The Bonhams Retromobile sale witnessed some extraordinary results including €3,417,500 for the Ex-Earl Howe 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante; €2,427,500 for ‘Black Bess’ – the ex-Roland Garros Bugatti Type 13; and a quite astonishing €337,500 for a Citroen DS23 EFi Cabriolet. A packed saleroom at the second annual Bonhams Retromobile sale witnessed [Read More]
Daily Archives: February 12, 2009
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Fine arts and antiques auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to announce it will offer property from the collections of Antonio and Liliane Mariani, owners of the well-respected Antonio’s Antiques, in a single-owner 400-lot auction to be held in its San Francisco salesrooms on Monday, March 2, 2009. Strong international collector interest [Read More]
Auction houses Ketterer Kunst and Quittenbaum are taking the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus by Walter Gropius as an occasion to hold a joint auction, a first for both. The venue for the joint auction on 20 June 2009 will be the new Ketterer Kunst House for Art, directly [Read More]
The Academy of Art University is building on the success of its Annual Fine Art auctions and focusing on photography in its First Annual Faculty & Alumni Fine Art Photography auction on Saturday, March 7, 2009. With special thanks to Bonhams & Butterfields, AAU offers a rare opportunity to support emerging student [Read More]
Sotheby’s first ever sale of Contemporary Art in Doha will offer works by many of the major artists of the last 50 years. Leading the sale is an important work by Andy Warhol, Round Jackie, a poignant image of Jackie Kennedy beaming with joy which is based on a news photograph taken [Read More]
Kaminski Auctions, one of Massachusetts’ premier antiques and fine art auction houses, announces its February Fine Art and Estates Auction. Crossing the block is a diverse array of antiques, fine art and collectibles including a number of rare Old Master paintings. The auction takes place Saturday and Sunday February 28 and March [Read More]
Seven major works by famed decoy carver A. Elmer Crowell will be auctioned July 15-16, in Plymouth, MA, as part of Copley Fine Art Auction’s 2009 Sporting Sale. Originally commissioned by prominent New England sportsman Harry V. Long between 1910 and 1920, and descended through the Long family, this extraordinary group has [Read More]