Daily Archives: November 25, 2009

Bonhams has announced an exciting line-up of works for its Impressionist and Modern Art sale to be held at New Bond Street on Thursday 3 December. Fighting for position as the sale’s most valuable lot is […]

Quinn’s Auction Galleries will conduct a Wednesday, Dec. 2 Fine Jewelry sale to benefit the Arlington Community Foundation, which provides college scholarships to students from Arlington County, Virginia. The array of approximately 400 rings, bracelets, earrings, […]

As the auction house that held Hong Kong’s first wine auction in April 2008 after a hiatus of 10 years, Bonhams once again set another precedent by holding Hong Kong’s first ever Whisky Auction on 27 […]

Bonhams & Goodman’s offering of 67 lots on 24 November 2009 sold very well with a total of $2,057,400 including Buyer’s Premium or 71.3% by value and 70% by volume. The biggest seller on the night […]

Aficionados of fine, rare Whiskies will be presented with an unparalleled collecting opportunity when the renowned Willard S. Folsom Collection goes to block on December 17th at Bonhams New York. A sports fan, football handicapper, race […]

Courion(R) Corporation, leaders in access governance, provisioning, and compliance today announced that their 9th annual employee charity auction raised more than $18,500 for local charities, beating the 2008 record amount of $16,500. Proceeds of the auction […]

From the scientific to the superbly decorative, astoundingly unique fossil specimens will be offered by international auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields on December 6, 2009 in Los Angeles. The 500 lot sale offers a diverse group of […]

A record number of buyers showed up at Poster Auctions International on November 8, proving that the vintage poster market is as strong as ever! In its 49th semi-annual auction of rare posters, Poster Auctions International […]

The original armature used to film the final, climactic scenes of the 1933 epic King Kong sold today at Christie’s South Kensington for £121,250 / $200,305 / €134,224. Measuring 22 inches in height, the metal armature […]

A rediscovered first edition of Charles Darwin’s (1809-1882) ‘On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection’ sold today at Christie’s in London for £103,250 / $170,569 / €114,298 (estimate: £40,000 to £60,000). Recently rediscovered […]

Sotheby’s sale of 19th-Century European Paintings in London today realised £7,168,400 / €7,937,589 – surpassing the pre-sale high estimate of £6,748,600/ €7,472,744, and obtaining sell through rates of 70.2% by lot and 88.4% by value. Public […]