New York, NY, – The only known “Shoeless” Joe Jackson Signature Model “Black Betsy” Game Bat Dating From His Major League Career sold for $301,000 to an American private collector. The bat was the highlight of Sotheby’s and SCP Auctions’ sale of Important Sports Memorabilia and Cards, which brought $2,518,130. Also among [Read More]
Daily Archives: April 25, 2008
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(St. Charles, Mo.) – Four important collections of American Brilliant Cut Glass – the rare and often colorful decorative glass pieces made mostly in this country between 1876 and 1916 and highly sought after by collectors – will be sold at auction on Saturday, May 31st, at the St. Charles Convention Center, [Read More]
On April 23rd in Melbourne, several hundred people watched Bonhams & Goodman sell over $4million of Australian and International Art with new record results. The sale at the Melbourne rooms commenced with vigour as lot 1, ten works on paper relating to the Burke and Wills expedition, were hotly contested. The works [Read More]
Dallas, TX: Original art from some of underground comics’ most significant creators, including Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman , S. Clay Wilson, Gilbert Shelton, Rick Griffin, and Robert Williams, will be offered in Heritage Auction Galleries’ upcoming Comic and Original Comic Art Signature auction, to be held May 22 & 23 in Dallas, [Read More]
Dallas, TX: A couple who spent their life savings to purchase a comic book collection is now auctioning off the pristine 1950s Batman issues to eager comic collectors. Valued at over $100,000, these four color gems will be offered in Heritage Auction Galleries’ May 22-23 Dallas comic auction. Jack Juka, a retired [Read More]
ST. LOUIS – Beginning today, QLu, the online celebrity auction site, will begin a series of auctions on behalf of talented and diverse artists and their significant humanitarian efforts. Started by Susie Busch-Transou and her partner, Cindy Lee, QLu has raised numerous funds for celebrities’ favorite charities since its inception in March, [Read More]
NEW YORK – U2’s the Edge announced the Icons of Music Sale II to benefit Music Rising to be held on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at Hard Rock Cafe New York in Times Square. This second annual auction event, hosted by Julien’s Auctions (http://www.juliensauctions.com), will offer one of the most significant collections [Read More]
LONDON – Sotheby’s announced that it will offer Pope’s Villa at Twickenham, a masterpiece by Britain’s most celebrated artist, Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A., (1775-1851), in its Evening Sale of Old Master Paintings in London on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. This exceptional landscape – executed in oil – is among Turner’s most [Read More]
NEW YORK – Phillips de Pury & Company will break new ground in the auction world with the introduction of its Contemporary Fashion category in its Saturday@Phillips New York sale on April 26, at 10 am and 2pm. Saturday@Phillips is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary auction of Contemporary Art and Photography, Design and Jewelry.With [Read More]
Grosvenor Auctions have announced that the company is delighted to welcome Charles Napper to the team, bringing with him his breadth of knowledge and experience gained over many years. Charles worked as a botanist for 14 years in Cambridge after graduating from university in 1973. He then entered the philatelic trade in [Read More]