Christie’s London will offer the collection of legendary Academy Award winning film producer Ismail Merchant (1936-2005) on 7 October 2009 at their South Kensington salerooms. Ismail Merchant had a long and distinguished career working with the film director James Ivory. Their company, Merchant Ivory Productions, won 6 Oscars and 6 BAFTAs, making [Read More]
Daily Archives: August 15, 2009
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Christie’s London bi-annual sale of Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints in September will feature a fantastic variety of original prints from the Renaissance to the present day including well-known artists such as Dürer, Rembrandt, Picasso, Beckmann, Matisse, Miro, Bacon, Warhol, Lichtenstein and Hockney. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Les Deux Femmes Nues (M. [Read More]
RM Auctions kicked off Monterey’s famed classic car week at the Portola Hotel & Spa tonight with the distinguished Nick Alexander Woodie Collection achieving in excess of $7 million in total sales. The four-hour auction attracted spirited bidding as 51 magnificent pre- and post-war Ford & Mercury wood-bodied station wagons crossed the [Read More]
One of the largest known Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever discovered will be offered by international auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields on Saturday, October 3, 2009 during the company’s first Natural History auction to be held at The Venetian® in Las Vegas. The auction will contain approximately 50 lots of fossils with the centerpiece [Read More]
Remodel Auction, Inc. , in a bid of its own to be a leader in online home improvement pricing technology, announced today the launch of its proprietary bidding system for the Weatherization Program in North Carolina. In compliance with state and federal ethics rules North Carolina does not endorse any specific contractor [Read More]
Southwest Airlines confirmed today that its bid to acquire Frontier Airlines was not selected. Southwest submitted a bid of more than $170 million to Frontier Airlines on Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, in accordance with the procedures established in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. “We said all [Read More]
VSE Corporation and Rick Levin & Associates, Inc. will conduct an auction of seized and forfeited property on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Other agencies that are participating include: U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service and Secret Service. Proceeds from the auction are [Read More]
On August 22, 2009, Ken Farmer Auctions & Appraisals, located in Radford, VA, will host its Summer 2009 Catalogue Sale – Coins Auction live online with Artfact Live!. In this fascinating sale, Ken Farmer Auctions & Appraisals will offer more than 150 lots of rare coins and currency. A $1,000 Federal Reserve [Read More]