Monthly Archives: August 2009

(WAYNE, Penn.) – Around 200 lots of fine art, period American furniture, decorative accessories and more will be sold at a two-session auction planned for Wednesday, Oct. 21, by Gordon S. Converse & Co. The sale will be held at the Italian-American Club in Wayne, a suburb of Philadelphia located a half-hour [Read More]

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – A medium chocolate amber California Clubhouse Whiskey bottle, made circa 1872-74 and one of only nine examples known, soared to $30,240 in an Internet and catalog auction held Aug. 10-21 by American Bottle Auctions (americanbottle.com). The bottle, highly prized by collectors, boasted a fancy monogram in the center, a [Read More]

The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in San Jose is proud to present its signature Annual Fall Art Exhibition and Auction. Now in its 29th year, this comprehensive exhibition of more than 100 art works by someof the hottest artists in the Bay Area opens with a specialmember?only exhibition preview from 5pm [Read More]

Bloomsbury Auctions announces Portrait of the Artists: The Burt Britton Collection at auction on September 24, 2009 at 2:00pm. This private collection of 1,200 refreshingly spontaneous self-portraits offers unique insight into the creative process that will fascinate collectors, curators, biographers, psychologists and the general public alike. How we see ourselves often differs [Read More]

Bonhams, one of the three largest international auction houses, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Valelly as Boston and New England Regional Representative. Operating from Beacon Hill, Bonhams Boston provides a local liaison to the firm’s international resources, including specialists versed in all areas of collectibles – from furniture, decorative [Read More]

H&H set a new world auction record price on Wednesday July 22nd 2009 by selling a 1961 AC Ace 2.6 for £209,000. Hotly contested both on the phone and in the room, the ex-London Motor Show Car soon tore past its pre-sale estimate of £140,000 – £180,000 and is destined for a [Read More]

Preeminent international auction house, RM Auctions, is delighted to announce consignments from two important US collections to its annual Vintage Motor Cars of Hershey event – a magnificent series of motor cars from Cleveland, Ohio’s esteemed Crawford Auto Aviation Museum, a collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society, and over 400 lots [Read More]

Bonhams autumn wine sales kick off on 15th September with one of the most interesting and eclectic auctions to have been seen in London in recent times. Amongst the 750 lots will be found such rarities as 1815 Grande Champagne Cognac, 1834 and 1900 Malvasia Madeira, 1870 Sandeman White Port and 1892 [Read More]

Nicholls Auction Marketing Group (www.NichollsAuction.com) announces the auction of over 1,400 acres of prime Virginia real estate, according to John Nicholls, president of the company. “We are honored to have been chosen to sell via the auction method of marketing over 1,400 acres of prime Virginia real estate in September,” said Nicholls. [Read More]

Bonhams & Goodman auction of Australian and International Fine Art in Melbourne, achieved outstanding results with 106% of the lots sold by value and 87% by volume. These statistics were reminiscent of the bull market of recent years. More than 100 art enthusiasts, dealers and institutional agents crowded the Prahran salerooms. Nine [Read More]

THE extraordinary furniture and fittings of the home of `Time Lord’, Severin Wunderman, who built up the Gucci watch franchise and owned the Swiss watch brand Corum, will go on sale at Bonhams on September 30th. The magnificent eight-bedroom Chelsea home was his UK base until his untimely death last year at [Read More]

A COLLECTION OF ITEMS relating to important Irish artist Sir William Orpen (1878-1931), discovered in a house in Brighton, will be offered for sale at Bellmans, Wisborough Green, West Sussex as part of their monthly three-day sale that takes place between Wednesday, September 9 and Friday, September 11, 2009. A descendant of [Read More]

Bonhams saw 80% of lots sold at the 10th anniversary of their Scottish Sale from 18th – 21st August, with prize lots ranging from historical items of royal interest and usual collections of armoury to fine Wemyss porcelain and highly desirable Robert Burns mementos. In the year of “The Home Coming” and [Read More]

With the launch of Heritage Auction Galleries has now placed its bidder-members and followers right in the middle of the American Social Media boom. The recent additions of a Heritage Auction Galleries page on Facebook, where all the latest press releases and pertinent announcements from the company are posted, complimented with frequent [Read More]

For the fifth year, Scion auctions off an unprecedented collection of contemporary works to benefit charities and non-profits that support independent artistic expression. The Installation 5 Tour collection features literal and non-literal self-portraits of varying cost by international art luminaries, with 100 percent of the proceeds aiding Creative Capital, the premier national [Read More]

Concierge Auctions announces a luxury real estate auction of the Froh Heim mansion, a historic landmark property situated on more than 11 acres in Far Hills, New Jersey. Conducted in cooperation with Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty, the auction has no reserve, and no minimum bid is required. The newly restored Froh [Read More]

(HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.) – Over 700 lots of fine art, period furniture, decorative accessories and more – most of it fresh-to-the-market merchandise from prominent local estates and collections – will be sold Saturday, Sept. 19, at 9 a.m. by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. It is just the second major auction [Read More]

Dr Edward Wilson’s first-hand account of one of the greatest and toughest voyages in history will be going under the hammer at Bonhams Exploration and Travel Sale on 16th September at New Bond Street. Made famous by Apsley Cherry-Garrard as The Worst Journey in the World, Wilson’s report tells the story of [Read More]