Yearly Archives: 2009

Well-known Wall Street money manager, William H. Gross, Founder and Co-Chief Investment Officer of PIMCO, is selling two portions of his extensive stamp collection to raise funds for the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. Estimated to bring $3 million in an auction in New York City on Thursday, November 19, 2009, many of [Read More]

Bonhams & Butterfields was pleased to offer the Estate of Elizabeth Colyear Vincent, Newport Beach, California on November 8, 2009. Assembled over the course of a lifetime, the Collection featured a diverse group of 18th and 19th century works with a focus on the European aesthetic. The 300-lot auction included a discerning [Read More]

After the success of the final part of the Marie-Thérèse & André Jammes Collection in November 2008, Sotheby’s will be staging an auction of photographs from various owners in Paris for the first time on 20 November. The sale includes an impressive selection of 134 high-quality international photographs spanning the history of [Read More]

California’s oldest and largest auctioneer, Bonhams & Butterfields, will offer contemporary art from the Golden State during the firm’s Made in California sale on November 17, 2009. Though regional in theme, artwork by internationally known artists such as John Altoon, Robert Arneson, Ruth Asawa, Claire Falkenstein, Sam Francis, Robert Graham, George Rodrigue, [Read More]

Sotheby’s Amsterdam will, going forward, hold two sales of Old Master Paintings every year (one in May and the second in December) and the first of these new-format sales will be held on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 2p.m. This sale will comprise some 69 lots – many with exemplary provenance having [Read More]

Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale totaled $74,151,500/£44,669,578/€49,766,107. Works by artists Peter Doig, Jeff Koons, and Joan Mitchell commanded the top prices. In addition, new world record prices were set for works on paper by Philip Guston, and Brice Marden and a drawing by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Marc Porter, President of Christie’s [Read More]

On Wednesday 9th December Bonhams Bond Street will host The Art of Jewels: Fine Jewellery and Iconic Gems. One of the major highlights of the sale will be a stunning pearl necklace, belonging to Lady Houston, the renowned philanthropist and benefactor. The impressive double-row necklace with graduated pearls is expected to fetch [Read More]

Collectors of fine photography were presented with several exceptional collecting opportunities at Bonhams’ highly anticipated Fine Photography sale on November 10th. Many of the 151 lots presented sparked strong bidding which resulted in a number of lots exceeding their pre-sale estimates. Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958), “Nude” (Charis, Santa Monica), 1936. Gelatin silver [Read More]

On December 3, Christie’s is pleased to offer The Country Music Sale featuring property from the Estate of Hank Thompson, the first sale dedicated to the creation, history, and evolution of Country Music. The foundation of the sale is property from the estate of Texas Swing Band leader, song writer and country [Read More]

Bonhams New York’s November 10th Contemporary and Modern sale was marked by excited international bidding and a number of outstanding performances. The most sought after lot of the sale proved to be a work by Pierre Soulages. Called “the painter of black” Soulages is known for striating the black surface of his [Read More]

Hodgins Auctioneers Inc. (HA-TSX.V) (“Hodgins” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that they, in partnership with Bingham Group Services Corp. (the administrator) and Unity Life of Canada (the underwriter), have developed a Life and Disability Creditor Insurance Protection Plan for Hodgins customers. Barrie Jung, President of Hodgins, is pleased to offer [Read More]

Sotheby’s sale of Magnificent Jewels in New York on 9 December will offer stellar examples from every important segment of the jewelry market, including flawless white diamonds, artistic works by master jewelers such as Cartier, Louis Comfort Tiffany and JAR, and a magnificent Estate collection influenced by fashion icons of the 20th [Read More]

River Bluff, historically known as, “Old Agency Reserve,” contains approximately 450 acres on the Flint River and is one of the most important historical and recreational properties in the state of Georgia. Bidding starts Thursday, November 12, and it is to be immediately sold via sealed bid auction on November 19, 2009. [Read More]

Two magnificent pictures from the collection of celebrated author and co-founder of the SNP, Sir Compton Mackenzie (1883-1972) will be offered at Bonhams Fine Paintings Sale in Edinburgh on 4th December. Mackenzie, writer of much-loved Ealing Comedy Whisky Galore, among other noted works, was a neighbour of celebrated Scottish artists Sir William [Read More]

Bonhams is delighted to announce that they will be selling watches from the Private Collection of the Porsche Family in New Bond Street on the 2nd December with all proceeds donated to charity. Paul Maudsley, Director of the Watch Department at Bonhams, says: “Included in the 49 lots are watches by Eterna, [Read More]

(HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.) – – Nearly 750 lots – most of them quality, fresh to the market items from prominent local estates – will be sold at a Fine & Decorative Arts Cataloged Auction scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 5, at 9 a.m., by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. The auction will [Read More]

If you have ever said the phrase ‘as poor as a church mouse’, then you would have something in common with one of our greatest furniture craftsmen Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson (1876-1955). Thompson was a British furniture maker working in English oak. Based in Kilburn North Yorkshire, he is credited as an important [Read More]

Sotheby’s sale of 19th-Century, Modern and Contemporary art, to be held in Amsterdam on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, will have at its core a group of works from a celebrated Dutch private collection. Put together over some 30 years with enormous commitment and discernment, this exceptional collection includes works by leading Dutch [Read More]