Monthly Archives: April 2008

The collection of Kanwardip Gujral – photographic images from the 1850s to the 1940s, covering India and the adjacent countries – was sold in London by Bonhams on 9 April for record prices. The strength of interest in the sale impressed Bonhams specialists who said the sale had set a new benchmark [Read More]

Chess is making a come-back. For its very first sale dedicated to the world of Chess and Board Games on 13 May 2008 in London, Bonhams is lining up some incredibly important pieces to be sold. According to Luke Honey, Bonhams’ Chess and Games Consultant, the collectors’ market in Chess is currently [Read More]

Christie’s sale of Fine Musical Instruments totaled $3,663,125/£1,831,563/€ 2,333,201. The top lot was led by a violin made by Antonio Stradivari, known as The Penny, that achieved $1,273,000. Also, new world auction records were made for a Matteo Groffriller violin, a Ferdinando Gagliano violin, a José Contreras violin, and a C.F. Martin [Read More]

Dallas, TX: One of the most famous of all baseball collectibles, a 1909-era Honus Wagner card, is among the fabulous array of vintage sports trading cards and memorabilia offered by Heritage Auction Galleries in their Signature Auction in Dallas, Texas and online, May 2 and 3, 2008. “This will certainly be the [Read More]

Germany based Ycare AG has started a fundraising page for Senator Barack Obama’s campaign. At ycare.org registered users can sell items via internet auctions in support of Senator Obama. If an item is sold, the seller determines how much of the proceeds is donated and how much is used for an other [Read More]

CAMBRIDGE, MA – cMarket, the leader in online auction fundraising for nonprofit organizations, today announced a record 4,000 online auctions have run on the platform since the company’s inception in 2003, raising over $40 million for meaningful causes as diverse as feeding the hungry, funding cancer research and supplying school textbooks. Just [Read More]

Emperors, at least in medieval times, were regarded as God’s representatives on Earth and venerated almost as if they were gods in their own right. Trade with various devotional objects flourished and continues even today, as the popular auction of „Imperial Memorabilia“ on 28th April 2008 at the Dorotheum Vienna once again [Read More]

LONDON, England – Ferrari aficionados from around the world are set to converge on Maranello, Italy on May 18 as preeminent international auction house, RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, hosts their second historic Ferrari: Leggenda e Passione event. In addition to presenting a magnificent range of vintage sports and racing cars, [Read More]

A massive Victorian silver gilt cup and cover by the Garrards, Gold and Silversmiths to the Queen, is going under the Charterhouse hammer in their auction of silver and jewellery on Friday 16th May. “Garrards are certainly the oldest firm of gold and silversmiths which were founded in 1735 and probably the [Read More]

NEW YORK – The most important work by Lucian Freud (b. 1922) to appear at auction is among the leading highlights of Christie’s New York Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 13 May 2008. The life-size Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, 1995, depicts a naked Sue Tilley, a benefits supervisor from London, and [Read More]

MECUM has announced the sale of three Serial Number One Corvettes at the upcoming Bloomington Gold High Performance Auction June 27-28 in St. Charles, Illinois. The collection includes a 1955, 1956 and 1957 Corvette. “This is the only collection of three sequential serial one Corvettes known to exist in the world“ says [Read More]

All that glisters is not gold. Tin can be more valuable – and – there has never been a better time to invest in tinplate toys. Bonhams’ next Sale of Toys on 14 May in Knightsbridge, London will provide investors and collectors with a golden opportunity to acquire some of these rare [Read More]

New York, NY – Sotheby’s sale of Magnificent Bordeaux and Burgundy from an Important Private Cellar, featuring the greatest collection of rare Domaine de la Romanée-Conti wines ever offered by Sotheby’s, sold for $6,134,035 (est. $3.7/5.5 million*) making it the auction house’s third highest value single-owner wine sale worldwide. The sale attracted [Read More]

The sixth semi-annual Hollywood Poster Auction was held March 15 at the Marriott Hotel O’Hare Airport Chicago, Illinois, with sales surpassing a quarter of a million dollars! The seventh semi-annual auction will be September 27 at the same hotel. Partners Morris Everett, Jr. (The Last Moving Picture Company); John Ours, Jr. (Paragon); [Read More]

Auction includes historic and antique firearms. The entire Winchester collection of the Arrowhead Bluffs Museum will be sold at unreserved public auction April 18-19, 2008, at Kull & Supica Firearms Auction in Topeka Kansas. Over 1,000 antique, collectable & sporting firearms will sell Friday and Saturday in the 1,500 lot auction. The [Read More]

SANTA CLARA, Calif – California’s Great America is set to debut FireFall, the park’s latest thrill ride that sends riders head-over-heels through both fire and water effects. On Friday, April 25 at noon, the park will auction off seats for the first public ride. All proceeds from the auction will be donated [Read More]

From an early 1900’s horseless carriage built by the McLaughlin Carriage Company, to a special 2007 Hertz Edition Shelby Cobra, the annual ‘Classic Car Auction of Toronto’ drew thousands of car enthusiasts to the traditional Spring event at Mississauga’s International Centre, April 4th, 5th and 6th. CHATHAM, Ontario, Canada – Canada’s rich [Read More]

Approximately 75 classic cars and 50 lots of automotive-themed memorabilia will cross the block next month as RM Auctions presents the esteemed “Wayne Davis Collection” at Southlake, Texas on April 19, 2008 FORT WORTH, Texas – Texan entrepreneur and lifelong auto enthusiast, Wayne Davis, will share his passion for great American cars [Read More]