Yearly Archives: 2008

Bloomsbury’s last sale of 2008, Printed Books, Manuscripts and Artwork including the Collections of Cecil & Desmond Harmsworth (11-12th December), was a success. It would seem that private collections and items fresh to the market in good condition, still find eager buyers. A substantial part of the Harmsworth Collection (sold by descendants [Read More]

Bonhams & Goodman reported record sales at its end of year auction of Fine Jewellery held on Monday 8 December. Over 600 people attended the pre-sale viewing and 250 customers registered to bid on the 500 lots of valuable gems and jewellery. ‘Bidding on items from around $5,000 – $30,000 was extraordinary’, [Read More]

Bonhams New York will hold its 27th annual sale devoted to the art of dog paintings on Tuesday, February 10, 2009. This year, Bonhams will be the only auction house presenting a dog-themed sale as dog-lovers from across the country converge on New York City for the popular Westminster Kennel Club Dog [Read More]

United Country Auction Services, a division of United Country Real Estate, Inc. (United Country), and Colliers International (Colliers) announced today a strategic alliance to provide accelerated commercial real estate transaction services to their respective commercial real estate clients. Accelerated marketing of commercial real estate involves setting a specific date for the sale [Read More]

The overall total of this week’s 20th Century Decorative Art and Design auctions at Christie’s was $9,104,625. This result reflects the totals from the sales 20th Century Design from the Collection of George and Frayda Lindemann, Important Works of Art by Tiffany Studios, and Important 20th Century Decorative Art and Design. Philippe [Read More]

Maas Companies of Rochester, MN will auction Mid-Atlantic Biodiesel plant on January 22, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at 281 School Lane, Clayton, DE. Mid-Atlantic Biodiesel Company, LLC, a 5 million gallon-per-year B100 biodiesel refinery, was constructed in 2006-07. The facility operated for six months before suspending operations due to an unexpected change [Read More]

United Country Certified Real Estate and Myers Jackson, licensed Georgia real estate broker and real estate auctioneer, announced today an upcoming Georgia real estate auction, Georgia land auction and bidder awareness seminar. “At this Georgia land auction, Tahlequah Plantation, a beautiful recreational property in the heart of plantation country, will be offered [Read More]

On December 17th Bloomsbury Auctions will hold a 20th Century Arts auction in New York that features an eclectic selection of livre d’artistes, monographs, photographs, photobooks and iconic prints from the Modern, Contemporary and Pop periods. As a special holiday offer, Bloomsbury Auctions has reduced its buyer’s premium to 15%. The sale [Read More]

Featuring film, television and Rock memorabilia on the block Dec. 21 Live from the Sunset Strip, Bonhams & Butterfields, is cueing up for a premier, star-studded line-up of vintage and contemporary film and rock memorabilia from pop culture icons and groundbreaking artists — to be offered to the highest bidders on Sunday, [Read More]

GunBroker.com® (www.gunbroker.com) joined the fight against breast cancer, hosting a charity auction of an unusual pink rifle that raised $3,575. The pink AR-15 style DPMS Panther Lite rifle with 16-inch barrel was donated by DPMS Panther Arms. Its auction was viewed more than 23,000 times and attracted 34 bids. “This charity auction [Read More]

The annual Shannons Christmas Party with the Clubs raised more than $10,000 to support the family of Fujitsu V8 Supercar driver, Ashley Cooper, who died from brain injuries received from a high speed racing accident at the 2008 Clipsal 500 meeting in Adelaide. Encouraged by Master of Ceremonies Glenn Ridge and guest [Read More]

Dwight Cleveland’s pursuit of the very finest movie posters of all time have led him on a journey that spans 20 different countries, six continents, has had him digging in abandoned theaters, the forgotten corners of dusty antique shops and amidst the chaos of flea markets. Cleveland’s journey is worthy of a [Read More]

Bloomsbury Auctions held a two day Modern Prints sale on 4th and 5th December. The extremely rare Elongated Triangles by Bridget Riley (lot 128) was snapped up for £14400, comfortably over the lower estimate of £10000. Amongst the fresh-to-the-market William Greengrass and Artists of the Grosvenor School, two Sybil Andrews linocuts printed [Read More]

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]

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]

(Hillsborough, N.C.) – A beautiful 72-piece sterling silver service (circa 1948-1955) by the renowned Mexican silversmith Hector Aguilar, in the “Aztec” motif, sold for $41,400 at a two-day, four-session multi-estate sale, dubbed the “Historic Hillsborough Auction,” by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. The sale was held at the firm’s spacious [Read More]