Yearly Archives: 2009

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Seurat Drawings for Sotheby’s Paris Sale

Two exceptional drawings by Georges Seurat, consigned from a private Parisian collector, will head the Impressionist Modern Art sale at Sotheby’s in Paris on May 28th. After the record €5 million ($6.3 million) achieved by Seurat’s extraordinary drawing Au Divan japonais last December, Sotheby’s Paris will again highlight Seurat’s work by offering [Read More]

Sotheby’s London Chinese Sale

Sotheby’s London biannual auction of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art will take place on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 and will present more than 250 lots of ceramics, textiles, paintings and works of art (ivory, soapstone, jade and bronze), which span from the Han and Tang Dynasties through to Qing. The [Read More]

Bonhams & Goodman Sets Auction Record

At the Prahran salerooms several hundred people watched Bonhams & Goodman sell over $2.88million of Australian and International Art with record results. This is the first time Bonhams & Goodman has achieved this level of sales by value at an art auction and a surprising result in the current economic climate. Despite [Read More]

Mecum to Auction Cars from the Mcdorman Collection

Mecum Auction announces the McDorman Collection – 25 unique vehicles from noted collector and Chevrolet dealer Bob McDorman – will cross the auction block during Dana Mecum’s Original Spring Classic Auction, May 13-17, 2009, in Indianapolis, Ind. McDorman has an impressive collection in Canal Winchester, Ohio, and occasionally works through his extensive [Read More]

Bonhams & Goodman Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sale

The sale on Monday 11 May 2009 at 11am includes a comprehensive collection of Federation ephemera collected by Lt. R.R.Belknap whilst visiting Australia during the celebrations abroad the U.S. Flagship “Brooklyn”, over 56 items including many decorative & illuminated invitations with original envelopes and an illustrated invitation to the Royal Review at [Read More]