Yearly Archives: 2009

Local San Diego non-profit It’s All about the Kids Foundation recently launched an online auction site which will raise money for the foundation and the children’s programs for the charities it supports. Celebrity memorabilia items such as a signed Nirvana Guitar and a glove and robe signed by Evander Holyfield are included [Read More]

Bonhams & Butterfields’ Made in California auction on November 17, 2009 did especially well, signaling that the market for California art remains strong. Regardless of the auction’s regional theme, telephone bidders from around the globe vied for works by the golden state’s leading modern and contemporary artists. The sale, which was simulcast [Read More]

An original 289 Shelby Cobra, CSX2091, and the first production 1966 Shelby GT350, will headline a docket of spectacular cars slated to be sold at No Reserve during the 39th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale on Jan. 18-24, 2010, at WestWorld. Hailed as “The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions(TM),” the [Read More]

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated today announced an agreement to acquire the auction business and certain assets of Martella Auction Company, Inc., a Tipton, California-based auctioneer of agricultural and industrial equipment. Ritchie Bros. also intends to enter into an agreement to lease the roughly 65 acre Martella auction site. The acquisition is intended [Read More]

Christie’s announced the auction Magnificent Tiffany featuring Property from the Gluck Collection will be held as part of its 20th-Century Decorative Art & Design sales on December 8, 2009. On February 17, 1979, Christie’s held the landmark sale Magnificent Tiffany Featuring The Gluck Collection, the first major Tiffany offering at auction. The [Read More]

Seasoned collectors and new bidders from across the United States and around the globe vied for Modern, Contemporary and Latin American works of art at Bonhams & Butterfields on November 17, 2009 in Los Angeles. Simulcast to the firm’s San Francisco auction rooms, the more than 200-lot auction attracted strong buyer interest [Read More]

This November the movies are coming to Christie’s South Kensington as a diverse selection of Vintage Film Posters and Film Memorabilia is offered encompassing all genres of cinema history from cult horror and sci-fi films to the icons of the silver screen. Including an extensive collection of vintage film posters, props, costumes, [Read More]

(OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – A rare signed carte de visite of former President James A. Garfield – taken when he was a Union Brigadier General in the Civil War, prior to his assassination by gunshot at the hand of Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881 – sold for $4,068 at an estate [Read More]

The Photographs sale at Bloomsbury Auctions on 10th November achieved some strong prices. The saleroom was packed and the viewing days had been busy. Elliot Erwitt (b.1928) New York City, Coney Island, 1974 Gelatin silver print, printed later, signed lower right margin in black ink, signed, titled, dated and numbered on verso [Read More]

Signature designs from the history of Lalique glass highlight evening auction in New York City, Dec. 10, at 104 East 25th Street, 3rd Floor More than 100 exquisite examples of Lalique from a half dozen private collections – one of the largest public offerings of Lalique in New York City in years [Read More]

SchulteAuctions.com today announced that their current on-line sports & entertainment memorabilia auction features The Vincent Greco Collection game-used fielder’s gloves and multi signed baseballs from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. “This is one of the finest and most significant game-used finds that I have ever witnessed, said Dennis Esken, world renown game-used [Read More]

Ever fancied owning your own Spitfire? Well now you can (or as good as) when this superb ¾ scale model is offered for public auction on 9th December. The Spitfire is a single seat fighter aircraft used by the RAF and other allied countries during WWII. It was designed as a short [Read More]

The exceptional one-of-a–kind Dalmore Oculus sells for a staggering £27,600 at Bonhams best whisky sale in history Whisky enthusiasts worldwide raised their glasses to an outstanding result at today’s whisky sale at Bonhams Edinburgh. With over 90% of lots sold, the sale raised an impressive total of £211,518, the best on record [Read More]

Today at Bonhams New Bond Street, the 20th Century British Art sale showed that investment in home-grown talent has never been stronger. The impressive array of paintings and sculptures, including The Art of Newlyn and St Ives collection, achieved some dazzling results with 92% sold by value. The Frank Auerbach portrait of [Read More]

Judging by the substantial prices reached in recent sales, the print market is now heading right back to where it was eighteen months ago,’ claims Alexander Hayter, Bloomsbury Auctions’ Head of Modern and Contemporary Prints. Followers of this highly successful department have come to expect a wide selection of artists’ works, and [Read More]

The only known Style B one-sheet movie poster for the 1934 Universal classic horror movie, The Black Cat, brought $334,600 as part of Heritage Auctions’ Nov. 12-13 Signature Vintage Movie Posters Auction. Total prices realized for the event, including 19.5% buyer’s premium, surpassed the $2 million mark. “The graphically spectacular red, black [Read More]

VSE Corporation and Rick Levin & Associates, Inc. will conduct an auction of seized and forfeited property on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The auction will take place at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at the VSE Warehouse, in Riverside, CA. This is the third auction of [Read More]

Christie’s Latin American Sale totaled $14,691,900, led by an exceptional selection of works by artists representing 15 countries. Six new world auction records were set for Oswaldo Guayasamín, Victor Manuel, José Clemente Orozco, León Ferrari, and Javier Marin, and for a work on paper by Fernando Botero. The sale was 89% sold [Read More]