Daily Archives: August 7, 2009

(OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – An historic archive comprising nine ambrotype and daguerreotype images of James A. Garfield – taken in the 1850s and the first known images of the slain president – sold for $21,470 at a massive weekend sale held July 31-Aug. 2 by Philip Weiss Auctions. Around 1,200 lots in a [Read More]

Window World Cares, the charitable foundation of Window World, Inc., continues its commitment to St. Jude Children’s Hospital with an auction that raised more than $290,000. The money was raised through a motorsports art and memorabilia auction organized by Window World, the nation’s largest supplier of replacement windows. The event was held [Read More]

While there has been much discussion regarding the recent softening of the sports collecting market, no one seemed to be addressing it at the recent Legendary Auctions Live Sports Sale. In fact, more than 200 attendees at the high-end, sports memorabilia event, held July 31, 2009 at the House of Blues in [Read More]

(MACON, Miss.) – A beautiful four-piece parlor suite by the 19th-century New York furniture maker John Henry Belter, in the Rosalie with Grapes pattern, sold for $11,550 at an on-site auction held Aug. 1 at Belle Oaks, one of the most prominent old antebellum homes in Mississippi. Macon is located 30 miles [Read More]

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (NYSE and TSX: RBA) announces net earnings for the six months ended June 30, 2009 of $58.7 million, or $0.56 per diluted share, and adjusted net earnings of $58.1 million, or $0.55 per diluted share. This compares to adjusted net earnings of $53.2 million, or $0.50 per diluted [Read More]

Bonhams & Butterfields will offer Fine Prints on November 3, 2009. The auction, simulcast between the San Francisco and Los Angeles salesrooms, will feature a diverse selection of old master, modern, contemporary prints and multiples ranging from the Renaissance to the Present. Edward Ruscha (American, born 1937), Standard Station (E. 5), 1966. [Read More]

In an unprecedented event, Bonhams & Goodman – Australia’s largest auctioneer of fine jewellery, is to offer at auction for the first time not one, but two exceptional pink diamonds from the Rio Tinto Argyle Diamond Tenders. Bonhams & Goodman has earned a reputation for jewellery auctions of distinction and the forthcoming [Read More]

Kaminski Auctions’ Early Summer Estates Auction, which took place July 25-26, 2009, attracted bidders both locally in Massachusetts and internationally via phone and live online bidding. Day one of this two-day sale featured general fine art, antiques and collectibles, while day two highlighted a wide selection of fine antique frames. Consignments hailed [Read More]