Monthly Archives: July 2009

A Remington .41 caliber Double Derringer, taken from John Dillinger when he was captured in Tucson, AZ on Jan. 25, 1934 will be up for auction as part of Heritage Auction Galleries’ July 25 Militaria and Arms Auction. It is expected to bring between $35,000-$45,000. This follows close on the heels of [Read More]

Each sale will be a considered selection of quality property in a range of values to reflect the chosen theme and will draw upon the expertise of the Contemporary Art, Photographs, Design and Editions departments. Simon de Pury, Chairman Phillips de Pury & Company says: “Phillips de Pury& Company has consistently been [Read More]

In the anniversary year when interest in the life and work of Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) is as high as ever, Sotheby’s announced that it will offer for sale three exceptionally rare portraits of members of his family in its sale of Early British Paintings on Thursday, July 9, 2009. The three [Read More]

New York / Berlin – Now through July 23, artnet Auctions is presenting a special online auction of Urban Art from 1972-Present. The sale traces the evolution of Urban Art from the 1970s to today with a spectacular range of 175 artworks by 60 artists including Banksy, Jean-Michel Basquiat, CRASH, Faile, Keith [Read More]

Proxibid, the world’s largest provider of live auction webcasting services, today announced that Adesa Atlanta has selected the Company to provide live online bidding for the following upcoming equipment and truck auctions: Friday, July 10 at 10:00 a.m. CDT Wednesday, July 15 at 3:00 p.m. EDT (day one) Thursday, July 16 at [Read More]

Kendall-Jackson Winery today announced a five-month-long charity auction that will take place on its web site (www.kj.com) and will feature items, donated by winery owner and co-founder Jess Jackson, that are related to Rachel Alexandra’s already-historic thoroughbred racing season. A new item and new auction will be introduced every month through November. [Read More]

GAVIN GARDINER is delighted to announce that he will be selling a gun that belonged to Lord Ripon – the greatest shot of the Edwardian era – in his annual auction of Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns at the world-famous Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland on Monday, August 24, 2009. The [Read More]

Bonhams & Butterfields will hold its summer auction of California and American Painting and Sculpture on August 3, 2009. The Los Angeles-based sale will feature a wide variety of important California, Western, Society of Six, Hawaiian scenes and Plein Air works by established American artists including Franz Bischoff, Maynard Dixon, John Marshall [Read More]

A veritable Who’s Who of Texas art, past and present, will impart spirit, artistic grace and Lone Star State pride at an auction of Texas Art at Heritage Auction Galleries on July 16, at the company’s Slocum Street Annex in Dallas’s Downtown Design District. A stunning piece of Texas modernism leads the [Read More]

The 8th Annual Big Bad Ball Accepting Donations for Silent Auction, Auction Proceeds and Raffle Ticket Sales to Benefit Hospice of Wake County April Mills, event co-chair for the 8th Annual Big Bad Ball (www.bigbadball.com), announced today that donations are being accepted for the event’s silent auction and raffle ticket sales have [Read More]

Over € 7.9 million*, thus the very good results from the Spring Auctions at Ketterer Kunst in Munich and Hamburg. “Even though it isn’t easy currently to get hold of good works, we succeeded in collecting an offering that met with an enthusiastic response and ensured outstanding sales proceeds. You could have [Read More]

Bonhams raised a total of £2.45 million at their annual sale held at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. With the reassuring roar of cars on the famous course in the background, the saleroom was packed with spirited bidders keen to take advantage of some of the outstanding lots on offer with a [Read More]

More than 2,400 people from 33 countries registered to bid in the unreserved public auction conducted by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers in North East, Maryland on June 24 & 25, 2009. Ritchie Bros. (www.rbauction.com), the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, sold more than 3,200 heavy equipment items and trucks over two days, generating gross [Read More]

Sheldon F. Good, founding chairman and CEO of Chicago-based Sheldon Good & Company, the international real estate auction and brokerage firm which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection April 24, is no longer associated with the company he founded 44 years ago. The industry icon may instead form his own company and [Read More]

The French Boatyard of Henri Amel has been building high quality cruising sailboats for more than 30 years. The Super Maramu 2000 is one of their popular blue water glass reinforced plastic cruising ketches and its features include: Cruising speed of 8 knots under motor or 10/12 knots under sail Winged shaped [Read More]

Shannons has ‘muscled-in’ on Australia’s largest and most prestigious motoring enthusiast event, putting a gym-load of iconic 60’s and 70’s American and Australian performance cars under the hammer at Meguiar’s MotorEx on Sunday July 12. With the Sydney Motor Show taking a sabbatical this year, Shannons is making MotorEx its major New [Read More]

Not Fade Away Gallery and Allan Tannenbaum, Famed SoHo Weekly News Photographer, announced today that the Gallery is holding a silent auction of over 70 rare Artist’s Proofs and Limited Edition photographs from the Allan Tannenbaum exhibition NEW YORK IN THE 70s, and Not Fade Away Gallery’s inaugural exhibition THE BRITISH ARE [Read More]

During a recent auction at Stair Galleries Auction House in Hudson, New York, well-known American artist Donray sold a painting entitled Butterfly #20 for a price exceeding the artist’s existing record. The painting, measuring 15.5 inches by 19 inches, was one of three top sellers among the 240 lots of fine art [Read More]