Monthly Archives: February 2009

Heritage Auction Galleries has announced that Christina Japp has joined the company as Director of 20th Century Design in its Fine Arts Department. Ms. Japp brings with her 15 years of international experience in all aspects of 20th Century design. “Heritage is the perfect auction company for 20th Century design,” she said. [Read More]

This monumental five-day auction to be conducted by Julien’s Auctions April 21st-25th, 2009 at 9900 Wilshire Boulevard adjacent to the legendary Beverly Hilton Hotel, offers an astounding array of Fine & Decorative Art items, paintings and life size bronze and marble sculptures to Memorabilia from the Life & Career of Michael Jackson. [Read More]

Luxury auctions have now made their way to the web. After all billionaires, and others who aspire to live like them, enjoy the thrill of winning an auction and possibly picking up a great deal. BXE International’s BillionaireXchange.com is now the premier first online auction website entirely dedicated to the items of [Read More]

Many a time it is the background story that lends a work of art its true fascination. This once again proves to be the case with one of the top lots at the auction of 19th century paintings, to be held on 1st April 2009 during the Vienna Dorotheum first auction week [Read More]

Phillips de Pury & Company has announced the highlights of the forthcoming New York Photographs sale to be held on April 1, 2009. Richard Avedon’s Avedon/Paris, a portfolio comprised of 11 gelatin silver prints with images of his most famous models including Dorian Leigh and Suzy Parker will be offered with a [Read More]

Zetabid, has announced that it will sell approximately 250 bank-owned homes located throughout Southern California on Saturday, March 7, 2009. Zetabid is auctioning single-family homes, condos and town houses ranging from $50,000 to $800,000 primarily in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and Kern counties. The largest concentration of homes is in [Read More]

(Ivor, Va.) – More than 400 fresh-to-the-market lots, drawn from prominent area estates, will be sold at auction Saturday, Mar. 7, by auctioneers Tom Perry and Jay Bradshaw of Tom’s Auctions & Appraisals, beginning at 9 a.m. The sale will be held in a former schoolhouse building now used for community activities, [Read More]

Vintage photographic equipment sold exceptionally well in Tennants’ Specialist Scientific and Musical Instruments and Camera Sale on 14th February, proving that negative economic news can lead to positive results in the saleroom. A packed saleroom competed with telephone bidders to push prices to levels far higher than expected by Nick Lambert, the [Read More]

The Canadian Film Centre is to offer unique auction items and experience in the 2009 CFC Gala and Auction “A Celebration For A Society Of Film Lovers”. Amazing auction items up for grabs include: A Day On The Set of Degrassi, A Day On The Set of Little Mosque On The Prairie, [Read More]

On February 16th, jaeger-lecoultre.com has started an online auction of the prototype “Number 1” of the model Master Compressor Extreme W-Alarm Tides of Time, from its SIHH 2009 collection. 100% of the proceeds will go to a World Heritage project identified by UNESCO. Symbolising the “Tides of Time” partnership between Jaeger-LeCoultre, the [Read More]

Every week more than 3,000 people in the U.S. lose an arm or a leg. Of those impacted, many find themselves with insufficient coverage or lack of insurance to cover the pricey prosthetic limbs needed to resume their daily lives. The Limbs for Life Foundation was created to bring awareness to the [Read More]

Phillips de Pury & Company’s London Contemporary Art sales concluded with satisfying results which confirm the demand for top works of contemporary art. The Contemporary Art Evening Sale totaled £4,213,250 with 59% sold by value and 66% sold by lot and the Contemporary Art Day Sale totaled £1,607,500 with 81% sold by [Read More]

Skinner, Inc., one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will offer a varied selection of American and European Paintings on Friday, March 6th in its Boston gallery located at 63 Park Plaza. With more than 850 lots of paintings, prints, photography and sculpture, the sale has something [Read More]

Auction to Feature Classic Bordeaux, DRC, and Champagne Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., the internationally renowned wine auction house and retailer, will hold an exciting Single-Owner auction of French Classics from a Magnificent Cellar on March 28th at award-winning restaurant Tru in Chicago. The carefully acquired offering, removed from ideal storage, represents [Read More]

(Litchfield, Conn.) – Tim’s, Inc. — the big auction house with the unassuming name – will hold its 17th annual Cabin Fever Auction on Saturday, March 28, at the Litchfield Firehouse on Route 202 in Litchfield, beginning at 11:30 a.m. “We call it the Cabin Fever Auction because folks need a good [Read More]

The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company recently announced that it helped raise $4.4 million for local and national charities during the 38th annual Scottsdale auction Jan. 11-18, 2009. Funds at the automotive lifestyle event were gathered through the sale of 15 collector vehicles, crowd donations and fundraisers like the Childhelp Drive The Dream Gala. [Read More]

Sotheby’s London has announced the sale on Wednesday 18th March, 2009, of the exquisite collection of furniture and Works of Art from the home of Gianni Versace on the shores of Lake Como, Villa Fontanelle, Moltrasio. One of fashion’s most internationally celebrated designers, Gianni Versace’s style and creative flair was exemplified in [Read More]

Today Reebok and Super Bowl XLIII MVP Santonio Holmes announced the winner of a charity auction hosted on Reebok.com. Football fans all over the world had the opportunity to bid on autographed gloves, the pair that Holmes was wearing when he hauled in the Super Bowl-winning catch. The auction raised more than [Read More]