Monthly Archives: January 2009

alley’s house, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping teen mothers and their children achieve independence through support services, education and mentoring, is hosting its 5th Annual Art Auction fundraising event. Local artists have donated artwork for a live auction and for sale. The money raised helps fund educational programs, mentoring programs and [Read More]

Quinn’s auction Galleries of Falls Church, Va., will offer an outstanding Taos school artwork on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. Painted by Bert Geer Phillips (American, 1868-1956), it is an oil-on-canvas depiction of a Native-American brave in a wooded setting. Titled Voices of the Woods, the 35-inch by 48-inch (framed) artwork’s provenance includes [Read More]

Sotheby’s has announced that on Wednesday 4 March, 2009, it will stage the first dedicated sale of Turkish Contemporary Art in London. The 73 lots, comprising paintings, photographs, sculptures and installations by 53 artists, are estimated to raise in excess of £1.2 million. The selection of exceptional works represents the originality and [Read More]

A magnificent pair of cloisonne enamelled incense burners and covers from the Qianlong period (1736-95), lot 202, sold spectacularly for HK$4,800,00 (£420,000) at the Bonhams auction of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art in Hong Kong on 4 December. Estimated at HK$1,000,000-1,500,000, they were hotly contested by fifteen bidders from Hong [Read More]

The Official Auction of the February 2009 Long Beach Expo has been posted by Heritage Auction Galleries on its HA.com Web site. Some 6500 lots from 280 consignors are included in the auction presented by Heritage Auction Galleries. The auction will take place Feb. 5-8, 2009. “This Long Beach auction is especially [Read More]

Five primary school composition notebooks are the unassuming vessels for the important debut novel of one of the most legendary sci-fi writers of all time: Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s Prelude To Space. These influential blocks of neatly ruled paper, filled with 51,500 words in Clarke’s clear, cursive script, will be part of [Read More]

Part of Joan Bowers’ personal collection, being goods superfluous to her needs, is to be auctioned on Sunday 1st March in Sydney. Consisting of over 250 lots, highlights include five four poster Calcutta beds dating from 1840 to 1880, many rare antique figures, decorative items, miniature paintings, architectural details, columns, room dividers, [Read More]

On February 15, important diamond jewelry from the Estate of legendary Texas oilman, Frederick E. Wagner, will highlight I.M. Chait’s International Fine Arts Auction. Wagner founded El Dorado Oil and Gas, Dallas Texas, and was its president for many years. Also featured in the February 15 International Fine Arts Auction are fine [Read More]

As part of Christie’s long-term strategy and vision, and following the success in 2006 of the combination of Old Masters and Early British Pictures, Christie’s New York announces a new sales initiative for important European Art circa 1300 to 1900. As of June 2009, Christie’s sales calendar in New York will present [Read More]

(Pittsfield, Mass.) – Over 500 lots of antique furniture and decorative accessories will be sold at a multi-estate auction on Saturday, Feb. 7, by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, beginning promptly at 11 a.m. Then, at 5 p.m., a second session dedicated to about 100 vintage firearms will be held. Both sessions will be [Read More]

Bonhams has announced its global motoring sales schedule for 2009. There are a number of enhancements to the calendar next year, including the location of its first UK sale in March. Having acquired and developed new auction rooms in the heart of the Cotswolds earlier this year, Bonhams has decided to move [Read More]

The finest single owner collection of Clarice Cliff Ceramics to ever come to the market will be offered in the Design 1860-1945 sale at Bonhams in New Bond Street on Wednesday 18 March 2009. The 100-piece collection was amassed by oilman, Sevi Guatelli. Design 1860-1945 specialist, Natalie Evison, says,” This collection highlights [Read More]

Bonhams is to present Part I of the Clavius Collection of exceptional writing instruments, assembled by a California collector and entrepreneur, in its Los Angeles salesrooms on February 17, 2009. Select highlights will be on display at the LA Pen Show on February 15th in Manhattan Beach. The Clavius Collection is undoubtedly [Read More]

VSE Corporation and Rick Levin & Associates, Inc. will conduct an auction of seized and forfeited property on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Other agencies that are participating include: U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service and Secret Service. Proceeds from the auction are [Read More]

Ocean Tomo Auctions, LLC – the auctions arm of Ocean Tomo, LLC, the leading Intellectual Capital Merchant Banc® Firm – today announced the immediate online availability of its Spring 2009 Live Intellectual Property Auction Catalogue. The Catalogue, accessible at www.OceanTomoAuctions.com, provides essential information regarding 81 lots to be auctioned on March 27th [Read More]

The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company exceeded industry-wide expectations by recording more than $63 million in sales last week during the 38th annual Scottsdale auction. From Jan. 11-18, 2009, the all No Reserve auction featured an eclectic offering, including a 1929 Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor airplane that sold for $1.21 million and the “first production” [Read More]

The ACNUR/UNHCR Spanish committee is organizing an exhibition and online auction, titled Refugi@rte, at an exhibition space owned by BBVA. This artistic project gathers 50 works of art made by 39 internationally recognized such artists including Miquel Barcelo, Eduardo Chillida, Joan Genoves, Antoni Tapies, Antonio Saura, Cristina Iglesias and Manolo Valdes, among [Read More]

Bonhams & Goodman completed a record year in 2008. Some of the highlights included: Fine Art John Russell (1858-1930) Belle Ile en Mer 1904 from the Julian & Miriam Sterling Collection oil on canvas 60 x 73cm SOLD $1,560,000 Frederick McCubbin (1855-1917) Summer Morning, Kew 1890 oil on canvas 107 x 53 [Read More]