Winemakers Turn Out for the Biggest Wine Auction Events of the Year SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwire – June 16, 2008) – Tickets go on sale June 13 for the 2008 Auction of Washington Wines, the must attend Washington wine weekend of the summer! This year the Auction celebrates the Coming of Age of Washington [Read More]
Daily Archives: June 25, 2008
Tickets Now on Sale at www.marinwineauction.com SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Tickets are now available for the first annual Marin Wine Auction, which will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2008 at the Marin Art and Garden Center in Ross, Marin County. The inaugural event will be hosted by the Keiretsu Forum Charitable [Read More]
Original 1960’s Rock & Roll Art Takes Top Billing in LA A star-studded line up of Entertainment Memorabilia including Animation Art was offered and sold at auction on June 16th in Los Angeles. Within the spotlight of the Bonhams & Butterfields sale’s top lots was property related to Hollywood icons Marilyn Monroe, [Read More]
ORRICK, Mo – When Donald Potter first bought the Mudhole Duck Club, it was already established as one of Missouri’s top waterfowl hunting grounds. But its productivity took a major leap after Potter installed wells and valves that enabled him to flood areas at will for the best possible hunting. Now, Potter [Read More]
SAN FRANCISCO – Purple Wave, the “click and mortar” auction company, announced that the company has recently expanded its operation to cover six U.S. states, including locations in Sierra, NV; Dallas, TX; Kansas City, Wichita and Hays, KS; Thomas, OK; and Pueblo West, CO. These new locations are in addition to Purple [Read More]
LONDON – Indian artists such as Subodh Gupta (b. 1964), Bharti Kher (b. 1969), Anish Kapoor (b. 1954), Raqib Shaw (b. 1974) and T.V. Santhosh (b. 1968) are an ever-growing force in Sotheby’s international sales of Contemporary Art – in addition to the company’s regular dedicated sales of Indian Art – and [Read More]
LONDON – Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale which took place on the evening off 24 June 2008 realised £144,440,500 / $283,970,023 / €182,428,352 – the highest ever total for an art auction held in Europe. The top lot of the auction was Le bassin aux nymphéas, a masterpiece painting by [Read More]