A pair of extraordinary late 17th Century Jacobean curtains – £4,000 – £6,000 – which have come from a couple in Nairn, Scotland, who put them up every winter and took them down each summer to protect them from the light, will be sold at Bonhams auction of Textiles in Knowle on [Read More]
Daily Archives: July 22, 2009
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A Burmese Arakan gilt bronze figure of a seated Buddhist Deity, possibly Avalokitesvara, The Bodhisattva of Compassion, 17th Century, given to Emma Harker by Mahatma Gandhi, will be sold by Bonhams at the sale of Asian Art on 8th September in Knightsbridge. The 13in high sculpture is estimated to sell for £3,000-5,000. [Read More]
A MAGNIFICENT townscape by highly respected 20th century Indian artist Sadanand K. Bakre is among the highlights of the sale at Bellmans, Wisborough Green, West Sussex as part of their three-day monthly auction from Wednesday, August 5 through to Friday, August 7, 2009. Sadanand K. Bakre Bakre (1920-2007) was one of India’s [Read More]
American antiques experts, authors and television hosts, Leigh and Leslie Keno are no strangers to the spotlight, regularly sharing their expertise with the American public as furniture appraisers on the popular tv series Antiques Roadshow. This August, it will be their family’s beloved 1938 Jaguar SS 100 Roadster 3 ½ litre taking [Read More]
Heritage Auction Galleries has just announced a new online feature – HERITAGE Live!TM Budget Bidding – that will afford budget-conscious buyers greater control over their spending while participating via Heritage’s real-time proprietary internet bidding platform. The budget feature activates after Internet bidding for an auction has closed and the HERITAGE Live!TM interface [Read More]
Cat Auction Services, recognized the world over for its commitment to building customer loyalty, announced today that it will hold an unreserved public auction in Omaha, Neb., on Tuesday, August 4, beginning at 9 a.m. at Nebraska Raceway Park (14200 238th Street, Greenwood, Neb. – I-80, Exit 420). This marks the company’s [Read More]
Penny Worley Auctioneers (www.worleyauctioneers.com) announces the online auction of furniture, fixtures and equipment from Riverside Bank of the Gulf Coast receivership, according to Jerry Jenkins. Items in this online bank auction include: computers, executive office furniture, art works, leather chairs, office equipment, storage and shelving, filing cabinets, decorative items, jewelry, an antique [Read More]
Bonhams & Butterfields announced the November 8, 2009 auction of The Estate of Elizabeth Colyear Vincent, Newport Beach, California. Assembled over the course of a lifetime, the Estate features a diverse group of 18th and 19th century works with a focus on the Northern European aesthetic. The 300-lot Los Angeles-based sale will [Read More]
An engagement between an American and a British naval vessel during the War of 1812 by Derek Gardner is estimated to sell for £30,000 to £50,000 at Bonhams next auction of Marine Art on September 15th in New Bond Street, London. The painting depicts the action shortly before the ‘Macedonian’s’ main topmast [Read More]