Monthly Archives: April 2008

NEW YORK, NY – Sotheby’s announced it will offer Chant 2, the most important painting by Bridget Riley (b.1931) ever to come to the market, in its Evening auction of Contemporary Art on Tuesday, 1st July 2008. Estimated at £2-3 million, Chant 2 is arguably the single most pivotal and groundbreaking work [Read More]

New York, NY – The spring sale of African, Oceanic & Pre-Columbian Art is built around an historic offering from several distinguished private collections. The 163 lots offered are estimated to sell for $4.7/6.7 million* and will be on exhibition at Sotheby’s New York prior to the auction from May 10th through [Read More]

BOSTON, Mass. – April 23, 2008 – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, Inc., one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host an auction of American Indian and Ethnographic Art on Saturday, May 10th at 10:00 a.m. in its Boston gallery. According to Douglas Deihl, director of Skinner’s American [Read More]

Collectors were out in force on Sunday April 20 at Billy’s Service Station near Brisbane, where Shannons knocked down 160 lots of garage memorabilia – with some setting Australian record prices. The clear-out auction of rare neon and enamel signs, Australian and American petrol bowsers and many other garage items assembled by [Read More]

A crowd of close to 100 people attended Wes Cowan’s recent auction of American Indian and Western art in Cincinnati on April 5, 2008. More than 400 lots were offered on site with an additional 200 being sold online. “We had a great turnout both with floor bidders and with absentee bidders,” [Read More]

COLLEGEVILLE, PA – A special silent/live auction Friday, June 6, will cap several festive events this year supporting the planned expansion of The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College . Billed as ‘the Berman Museum of Art(ist’s) auction,’ the auction will feature works donated by artists who have [Read More]

DALLAS, TEXAS: Heritage Auction Galleries, The World’s Largest Collectibles auctioneer specializing in Rare Coins and Currency, Comic Books and Original Comic Art, Vintage Movie Posters, Fine and Decorative Art, Illustration Art, American Indian Art, Sports Memorabilia, Political Memorabilia and Historical items, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Celebrity, Hollywood and Music memorabilia, Fine Jewelry [Read More]

Dallas, Texas: The best copies known to exist of some of the most beloved comics of the Baby Boomer generation will be sold at auction May 22-23 by Heritage Auction Galleries as part of the David N. Toth collection, valued at over $300,000. The first appearances of the Justice League of America, [Read More]

The most significant offering of natural pearls to appear on the market for decades highlights Christie’s third sale of Jewels and Watches; The Dubai Sale, to be held at 6.30pm on 29 April 2008. Featuring a stunning selection of 178 lots of rare and important gemstones, jewellery and watches as well as [Read More]

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Auction Floor, Inc a leading web-based technology provider to the auction industry, today announced plans to enter into a channel partnership and full platform integration with Bidtopia.com, the fastest growing auction website in the world. The Company, through its Auction Manager system, will enable a growing number of sellers [Read More]

NEW ORLEANS – Neal Auction Company will offer an impressive collection of autograph works on paper within its May 3-4 Spring Estates Auction, including a group of Modern and Contemporary works of art to benefit the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas. Among the offerings will be: a Marc Chagall (French, [Read More]

“With a near bursting entry of over 2700 lots including 570 plus tractors, an excellent attendance and the all important exchange rate for the Euro in our favour, we certainly hoped our April sale would be a top sale and top it was”, reports Bill King of Cheffins. “The saying is that [Read More]

(Ann Arbor, Mich.) – An extremely rare El-Bart Dry Gin tin advertising sign, made in 1905 for the Wilson Distilling Company by Kaufmann & Strauss Co., Lithographers, of New York, sold for $60,500 at the sale of The George Cross Collection held April 11-13 at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann [Read More]

Single family ownership from new 1909 Panhard et Levassor 12hp Tourer consigned to Bonhams & Goodman. Panhard et Levassor motor cars are a rare find in Australia however finding one that has been with the same family since new is remarkable! Bonhams & Goodman has unearthed a very rare 1909 Panhard et [Read More]

Bonhams – the international fine art auction house – is delighted to announce its inaugural Canadian Sale, to be held at St Lawrence Hall in Toronto on 19 June 2008. The auction of important Canadian-related art and sculpture will feature over 350 Lots, with estimates ranging from CAD$200 – CAD$150,000. With entries [Read More]

BOSTON, Mass. – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses, has announced that its semi-annual Fine Musical Instruments auction will be held on May 4th at noon in its Boston gallery. As always, several good vintage guitars from Martin and Gibson will be featured, including Pre-war Martins, Wartime Gibson [Read More]

LONDON – With the ever growing interest in and rising profile of Indian Art on the international stage – and the conspicuous success and performance of Indian Contemporary artists in particular – Sotheby’s announced that its annual sale of Indian Art in London will take place on Friday, May 2, 2008. The [Read More]

NEW YORK, NY – Sotheby’s evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on May 7, 2008 in New York will present a superb offering of key works by many of the leading artists of the period: Pablo Picasso, Edvard Munch, Fernand Léger, Alberto Giacometti, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Joan Miró and others. [Read More]