Auction was conducted by Matthews Auctions, LLC, in Peotone, Ill., the day before an annual show. (PEOTONE, Ill.) – A dazzling cardboard diorama, advertising Mayo-Skinner Automatic Windshield Cleaner and graded 8.5 on a 1-10 scale for condition, sold for $5,060 at a Fall Peotone Petroliana & Advertising Auction held Oct. 16 by [Read More]
Daily Archives: October 22, 2009
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Auction offerings include early Americana marine paintings, weathervanes, naïve portraiture, Federal furniture and clocks BOSTON, Mass. – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, Inc. one of the world’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host an auction of American Furniture and Decorative Arts on Sunday, Nov 8h at 11 a.m. in its [Read More]
A collection of maps and atlases worth many thousands of pounds are included in the Charterhouse auction of pictures, books and antiques in Sherborne, Dorset. UK on Friday 23rd October. “They were collected by the Somerset vendors’ uncle for many years. Although he had a keen interest in geography, he was also [Read More]
Christie’s will offer a highly curated auction of 24 Orientalist masterpieces on November 25, 2009 in London. An important Private Collection of 9 works will form the core of the sale and includes four works by Jean-Léon Gérôme and three exceptional watercolors by John Frederick Lewis. These works will be complimented by [Read More]
A very original 1960 model Porsche 356B Super 90 coupe requiring some refurbishment was the top priced vehicle at Shannons Spring Classic Auction in Sydney on 12th October, selling for $67,000 – well above its pre-auction high estimate of $48,000. The unmolested Porsche, which had been in the hands of the same [Read More]
Collectors from around the world will have the rare chance to acquire exceptional works from the biggest names in Asian contemporary and Chinese 20th-century art in this season’s Asian Contemporary & Chinese 20th-Century Art Evening Sale held on November 29 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. Valued at over HK$125 [Read More]
Some of the most hotly contested bidding was generated by Lot 58, a depiction of a view well loved by Pasadena residents and artists since the early 20th century, that of the landmark Colorado Bridge from the edge of the Arroyo Seco canyon (pictured). This large (28”x38”), panoramic scene of the Beaux [Read More]