Yearly Archives: 2009

At Sotheby’s London the ‘Art For Africa’ auction of works donated by some of the foremost Contemporary artists from the UK and South Africa brought the remarkable sum of £457,450*, comfortably within pre-sale expectations. The money raised by tonight’s sale – the brainchild of philanthropists Tara and Jessica Getty, Trustees of Africa [Read More]

Sotheby’s Amsterdam announced that its forthcoming sale of Old Master Paintings in Amsterdam on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 will be led by two important, newly-discovered still lifes by the much sought-after Dutch artist, Adriaen Coorte (circa 1665 – after 1707). Both works have recently re emerged on to the market having been [Read More]

Christie’s London announced the discovery of a rare portrait of Sir Alfred James Munnings Reading, circa 1910, by Harold Knight, R.A. (estimate: £30,000-50,000) which will be offered in the sale of Victorian & British Impressionist Art Including Drawings & Watercolours on Wednesday 16 December 2009. During a detailed examination of a painting [Read More]

John Moran Auctioneers is delighted to announce the third of their 2009 California and American Art Auctions, to be held Tuesday, October 13th. Showcasing a spectacular selection of pre-1945 California plein air landscapes, California Style watercolors, and Western art drawn from private collections across the country, including definitive works by pre-eminent California [Read More]

Valuable works from the originators of Southern California’s ‘kustom kulture’ movement representing some of the most unique and iconic vehicles of our time are up for auction Saturday, September 26 at the famed Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. “Southern California’s significant influence on the hot rod and custom car culture is [Read More]

LFC Group of Companies, the industry leaders in online auction marketing of real estate, is offering real estate investors, both in the U.S. and abroad, the opportunity to bid on fully-entitled commercial land in Florida. Featured on the company’s website, LFC.com, the two office/retail/medical development lots are located in the southern Florida [Read More]

A board game designed to entertain supporters of the Suffragette Movement while raising funds for them and promoting their cause – votes for women – will be sold by Bonhams on 28th October in its Chess and Board Games auction. Estimated to sell for £600 to £800, the board game was made [Read More]

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, will be conducting a large, three-day, multi-million dollar unreserved public auction at its permanent auction site in Fort Worth, Texas from Wednesday, September 23, 2009 to Friday, September 25, 2009 starting at 8:00 a.m. each day. The upcoming auction marks the fourth auction [Read More]

“Our spring auctions have shown that art as a means of investment is more in demand than ever before”, says Robert Ketterer, auctioneer and owner of Ketterer Kunst. “It is a time for connoisseurs, and the perfect moment to buy art. High quality works and moderate starting prices coincide.” The Munich Ketterer [Read More]

The Dawson & Nye September 23rd & 24th, 2009 Auction will feature Property From the Estate of John G. Scanlon, Naples, Florida, as well as classic and vintage automobiles, several leaves from John James Audubon’s Double Elephant Portfolio, a New Jersey painted and smoke-grained blanket chest, a collection of Norman Rockwell paintings [Read More]

Abamex Auction Company (www.abamex.com) announces the online auction of a large assortment of boutique European wines on behalf of a secured creditor, according to Olga Lemeni. “These are European wines with a story,” said Lemeni, “from small hand picked wineries, distinctive flavors, traditional terroir-driven wines, most from France and Spain.” The former [Read More]

The Counts Realty and Auction Group (www.CountsAuction.com) announces the auction of 471 acres of timberland in 10 tracts, according to Bill Bryant. “It is an excellent time to invest in land,” explained Bryant. “This property has an excellent timber stand valued at approximately $371,000.” Conveniently located between Boonsboro and Forest in Bedford [Read More]

Included within the Bonhams & Butterfields’ Fine Books & Manuscripts auction on October 19, 2009 are two remarkable documents dating from the birth of the State of California: The first is a registrar leaf from the 1849 California State Constitutional Convention signed and inscribed by 46 members of the delegation. Signatures include [Read More]

Sotheby’s autumn series of Asian art sales concluded yesterday, bringing the combined total to $19,280,279, double the pre-sale low estimate of $8.8/12.3 million. The series was 78.6% sold by lot. Today’s sale of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art, Including Indian Miniature Paintings brought $3,747,800 (est. $2.5/3.5 million) and was 70.8% sold [Read More]

Christie’s London will offer a masterpiece by Rembrandt (1606-1669) at the Old Masters and 19th Century Art Evening Sale on Tuesday 8 December 2009 in London. Unseen in public for almost 40 years and offered at auction for the first time since 1930, Portrait of a man, half-length, with his arms akimbo, [Read More]

John Moran Auctioneers will kick off the fall 2009 auction season with their Tuesday, September 29th Estates Auction featuring decorative and fine art and collectibles from estates and private collections in Southern California, Nevada and Texas. The two-session sale will begin with the popular no-reserve Discovery Sale offering a large selection of [Read More]

Bonhams raised a grand total of £1,304,032 at yesterday’s highly-anticipated Exploration & Travel Sale at New Bond Street, which featured an extraordinary array of books, manuscripts, artefacts and pictures. The highlight of the sale was undoubtedly the archives of Dr Edward Wilson (b.1872), arguably the most important member of Captain Robert Falcon [Read More]

The excitement surrounding the Sept. 11, 2009 induction of Michael Jordan into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame set the pace for a weekend of unforgettable reunions and highlights, capped off by Grey Flannel’s $1.2 million Hall of Fame Auction held at Mohegan Sun resort in Uncasville, Connecticut. Grey Flannel’s respect [Read More]