Monthly Archives: September 2008

BOSTON, Mass. – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses, today announced that its semi-annual Fine Musical Instruments auction will be held on October 12th at noon in the Boston gallery. As in past sales, this auction proves Skinner as a reliable source of fine quality musical instruments for [Read More]

Monday 3rd – Friday 14th November Bidding reception Friday 7th November 6 – 9pm The Welsh Art Auction is held at the Oriel Washington Gallery in Penarth, South Wales. This represents Wales’ leading artists and has been a successful creative hub for over 10 years. The Washington Gallery Welsh Art Auction is [Read More]

CLEVELAND, OHIO – Gray’s Auctioneers, Northeast Ohio’s premier fine art and antique auction house, is pleased to announce the sale of over one hundred and fifty items from the estate of Odette Valabregue Wurzburger. Notable items include a signed Van Cleef & Arpels eighteen-karat gold and diamond dome ring set with 17 [Read More]

HONG KONG – Sotheby’s Hong Kong is proud to partner with the Adidas Sport in Art Exhibition to hold the Sport in Art Auction on October 5 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, during Sotheby’s Hong Kong Contemporary Chinese Art Autumn Auction. This prestigious event will promote the Olympics, sport [Read More]

New York – On September 25, Christie’s New York will hold the sale of Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Maritime Art and Prints. A magnificent high chest that descended in Philadelphia’s Biddle-Drinker family and an exceptionally bold and dynamic example of Edward Hicks’s renowned Peaceable Kingdom series highlight the sale. Two eighteenth-century [Read More]

In a sale that was supposed to focus on the art of Raymond A. Whyte a last minute entry delivers the cake. (St. Petersburg, FL) Burchard Galleries owner Jeff Burchard was confident well ahead of his August 24 sale that this would be a signature event. He was featuring over 45 works [Read More]

CLEARWATER, FL – ValCom, Inc. a leader in media technology, facilities and content for television programming and related services, announces a letter of Intent for the merger with AMERICA’S AUCTION NETWORK further solidifying ValCom’s growth in becoming an international media giant. In recent months, ValCom has successfully sought and secured four acquisitions [Read More]

Vintage New England sale highlights early American motorcars, offered with no reserve International auctioneer Bonhams is honored to offer a collection of exceptional early automobiles formerly on exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry on October 4, 2008 at its annual vintage motorcar sale at the Larz Andersen Auto Museum [Read More]

On September 26, beginning at 10 a.m., Pook & Pook, Inc. of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, will conduct its opening fall catalogue auction. This auction will include some outstanding rare items, together with American, English and continental furniture, folk art and accessories. The cover of the sale catalogue depicts the congregation of the Heidelberg [Read More]

HONG KONG – Sotheby’s sales of 20thCentury Chinese Art (formerly known as “Modern Chinese Art”) have been highly successful over the years. This year, Sotheby’s Hong Kong has officially established the 20thCentury Chinese Art Department, as distinct from the Contemporary Chinese Art Department. The inaugural auction of this auction category is scheduled [Read More]

DENVER, Pa. – Private collections of impeccable quality prompted an avalanche of bids in Morphy Auctions’ Sept. 11-13 Fall Sale, which realized $1.7 million (inclusive of 15 percent buyer’s premium). The sale’s headliner, the Andy Huffer toy motorcycle collection, knocked down incredible prices, with a Hubley 8½-inch cast-iron Harley-Davidson bike with nickel [Read More]

Shannons has assembled a stunning line-up of 25 special vehicles and 27 memorabilia lots for its 10th annual auction at the Australian International Motor Show Auction on Sunday October 19, topped by a rare and highly collectable 1969 Boss 429 Mustang. Created for Ford’s NASCAR racing programme, the Boss 429 models were [Read More]

BIDART, FRANCE – The last act in a family’s long-running ownership dispute over a magnificent, 800-year-old Belgian castle will play out in an auctioneer’s house in Brussels on September 22, 2008. On that date, the third and final session for the public sale of the historic castle, Corroy-le-Château, will occur. The castle, [Read More]

The Third Annual ARRL On-Line Auction kicks off October 23, running until November 1 on the ARRL Web site http://www.arrl.org/auction. This is your chance to pick up one-of-a-kind Amateur Radio items. To see what the Auction will offer this year, be sure to check out the Auction preview that begins October 16. [Read More]

Fans of the Grateful Dead and Rock collectors will vie for desirable memorabilia at auction on October 5, 2008 in San Francisco, with gold records awarded to the legendary band, tour and studio instruments, the band’s “ride”– a ’56 Chevy that transported Dead band mates and Bay Area VIPs, unique treasures that [Read More]

SOLON, Ohio – Stopol Auctions, L.L.C. — the leader in hosting and managing plastics industry auctions — will host and web cast an auction October 1, 2008, to sell plastics manufacturing equipment from continuing operations at Cadmold, Inc.’s Sarasota, Fla., plant. Stopol Auctions will conduct a live auction at 10:05 a.m. (EDT) [Read More]

Christie’s will hold two sales on Oct. 15: Jewels: The New York Sale, will include numerous diamonds, colored diamonds, gems and 20th Century Jewels from an American Collection contains a collection of signed jewels. The two sales comprise of 273 lots and are expected to realize in excess of $35 million. Leading [Read More]

(Hillsborough, N.C.) – An oil on canvas rendering of the Archangel Uriel holding a musket and standing before a mountainous landscape, painted around 1700 by an unknown artist in the Spanish Colonial School, sold for $14,375 at a multi-estate sale held September 13 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. The [Read More]