A French “Japonisant” cabinet sold at Bonhams on 4 December 2008 for a staggering £2,036,000, making a new world record price for a piece of 19th Century furniture. The cabinet, which dates to 1895, quadrupled its pre-sale estimate when it was bought by an anonymous buyer on the telephone. Designed by Edouard [Read More]
Daily Archives: December 13, 2008
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Kaminski Auctions, one of Massachusetts’ premier antiques and fine art auction houses, has announced its Holiday Estates Auction. The auction features a diverse array of fine art, antiques, collectibles and fine 18th and 19th Century Italian furnishings from descendants of Conte Gennaro Balamo. Additional furnishings from early settlers of Salem, Hamilton and [Read More]
Manion’s International Auction House has packed this December with seven special auctions of interest. WWII military artifacts, historic aviation related material, and military caps from around the world are featured, as well as two special auctions where the bidder commission has been drastically lowered or eliminated all together. “2008 has been a [Read More]
More than 2,600 people from 37 countries registered to bid on site and online at the heavy equipment auction conducted by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers at its permanent auction site in Fort Worth, Texas last week (on December 3, 4 & 5, 2008). Ritchie Bros. (www.rbauction.com), the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, sold more [Read More]