(Aberdeen, Miss.) – The lifetime collection of the late Ken Wadginski – a decorated war veteran who retired to the forgotten rural town of Hollow Rock, Tenn., and ended up buying many of the stores and buildings there – will be sold on Saturday, Mar. 28, by Stevens Auction Company. The auction [Read More]
Daily Archives: February 17, 2009
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Leonard Joel has launched an appeal to its clients and other members of the public to consign art, antiques and jewellery to auction in a bid to help the victims of the Victorian Bushfires. Leonard Joel is appealing to those sellers to donate the proceeds to the St Vincent de Paul Society’s [Read More]
Bonhams & Goodman’s fine art auction in Adelaide has defied market trends and provided new confidence to art collectors and dealers. Over 300 people crowded the sale room for the 479 lot sale. A further 400 absentee and telephone bids were left on the books by people unable to make the sale. [Read More]
Collectors with a love for fine Japanese screens are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to bid on exceptional lots from the Estate of Liza Hyde, a beloved New York dealer who passed away in December 2008. The auction, comprising 200 lots, will take place in Bonhams New York’s Madison Ave. salesrooms on March [Read More]
Bloomsbury’s handsome 591 lot sale of Children’s Books, Private Press & Limited editions, Livres d’Artistes, Modern Illustrated Books and Original Art Work on 26th February, in London is made up of items from a wide variety of private collections most of which have not been on the market for many decades. Derain [Read More]
The first Signature® Stamps Auction in more than 15 years at Heritage Auction Galleries, Feb. 5-7, proved a $1.4 million success, with the company’s one-of-a-kind post-auction buys continuing to push the total beyond $1.5 million. Collectors from around the nation, having waited 15 years to see the Heritage name back in rare [Read More]
When I.M. Chait opens the doors of its annual temporary headquarters at 267 Fifth Avenue on March 17, it will unveil one of the finest collections of Asian Works of Art Isadore Chait has seen in his firm’s 40-year history. From the catalogue cover lot—a superb 18th Century Jade Mountain formerly in [Read More]