Monthly Archives: May 2009

Christie’s New York sale of Important Botanical Books on June 24 featuring many of the most significant medicinal herbals and fine illustrated botanical books from the 15th through the 19th century. Over 200 works, including many of the most celebrated in the history of the field, document the development of the scientific [Read More]

A JACKET worn over 194 years ago, to the month, in one the most momentous battles in European history, the Battle of Waterloo, will be offered by Thomas Del Mar (in association with Sotheby’s) in his auction of Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria in London on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at his [Read More]

For anyone who has ever considered owning a golf course, the upcoming court-ordered auction of Ohio’s Tanglewood Country Club presents a rare opportunity. Regarded as one of Ohio’s finest golf courses, Tanglewood has played host to the PGA Tour’s Cleveland Open, the Ohio Open and the LPGA Babe Zaharias Classic since opening [Read More]

The Counts Realty and Auction Group (www.CountsAuction.com) announces the auction of two historic Virginia farms on Saturday, June 6, 2009, according to Bill Bryant. Elk Hill Farm is located on Elk Cree Lane in Forest, Va. The property features a restored 1790’s Colonial home overlooking the Peaks of Otter on 403 acres [Read More]

Auction is proof that rare, fresh-to-market material still sells strong even in down-trodden economy BOSTON, Mass. – May 29, 2009 – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, today announced its recent sale of Fine Judaica – held in its Boston gallery on May [Read More]

WWA Group, Inc. (OTCBB: WWAG) today announced the conclusion of an auction of US military equipment that was held on May 26, 2009 in Doha, Qatar and managed by WWA Group for Trident Kuwait, an established US military contractor. The Doha auction is the second of its type in which WWA Group [Read More]

Two important paintings by American Expressionist Donray will be available for sale at Stair Galleries Auction House in Hudson, NY, beginning June 5. The works will be on display June 5 and the auction will be held on June 20. The noteworthy paintings are from Pedro Vicente Perez, a longtime art collector [Read More]

Albert Burney Auction Company won all three awards for multi-color real estate auction brochures in the recent National Auctioneers Association competition. The company, which auctions high-end real estate nationwide, won the national association’s top prize for Auction Printed Materials, Multi-Color in all three real estate categories: Commercial Real Estate, Farm Real Estate [Read More]

Bloomsbury’s Photographs sale of 21st May kicked off to a good start with the sought after photogravures of Alfred Stieglitz, the man responsible for making photography an accepted art form. Lot 1 consisted of six photogravures from 1911 and they fetched £5160 (estimated £3000-4000); the twelve photogravures from Camera Work of 1916 [Read More]

Residents of Lichfield and visitors alike will be all too familiar with this iconic view of the ‘Ladies of the Vale’. It is actually a blue transfer design on one of a pair of ceramic oval meat platters dating from c.1825. Made in Staffordshire and stamped ‘Tams Semi China’ they are titled [Read More]

Sotheby’s spring 2009 sale of Latin American Art in New York brought a total of $9,422,625 (est. $10.6/14.3 million). The top lot of the two-day sale was Diego Rivera’s Niña con rebozo, a work in tempera on linen which sold last night for $794,500, well above a high estimate of $450,000 and [Read More]

Christie’s Latin American Sale totaled $11,004,350, led by strong results for Mario Carreño, Leonora Carrington, and Diego Rivera. Five new world auction records were achieved for artists Leonora Carrington, René Portocarrero, Helio Oiticica, Roberto Aizenberg, and Lygia Pape. The sale was 68% sold by lot and 77% by value. Icons of Latin [Read More]

A hoard of 400-year-old coins discovered in the wall of a long-forgotten cellar is expected to sell for £50,000 in a sale at London specialist coins and medals auctioneers Morton & Eden. The 57 gold “Unites” date from the reign of James I (1603-1625) and were probably hidden at the beginning of [Read More]

(MALVERN, Penn.) – An original oil on board painting of a lone woman by the sea, done by the renowned Dutch artist Josef Israels (1824-1911), sold for $20,700 at a multi-estate sale held Apr. 25 by Gordon S. Converse & Co., the fledgling auction firm launched just last year. The painting – [Read More]

Following a “photocall” press release circulated on Tuesday 26th May the press & media arrived at McTear’s on Wednesday 27th May. Those present included television film crews, the world’s largest news agency and the world’s most influential photo agency….it is even featured on the Wall Street Journal! The Telegraph and The Herald [Read More]

On 17 June 2009 Sotheby’s France will present an exceptional sale of tribal art, featuring the personal collection of Philippe Guimiot and his wife Domitilla de Grunne, alongside works from European and American collections. PHILIPPE GUIMIOT & DOMITILLA DE GRUNNE COLLECTION OF TRIBAL ART The sixty-five selected works in the collection from [Read More]

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, will be holding a large, multi-million dollar, unreserved public auction at its permanent site in Denver, Colorado on Thursday, June 4, 2009 and Friday, June 5, 2009, starting at 8:00 a.m. each day. More than 1,600 items will be sold to the highest [Read More]

Medals awarded to the 11th Hussars trumpeter said to have sounded the Charge of the Light Brigade are to be sold by specialist London coins and medals auctioneers Morton & Eden on June 10. The four medals, including the British Crimea War Medal with clasps for the battles at Alma, Balaclava, Inkermann [Read More]