Highlights of the annual April Stafford motorcycle sale include two of the Vintage era’s most highly regarded and sought after ‘superbikes’ – Brough Superior SS100 and Coventry-Eagle Flying-8. 1934 Brough Superior 8/75hp ‘Two-of-Everything’, Lot 505 Legendary superbike of motorcycling’s between-the-wars ‘Golden Age’, Brough Superior – ‘The Rolls-Royce of Motorcycles’ – was synonymous [Read More]
Daily Archives: April 16, 2008
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artnet launches first sale of Latin American art featuring masterpieces by renowned artists Jesús Rafael Soto, Fernando Botero, Roberto Matta and Rufino Tamayo. • 50 works by 30 contemporary artists • Price estimates range between US$ 400 and 480,000 • April 8-24, 2008 New York / Berlin – From April 8-24, artnet [Read More]
New York – At Christie’s New York annual Important Old Master Paintings sale held today, exceptional prices were realized for a selection of highly sought-after pictures by leading masters such as Cornelis Van Haarlem, Lucas Cranach The Elder, Jacques-Louis David, Thomas Gainsborough, Veronese, Jean-Honore Fragonard and Nicolas Poussin. In the top ten [Read More]
Collection will be included in the sale of Indian Art at Sotheby’s on Friday May 2 and will offer exceptionally rare works with unrivalled provenance by Rabindranath Tagore, Jamini Roy, George Keyt and Avinash Chandra. Sotherby’s is delighted to announce that its annual sale of Indian Art in London on Friday, May [Read More]
DGSE Companies, Inc., which wholesales, retails and auctions fine watches, jewelry, diamonds, precious metal and rare coin products via traditional and internet channels, today announced its results for Superior Galleries’ April 10, 2008 Santa Clara Elite Auction, where Superior Galleries is the official auctioneer. This 800 lot event realized $945,000 inclusive of [Read More]
A house in Saltburn-by-the-Sea provided the day’s most spectacular price – £49,000 paid by a telephone bidder from Italy to repatriate a late 18th Century North Italian Rosewood, Tulipwood and Marquetry Commode (lot 1125). This piece was discovered by Tennant’s furniture specialist, Jeremy Pattison, during a routine valuation visit, and even his [Read More]
New York – Christie’s New York is pleased to announce its Spring 2008 auction of Rugs and Carpets on June 3. The sale will be led by a gorgeous silk Isfahan rug from Central Persia, circa 1600, from The Doris Duke Collection and the Newport Restoration Foundation (estimate: $1,000,000-1,500,000). Also on offer [Read More]
New York – On April 29 and 30, Christie’s New York will hold its Prints and Multiples sale offering original limited edition prints by leading artists, such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Andy Warhol, and Jasper Johns. The two day sale features over 590 lots with estimates ranging from $2,000 to $800,000 [Read More]
NEW YORK – Immediately following the signing of its 700th auction-house client (Heritage Auction Galleries), Manhattan-based LiveAuctioneers LLC has publicly released details of its plans to launch an independent online-bidding platform. “After a very successful and mutually beneficial 5½ -year partnership with eBay Live Auctions, LiveAuctioneers.com is going to be operating as [Read More]