The two day Russian Art sale at Christie’s in London realized a total of £8,889,025 / $14,746,892 and was sold 82% by value and 70% by lot overall. The sale was highlighted by Nicholas Roerich’s (1874-1947) painting “Legend, From the Series Messiah”, painted in 1923 which sold for £993,250 / $1,647,802. Nicholas [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2009
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Rare and important works by two Flemish old masters, Sir Anthony van Dyck and Sir Peter Paul Rubens, will form the cornerstone of this year’s December Evening Sale of Old Master & British Paintings at Sotheby’s in London. The sale, which is scheduled to take place on the evening of Wednesday, December [Read More]
Max Beckmann’s painting “View of the Outskirts at the Sea near Marseille”, formerly in the possession of the famous collector and friend of the artist Stephan Lackner (California), surpassed all expectations at auction in Berlin; it sold for 2,618,000 Euros, the new world record auction price for a landscape by Max Beckmann. [Read More]
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest auctioneer of industrial equipment, will be conducting the World of Concrete benefit auction in Las Vegas, Nevada on Thursday, February 4, 2010 starting at 1:00 p.m. All proceeds support the Concrete Industry Management (CIM) post-secondary education program, developed by its National Steering Committee (NSC). Ritchie [Read More]
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – E. Howard & Company has been producing high-grade watches, regulators and marine clocks since its inception in 1842, and today E. Howard & Company clocks have evolved into the Holy Grail of manufacturers among the rapidly burgeoning genre of vintage clock and watch collecting. The firm still exists today, [Read More]
Manion’s the international online auction company is partnering with Proxibid to offer an early American stoneware collection. The auction begins December 6 and closed December 20 – the collection is currently online for preview at www.proxibid.com. “We will offer nearly 100 pieces in the initial auction with more to come in the [Read More]
Penny Worley Auctioneers (www.worleyauctioneers.com) announces the online auction of furniture, fixtures and equipment from a failed bank in Corona, Ca., according to Jerry Jenkins. “We have over 3,500 square feet of good IT equipment in this auction,” Jenkins said. “Plus this bank was close to Disneyland, and the executives were big fans. [Read More]
Serious collectors are eagerly awaiting the December 17th sale of Fine Watches and Wristwatches scheduled to take place at Bonhams New York. Consisting of just over 100 lots, the sale includes pieces by the most desirable names in watch design including Ulysse Nardin, Cartier, and Patek Philippe. In fact, it is a [Read More]
Bonhams is pleased to announce the inclusion of Larry Adler’s silver Hohner concerto harmonica in its 16th December Entertainment Memorabilia auction in London. This is the instrument the virtuoso owned from the 1980s until his death in 2001. It travelled the globe with Adler, and was played by him on the 1994 [Read More]
An advanced but intentionally low-key collector, the late William D. “Bill” Ansley amassed a select private collection of contemporary art glass over a 40-year period, and in so doing, created a panoramic three-dimensional history of Murano production. To the amazement of his fellow collectors, Ansley accomplished this feat almost entirely from his [Read More]
Christie’s Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture sale achieved a total of $32,358,750, with works by Andrew Wyeth, Mary Cassatt, and Charles Prendergast commanding the highest prices. Two new world auction records were set for American artists Guy Pène Du Bois and John Joseph Boyle, and a second highest price was achieved [Read More]
Christie’s Hong Kong completed its five-day Autumn sales with strong results across the board in Asian art, watches, jewelry and wine. Totaling HK$1.65 billion/US$ 212.5 million/£ 128 million, the results show a robust recovery of the art and auction market, giving Christie’s a 58% market share for the year in Asia. Records [Read More]
Everything is bigger Texas – including the amount of recreational opportunities. Buyers will soon have the chance to purchase three prime Texas acreages during two upcoming auction events. Rising Star Ranch, consisting of 100 acres and a farmhouse in Rising Star and two Cleburne properties, a 72.56 acre property and a 16+/- [Read More]
Bonhams has unveiled an impressive line-up for its annual sale of Important Collectors’ Motor Cars & Fine Automobilia at London’s Olympia on 7 December Leading the charge is a 1906 Rolls-Royce Light 20hp Tourer, one of only two survivors of the 17 built when the company was in its infancy and the [Read More]
A 5lb (2.25kg) pearl, dubbed the ‘Palawan Princess’, the second largest pearl ever discovered, valued at as much as £250,000 is set to go under the hammer at Bonhams auction of Natural History in Los Angeles on December 6, 2009. The pearl measures six inches in diameter and bears an uncanny resemblance [Read More]
The Dec. 8 Heritage Auctions Signature® Timepieces Auction will offer more than 650 lots of fine watches and assorted timepieces that are no less than a survey of the last 300 years of the art of horology. Headlining the Dallas auction is a magnificent Cartier jade, coral, diamond and rock crystal mystery [Read More]
At Sotheby’s Amsterdam two important, newly discovered still lifes by the much sought-after Dutch artist, Adriaen Coorte, were both the subject of long and spirited bidding battles and the two paintings brought a combined total of €3,097,500 (£2,827,219), far in excess of pre-sale expectations. Six bidders competed for Still life of strawberries [Read More]
Sotheby’s London Russian Art Sales Series concluded bringing a total of £19.3/$31.9 million – near the high estimate (£14,882,080-21,246,220) – and established a healthy sell-through-rate of 74% overall. Highlights of the sales series include: • ‘Romanov Heirlooms’ Sale realises £7 million, seven-times the high estimate of £900,000. The auction was 100% sold [Read More]