(Northport, Ala.) – An exceedingly rare and magnificent pierce-carved laminated rosewood bed, beautifully crafted by John Henry Belter (circa 1850s) and one of only two known, soared to $201,250 at a multi-estate sale held Feb. 21 by Hal Hunt Auctions. The bed was the top earner of the 437 lots that crossed [Read More]
Daily Archives: March 9, 2009
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On Tuesday 19th May Bonhams, in association with Dan Klein Associates, will be holding its inaugural sale of Modern and Contemporary Glass, the first of its kind in the UK. The decision follows the sale in 2007 of a piece of contemporary glass by Bonhams in New York, a cast glass sculpture [Read More]
Buyers with a taste for the rare and the exotic flocked to Waterloo on Sunday 1st March where the lifetime collection of Joan Bowers, went up for auction. A glorious array of artifacts, antiques and furniture, sourced primarily from India and assembled over 30 years, took just under 5 hours to sell [Read More]
Bloomsbury Auctions presents their second Photographs sale in New York with a curated selection of historic, modern and contemporary work in addition to a new section dedicated to Photographic Editions. Bloomsbury Auctions is delighted to announce a various owner auction of extraordinary photographs in its New York City headquarters on 2 April [Read More]
Clarke’s Monday March 9th Auction features decorator and custom pieces from the Hotel Pierre suite of Lord Hanson, American Empire furniture from Larchmont; a period gilt-bronze French Empire clock with an Apollonian attributes from Bronxville and great period bronze and rock crystal lighting. Midcentury Design From the Hotel Pierre suite of Lord [Read More]
Sotheby’s Hong Kong’s forthcoming Fine Chinese Painting Spring Sale 2009 will be held on 5th April 2009 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The sale will present exceptional works by outstanding artists from 19th to 20th century, comprising of collections namely ‘Reminiscence – 35 Years of Chinese Paintings in Sotheby’s [Read More]