Session II of Wright Collection features Tiffany Lamps, Martin Brothers Pottery, and Art Nouveau Furniture BOSTON, Mass. – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the world’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host Session II of the Richard Wright Collection on October 24th starting at 11 a.m. in the Boston [Read More]
Daily Archives: October 8, 2009
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Kaminski Auctions, one of Massachusetts’ premier antiques and fine art auction houses, announces its October Estates Auction. The auction features antiques, fine art, collectibles from estates spanning Massachusetts to Kaminski’s second location in California and a large collection of fine antique rugs. The auction takes place Saturday October 24 at 10am under [Read More]
The Litchfield County Auction on iGavel is made up of four distinctive sales. The first is European, Asian & Ethnographic Arts & Antiques. This sale is a group of property from an extensive New York collection that includes ten 17th & 18th century tapestries, Oriental carpets, 18th century furniture and 19th century [Read More]
Bonhams sale of Sporting Memorabilia in Chester on 21 October includes kit from some of the greatest sportsmen of the 20th Century and, most appropriately, an Olympic torch that bore the Olympic flame at the Barcelona Games in 1992 Lot 92 in the sale, the Barcelona Olympic Torch was created by the [Read More]
On Monday, October 12 at 6:00 pm, Clarke Auction, Westchester’s Premier Auction Gallery, will open its autumn season with its deepest and best catalog of 2009, and of recent years. The sale was created from estates across Greater New York including Yonkers, Bronxville, the Hamptons, Greenwich, Bedford Village, Park Avenue, Riverdale, White [Read More]
Aperture Foundation, a New York-based non-profit arts institution that is a leading force in the field of photography, will hold its 2009 Benefit and Auction on Monday, November 2, at The Lighthouse, Pier 61, Chelsea Piers, New York. This year’s event honors three individuals: Howard Greenberg, one of the world’s top photography [Read More]
Christie’s New York is pleased to announce a dedicated sale of Arts of the Samurai on October 23, which exemplifies the outstanding craftsmanship and visual splendor of the Samurai culture. The collection includes over 80 lots comprising of armor, helmets, and most importantly, swords dating from the thirteenth to nineteenth centuries. The [Read More]
A stunning Safavid rug from late 16th or early 17th century Persia sold for £2,729,250 ($4.34M US) this afternoon at Sotheby’s in London . The rug was purchased by an anonymous buyer after a prolonged contest in which at least five bidders vied for the piece. The price of the silk and [Read More]