(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]
Daily Archives: May 28, 2009
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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]