Bonhams Sale of Richard Hatchwell’s collection achieved an outstanding £435,024 with lots varying from Thomas Cranmer’s Herodian to the complete set of Bossuet’s masterpieces of French oratory. 95% of the lots were sold by value, indeed several lots achieved many times their estimate, with the first German edition of the Napoleonic code [Read More]
Daily Archives: October 7, 2009
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A Babe Ruth game-used bat, dating to the Boston Red Sox’ 1918 World Series winning season – arguably the most important piece of lumber from baseball’s most iconic player – realized $537,750 at Heritage Auctions Oct. 1-2 Signature® Sports Memorabilia Auction. The auction totaled just more than $4.2 million. All prices include [Read More]
On October 12th, collectors of fine writing instruments will be presented with a spectacular collecting opportunity. The second part of the Clavius Collection–a world-class assemblage of many rare, ultra-high-end, modern, limited edition writing instruments–will be offered at international auctioneers, Bonhams New York. Considering the successful sale of the first part of the [Read More]
On Friday, October 16, 2009, Sotheby’s London will present, for the first time, a significant section of Arab & Iranian Art in its annual October Contemporary Art Sale to coincide with the Frieze Art Fair. The Arab & Iranian component of the sale features 46 works by some of the foremost Contemporary [Read More]
At Sotheby’s Hong Kong 20th Century Chinese Art Autumn Sale 2009, Sanyu’s monumental Lotus et Poissons Rouges commanded HK$36,500,000/ US$4,680,000, selling to a Chinese buyer over the telephone after heated competition with five other bidders from across Asia (est. HK$15-25 million/ US$1,940,000-3,230,000). Sotheby’s achieved the second highest auction price for Sanyu as [Read More]
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, will be conducting a large, multi-million dollar unreserved public equipment auction at its permanent auction site in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 starting at 8:00 a.m. The auction will feature more than 450 construction and transportation equipment items and a large [Read More]