A Self-Portrait by Andy Warhol that was given by the artist to a young receptionist at The Factory in 1967 will be offered by Sotheby’s on the evening of November 11, 2009 in a sale of Contemporary Art. A high school assignment to write an article for a student newspaper led seventeen [Read More]
Daily Archives: November 3, 2009
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Contemporary Art collectors are eagerly awaiting the November 10th sale set to take place at Bonhams New York. The concise and meticulously assembled sale includes key work by legendary Contemporary and Modern figures such as Willem de Kooning, James Rosenquist, Henry Matisse, Lynn Chadwick, Alexander Calder and James Turrell. Amongst the most [Read More]
Numerous collector cars slated to be sold at the 39th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale are on display this week at the 2009 Specialty Equipment Market Association Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The vehicles include five muscle cars — a Richard Petty 2009 Dodge Challenger, a WD-40/SEMA Cares [Read More]
Zetabid, the pioneering firm redefining home auctions in the U.S., today announced it will auction approximately 155 bank-owned homes in Troy, Michigan on Sat., Nov. 14. Zetabid is auctioning single-family, multi-family homes, and condominiums with starting prices from $13,000 to $62,000. Many of the properties are located in Battle Creek, Detroit, Flint, [Read More]
The LFC Group of Companies, the leaders in online real estate auction marketing, is pleased to announce the latest campaign on their commercial property auction website LFC.com: the former Elk Meadows Ski Resort in southwestern Utah’s Beaver County. The property, comprising more than 1,100 acres of beautiful recreational land, is surrounded by [Read More]
In 1937, Max Beckmann, while living in exile in Amsterdam, painted the radiant landscape Blick auf Vorstädte am Meer bei Marseille (View of the Outskirts at the Sea near Marseille) in memory of happier days. Coming from Stephan Lackner’s (California) prestigious Beckmann collection and estimated at 1,400,000 – 1,800,000 EUR, the painting [Read More]
The upcoming sale of 20th-Century Decorative Arts & Design at Sotheby’s Paris on 25 November 2009 comprises 79 lots and offers a rich panorama of iconic 20th-century works by Charlotte Perriand, Robert Mallet-Stevens and Jean Dunand, along with works of impeccable provenance by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Alberto Giacometti and André Arbus that have [Read More]
Rare and important works by Pablo Picasso, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Rodin, Henri Matisse, and Piet Mondrian are among the highlights of Christie’s upcoming Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on November 3. Forty exceptional works will be offered, including paintings, drawings, and sculpture. The sale is expected [Read More]
The most convincing proof that quality Americana finds its buyers in any market condition came on Oct. 8-10 at Dan Morphy Auctions’ Fall Sale, which featured the revered Joseph and Lilian Shapiro Americana and folk art collection. “The sale did over $1.5 million (inclusive of 15 percent buyer’s premium), and the usual [Read More]
LIVESTRONG raised $1.3 million for the global fight against cancer at the one-time-only auction, “It’s About the Bike,” at Sotheby’s in New York, NY on Sun., Nov. 1. The auction featured the seven bikes ridden by Lance Armstrong, LIVESTRONG founder and chairman, cancer survivor and champion cyclist, in his 2009 comeback season [Read More]