Bonhams is delighted to announce that it is embracing the 1960s on 7th March when viewing opens at its New Bond Street galleries for both a specialist auction of ‘Pop and Op Art’ and the selling exhibition of ‘Pure Sixties. Pure Bailey.’ – a collection of David Bailey’s iconic photographs from the 60s. An outstanding selection of works inspired by popular culture, and dating from the 1960s onwards will go on sale in the Pop and Op Art auction to be held at 2pm on Wednesday 10th March in New Bond Street. The sale features ... Read the full story

IpAuctions, Inc. is selling the patents and patent applications developed by Predicant Biosciences, formerly called BioSpect, and certain intellectual property of Perlegen. Predicant Biosciences, a California-based biotechnology company, developed technology and intellectual property to identify complex protein patterns in blood to detect and diagnose disease, methods to relate genotypes to phenotypes, and techniques to relate biomarkers to disease diagnoses. Currently, five issued U.S. patents are to be sold by auction plus 10 U.S. Patent Applications. In ... Read the full story

A strand of Elvis Presley’s hair is being sold by Chorley’s at Prinknash Abbey Park, Gloucestershire GL4 8EX in the UK on Thursday 25th February 2010. The vendor, who comes from Gloucestershire, is a keen music buff and bought the strand of hair on a whim through a television auction. The strand is estimted to fetch between £400 and £600. It is mounted in the centre of a gold disc inscribed ‘The King’s Authentic Hair’ together iwth a photograph of the singer and a certificate of authenticity on the reverse. In October 2009, a ... Read the full story

Gavel to gavel, in only four hours, bidders at The Naples Winter Wine Festival charity auction raised more than $8 million for underprivileged and at-risk children. Five hundred patrons were seated under a giant tent set on the grand lawn of The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples for the live auction, with winning bids ranging from $22,000 to $440,000 for 61 one-of-a-kind lots. Since 2001, the festival has raised $82.5 million for children in Collier County, Fla. Festival proceeds have expanded the horizons of nearly 100,000 children through grants to ... Read the full story

Sotheby’s New York 2010 Old Masters Week totaled $74,181,071 (£45,992,356, €53,148,582), nearly topping the presale series estimate of $52.5/75.5 million. Included in the offerings were Important Old Master Paintings Including Sculpture, Important European Terracotta and Bronze Sculpture from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, Old Master Drawings and Old Master & 19th Century European Art. Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture The week was led by the spectacular results for Thursday’s sale of Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture, ... Read the full story

Dan Morphy Auctions’ annual events calendar is about to become a lot busier with the introduction of several new auction series to augment the company’s traditional lineup of five to six cataloged sales per year. Beginning on March 16, 2010, Morphy’s will conduct a regular monthly Discovery sale featuring general antiques, art and vintage collectibles. The live sales will be held at Morphy’s gallery in Denver, Pa., on the Adamstown antiques strip, and will include Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.com and Morphy Live. The initial Discovery ... Read the full story

Christie’s New York achieved a combined total of $40,858,500/£25,191,210/ €29,051,023 in two days of sales, including the two-part auction of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolors on Wednesday and a special private collection sale, A Cabinet of Curiosities: Selections from the Peter Tillou Collections on Thursday. The top lot of the sales, The entrance to the Turkish Garden Café by Louis Léopold Boilly (1761-1845) was acquired for the J. Paul Getty Museum. In announcing this important acquisition, Museum Director Michael ... Read the full story

There was plenty of bark and one winning “bite” at Auctions Neapolitan’s Jan. 23 standing-room-only sale as an exceptional 39-inch-wide Black Forest carved tableau of a St. Bernard dog and her three playful pups claimed top-lot honors at $30,590. Attributed to Swiss artist Walter Mader, the circa-1900 carving featured realistic feathering to the dogs’ coats, hand-colored limbs and glass eyes. The substantial 33-lb. artwork had been estimated at $6,000-$8,000. “There was tremendous interest in that particular piece,” said Kathleen Pica, owner of ... Read the full story

Important original American imagery from the Collection of the American Red Cross, punctuated by names like Haddon Sundblom and Walter Beach Humphrey, highlights the comprehensive array of artwork that is Heritage Auctions’ Feb. 18 Signature® Illustration Art Auction. “There is something instantly recognizable and unmistakably American about these wonderful original illustrations,” said Ed Jaster, Vice President of Heritage Auctions. “While all the art was created by a wide grouping of talented artists, they all are definitive of the ... Read the full story

International auctioneers, Bonhams & Butterfields, are pleased to announce the company’s first auction exclusively dedicated to modern Montblanc writing instruments on February 15, 2010. The sale will contain more than 130 lots of exceptional pens with a focus on the Writer?s Editions, Patron of the Arts and 333 series, as well as several of the more limited items including the highly sought after Black Widow and Diego Rivera editions mostly coming from the Ron Renaud Collection. Offered on President?s Day, and timed to coincide with the annual ... Read the full story

Christie’s International, has announced that 2009 sales totaled £2.1 billion/$3.3 billion, a 24% decrease in £ (35% decrease in $) over 2008 sales. Sales totals include private sales of £265.7 million/$417.2 million, a decrease of 1% by £ on 2008 figures, and reflect those brokered by Christie’s as well as sales conducted by Christie’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Haunch of Venison. In 2009, Christie’s achieved 56.4% global auction sales market share against its main competitor and sold 61% of the works sold over $10 million and 60% of the lots sold ... Read the full story

The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company recorded more than $68 million in total sales during the 39th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale last week. The total is an 11 percent increase from Scottsdale 2009. Top sellers included a 1929 Hamilton Metalplane H-47 for $671,000 and a 1964 Shelby Cobra that brought $478,500. Hailed as “The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions™,” the 2010 Scottsdale event featured nearly 1,200 collector vehicles all for sale at No Reserve and nearly 40 hours of live, high-definition TV ... Read the full story

A George II red lacquered secretary consigned by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta sold for an astounding $207,400 on Sunday at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. The secretary, decorated with a pierced carved crest and Chinoiserie figures and motifs, was donated to the High Museum in 1961. Thirteen telephone bidders vied for the lot before a British dealer bidding in the saleroom won the lot with a raise of the eyebrows. Also deaccessioned from the High Museum was an important 19th century silver and marble garniture that brought $134,200. Each of its parts ... Read the full story

GE (NYSE: GE) has received commitments to supply wind turbines for wind farms to be developed in Brazil that will add more than 400 megawatts of power to the country’s clean energy capacity. These projects will mark the debut of GE’s wind turbine technology in Brazil. In December of 2009, the Brazilian government held its first technology specific energy auction, focusing on wind power. In the past, the government has tendered 20-year power purchase agreements through energy auctions and until recently, these auctions allowed developers and utilities to ... Read the full story

February 6th and 7th are the dates for Clars Auction Gallery’s fabulous February Fine Estates Sale, a two-day event which will feature fine art, important furniture and decoratives and an impressive selection of time pieces. Headlining this sale will be a rare Patek Philippe gentleman’s 18K yellow gold chronograph wristwatch with silvered dial face. The watch, Model 1463, Movement: 23 jewels #867590, Case: 18k yellow gold #653482, is estimated at $60,000 to $80,000. Fine timepieces by Cartier and Rolex will also be offered during the jewelry portion of ... Read the full story

New York / Berlin, January 28, 2010 – artnet Auctions offers continuous online auctions of Modern and Contemporary art. From January 28 – February 9, artnet Auctions will feature a special sale of Modern Art by renowned artists including Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso. This special online auction will include over 50 works of art by 40 of the most influential modern artists of the 19th-20th centuries representing virtually every important Modern Art movement. Leading the sale is an exquisite bronze sculpture by Edgar Degas, Danseuse ... Read the full story

The Bard of Avon at West Coast Auction Certainly the most widely read, most often published, and most influential writer in the annals of English literature is William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon. His 36 plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Though a number of his plays were published during his lifetime – he died in 1616 at age 52 – it was not until 1623 that a collected edition of his plays was published, known as the First Folio. Nine years later, another edition ... Read the full story

Rochester New York welcomes the Upstate Property Auction – an alternative real estate platform that intends to stimulate the buying and selling of property in Upstate New York. The goal of the auction is to provide an affordable method that will alleviate the cost of commissions from the sellers. The savings to the sellers will, in turn, reduce the listing price of the property, motivating buyers to make purchases. Other benefits of the auction include: A live simulcast feature that will allow buyers to purchase on a national level No contingencies, ... Read the full story

Christie’s announced the appointment of Lisa King as Chief Operating Officer and Group Managing Director of Christie’s International effective immediately. Ms. King, previously International Managing Director, Auction & Private Sales, assumes responsibility for the leadership and delivery of Christie’s International’s Business Plan. In this expanded role, she will oversee Auction & Private Sales, Strategy, Marketing, Business Development, Human Resources, Operations, IT, Finance, Legal and the Group’s Diversified Businesses including ... Read the full story

Auctionmove.co.uk are now offering property portals the chance to partner with the established online property auction site and introduce this innovative and groundbreaking service to new and existing clients. Based in the North-West of England, auctionmove. co .uk brings a fresh and dynamic approach to online property auctions by providing continuous live trading, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The joint venture opportunity that property portals can enjoy will see the integration of a profitable new service into the portals product portfolio that will ... Read the full story