Hamburg, (kk) – All the birds are in it, all the birds, all … Even the Oriole’s nest (Plate 31), that is usually not shown, is included in the first edition with beautiful period colouring. Carrying an estimate of € 50,000, the ornithological life’s work of Johann Leonhard Frisch, director of a [Read More]
Daily Archives: April 18, 2008
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Bargain hunters, Trash and Treasure ‘tragics’, collectors and motoring enthusiasts from around Australia will be beating a path to ‘Bushy Park’ near Brisbane on Sunday (April 20) for Australia’s ultimate ‘garage sale’ at Billy’s Service Station. Billy’s, the private treasure-trove of American and Australian automotive memorabilia assembled by Queensland enthusiast Greg Kowplos [Read More]
Dallas, TX – Heritage Auction Galleries, the world’s third largest auction house, is holding its first Russian fine art auction at its new fine art galleries located in Dallas’ Design District on June 4, 2008. Among the master Russian artists featured at the auction will be Mikhail Konstantinovich Klodt, Nikolai Timkov, Konstantin [Read More]
A 1909 Sizaire-Naudin Model G Voiturette topped the Charterhouse sale of classic cars, motorbikes and automobilia, when it sold to a telephone bidder for over £26,000. “There had been a great deal of pre-sale interest in this vehicle. It is well known in motoring circles having been in the vendor’s ownership for [Read More]
One of the oldest toys ever seen at Tennants Auctioneers was a Georgian Dissected Puzzle dating from 1812 – a forerunner of today’s jigsaw puzzle –sold for £420 in January, more than double it’s lowest estimate. Amazingly still complete after almost 200 years, the puzzle was entitled ‘My Pony’ and its mahogany [Read More]
BOSTON – The now famous David Ortiz replica Red Sox jersey that was chipped from beneath two feet of cement in the new Yankee Stadium is available for auction on eBay. The auction will benefit the Jimmy Fund, which supports adult and pediatric cancer care and research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in [Read More]
New York, NY – April 17, 2008 Sotheby’s spring sale of Magnificent Jewels in New York achieved $26,343,850 (est. $21/28 million*). Leading the sale today was a stunning collection of Van Cleef & Arpels jewels from the Estate of Rita K. Hillman, a distinguished New York philanthropist and renowned collector of fine [Read More]
BOSTON – Following Tuesday’s announcement by eBay that it will exit the live online auction business, Artfact today announced the launch of Artfact Live!, including an online bidding platform and audio/video broadcast services. Artfact Live! is a next-generation online marketplace connecting the world’s 1,000 leading auction houses with the 6 million most [Read More]