Hooligans Took Advantage Of Police Strike By Pillaging Shops In A Succession Of Night Raids A rare hardwood truncheon commemorating The Liverpool Riots of 1919 will be sold at Bonhams in Knowle on 13 May 2008. […]
Monthly Archives: May 2008
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VANCOUVER – Thousands of bidders from all over the world participated in person and over the internet at the unreserved public auctions conducted by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers – the world’s largest auctioneer of industrial equipment – […]
NEW YORK, NY – iGavel’s Spring Asian, Ancient and Ethnographic Art Auction ended with a bang last Wednesday as a host of lots blew past their estimated selling prices. Leading the way in bidding was a […]
There was a buzz in the crowd at the Leonard Auction House in Addison, Illinois as the 1928 $1000 Gold Certificate came to the block at Leonard Auction’s May 10th sale. Bidding opened on the internet […]
Bonhams’ Hong Kong inaugural wine auction held on 24 April 2008 at Crown Wine Cellars scored a few firsts. It was the first wine auction held in Hong Kong after the scrapping of wine duty and […]
Dallas, TX – A pair of 1794 silver dollars and three Continental dollars are among the rarities included in the catalog for the Official Auction of the May 2008 Long Beach Coin Expo. The auction, being […]
New York, NY – On May 14-15, 2008, Sotheby’s will feature the work of a number of renowned Indian artists in its spring sales of Contemporary Art in New York. Highlighting the sales are works by […]
On Monday 26 May, Bonhams & Goodman will conduct an auction of Fine Jewellery. The strongest Melbourne offering to date, this sale offers a broad cross section of jewellery and watches from all periods. Highlights include: […]
On Sunday 18 May at 11am, Bonhams & Goodman will conduct an auction of artworks from the Mallesons Stephen Jaques collection. The sale will take place at Bonhams & Goodman’s Waterloo rooms at 224 Young Street. […]
It was particularly the contemporary art which sailed out of the saleroom at Bloomsbury’s 20th Century British Art sale on 8th May. The highlight was Sir Peter Blake’s Madonna of Venice Beach No. 2 (lot 169). […]
CHARLESTOWN, Mass – The USS Constitution Museum recently seized an unparalleled opportunity and purchased at a Sotheby’s auction one of its most significant acquisitions ever: a series of four paintings depicting USS CONSTITUTION’s battle against HMS […]
LONDON – A charming and personal selection of works by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) from the collection of Lucia Bosé, the beautiful Italian movie star, is a highlight of Christie’s London sales of Impressionist and Modern Art […]
AMSTERDAM – Sotheby’s Old Master Paintings sale at Sotheby’s Amsterdam. Highlight of the sale was the hitherto unrecorded set of four landscapes representing ‘The Four Seasons’, by the Flemish master Sebastaen Vrancx (1578-1647) selling for €1.2 […]
Emirates Auction holds the record for the top ten most expensive license plates sold worldwide, after Plate 9 sold for a record Dh15.4 million at Saturday’s auction in Abu Dhabi. “We now dominate the Top Ten […]
A high-grade 1854 Type 2 gold dollar and a mint state 1920-S Saint-Gaudens $20 gold piece lead a list of highlights in Bowers and Merena Auctions’ June 4-7 sale at the Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention. […]
IRVINE, Calif. – Bowers and Merena, America’s leading rare coin and currency auction house, realized an impressive $5.9 million with its 1,000-lot Chicago Rarities Sale. The auction was conducted in a single session on April 15, […]
LARCHMONT, NY – On Monday, May 19 2008, Clarke Auction Gallery will formally launch its Fourth Annual Fine Art Auction with over 300 lots. Fourteen artist records were discreetly set at Clarke’s 2007 sale, discreet because […]
The Spring 2008 Lyn Knight Postcard and Paper Auction is scheduled to take place May 21, 22, and 23 in Lenexa, Kansas. The sale will feature a fantastic group of historic images of the past, in […]