Yearly Archives: 2009

Sotheby’s autumn auction season in New York kicked off this morning with a sale of Fine Chinese Furniture, Works of Art and Carpets from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, which brought $4,615,054 and tripled the presale estimate of $1/1.5 million. The sale was 95.4% sold by lot and 99.5% sold by value [Read More]

A painting by Adam Neate, an artist who is known to have left his works leaning against lamp posts and dustbins is to be sold at Bonhams East Anglian View sale in Bury St Edmunds on 3rd December. Previously his work has sold for as much as £80,000. Leaving his paintings for [Read More]

Weekend extravaganza will be held by Philip Weiss Auctions, at #1 Neil Court in Oceanside, New York (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – Hundreds of quality, fresh-to-the-market items in an impressive array of categories – to include stamps, coins, rare books, autographs, postcards, sports items, comics, comic art, rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia, pop culture collectibles [Read More]

(NORTHPORT, Ala.) – The world-famous jukebox and advertising collection of the late John Gurrech of Houston, Tex., will be sold at auction on Saturday, Oct. 3, starting at 10 a.m., by Hal Hunt Auctions. The sale will be held at Hal Hunt’s spacious gallery, located at 5925 Hwy. 43 in Northport. Dozens [Read More]

This fall Garth’s Eclectic auction on October 2nd will feature a large selection of 20th century furniture, artwork and accessories in addition to Garth’s usual assortment of quality Victorian and country antique furniture and decorative accessories. It will be a virtual one-stop shop through the ages for collectors and dealers alike. Buyers [Read More]

Bonhams forthcoming jewellery sale promises an array of treasures, including a unique piece of history – a ring containing a lock of Mary Tudor’s hair. The ring will be one of the exceptional pieces of fine jewellery auctioned at Bonhams New Bond Street on 23rd September. Passed down the generations by the [Read More]

When the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) invited the public to donate artworks for a Big Art Sale fundraiser, the response was remarkable. The museum accepted 180 objects, each valued between $250–$30,000, to auction off on Thursday and Friday, October 1 and 2. The Big Art Sale will take place at DuMouchelle [Read More]

Pretend City Children’s Museum today announced its upcoming online auction and fundraiser featuring a one-of-a-kind sports memorabilia item, a T3 Series electric stand-up vehicle (ESV) autographed by NBA Star Kobe Bryant. Donated by Orange County, California-based T3 Motion, Inc., the three-wheeled personal mobility vehicle is one of the most unique sports collectibles [Read More]

Recognizing the premium today’s collectors, dealers and estate officers place on time, Dan Morphy Auctions’ tech team has redeveloped the company’s Web site from the ground up to create an all-inclusive destination integrating dozens of antiques and auction-related services and resources. Retaining the existing address of www.morphyauctions.com, the colorful new site creates [Read More]

Chicago, IL – Hart Davis Hart sold 100% of the lots offered in its auction in Chicago on Saturday, achieving $3,268,791 against a pre-sale estimate of $1,842,670 to 2,753,360. Two cases of 1982 Château Pétrus in magnum estimated to sell between $24,000 and $35,000 brought $65,725 and $59,750 respectively. The consignor bought [Read More]

New York / Berlin, – Now through September 29, artnet Auctions is featuring the Prints Masterworks Auction, a special online auction of prints and multiples by some of the most influential artists of the 20th-21st century. The sale comprises 150 works by 50 artists including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Pablo Picasso [Read More]

BOSTON, Mass. – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, Inc. one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host an auction of European Furniture and Decorative Arts, featuring Fine Silver, on Saturday, Oct 3rd at 10 a.m. in the Boston gallery located at 63 Park Plaza. More than 750 lots [Read More]

One of the Highlights of Sotheby’s forthcoming Scottish Sale, which will be staged in London on Wednesday, September 30, 2009, will be an outstanding and rare example of Peter Howson’s aggressive and bold style of painting with an overtly Scottish theme. In addition to the evident tartan worn by members of the [Read More]

The second of Sotheby’s bi-annual Scottish Sales will take place in London on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 and it will bring to the market more than 150 works from many of the leading names in the field of predominantly 20th Century Scottish Art. The Scottish Colourists will feature strongly, as will Anne [Read More]

Heading Bonhams customary eclectic mix of motorcycles consigned to the second of its annual collectors’ motorcycle sales at Stafford is a rare ex-works Vincent Rapide – ‘KAR 223’ – which was ridden by Arthur Merrett in the 1948 International Six Days Trial held at San Remo, Italy. Fully restored by the current [Read More]

A large number of super rare 1932 Fords, best known as “Deuces,” will headline the Bonhams annual Brookline, MA motorcar auction at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum, on Saturday, September 26th. Bonhams is pleased to announce the “Deuce’s Wild Ford Collection” of nearly 30 vintage Fords, from New England’s most active collector [Read More]

Dedham, MA – Grogan & Company Fine Art Auctioneers and Appraisers is pleased to present for auction the Private Collection of Important and Collectible Asian Decorative Works of Art from the Estate of Frederick Rush Innes, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The auction will be held on Sunday, October 3rd at 12 noon and will [Read More]

Dedham, MA- On Monday, September 14th at 6:00 p.m. Grogan and Company will offer at auction the private collection of Rugs, Textiles and Books from Private Collection of Myrna Bloom, Artist • Oriental Rug & Textile Collector-Bookseller; as well as Kurdish Rugs and Weavings from the Collection of Ambassador William Eagleton. A [Read More]