Bonhams & Butterfields’ spring 2009 auction of 20th Century Decorative Arts, to be held in Los Angeles on April 6th, features a diverse group of works spanning a century of design. The works on offer will highlight the full range of 20th century artistic output, from the important early years through the [Read More]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
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Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty and the Home Builders Association of Mid Florida have joined forces to produce a unique event scheduled for March 28 in Orlando http://www.HBAAuction.com- a worldwide auction of custom homes that could generate millions of dollars worth of sales from buyers all around the world. Two Windermere-area properties slated [Read More]
“The art market has always been a law unto itself. That is why I am looking forward so optimistically to our spring auctions on 28/29 April 2009,” thus Robert Ketterer, owner of Ketterer Kunst. “Now is just the right time to invest in art. We have agreed with our consigners to reduce [Read More]
Manion’s brand new special Sci-Fi auction is online now, coming hot on the heels of their collectible toy auction — their first non-military realted auction in many years. “Everyone knows Manion’s International Auction House is synonymous with military collectibles,” said company VP John Conway. “We’ve come across some other interesting collections lately, [Read More]
A Massachusetts artist left a great find behind for his family. Bernard Corey (1914-2000) left over 750 paintings that he painted during his lifetime in his estate which are going up for auction this Sunday, March 29. Corey was a nationally recognized plein air painter who painted in the Impressionist style. He [Read More]
Spring is certainly in the air with gardens up and down the country starting to come alive with plants emerging after the long winter period, and a late 18th century book on plants has emerged from an old trunk and will going under the Charterhouse hammer in their April auction of books, [Read More]
350 people attended the event which was held at a new venue this year. Despite the economy, guests contributed heavily realizing the Boys and Girls Club of Marshfield is a great short and long term investment. “We took a risk and broke tradition by replacing the venue and changing the date by [Read More]
Skinner, has announced the results of its Fine Jewelry sale last week which grossed $1,768,021.00, achieving the sale’s high estimate despite the current economic conditions and uncertainty in the marketplace. A number of the top selling lots came to Skinner from the family of William and Henry Walters, who established Baltimore’s Waters [Read More]
Sotheby’s Old Master Paintings Sale at Amsterdam on 5 May offers great landscapes, still-lifes, portraits, biblical and genre scenes by Dutch old masters from the 15th to 18th century with a special focus on the Dutch Golden Age. One of the highlights is a stunning family portrait by Jan van Noordt which [Read More]
(Cedar Point, Ill.) – A spectacular lifetime single-owner collection, comprising over 700 lots of vintage toy trucks, cast-iron and tin motorcycle toys, full-size antique motorcycles and bicycles, advertising signs and displays, petroliana, coin-op machines and even a big-rig 1954 Mack LTH semi truck, will be sold at auction May 2-3 by Matthews [Read More]
Set against the majestic Rocky Mountains, the timeless elegance of the French countryside is realized in this luxurious $10 million Cherry Hills Village estate. Just minutes from downtown Denver, this new rural retreat perched upon ±2.50-acre seamlessly blends wood and stone to create an opulent display of world-class architecture. Following an increasing [Read More]
A rare carved whale’s tooth from H M Sloop “Beagle” depicting Charles Darwin’s 1834 voyage will come on sale at Bonhams in London on 16 September in one of the highlights of the Travel and Exploration thematic sales planned for this year. This extraordinary item was decorated by James Bute (b.1799) who [Read More]
On April 1st 2009 Sotheby’s London is to sell one of the most remarkable Mamluk enamelled glass buckets left in private hands, in its biannual Arts of the Islamic World sale. The Rothschild Bucket is exceptionally rare and was made at the high point of Mamluk glass production. The auction also features [Read More]
The March 19-21 no-reserve sale premiering the Donald Kaufman Antique Toy Collection rang the register at more than $4.2 million and set a new house record for its producer, Bertoia Auctions. The high-energy event, which was the opener for an ongoing series of sales to disperse the massive Kaufman collection, reminded many [Read More]
(ATLANTA, Ga.) – Mark Twain and Red Baron Antiques have something in common: reports of their demise were greatly exaggerated. In the case of Red Baron’s – the Atlanta-based auction house known for its thrice-annual themed extravaganzas – falsely reported rumors of its closing proved to be premature. A ‘Grand Finale’ sale [Read More]
Concierge Auctions will conduct a luxury real estate auction of a 5,590 square-foot home in the exclusive golf and country club community of Isleworth near Orlando, Florida on April 4, the company announced. Located at 9815 Laurel Valley Drive, the property was originally listed for $3.495 million. The two-story, Mediterranean-style home contains [Read More]
ClearBid Capital is pleased to announce it has been retained by Sheila M. Gowan, the court appointed chapter 11 Trustee in the Bankruptcy case of In Re: Dreier, LLP, Case, No. 08-15051, pending in the Southern District of New York, to facilitate the sale of furniture and IT assets of Dreier LLP. [Read More]
The 22-acre Dragon City Hotel and Resort casino site in Las Vegas, Nev., will go on the auction block May 16 during the ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers) Convention. “The site could be the largest single asset ever sold at an open outcry real estate auction in the history of the [Read More]