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]
Daily Archives: May 29, 2009
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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]