Monthly Archives: September 2009

(ATLANTA, Ga.) – Red Baron, already the Southeast’s premier auction house, is preparing for what promises to be its biggest sale ever — a three-day weekend event (not the customary two days) slated for Nov. 6th, 7th and 8th at Red Baron’s gallery facility, located at 6450 Roswell Road in Atlanta. Previews [Read More]

This October, Christie’s presents a special collection of fine art and furnishings from the Manhattan residence of the late Mr. William F. Reilly, a prominent philanthropist, collector, and former chief executive officer and chairman of the publishing firm Primedia. This superb collection of important 18th and 19th century furniture, rare antiquities, Old [Read More]

A bust of Caracalla, the notorious Roman Emperor who reigned from 211-217 and is remembered as one of the worst and cruellest rulers in the history of the Empire, will be auctioned at Bonhams Antiquities sale on October 28 in New Bond Street. It is estimated to sell for £150,000 – £250,000 [Read More]

Sotheby’s announced that its forthcoming Evening Sale of Old Master and Early British Paintings in London on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 will include an outstanding self portrait by Sir Anthony van Dyck, one of the most important artists to have worked in England. This masterpiece, which is van Dyck’s last portrait of [Read More]

All Proceeds from Event Benefit American Red Cross of N.E. Massachusetts Kaminski Auctions, one of Massachusetts’ premier antiques and fine art auction houses, announces a major appraisal event October 2-3, 2009. Kaminski’s expert appraisers will be on-hand from 9:00am – 4:00pm both days at 564 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts. All proceeds from [Read More]

Two of the most revered names in motorcycle production history are being offered for sale at Charterhouse Auctioneers Classic Car, Motorcycle and Automobilia auction on 8th November at the Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet. The motorcycles in question are a 1955 Norton Manx 30M and a 1985 MV Agusta ex [Read More]

It can be yours, for € 25.000, the almost complete copy in an old coloring of the very rare “Sepculum humanae salvationis“. The fifth German edition of the so-called “spiegels menschlicher behaltnuß“, with some 272 woodcuts in the text, is a highlight in our upcoming Hamburg auction of Rare Books – Manuscripts [Read More]

Bonhams & Butterfields was honored to present The JZ Knight Collection on September 27, 2009. Amassed over a decade, the Collection featured eclectic and unique examples of period furniture, decorative arts, carpets and paintings from the 17th through 20th centuries with a particular focus on European and American elegance. Each item offered [Read More]

Clearwater, FL – ValCom, Inc. (OTC.BB:VLCO) and its MyFamilyTV broadcast network subsidiary today announced that they will be partnering with Bid4Assets, a leading online real estate auction company, to produce its largest televised real estate auction to date in a four-hour live auction show, “My Family Real Estate Auction.” The live auction [Read More]

Christie’s, the world’s leading arts business, announce their seventh auction of International Modern and Contemporary Art in Dubai which will take place on Tuesday 27 October 2009. The sale will bring together and offer to the international art market an important selection of pictures and sculptures from the Middle East region including [Read More]

On Friday, October 16, 2009, Sotheby’s London will present its October Contemporary Art Auction, which will include for the first time a section of Arab and Iranian Art. The 177 lot sale will comprise works, in a range of media, by leading Post-War and Contemporary artists, such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Anish Kapoor, [Read More]

Following the tremendous success of Sotheby’s 20th Century Italian Art Sale last October, which was 94.2% sold by value and achieved the second highest total* for a sale in this category at Sotheby’s, the forthcoming auction on Friday, October 16, 2009 is set to include 33 works in a variety of media [Read More]

(HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.) – A gorgeous late 18th century Pennsylvania Chippendale tiger maple desk, probably Lancaster County and crafted from strikingly figured tiger maple with poplar secondary, sold for $41,400 against a pre-sale estimate of $5,000-$10,000 at a multi-estate Historic Hillsborough Auction held Sept. 19 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. [Read More]

For the second time this year, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers – the world’s largest industrial auctioneer – conducted a US$66 million unreserved public auction in the state of Texas. From September 23-25, 2009, the Company held its Fort Worth, Texas auction at the Company’s permanent auction site and broke Fort Worth records for [Read More]

“King of the Kustomizers” George Barris will be onsite to sign autographs and share stories at Mecum’s St. Charles Auction at Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Ill., on Oct. 2-3, 2009. Barris will drive his custom-built 1969 AMC AMX-400 Coupe (Lot S105) across the block when Mecum auctions it on Sat., [Read More]

Bonhams are delighted to announce the sale of a remarkable pair of portraits, painted by Hilliard, depicting Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester at Bonhams Knightsbridge on 25th November. With each portrait measuring only 18mm high, the valuable lot, dating from circa 1575, is expected to fetch between [Read More]

(BUFORD, Ga.) – A Fall Masterpiece Auction, featuring the lifetime collection of prestigious folk art collector and early self-taught art pioneer Lynne Ingram, will be held Saturday, Nov. 7, by Slotin Auction, in the Historic Buford Hall located at 112 East Shallowford Avenue. About two-thirds of the auction will be dedicated to [Read More]

Following the announcement in August of the sale of a group of pictures from the collection of Lord and Lady Attenborough at Sotheby’s in London on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, Sotheby’s is now providing further details of this spectacular, one-off single-owner sale. A Life In Pictures: The Collection of Lord and Lady [Read More]