Garth’s Auctions of Delaware, Ohio held two strong sales within two weeks during late July and early August. The Saturday, July 25th auction of Fine & Contemporary Art and Decorative Arts featured Garth’s usual offerings of antique furniture, artwork, pottery, glass and sculpture, but it was clear that furniture stole the show. [Read More]
Daily Archives: August 18, 2009
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Competitive bidding at Bonhams & Butterfields on August 3, 2009 pushed the price for a 1912 oil on canvas painted by Franz Bischoff to a record high for the artist. The international auctioneers’ sale of California and American Paintings and Sculpture established a new world auction record for Bischoff when the artist’s [Read More]
Bonhams is delighted with the response to its inaugural sale to be held during the “Weekend de L’Excellence Automobile” in Reims between 26-27 September (auction date Saturday 26 September). Racing into pole position is a 1912 5 litre chain drive Bugatti racing car, created and owned by the eponymous Ettore Bugatti who [Read More]
On September 16, Christie’s South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art sale will feature over 100 works from the leading 20th and 21st century artists from South Asia, including artists from India and Pakistan. The sale will focus on prime examples of many different movements and styles and highlights will include works from [Read More]
Christie’s has announced the forthcoming Swiss Art sale is to be held on 21 September 2009. The auction comprises 153 lots spanning over four centuries of Swiss Art History. The evening sale offers numerous highlights by notable Swiss artists, including, amongst others, Johann Heinrich Füssli, Ferdinand Hodler, Giovanni Giacometti, Félix Vallotton, Hans [Read More]
More than 1,000 antique firearms enthusiasts attended Dan Morphy Auctions’ preview prior to the standing-room-only Aug. 14, 2009 sale of the late John Holman’s collection of 220 antique Kentucky rifles and powder horns. The selection of handmade rifles – many of them crafted by German immigrant gunsmiths of the 18th and 19th [Read More]