Monthly Archives: March 2008

Medals awarded for courage and bravery during World War II’s first Dieppe landing will be sold at Bonhams Coins, Medals and Banknote auction on the 2nd April 2008. Lot 65 is a Second World War Reconnaissance D.F.C and 1940 D.F.M awarded to Squadron Leader L.G.Smith, Royal Air Force which is expected to [Read More]

IRVINE, Calif – National Home Auction Corporation, a national foreclosure auction company, announced today that Real Estate Disposition Corporation (REDC) unsuccessfully attempted to interrupt National Home Auction’s business. REDC’s Application was rejected by Federal Judge S. James Otero in an Order issued late Friday, March 7, 2008. The Judge denied the request, [Read More]

NEW YORK – Christie’s announced five important sales during its Photographs Week at Rockefeller Center this April. With viewings for all sales open to the public from April 4 until April 8, the five distinct sales will present collectors with the finest photographs from many of the 20th century’s most important and [Read More]

AMSTERDAM – The absolute highlight of the 19th Century Paintings sale at Sotheby’s Amsterdam on Monday 14 April 2008 is a panoramic landscape in Luxemburg by Barend Cornelis Koekkoek. The oil on canvas that was recently discovered in a private collection is probably one of the missing paintings from the series that [Read More]

NEW YORK – Christie’s announced the sale of Photographs by Ansel Adams from a California Collection during Photographs Week this April in New York. With 122 lots, this single owner sale is the largest collection of Adam’s works in private hands, including all of his most-sought after images, often mural-sized. The sale [Read More]

Dallas, TX – The Ed Price Collection, a n incomparable variety collection of early Dimes and Quarter Eagles, valued over $4 million, will be auctioned by Heritage Auction Galleries at their Official Auction of the Baltimore ANA, July 30-Aug. 2, 2008. Only one complete collection of draped bust dimes by variety had [Read More]

FREDERICKSBURG, Texas – For more than 35 years, car lovers have grabbed their keys and headed to Fredericksburg for the Hill Country Classic Collector Car Auction. On March 14 and 15, all they have to do is reach for their mouse. For the first time in the event’s history, car enthusiasts, collectors, [Read More]

Bonhams’ Russian Sale on 2 July 2008 will feature an exceptional oil painting by the world’s most expensive female artist. When it goes under the hammer in London at 101 New Bond Street. The Sailboat, by Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) is expected to fetch £1.5 – 2 million. Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova (Russian, 1881-1962) [Read More]

Kaminski Auctions, one of Massachusetts’ premier antiques and fine art auction houses, announces its Spring Estates Auction. The auction takes place at the Sheraton Colonial Grand Ballroom in Lynnfield on Wednesday and Thursday, March 26 and 27, 2008, with bidding commencing at 4pm on Wednesday and 5pm on Thursday. Auction previews are [Read More]

Dallas, TX – The Edward C. Gillette Collection of Early Political and Presidential Display Items, offered at auction by Heritage Auction Galleries on March 1, 2008, realized $770,297 for 440 lots, setting a new record for an auction of material of this type. “We were very gratified by these results,” observed Tom [Read More]

Dallas, TX – Everyone knows that James Dean entered the realm of the Hollywood immortals when he lost his life in a car crash on September 30, 1955, but few realize that he was on his way to participate in a race at the time. Now, one of the most significant and [Read More]

Dallas, TX – In its upcoming Music and Entertainment Signature auction, to be held in Dallas on April 5, 2008, Heritage Auction Galleries (www.HA.com) will proudly – and cautiously! – offer an archive of historic memorabilia from the “private Beverly Hills club famous for their legendary celebrity roasts.” This famous club – [Read More]

Dallas, TX – It was August 27, 1965. The Beatles were on the eve of playing Balboa Stadium in San Diego. Elvis was in the midst of shooting Paradise Hawaiian Style in Hollywood. That night, between 10 and 11 p.m., John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr all arrived in [Read More]

(Sedona, Ariz.) – A rare and extremely important re-strike of a map of the Great Lakes, originally created by the Jesuit priest Francesco Bressani in 1657 and recreated around 1900, sold for $5,040 in an online sale (#123) held by Old World Auctions. Only two examples of the original map exist today. [Read More]

(Northport, Ala.) – A beautiful, heavily carved oak hall seat attributed to R.J. Horner, one of only five or six known to exist and in pristine condition, sold for $46,000 at the sale of a single-owner collection held February 16 by Hal Hunt Auctions. The piece, made around 1890 and measuring 8′ [Read More]

Early 20th Century Chinese White Jade Vase & Cover with Qianlong Mark NEW YORK, NY – March 11, 2008 – Elder’s Antiques’ “Mid-Winter Auction,” hosted on iGavel.com ended with a bang last Monday as back-and-forth bidding grew the $7,000 starting price all the way up to $291,600. Breaking iGavel.com’s record for highest [Read More]

Bonhams announces today that it will hold its inaugural wine auction in Hong Kong in April 2008. The Bonhams wine auction in April is believed to be the first wine auction to be held in Hong Kong after a hiatus of 10 years. Commenting on the inaugural wine auction, Colin Sheaf, Chairman [Read More]

NEW YORK – NYEG Inc., a New York-based provider of dynamic e-businesses, announced today that it will be releasing its premium domain name, TravelNewYork.com, to auction. Donald Rotonde, President and CEO of NYEG Inc. (New York Entertainment Guide, Inc.), said his decision followed another record-breaking announcement for New York Tourism by the [Read More]