Daily Archives: April 17, 2009

(OVERLAND PARK, Kan.) – The living estate of trucking industry pioneer Jim Graves – one of the founders of Graves Truck Line, Inc., known throughout the Midwest for its big rigs with the bright red cabs […]

Bonhams New York is to present for sale European furniture, decorative arts, silver and paintings from the collection of Severin Wunderman. The driving force behind Gucci’s watch legacy, Wunderman was known as much for his keen […]

A teapot modelled on the infamous Lady Elizabeth Craven, playwright, socialite and one time resident of the Craven Cottage, has sold at Bonhams’ London showroom for a scandalous £22,800. The teapot bears the legend ‘Lady Craveing’s […]

The April 7, 2009 auction of California and American Paintings and Sculpture at Bonhams & Butterfields offered a wide array of important Western scenes, Plein Air, Society of Six, and land and cityscapes by noted California […]

Bonhams announced that the collection of Rhode Island based collector the late Ted Leonard will lead its annual auction at the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance in Connecticut, on Sunday June 7th. Built over a number of years, […]

An incredible assembly of 50 collector, muscle and vintage race cars from the Jack Safro Estate Collection will cross the auction block during Dana Mecum’s Original Spring Classic Auction, May 13-17, 2009, in Indianapolis, Ind. Mecum […]

New Event to be Held August 15 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Resort & Spa The Mecum Auction Company, famous for selling high-performance collector cars and automobilia for more than 20 years, is excited to announce […]

Mecum Auction, the high-performance collector car auction specialists, will offer up for sale 28 historically significant Ford and Chrysler race and muscle cars from the Ellis Collection during Dana Mecum’s Original Spring Classic Auction, May 13-17, […]

Gray’s Auctioneers announces its 20th Fine Art, Antiques and Decorations auction to be held Saturday May 2nd at 1pm. Gray’s Auctioneers Llc has quickly established itself as the region’s premier auction house and appraisal facility, capitalizing […]

Kaminski Auctions’ Spring Fine Art and Estates Auction, which took place April 4-5, 2009, attracted bidders both locally in Massachusetts and internationally via phone and live online bidding. The auction offered a wide selection of fine […]

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, will be conducting a complete equipment dispersal for L.J. Webb Contractors Inc., a Geneva, Nebraska-based bridge and culvert building contractor. The auction is being held on Tuesday, […]

Irish and Sporting Art will be offered at Christie’s London on Friday, 8 May 2009, during a week of three Irish themed sales which celebrate the beauty and rich heritage of Irish art and antiques. This […]

Christie’s has announced a rediscovered painting by Mario Carreño, entitled Fuego en el batey (Fire in the farm) from 1943, will lead the Latin American Sale on May 28. Widely regarded as a lost masterpiece of […]

Following the record-breaking January sale of American Renaissance furniture commissioned for the Milton Slocum Latham residence, Thurlow Lodge, and executed by Herter Brothers, Bonhams New York is set to auction the final historic pieces from the […]

Bonhams is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jeffrey Olson as Director of the Japanese Works of Art Department for their New York galleries. Olson began amassing his knowledge of Japanese art at Columbia University […]

BOSTON, Mass. – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host an auction of Fine Musical Instruments on Sunday, May 3rd in its Boston gallery at noon. […]