Monthly Archives: March 2009

On March 30th Sotheby’s will offer a fine selection of photographs ranging from one of the earliest images of New York City, to a modernist work by László Moholy-Nagy, to iconic images by photographic provocateur Robert Mapplethorpe. Also included will be images by many of the 20th century’s top photographers including Robert [Read More]

(Dickinson, Tex.) – While the business pages are filled with stories about a collapsed housing market, massive job layoffs and an economy in seeming free-fall, LL Auctions reports it is off to a record start so far for 2009. The firm, based in Dickinson, Tex., just south of Houston, specializes in estates, [Read More]

Never before auctioned space flown mementos from the personal collection of John Young – the first man to fly into space six times, one of only three men to fly to the moon twice, and the only man to pilot four different classes of spacecraft – will highlight the April 1 Space [Read More]

Toronto-based online auction and e-commerce management solution, Kyozou, announces plans for full integration of its online auction technology with Bidtopia. Currently, Kyozou’s tool works with eBay, Amazon and Overstock, among others. “We have had numerous requests for Kyozou to support alternate marketplaces and our partnership with Bidtopia is our first effort to [Read More]

Sotheby’s Inaugural sale of Turkish Contemporary Art realised the strong total of £1,307,400 ($1,838,597) against a pre-sale estimate of £1.1-1.5 million and saw several works more than double their pre-sale high estimates. Over 60 clients registered to bid in the auction, which was 78.5% sold by value and 70.8% sold by lot, [Read More]

A new online auction dedicated to selling and buying cars for export – CarsPal.com – will be launched on June 1. The exceptionally different approach to automobile auction service makes CarsPal stand out of the analogous web-auctions. The main features of the resource are promised to satisfy every car buyer and seller, [Read More]

Currently ongoing at iGavel is The Santa Barbara Auction, presented by Alexander Rose Fine Art & Antiques. Highlights of this auction include a Austrian Biedermeier Fruitwood Settee, 19th Century, estimated at $2,000-$3,000 with a starting bid of only $750. A Laver Kirman Rug, Early 20th Century, estimated at $600-$800, has a starting [Read More]

(St. Louis, Mo.) – Nearly 450 lots of mostly Victorian lamps and antique glass will be sold on Saturday, Apr. 4, by Woody Auction at the Holiday Inn Airport West in Earth City, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis located five miles from the airport. Headlining the auction will be the estate [Read More]

The estate of Theo Snoddy, the esteemed Irish art critic and author (1922-2008), will sell ‘The Saw Sharpener’ by Jack Butler Yeats for £60,000 to £80,000 (approx €65,000-85,000) through Bonhams in association with James Adam’s in Dublin on May 27th in an auction of Important Irish Art. This fine oil by Jack [Read More]

Clarke’s Sixth Fine Art Auction on May 4, 2009, is expected to be its strongest to date. The ten-year old Larchmont company was confident based on its successful Fifth Fine Art Auction, which flew in the face of a rocky outlook for the fine art market. However, the depth and breadth of [Read More]

(Hillsborough, N.C.) – Nearly 625 quality consignments, most of them drawn from prominent Southern estates, will be sold in a quarterly cataloged auction slated for Saturday, March 21, by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. Offered will be fine art, period furniture, sterling silver, books, clocks, watches, estate jewelry and antique [Read More]

Bloomsbury Auctions presents its first New York sale of Post War Art on Wednesday, March 4th at 2pm. This sale will feature a highly select group of works by post-war cutting-edge masters and include 83 lots of drawings, paintings, prints and multiples from the post World War II period. Of exceptional note [Read More]

The 1952 Cadillac Allard J2 Roadster raced by Carroll Shelby is on its way to the auction block at the 22nd annual Dana Mecum Original Spring Classic Auction taking place May 13-17, 2009, in Indianapolis, Ind. Featuring a 331 cubic-inch Cadillac V-8 engine and 3-speed manual transmission, the Allard J2 has a [Read More]

The Serial #1 50th Anniversary Hurst/Viper sold for a record-breaking $250,000 at the 2009 Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, Ariz. The highly-collectible Viper, built by the Woodhouse Auto Family and Hurst Performance Vehicle Group, sold for the highest price ever for any Hurst vehicle or Viper at a Barrett-Jackson auction. The [Read More]

Sotheby’s London has announced the recent discovery of a rare and important oil painting by Johann Zoffany among the exquisite collection of furniture and Works of Art from Gianni Versace’s Lake Como Villa, which is to be offered for sale on Wednesday 18th March 2009. Portrait of Major George Maule, Acting Chief [Read More]

A novelty clock reputed to be a gift to a groundsman at Chelsea Football Club in 1955, following the team’s success in the league championship is for sale at Bonhams on 10th March in Knightsbridge. A mid 20th century novelty clock in the form of a football with raised Arabic numerals sitting [Read More]

Flower Designs For The Wedding Of Edward To Mrs. Simpson As Well As That Of The Queen Elizabeth II And Princess Anne Some 30 Items once owned by the society flower designer of choice, Constance Spry, whose creations added colour to royal weddings and state occasions, will be sold by Bonhams in [Read More]

GlobalAutoIndustry.com, the leading worldwide portal and intelligence source for the automotive industry, today announced that it has created an online auction service for manufacturing companies to liquidate their excess inventory and generate revenue in these tough economic times. The online auction service creates an instant pipeline to 34,000 automotive industry executives worldwide [Read More]