Monthly Archives: June 2008

An auction of New Zealand art will be held in London in October to raise funds for the New Zealand shore plover appeal. The gala event will be stage at the penthouse in New Zealand House on October event. It is being organised b y the New Zealand Society in association with [Read More]

Live Interactive Event Featuring More Than 250 Unique Animation Lots June 22 From Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas LOS ANGELES, CA – Whether you’re a fan of classic cartoons or legendary film animation, you’re bound to find a treasure during the Wonderful World of Animation auction presented by Julien’s [Read More]

The two-day auction will take place on Monday, June 16 and Tuesday, June 17 at 9:00 am PDT each day. Bidder registration and pre-bidding for this auction is already available at www.proxibid.com/gregmartin. More than 1,800 lots of martial arms, militaria, fine and historic American badges, fine and collectible arms and sporting guns [Read More]

Auction launches June 9, 2008 and runs through June 19, 2008 – Benefitting MusiCares® and The Grammy Foundation® The GRAMMY Charity Online Auctions program brings music memorabilia and VIP experiences to the auction block throughout the year to benefit the valuable programs of GRAMMY charities – MusiCares and The GRAMMY Foundation. Kick [Read More]

Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to announce the return of Natural History auctions to its San Francisco salesroom on June 22, 2008. Celebrating the tenth anniversary of these ground-breaking auctions and the 20th sale in the expansive collecting category, June’s auction features the work of famed sculptor Albert Jon ‘Zee’ Haag, dinosauria, [Read More]

Bloomsbury Auctions announces the launch of their Photographs Department in New York with the appointment of John Cowey as Head of Department and Hannah Hayden as Junior Specialist. The department is being guided by the world-renowned photography specialist Rick Wester, of Rick Wester Fine Art, Inc., as International Consultant. Bloomsbury Auctions opened [Read More]

BOSTON, Mass. – June 12, 2008 – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses, a will host an auction of 20th Century Furniture & Decorations in its Boston gallery on June 28th at 10 a.m. The sale is an eclectic mix of Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, [Read More]

Almost € 100 000* was the sum paid by a connoisseur of art and women from southern Europe for the small (36.2 x 36.2 cm) but exquisite Martial Raysse “Mädchenkopf” [“Head of a Girl”]. Thus he ensured that the estimate of € 40 000 was more than doubled at the Ketterer Kunst [Read More]

PITTSBURGH – From haute couture to autographed sports memorabilia, there is something for everyone on the Project Bundle-Up online auction. In its second year of online bidding, the former live televised broadcast has now gone to the web to reach even more people in the convenience of their own homes. Founded 22 [Read More]

MILAN – Following the world record for the great “View of Piazza Navona, Roma” by Ippolito Caffi, (Sotheby’s Milan, June 2007, € 1,588,800), this time in the 19th century Paintings sale there is another beautiful Roman painting by Caffi: “The Pope benediction from St. Peter’s Basilica”. Created in 1857, two years after [Read More]

Reston, VA – WorthPoint Corporation, the premier website for art, antiques, and collectibles, announced today that World’s Fair Auction has selected WorthPoint as a data publishing partner. Under the new agreement, World’s Fair Auction will provide WorthPoint with upcoming and historical auction data to be published on the WorthPoint web site. With [Read More]

MONROVIA, California – Preeminent international auction house, RM Auctions is delighted to announce the addition of Bob Mosier to their team of car specialists. A pillar of the California collector car scene and the founder of Mosier Restoration Inc, Mosier brings a wealth of experience to RM having spent the past four [Read More]

Bestcent.co.uk is a new innovation that offers extremely cheap items to its customers in UK. Bestcent.co.uk introduces a new type of a bidding war auction. It will be the first so called one-penny-auction in Britain. It differs from traditional lowest unique bids by its minimum price for every item on the site [Read More]

Munich – The sum total of their ages is nearly 300 years: three ladies who ensured top prices at today’s Ketterer Kunst auction in Munich. While Heidi Klum has yet to pick her winner on television, “Mädchen mit blauem Schal” (“Girl with a Blue Scarf”)(pictured), painted by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff in 1909, has [Read More]

(Northport, Ala.) – A dazzling 2.20-carat Marquise diamond ring set in white gold, with a total weight of 4.69 carats and carrying an appraised value of around $40,000, slipped onto a new finger for $18,700 at a multi-estate sale held May 4 by Hal Hunt Auctions. The auction was held at Hal [Read More]

Dallas, TX – Heritage Auction Galleries has selected winners in their 2008 Currency Auction Survey. Kelly Gobin of New Hampshire, the Grand Prize winner, received a Crisp Uncirculated $1000 bill. Additionally, Crisp Uncirculated 1929 National Bank Notes were awarded to members of the American Numismatic Association and the Society of Paper Money [Read More]

Dallas, TX – Heritage Auction Galleries auctioned over $2.5 million of Russian fine art in its inaugural Russian auction, held at its Design District gallery in Dallas, Texas on June 4, 2008. Headlining the auction was the sale of Mikhail Klodt’s 1858 masterpiece painting Riverside Farmstead which sold for $1,314,500 (including buyer’s [Read More]

MILL VALLEY, Calif – BioArts International is launching an unusual global online auction July 5th-9th. The auction item is rarer than a 1937 Mercedes Benz Roadster, a red diamond or an original Shakespeare manuscript. Five successful bidders, who bid over $100,000, will have their best friend, their beloved dog, cloned. Is it [Read More]