A collection of important Renaissance medals formed by leading New York dealer-collector Lawrence R. Stack will be sold by specialist auctioneers Morton & Eden in London on December 9 2009. The medals will be sold without reserve and are expected to raise a total of around £2 million. The sale represents the [Read More]
Daily Archives: October 28, 2009
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100 Years of Bordeaux, Excellent Burgundies and New World Wines BOSTON, Mass. – Oct. 28, 2009 – Skinner, Inc., one of the world’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host its fall auction of Fine Wines on November 4tht at 6 p.m. in its Boston gallery at 63 Park [Read More]
Spectrum Wine Auctions, the world’s newest live and online auction house of fine collectible wine, announced today that it will simulcast its premiere live auction LIVE via satellite at Crown Wine Cellars in Hong Kong at 9:00AM local Hong Kong time on 22 November, 2009. Crown Wine Cellars is located at 18 [Read More]
Southways, the 13-acre, former Pillsbury estate located in an exclusive suburb outside of Minneapolis, is being offered for sale in a sealed bid auction. The historic, 40,000-sq.-ft. mansion, which includes the elegant main residence, detached garage, pool and tennis complex, smoking house, tea house, caretaker’s cottage/greenhouse and caretaker’s maintenance shop, is available [Read More]
Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., the leading hybrid model salvage auto auction company, today announced their new location in Moss Point, Mississippi. This new facility will provide salvage remarketing services, storage and sale capacity to both buying and selling customers. This marks the twenty-third location in IAA’s South Central region in an effort [Read More]
United County Ohio Realty & Auction Group is selling at auction a former Howard Johnson hotel located off of I-280 and I-80/I-90. The property has excellent highway visibility. “The sale is free and clear of liens since it is being sold subject to court order,” comments Richard Kruse, the court-appointed receiver. “From [Read More]
International fine arts auctioneers, Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to announce the November 15-16, 2009 Sunset Estate Auction in Los Angeles. The thematic monthly sale will highlight ‘Grand Salon’ style and feature works from the 16th century, Spanish Baroque, Georgian and Louis XIV to 20th century modern periods as well as items [Read More]
Sotheby’s fall auction of Russian Art in New York, comprising fine and applied works of art, will be held on Monday November 2, 2009. The sale is largely drawn from esteemed private collections and estates, offering collectors works that are extremely fresh to the market. Among the highlights is a selection of [Read More]
Christie’s auction of International Modern and Contemporary Art in Dubai realised $6,736,475 / AED 24,722,863 / €4,526,911, and was 72% sold by lot and 74% sold by value. The top lot of the sale was “Remembrance and Gratitude”, a large and spectacular diptych by Ahmed Moustafa (b.1943), which sold for $662,500 / [Read More]