Gray’s Auctioneers, Northeast Ohio’s premier fine art and antique auction house, is pleased to announce its upcoming Fine Arts and Antiques Auction to take place on Saturday, November 22nd 1:00 pm. Notable items include an engraving by Emile Nolde “Fran N.” estimated at $8,000-10,000, and “Nude” a drypoint and aquatint on cream [Read More]
Monthly Archives: November 2008
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One of the most significant American sports cars ever built, the first production Ford Thunderbird, will be sold at No Reserve during the 38th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event in Scottsdale, Ariz., Jan. 11-18, 2009. The Raven Black 1955 T-Bird was produced by Ford Motor Company on Sept. 9, 1954, and represents [Read More]
Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty Global Commercial Group in conjunction with Stirling Sotheby’s Auction Services will host a worldwide auction of more than 30 Florida commercial properties on Dec. 17 in Orlando, Florida. Roger Soderstrom, founder and owner of Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty, said most of the properties to be auctioned are within [Read More]
Kennedy Wilson Auction Group, a division of the national real estate services and investment firm Kennedy Wilson, conducted a scattered auction of nearly 75 single family homes, condominiums and town homes located in various Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island communities. The auction started at 11 a.m., Sunday, November 16, 2008, at [Read More]
Mastro Auctions will conduct a live “Connoisseur” event at 10:00 am on Saturday, December 13, at company headquarters: 7900 S. Madison, Burr Ridge, Illinois. A preview is scheduled on Friday, November 24 from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., and private previews may be arranged by appointment. Call 630-472-1200 for more information. The [Read More]
On November 21, Pook & Pook, Inc. Auctioneers and Appraisers will present an outstanding array of fine art from the 17th through the 20th centuries – including paintings, drawings, etchings, prints and sculpture, from private institutions, collectors, and estates. Exceptional works by American, European, and Asian artists will be sold. The exhibition [Read More]
Morphy Auctions December 11 to 13 Winter Sale of 2,900 lots of antique toys, banks, trains and antique advertising, enhanced by the warmth of superior-quality Austrian art-glass lamps and the cheerful colors of vintage Bakelite. “With each successive auction we’ve expanded into new categories of fine and decorative art,” said Morphy’s chief [Read More]
On Saturday, November 8, 2008, more than 200 art collectors, dealers, and enthusiasts gathered at the Academy of Art University for its highly anticipated 13th Annual Faculty & Alumni Fine Art auction. Exhibiting approximately 350 works of fresh paintings, sculpture, and jewelry by nationally esteemed AAU faculty and alumni, this year’s auction [Read More]
(Pittsfield, Mass.) – The vintage clock world was buzzing this past June when a magnificent E. Howard & Co. #61 astronomical floor regulator realized $195,500 at a Spring Clock Auction held by Fontaine’s. Lightning struck twice when another example, even nicer than the June clock, gaveled for $189,750 at Fontaine’s Fall Clock [Read More]
On December 19, 2008, the iconic Lt. Robert E. Lee riverboat will be sold to the highest bidder – regardless of price – at an unreserved public auction in St. Louis, Missouri. Built in 1969, the 19th-century replica riverboat served for decades as a popular restaurant and nightspot on the Mississippi River; [Read More]
Rago’s announces its annual holiday sale of fine jewelry in 500 lots on Sunday, December 7th, 2008 at Noon. This is largely unreserved estate property from a broad scope of private collections. “Buyers in this economy are determined to spend wisely and buying at auction is a far better way to get [Read More]
The work of Robert Indiana (b. 1928) often consists of bold, simple images: EAT, HUG, and, of course, LOVE, which was featured on an 8-cent U.S. Postal Service stamp in 1973. Nearly 20 years later, Indianas iconic work and the fall of the Berlin Wall would come together to symbolize freedom and [Read More]
(Hillsborough, N.C.) – About fifteen prominent estates and collections, featuring a dazzling array of fine and decorative arts plus other items, will be sold in a two-day, four-session sale planned for Dec. 6-7 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. The sale – a “Historic Hillsborough Auction” — will be held [Read More]
Christie’s has announced the sale of The Constantiner Collection of Photographs, which will be offered in three sessions on 16 and 17 December 2008 in New York. Assembled by Leon and Michaela Constantiner, this spectacular collection focuses on photography as a key shaping force within the media worlds that have, for over [Read More]
Featured in the auction is a large group of American and European art glass from a Florida private collector who began amassing her impressive collection in the 1960s. From this collection, a number of Tiffany items are up for bid, including a green slag glass desk set and a favrille glass bowl. [Read More]
James Bond’s Lotus from The Spy Who Loved Me and registration number ‘AU1’ from Goldfinger to appear at auction With the global release of the new movie Quantum of Solace putting Ian Fleming’s legendary British secret agent James Bond firmly back in the public eye, Bonhams is delighted to announce that it [Read More]
Kimball International, Inc. (NASDAQ: KBALB) announced today that it has completed the sale of all of the Company’s undeveloped land holdings and timberlands, a total of 27,196 acres located in Indiana and Kentucky. The auction sales totaled $50.605 million. The Company confirmed that it reached an agreement to sell the nearly 12,000 [Read More]
Christie’s New York has announced details of its December 3 auction of Maritime paintings. The sale boasts over 138 paintings and features exceptional works from 19th century American artists James Edward Buttersworth and Edward Moran, as well as a superb group of fourteen oils and watercolors by 20th century British artist Montague [Read More]