and, unknown to all but his nearest kin, he had amassed a collection of 500 or so paintings. On his death in 1929 a number of these were sent to ... Read the full story

Held in conjunction with the New York International Convention, the 23rd and 24th New York Sales’ will be held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on January 6 – 7th, 2010 at 7.00pm local time. A joint auction venture conducted by the English auction house Baldwin’s and the American coin and medal dealers Dmitry Markov and M&M Numismatics. Around 750 lots will be offered for sale on the first day, comprising Greek, Roman and Byzantine coins, Islamic and Indian coinage as well as large section of World Coins including some very fine pieces from ... Read the full story

On the occasion of the anniversary sale, VAN HAM Cologne presents numerous works of established photographers such as Werner Mantz, Albert Renger-Patzsch and August Sander as well as interesting contemporary photo art, such as Beate Gütschow with a fascinating nature depiction, Petra Wunderlich with an urban motif and furthermore Gudrun Kemsa and Thomas Struth.Albert Renger-Patzsch, “Buchenwald im November”. Arnsberger Wald 1936. Vintage. Gelatin silver print . Original passepartout. 16,7 x 22,7cm Beate Gütschow’s landscapes impressively ... Read the full story

Bloomsbury Auctions is pleased to announce a significant sale that offers the rarest Americana. This collection of just 82 lots contains accounts of European explorers in the New World, all of which were printed prior to 1625. This collection of books and charts from Bruce McKinney ranks as one of the finest in private hands. To be sold by auction on Thursday 3rd December at 10:30am at 6 West 48th Street New York NY 10036-1902 Collecting in this field really began to advance in the late 19th century when historical research into America’s roots began to ... Read the full story

Bonhams final wine sale of 2009 will take place at 101 New Bond Street on 3rd December. As always the sale contains a wide spectrum of different wine styles at a broad range of prices. The sale kicks off with Champagne, including three bottles of Krug, Clos du Mesnil 1979 (£4000-5000) and two methuselahs of the Millennium edition of Louis Roederer Cristal 1990 (£5000-6000 each). Claret remains the cornerstone of most auctions and amongst the older wines are several examples of the outstanding 1945, 1955, 1959 and 1961 vintages. A number of private ... Read the full story

Collectors are eagerly awaiting the first sale of rare and exceptional Coins and Banknotes to bepresented by Bonhams New York. Taking place on December 3rd, the sale consists of over 400 lots ranging from 1692 to the early 21st-Century. Amongst the most coveted lots will be an exceptionally rare 1796 $10 so-called “Eagle” graded. Bright green-gold with warm honey and orange highlights, the coin’s intense mint bloom glows broadly in the fields and within the protected design areas. The obverse is of the Turban Head type with stars to both sides. The ... Read the full story

Sotheby’s auction of Swiss Art will be held in Zurich, on Monday, 7th December 2009, at 6pm. Urs Lanter and Stéphanie Schleining Deschanel, Specialists of Swiss Art at Sotheby’s, will offer 123 lots spanning more than 250 years of Swiss artistic history. The sale highlights classical artists such as Amiet, Anker, Biéler, Bocion, Buchet, Calame, Giacometti, Hodler, Segantini and Vallotton to name just a few; and also includes contemporary artists with important figures like Disler, Mosset, Tinguely, Schneider, Spoerri, Graeser and Castelli. Two ... Read the full story

Fifteen masterworks from the collection of Helen E. Band estate brought in a combined $10,494,024, and with the other 84 lots in Heffel’s second session of Fine Canadian Art, totaled $17.5-million. The first session featuring Canadian Post-War and Contemporary Art that occurred between 4 p.m. and 6:05 p.m. brought in $3.3-million. The two sessions combined totaled $20.8-million – the second highest total for a Canadian fine art auction. This sale also set a record for the most million dollar paintings in one Canadian auction with five works. Heffel set ... Read the full story

One of the major events at Sotheby’s this Autumn promises to be the sale in Paris on December 8 of a unique work by Jeff Koons: “Elephant” (Purple), donated by the artist to the Foundation Claude Pompidou in 2009. This masterpiece from 1999 (estimate €300,000-400,000) will be sold to help finance the Foundation’s most recent project: the Institut Claude Pompidou in Nice, dedicated to treating Alzheimer’s Disease and incorporating a teaching and research centre. The story behind this event involves two gifted, warm-hearted ... Read the full story

Bonhams New York is pleased to present the Arnold Smoller Collection of Contemporary Livres d’Artiste. A wonderfully astute and varied assemblage of nearly 200 volumes, the collection spans several decades of American and international art. It includes experimental works made of such surprising materials as lead, hair, plastics, and rubber. The works range in date from the Jasper Johns exhibition catalogue with original screenprint wrappers and the rare, beautiful Lee Bontecou ULAE portfolio of etchings, through important Pop, Conceptual and ... Read the full story

An exceptional and singular 1860 John C. Breckenridge portrait banner, perhaps the most important American political textile to appear at auction, lived up to its top billing as it soared to a record final price of $95,600 to lead the day at Heritage Auctions on Nov. 17. Auction totals have surpassed the $800,000 mark (all prices include 19.5% Buyer’s Premium), eclipsing the previous record total for a political auction, also set by Heritage with the March 2008 sale of the Edward C. Gillette Collection, which totaled $765,092. “Collectors stepped ... Read the full story

An early collection of ’silver religious ornaments’ from the Ashkenazi Plymouth Hebrew Congregation’s synagogue built in 1762, the oldest in the English-speaking world, sold at Bonhams on 25th November for £175,000.This earliest and rarest set of 14 lots of silver prayer instruments was estimated to sell for £100,000, but instead took a staggering 175,000. These included the earliest known set of English Jewish ritual instruments ever to come up for auction. Nicholas Shaw, Head of Silver at Bonhams in London said: “There were some ... Read the full story

Fillmore Poster, Inc. (www.fillmoreposter.com), the world’s largest dealer in vintage rock ‘n’ roll concert posters, is pleased to announce that its November auction of rare and unusual sixties posters, handbills, and other memorabilia closed on November 22 with strong prices realized in all categories. Auction highlights include: Closed lots and prices realized can be viewed at: https://auctions.fillmoreposter.com The auction also included over 150 additional lots including posters featuring well known acts such as Janis Joplin, Santana, ... Read the full story

Sotheby’s Paris will offer Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary works from the collection of Pierre Leroy, Co-Managing Partner of Groupe Lagardère. Pierre Leroy’s collection of books and manuscripts is already world renowned; now his modern art collection will be unveiled for the first time, in Paris on December 8/9. Andy Warhol is the foremost figure in Pierre Leroy’s collection of contemporary art, which boasts two works by the Pope of Pop Art – both portraits, but of very different artists: Roy Lichtenstein, the other big name of Pop Art, ... Read the full story

Two 18th century wine glasses that recall English and Dutch ships with colourful histories will be sold at Bonhams Fine Glass Sale on December 16 in London. These beautiful images remain engraved on the glass long after the ships themselves were lost. But the value of these two special wine goblets may have surprised the ships captains ranging as they do between estimates of £7,000 to £12,000. Simon Cottle, Head of Glass at Bonhams, comments: “These beautifully engraved glasses bearing Images of great ships will always carry with them something of ... Read the full story

• 100 works of art by 51 Modern and Contemporary Indian artists with a total low to high estimate of approximately Rs. 15 crores (US$ 3.2 million) to Rs. 19.4 crores (US$ 4.2 million) • Attractively estimated works by renowned modernists and popular contemporary artists, of exceptional provenance and quality • Auction highlights include important modern works by Manjit Bawa, F.N. Souza, S.H. Raza, Akbar Padamsee, Tyeb Mehta and Jagdish Swaminathan • Prominent contemporary artists featured in the sale include Subodh ... Read the full story

On 30th November at Bonhams New Bond Street will host the sale of Russian Art, featuring the eminent names of both Aivazovsky and Fabergé.The first painting by Aivazovsky, whose career spanned almost the entire 19th century, is named “The Morning Catch”. It is signed in Cyrillic and dated ‘1870′ (lower right) and further signed in Latin and dated ‘1870′ (lower left). The exceptional seascape oil painting is expected to fetch between £150,000 and £250,000 for the much sought-after artist. Another major lot within the ... Read the full story

Pook & Pook, Inc., in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, began its 2009 fall catalogue auction schedule with an outstanding two-day sale featuring items from six non-profit institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region, eleven estates, and over one hundred private collections. The 822-lot sale totaled $1,568,882, and boasted over 90 percent of the lots sold. Six educational institutions, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Woodmere Art Museum, the Washington County Maryland Historical Society and others offered deaccessioned items for sale. Some of the ... Read the full story

Auction Inn Corporation and Bullfly Trading Company today announced the signing of a partnership agreement that will enable them to provide complete liquidation services to individuals, businesses, and charities in the area. Under the agreement, Bullfly will immediately begin providing cash purchasing of gold, jewelry, household items, estates, and business liquidation items at both Auction Inn storefronts. This activity will supplement Auction Inn’s existing consignment services. Auction Inn will also provide online auction services for Bullfly items, and ... Read the full story

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Holds Successful Public Equipment Auctions in Poland, Germany, Spain and Turkey in One Week and Announces Construction of New Facility in Germany Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, has announced it signed a long-term lease on approximately 16 hectares (41 acres) of land in Meppen, Germany. The global auction firm intends to begin construction of a new auction site there in December, with plans to complete construction by mid-2010. This will be the Company’s sixth auction site in ... Read the full story