A poignant collection of over 50 nursery teacups and plates, made in the 19th century by children as young as eight years old, will go under the hammer in Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ Interiors sale on […]
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Two rare and highly sought after vintage telephones could raise up to £3,000 when offered for auction later this month, (30th April). According to experts, the two telephones are 200 Series models in pyramid shape made […]
Newly established but with years of experience, Wilkes & Curtis Ltd, are offering international bidders a fresh approach to buying at auction. In a ground-breaking initiative for a UK numismatic auction house, Wilkes & Curtis will […]
Bonhams extraordinary sale of historical paper, titled Treasures from the Caren Archive: How History Unfolds on Paper, realized $1,370,000 on April 7. The 300 lots on offer were selections from The Caren Archive, the property of […]
The set was the top achiever of the nearly 500 lots in an auction that grossed about $875,000. WINDSOR, Conn. – Nadeau’s Auction Gallery saved the best for last on March 29th when lot #607 – […]
A signed and numbered colored linocut by Pablo Picasso also brought $78,200 at the auction. GENESEO, N.Y. – A bold original gouache painting by the renowned American artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976), titled Loops Filled In, signed […]
Dedham, MA: After over thirty years as high-end French antique importers and dealers, Jeff Diamond and Ellen Nadler of A Room with a Vieux Antiques of Boston and Brookline, have decided that it’s time to retire. […]
The innovative joint venture between online wine specialists, Bid for Wine, and traditional auction house, Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ saw fine red wines from Burgundy and Bordeaux achieve stellar prices at their inaugural London sale of […]
The Chinese numismatic market showed no signs of decline as Chinese silver coins stole the show at Baldwin’s 56th Hong Kong Coin Auction yesterday, Thursday 2nd April. Fierce bidding drove prices up to ten times higher […]
The April 1st Made in California: Contemporary Art auction at Bonhams witnessed an excited yet discerning crowd, all vying to take home a piece from the selection of works by Californian artists. The auction achieved a […]
Bidding is now open for Robert Edward Auctions’ annual spring auction event, which contains more than 1800 lots of extremely high-quality cards and memorabilia that collectors have come to expect as standard at REA. Some of […]
The auction, held in Boynton Beach, Fla., featured fine artwork, porcelain and decorative arts. BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – An important 19th century Chinese porcelain screen consisting of four large panels mounted in a carved wooden frame […]
The collection was the top lot at Allard’s Big Spring Phoenix Auction, held March 8-9 in Mesa. MESA, Ariz. – An outstanding collection of 40 hand-wrought, Navajo-made silver pill, jewelry and trinket boxes, many with turquoise […]
With the First World War centenary at the forefront of our thoughts, Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions present a snapshot of political satire, produced as war waged across Europe. A series of serio-comic maps that visualised the […]
It was Auction 108, a tidy absentee sale of just under 100 rare bottles in many categories. WOODSTOCK, Conn. – A Sunburst Snuff Jar made between 1815 and 1830 at the Keene Marlboro Street Glassworks (Keene, […]
91h dinar from Caliph’s ‘Mine of the Commander of the Faithful’ expected to sell for £300,000-400,000 in April 10 London sale Morton & Eden, the specialist auctioneers of coins in London today announced the forthcoming sale […]
Bonhams sale Treasures from The Caren Archive on April 7 will feature a rare and exceedingly important early newspaper printing of the Declaration of Independence as published in The New England Chronicle (Powars and Willis) on […]
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ Wednesday 26th March boutique sale of vintage and modern wristwatches for collectors and connoisseurs achieved some high prices, with many lots selling well over estimate. A 2008 Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Day-Date gentleman’s […]