Monthly Archives: September 2009

Bloomsbury Auctions and Dreweatts have announced a far-reaching and strategic alliance. Initially the two companies will offer each other’s services to their growing client bases in the UK and internationally. Bloomsbury will expand its popular monthly ‘Bibliophile’ sales which will now be held in Dreweatts’ Godalming salerooms, the first being on Wednesday [Read More]

SEVERAL HIGHLIGHTS from the world-famous Chelsea Flower Show will be offered for sale in the auction of Garden Statuary, Architectural Items and Decorative Fossils at Summers Place Auctions (In association with Sotheby’s), which will take place in Billingshurst, West Sussex on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. The sale will start at 1.30pm and [Read More]

Toys have come a long way since the late 1940’s, what was once a child’s plaything can now be an adult’s collectable. In the next Charterhouse Vintage & Classic Car, Motorbike and Automobilia auction on Sunday 8th November at The Footman James Autumn Restoration Show held at The Royal Bath and West [Read More]

Huggies Brand is bringing together moms, dads and their speedy, on-the-go babies in Madison Square Park to celebrate Huggies Little Movers Diapers. The brand has teamed up with Angie Harmon to kick-off the Huggies Big Movers shoe auction, with proceeds benefitting non-profit organization KaBOOM!, whose vision is a great place to play [Read More]

One of the foremost collections of toy robots will be offered by the Smith House Toy & Auction Company in October, highlighted by pristine examples and rarely seen variations of the best mechanical men and their fantastic boxes. The phone and online auction, which opens Oct. 15 and closes Oct. 30, features [Read More]

The Toy Industry Foundation (TIF) announced today the launch of a new online charity auction to benefit children at-risk, abused, abandoned, ill or otherwise in need. Several exclusive character-based items will be sold through eBay at www.givingworks.ebay.com (Search: Toy Industry Foundation). The eBay sale of limited edition collectibles will help children in [Read More]

The combination of “antiques, camaraderie, tradition, and plain, old fun” was touted as the focus of Garth’s Auctions’ Annual Labor Day Americana sale held on September 4 and 5, 2009 in Delaware, Ohio. Once the bidders gathered and viewed the array of material featuring paintings of American Indians, a few cowboys, and [Read More]

On 5 November, Bonhams will offer the Bronze Age Chinese vessels from one of the finest old English collections, formed by the 2nd Lord Cunliffe between the darkest war years of the early 1940s, and his death in 1963. The most important group of early Chinese bronzes ever offered at Bonhams, the [Read More]

Freeman’s Auctioneers hosted a sizeable contingent of international buyers during our Fine Asian Arts sale held September 14, 2009. The large auction comprised many fine antiques and pieces of art from China, Japan and other Asian nations. The enthusiasm present in the showroom during exhibition was palpable and the subsequent mood on [Read More]

On Thursday, September 24th at 10am Freeman’s is pleased to have its Fall Rare Books, Maps, Prints & Autographs auction which includes many desirable and rare books and prints from a variety of genres and periods. One of the most desirable of all the prints issued by Currier & Ives, “American Express [Read More]

Christie’s announced the auction of Property from the Collection of HRH The Prince George, Duke of Kent KG, KT, and HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent CI, GCVO and their families which will take place on 20 November 2009 in London. The auction will offer approximately 200 lots including silver, jewellery, paintings, [Read More]

At Sotheby’s London the ‘Art For Africa’ auction of works donated by some of the foremost Contemporary artists from the UK and South Africa brought the remarkable sum of £457,450*, comfortably within pre-sale expectations. The money raised by tonight’s sale – the brainchild of philanthropists Tara and Jessica Getty, Trustees of Africa [Read More]

Sotheby’s Amsterdam announced that its forthcoming sale of Old Master Paintings in Amsterdam on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 will be led by two important, newly-discovered still lifes by the much sought-after Dutch artist, Adriaen Coorte (circa 1665 – after 1707). Both works have recently re emerged on to the market having been [Read More]

Christie’s London announced the discovery of a rare portrait of Sir Alfred James Munnings Reading, circa 1910, by Harold Knight, R.A. (estimate: £30,000-50,000) which will be offered in the sale of Victorian & British Impressionist Art Including Drawings & Watercolours on Wednesday 16 December 2009. During a detailed examination of a painting [Read More]

John Moran Auctioneers is delighted to announce the third of their 2009 California and American Art Auctions, to be held Tuesday, October 13th. Showcasing a spectacular selection of pre-1945 California plein air landscapes, California Style watercolors, and Western art drawn from private collections across the country, including definitive works by pre-eminent California [Read More]

Valuable works from the originators of Southern California’s ‘kustom kulture’ movement representing some of the most unique and iconic vehicles of our time are up for auction Saturday, September 26 at the famed Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. “Southern California’s significant influence on the hot rod and custom car culture is [Read More]

LFC Group of Companies, the industry leaders in online auction marketing of real estate, is offering real estate investors, both in the U.S. and abroad, the opportunity to bid on fully-entitled commercial land in Florida. Featured on the company’s website, LFC.com, the two office/retail/medical development lots are located in the southern Florida [Read More]

A board game designed to entertain supporters of the Suffragette Movement while raising funds for them and promoting their cause – votes for women – will be sold by Bonhams on 28th October in its Chess and Board Games auction. Estimated to sell for £600 to £800, the board game was made [Read More]