An unprecedented collection of historic sports, racing and custom cars and classic motorcycles crossed the block in Tustin, California over the weekend as RM Auctions proudly offered the esteemed ‘Joe’s Garage – The MacPherson Collection’ for auction. Many of the sale highlights exceeded expectations including a supercharged 1923 Miller 122 that sold [Read More]
Monthly Archives: June 2008
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LARCHMONT, NY, – On Monday June 30, Clarke’s final auction of the spring season will again offer 400+ lots, with fine art and antiques drawn from a single owner Westchester estate and additions from homes in Rowayton, Central Park West and Roslyn Long Island. Fine art includes paintings and sculpture by or [Read More]
Jay Marshall’s legendary collection of magicana is still trying to find a new home. In May, 2007, a small portion of Marshall’s horde was auctioned off at the annual Magic Collectors’ Weekend in suburban Chicago. The sale grossed nearly $300,000. For those that missed an opportunity to bid last year, another is [Read More]
artnet launches Photographic Portraits Sale featuring 20 photographs of Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, The Beatles, and other iconic figures by 15 renowned photographers including Allan Grant, Herman Leonard, Irving Penn, and Bill Ray New York / Berlin – From June 20–30 artnet Online Auctions will feature a special sale of Photographic Portraits [Read More]
The very first production Jaguar D-Type to roll off the line in 1955 will star in Bonhams’ Goodwood Festival of Speed sale on 11 July. The 1955 3.4-litre Jaguar D-Type Sports-Racing Two-Seater, chassis no. XKD 509, was raced in the USA by Lou Brero Sr in 1956 – 57. It was subsequently [Read More]
Cheffins Summer Fine Art Sale saw good prices throughout this two day auction. English pottery began the sale – lot 5 a late C19th Doulton ‘Pure Milk’ bucket, 41.5cm diameter finally made £1,900. A large collection of Staffordshire also attracted much attention and made very good prices throughout, with an early C19th [Read More]
Cheffins Auctioneers will be holding a Pictures & Books Sale on Thursday 10th July with a diverse range of interesting books. The most important C17th English work of political philosophy is already attracting much attention, a first edition, first issue London copy of Hobbes (Thomas)’Leviathan Or The Matter, and a Power of [Read More]
MOLINE, Illinois – The John Deere Collectors Center will hold its 9th annual tractor and memorabilia auctions at the John Deere Collectors Center in Moline, Ill., June 26-28, 2008. This year’s auctions will feature a broad selection of vintage John Deere tractors and equipment, with an exciting collection of John Deere memorabilia. [Read More]
A magnificent natural 10.12ct fancy yellow diamond ring is expected break records when it goes under the hammer at the Bonhams & Goodman Fine Jewellery auction in Sydney on Monday 30 June. The ring has pre-auction estimates of $220,000 to $280,000 and is already attracting a huge amount of interest. The auction, [Read More]
Dallas, TX. A lengthy list of significant American numismatic rarities is included in the catalog for the June 2008 Summer FUN Signature® Auction. The Official Auction will be held in West Palm Beach, June 26-27, with the concluding Internet sessions on June 28-29. The auction is now posted by Heritage Auction Galleries [Read More]
An extensive collection of Beswick horses and other figures are to go under the Charterhouse hammer on Thursday 14th August in their specialist auction of Beswick and Royal Doulton. The collection comprises over 100 pieces and features several rare items, including a Canadian Mounted Cowboy estimated £500 – 700 and its adversary, [Read More]
VINELAND, N.J. – Bertoia Auctions’ owner, Jeanne Bertoia, has confirmed that the family-owned business based in southern New Jersey will conduct a series of sales comprised exclusively of the Donald Kaufman automotive, comic character and European wind-up toy collection. The first of the ongoing auction sessions is slated for March 27-28, 2009. [Read More]
NEW YORK – On November 4, 2008, Sotheby’s New York will present for sale three important paintings by the Russian artist Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev on behalf of the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Included in the offering is Grigoriev’s Pipe Players, a preeminent example of the artist’s Visages du Monde (Faces of [Read More]
Bangalore – Banking on an online platform auction house, SaffronArt, closed a record sale featuring rare and significant works of Indian modern and contemporary artists registering a total sale value of around Rs 39 crore. Hosted on an innovative and interactive online platform, the auction featured the work of globally-sought painters, sculptors [Read More]
BALTIMORE, MD – An authentic oil on canvas by French painter Edouard Léon Cortès has sold for $40,625.00 at Sotheby’s auction house in New York. The painting, given by an unknown donor to Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake (Baltimore), depicts the flower market at the Place de la République in Paris. “We [Read More]
(Hillsborough, N.C.) – An original oil painting by New York artist Arthur Parton (1842-1914), titled “Eventide Landscape,” sold for $13,800 at a multi-estate sale held June 14 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. The oil on canvas rendering, signed lower left, was a pastoral landscape, depicting a stream meandering through [Read More]
Voorhees, NJ – As the real estate market continues to trudge along, buyers and sellers are finding themselves turning to an age old method of real estate transfer… auctions. Traditionally, auctions were used as a way to sell distressed properties and to manage high-demand communities. The real estate industry is undergoing change [Read More]
Bloomsbury Auctions’ June 25th Bibliophile Sale consists of over 500 carefully selected works that encompass a full range of children’s books and original illustration artwork, a distinguished group of library sets, early printed and art books, and a fine selection of 19th and 20th century literature. The sale features original illustrations by [Read More]