A 1936 Lincoln Boat Tail Speedster once owned by Howard Hughes sold for $1 million at the Leake Car Show & Auction in Tulsa on June 13. Previously used as his personal limo, Hughes completely redesigned and restructured the limo into a Boat Tail Speedster. The $1 million dollar sale is the [Read More]
Daily Archives: June 18, 2009
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Bonhams next sale of Printed Books, in London on 23rd June contains material from Shakespeare to Shaw and Che Guevara to Crippen, all of which will be of significant interest to lovers of literature and history. Che Guevara is present in this auction with his FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR’S PRESENTATION COPY, of his [Read More]
Foreclosures are driving down home prices and enticing buyers back into the housing market with discounts too good to pass up. The average price of a home in the South was $148,000 in April, down nearly 13% from a year ago (National Association of Realtors). Hudson & Marshall will auction about 120 [Read More]
Sotheby’s London annual sale of Indian Art in London, which took place yesterday, realised a total of £2,067,400 / US$3,376,684, a sum in excess of pre-sale expectations (the pre-sale estimate for the sale was £1,193,500-1,754,000). The sale – which brought to the market a fine assortment of works by leading Modern and [Read More]
Following the highly successful sale of a collection of papers from Rocket Engineering icon, Dr. Werner Von Braun, Bonhams New York will be presenting a sale entirely devoted to the history of man’s exploration of space. Taking place on July 16th, the approximately 400 lot sale fittingly coincides with the week of [Read More]
On Tuesday, July 28th, John Moran Auctioneers will host an exceptional two-part antique and fine furnishings auction at the Pasadena Center in Pasadena, CA. Moran’s monthly auctions typically offer superlative antiques and decorative arts from important and private collections. Among the highlights at the July 28th event are property from the Donald [Read More]