Monthly Archives: August 2008

Aberdeen-Auctions of St. Petersburg, FL achieved excellent results in the August 2 – 3 sale of Russian artifacts. Three Russian eggs were the stars of the show at the Aberdeen-Auctions sale of August 2-3. The top cackle rights went to a five inch tall burgundy model with gold exterior decoration made in [Read More]

New Delhi – Saffronart, is holding its Autumn Online Auction of Contemporary Indian art September 3-4 featuring 130 works of art by 62 artists. “We are very excited about the attention Contemporary Indian art is drawing around the world. We have always believed that Indian contemporary art has tremendous potential,” said Director [Read More]

SOMERSET, Ky – Tranzon Asset Advisors, a national real estate auction firm, has been appointed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to sell at Absolute Auction the assets of PHS Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries including The Somerset Refinery, Inc., and Somerset Oil, Inc., located in Somerset, Kentucky, 80 miles south of Lexington, [Read More]

London/New York – Christie’s is pleased to announce the auction of Resurrection: Avant-Garde Fashion, the finest collection of 20th Century fashion in private hands, will be sold in London at the South Kensington saleroom on October 30. Representing pivotal designers from the 1960s to 1990s, the collection is an articulate illustration of [Read More]

LONDON – Christie’s South Kensington’s upcoming Prints sale offers a wide array of prints from contemporary artists, many of whom have become as iconic as the images they create. Including stunning works from the likes of Damien Hirst, Banksy, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, Bridget Riley, and others, and crossing a wide spectrum [Read More]

New York, NY – On September 25, 2008, Sotheby’s New York will hold a sale of Important Jewels, with an exciting selection of signed and period Estate Jewels and white diamonds which are extremely interesting to collectors in this market. The sale consists of approximately 450 lots and is estimated to bring [Read More]

An art deco sapphire and diamond clip brooch, originally owned by the legendary musician Sir Elton John, is expected to fetch over £12,000 at Bonhams’ next London Sale of Fine Jewellery on 25 September 2008. The impressive bejewelled brooch, which was created in around 1935, is designed in the form of the [Read More]

It’s ‘Holden Heaven’ at Shannons Melbourne Spring Auction on Monday (September 1), with a 1977 Holden Torana A9X, three early Monaros and a very original 1951 Holden 48-215 sedan amongst the 48 classic vehicles going under the hammer from 7.00pm. Pick of the pack for collectors is the three-owner, restored and mechanically [Read More]

BATH, UK – The former United Kingdom bakery processing facilities at Sara Lee Bridlington and Heinz Foods Grimsby are to be offered for sale by tender on 24th September 2008 Pro Auction Limited announces an auction tender of the entire contents of food processing machinery located at the former confectionery manufacturer Sara [Read More]

Bloomsbury Auctions New York announces the opening sale of its 2008 fall season. The largest sale to date, this two-day Bibliophile sale will consist of Americana, Maps, Literature , Fine Bindings, Original Art and Art Books, and the remarkable Fred M. Meyer Collection of L. Frank Baum and Related Oziana. The sale [Read More]

Aulden Cellars-Sotheby’s will hold its first of four wine sales this fall season in New York beginning with a various-owner sale of Finest and Rarest Wines, on September 20th, 2008. The sale will include 1,361 lots, and is estimated to bring $2.3/3.3 million. Three sales will follow, one each month through December, [Read More]

DENVER, Pa – As the follow-up to a heavily attended May 17-18 debut that grossed $1.5 million, Morphy Doll Auctions has prepared an equally diverse selection of dolls, dollhouses, miniatures and teddy bears as the foundation of its Fall Fine Doll event. The 950-lot auction will take place on Oct. 10 and [Read More]

Only six examples of this work by the Prairie School designer are known to exist. It will be sold at Matheson’s AA Auction in Melbourne, FL in the September 27, 28 sale. Matheson’s AA Auction sale of September 27, 28 will feature fine art and antiques from five estates including one from [Read More]

Phoenix, AZ – One of the quickest ways to secure capital from unproductive assets is to sell them at auction. For many business owners, a bad economy means a drop in sales and the inability to grow their business. That’s when it’s time to get creative. Statistics show that whether the economy [Read More]

Victor, ID – Jackson Hole Auction Company (www.jacksonholeauctions.com) announces the Annual Fall Real Estate Auction from Eastern Idaho to Jackson Hole and across Wyoming on September 20, according to William F. Burke CAI AARE, auctioneer and president of the company. Burke said, “We are actively seeking property owners in the Jackson Hole [Read More]

Carmel, Calif – Bonhams & Butterfields celebrated the 11th year of its famed sale of exceptional motorcars and automobilia at Quail Lodge on Friday, August 15, with resounding success — setting new sales records only weeks after establishing the highest price ever paid at auction for a Jaguar. An at-capacity crowd of [Read More]

MONTEREY, California – Preeminent international auction house, RM Auctions, continued their highly successful sales run in Monterey, California with twelve cars breaking the magic million dollar mark at the legendary ‘Sports & Classics of Monterey’ auction event, August 15th and 16th. Held at the Portola Hotel & Spa in historic downtown Monterey, [Read More]

There are some tough decisions for Porsche lovers at Shannons Melbourne Spring Auction on Monday (September 1): A very desirable 1989 Porsche 928 S4 Coupe; the iconic black and white Victorian number plate ‘928’; or ideally, both. But while the carefully-maintained three-owner blue Porsche, with its 5.0 litre, 320HP (239kW) 32-valve V8 [Read More]