Monthly Archives: April 2008

(Oceanside, N.Y.) – A battery-operated “Mr. Atomic” toy robot, made in Japan by Cragston in the early ’60s and still in the original box, sold for $15,820 at a multi-estate sale held the weekend of April 5-6 by Philip Weiss Auctions. The robot was but one offering in Part 1 of the [Read More]

Entries are still open for Barons’ Classic and Collectors’ Car Sale at Sandown Park, Surrey on April 29th, which features a strong entry from British marques. The sale is headlined by the 1921 ex-Henry Royce experimental ‘Goshawk’ 20hp, believed to be the oldest-surviving example of this ‘baby’ Rolls-Royce (estimate £30,000-£50,000). Another interesting [Read More]

NEW YORK – Sotheby’s two-day sale of Russian Art in New York totaled $46,449,401 (est. $41/57 million), with strong prices realized across the wide variety of works on offer — 19th and 20th Century and Contemporary Russian paintings as well as a broad selection of Works of Art. Highlighting the morning session [Read More]

(Beverly, MA) – Kaminski Auctions, one of Massachusetts’ premier antiques and fine art auction houses, announces its Spring Fine Art and Estates Auction. This two-day event includes fine art, furnishings, paintings and a first-rate collection of antique automobiles. The auction takes place under the tent at Kaminski Auctions, 564 Cabot Street in [Read More]

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]

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]

NEW YORK – Auctionblip, an international network delivering personalized auction information on a limitless variety of collectibles, today announced that it has added three premier auction house partners to its network of auction houses, bringing the total number to over 65 worldwide. Wallis & Wallis Auctions and Vectis, both in the UK, [Read More]

BASKING RIDGE, NJ – iBidMotors, the technology leader in online auto auction applications and the fastest growing exclusive site for car dealers to sell pre-owned cars to consumers utilizing an auction platform, today announced that Palm Beach Auto Mall has successfully leveraged the iBidMotors’ private label online Bid Sale auction application. The [Read More]

NEW YORK – On Friday, April 25, Acker Merrall & Condit will conduct a single cellar sale of vintage Champagne and more from the collection of New York real-estate investor Robert Rosania. The auction will take place at the award-winning Cru restaurant, 24 Fifth Avenue, in New York City. Highlights of the [Read More]

Christie’s fourth sale of International Modern & Contemporary Art, to be staged in Dubai on 30 April 2008, includes a carefully curated section of 30 works by some of the most exciting international and Western artists including Andy Warhol, Robert Indiana and Anish Kapoor, which span several important periods. With estimates ranging [Read More]

A fascinating collection of 8 works from the estate of the late Elizabeth Vassilieff, widow of the major Australian artist Danila Vassilieff, will be offered for sale at the Australian & International Fine Art Auction in Melbourne on Wednesday 23 April. “We are honoured to be entrusted to sell this historically significant [Read More]