Monthly Archives: May 2009

Seoul auction, Korea’s leading auction house, held its Modern and Contemporary Art sale in Hong Kong on 15 May, 2009 and achieved a total of HK$42.8 million (US$5.47 million). Tranquility from the renowned British artist Damien Hirst’s celebrated Butterfly Series achieved HK$13.37 million (US$1.71 million), becoming the most expensive work by Damien [Read More]

Heritage Auction Galleries, the World’s Leading Auctioneer of Rare Coins, has announced that noted numismatist Win Callender has joined the company as a Professional Numismatist and Consignment Director at its Uptown Dallas headquarters. “I’ve always been fascinated with coins,” said Win, “and I’m happy to be bringing my broad range of experience [Read More]

Following the success of last year’s Posters sales at Bloomsbury Auctions, a private French collector has consigned a glorious group of 25 posters from the 1920s and 30s designed by the legendary Roger Broder. Posters are the first part of Bloomsbury’s Maps and Fine Books sale on 28th-29th May. The posters on [Read More]

Movie fans and speed demons are in for a treat when Bonhams & Goodman conduct an auction of Collectables on Sunday 24 May at 2pm, in the Melbourne salerooms. One of the highlights of the auction is a costume worn by actor Christopher Reeve as Superman. Reeve played the super hero in [Read More]

Clarke’s Monday May 18 Auction features American and European antique furniture, bronze candelabra and chandeliers, Midcentury Modern Design, vintage electronic arcade games, Sterling Silver from Gorham, Tiffany and others; lighting including a massive 19th C iron and gilt eagle chandelier; Meissen, Limoges, Dresden, Royal Doulton, Murano and more; a wide selection of [Read More]

(NORTHPORT, Ala.) – A monumental Sheraton-style dining room suite – comprising a 10-foot Regency table, a set of ten Maitland Smith dining chairs and a massive breakfront – sold for $11,550 at a multi estate sale held May 3 by Hal Hunt Auctions. The suite was only made within the last 20 [Read More]

Online real estate auction leader RealtyBid.com will hold an online auction of up to 14 luxury condominiums at The Grander at Orange Beach development in Orange Beach, Ala., Sunday, May 17 through Thursday, May 21. Grander is situated on Terry Cove in the beach community of Orange Beach. According to RealtyBid.com CEO/President [Read More]

(ABERDEEN, Miss.) – The living estate of Katherine Creamer – a dedicated and discerning antiques collector from Mobile, Ala., whose stately mansion was built specially to contain her vast collections – will be sold on Saturday, June 13, starting at 10 a.m., by Stevens Auction Gallery. The Mobile mansion, as well as [Read More]

On Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009, John Moran Auctioneers will host the second of their tri-annual California and American paintings sales scheduled for 2009. Market leaders in pre-1940 works in oil and watercolor, Moran’s is once again delighted to offer a strong selection of over 160 paintings. In addition to California and American [Read More]

A splendid Ming dynasty jar, a rare survivor from a vanished era of Imperial Chinese prestige, sold today (14.5.09) for £1,117,600 in a packed sale at Bonhams New Bond Street. Created in the reign of the Emperor Jiajing (AD1522-66), and estimated to sell for up to £250,000, the elegant understated blue and [Read More]

The Charterhouse auction of classic cars, motorbikes and automobilia at The Bristol Classic Car Show in The Royal Bath and West Showground on Sunday 3rd May was a near sell out with an impressive total of over £200,000. “It was a great sale with buyers not only from the South West, but [Read More]

Global Real Estate Auctions, Inc. announces today the upcoming auction of 11 brand new townhomes and one cottage at the Diamond Point development in New Buffalo, Mich., one of the Chicago area’s fastest-growing and most accessible lakeshore resort towns, with newly improved rail access that now beats many local suburbs for fast [Read More]

Christie’s upcoming sale Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes offers collectors an incredible opportunity to purchase a unique treasure with exceptional provenance, on sale for the first time in nearly two centuries: a Meissen gold-mounted circular snuff-box and cover, circa 1738 (estimate: £25,000-40,000) illustrated above. This enchanting [Read More]

A 95% intact Saber-Toothed Tiger skull, or Smilodon, found in the late 1960s by a 14-year-old “weekend collector” at the famous La Brea Tar Pit Formation, will anchor an auction of rare and important Natural History on May 17 at Heritage Auctions Galleries’ Slocum Street showroom in the Dallas Design District. In [Read More]

Bonhams will hold its next Greek Sale on May 19th at New Bond Street. The market for Greek Art is on a dynamic growth trajectory. Over the past three years the sector has repeatedly smashed world record prices for artists, indicating the continuing popularity of the genre. With prices ranging from £2,000 [Read More]

A Bowie knife with a presentation inscription from Buffalo Bill, one of America’s most colourful characters from the Wild West, is coming up for auction by Charterhouse in Sherborne, in their sale of militaria and collectors items on Friday 26th June. “The knife was bought by the vendor from a small saleroom [Read More]

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, is expanding its European operations in Spain and Italy. The Company recently closed on the purchase of land in Ocana, close to Madrid, Spain. This new location is the Company’s second in Spain, added to an existing site located in Moncofa, near Valencia. [Read More]

Christie’s New York Post War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale totaled $93,734,500, led by strong results for the Betty Freeman Collection and five new world auction records for artists David Hockney, Claes Oldenburg, Douglas Wheeler, Tony Smith, and Kerry James Marshall. The sale was 91% sold by lot and 94% by value. [Read More]