Yearly Archives: 2009

NEW AFRICAN WORK SHOWS LINK BETWEEN RITUAL & MODERN ART Such is the growing interest in modern and contemporary African painting that Bonhams has organised a first ever sale on 8th April of Contemporary African Art featuring artists from at least six African countries. A key work in this sale sums up [Read More]

Madonna’s charity Raising Malawi helps to launch the new book I Am Because We Are (PowerHouse Books, $49.95), and an online auction on April 2nd to benefit children in Malawi, a country of only 13 million people, yet home to over 1 million AIDS orphans. I Am Because We Are is a [Read More]

Gottschalks Inc. today announced that, after completing the Court-supervised auction for its business, the Company, in consultation with the agent for its senior secured lenders and the unsecured creditors’ committee, has agreed to the proposed liquidation of certain of the Company’s assets by a joint venture comprised of SB Capital Group, LLC, [Read More]

Christie’s announces the auction of Glin Castle; A Knight in Ireland on 7 May 2009 at Christie’s in London. The sale will offer selected works from the personal collection of Desmond FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin, the renowned collector, scholar and a leading campaigner for the conservation of Irish heritage. The pre-sale [Read More]

Sotheby’s spring sale of Modern and Contemporary Prints presents a strong selection of works from the 19th century to present day and will take place on April 30 and May 1, 2009. Works from the sale will be exhibited at Sotheby’s New York galleries beginning April 26. Within the American prints offered [Read More]

(Chicago, IL) – A single cellar auction of French Classics from a Magnificent Cellar brought heavy bidding at Hart Davis Hart in Chicago this weekend. The auction realized $2,673,549, far surpassing the pre-sale auction estimate of $1,607,600-2,412,060. Underscoring the strength of the bidding, 227 of the 590 lots hammered over the pre-sale [Read More]

(HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.) – A rare North Carolina surveyor’s compass, made around the late 18th century by Guilford County artisan Camm Moore (1755-1845), soared to $28,750 at a quarterly cataloged auction held March 21 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. It was the final sale held in the firm’s South Nash [Read More]

The second auction of DVLA number plates in 2009 has just ended and results are hinting that there may be some cause for celebration. Not only was the total raised up from £3.3 million at January’s auction to £3.65 million but this follows the increase from £3.1 million for the last sale [Read More]

Bloomsbury’s 2nd April Bibliophile Sale consists of 710 lots, as always encompassing a variety of subjects to appeal to collectors and would-be collectors as well as the trade. The highest value lots are in the Continental Literature and History section, for example lot 297 Rhetorica Vetus et Noua by Cicero with a [Read More]

On April 3 and April 4, 2009, Eldred’s Auction Gallery in East Dennis, MA will present its annual spring auction of “Americana, Paintings, Sporting Items and Marine Art.” This two-day sale features over 1,100 lots of furniture, paintings, silver, ceramics, decoys, maritime and folk art. The Eldred’s auction will be available live [Read More]

RAML Real Estate and Auctions is a company that creatively markets and auctions unique properties. In the past they have auctioned luxury resort and residential properties, commercial properties, and land. Martin Raml, president, conducted his first auction in 1973. RAML is a creative auction company engineering the bidder assistance programs. In this [Read More]

Alberto Giacometti’s Le Chat from 1951 will appear at auction for the first time in 34 years. This iconic bronze has been in a private European collection since the 1960s and will be one of the highlights of Sotheby’s spring sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in New York on the evening [Read More]

When Charles Martignette passed away in February 2008 his collection was already the stuff of legend, containing every major name of American illustration – on multiple canvasses – from the last century. A full 4,300 pieces, comprising his entire art collection, will be featured in a series of auctions at Heritage Auction [Read More]

Bonhams & Butterfields’ spring 2009 auction of 20th Century Decorative Arts, to be held in Los Angeles on April 6th, features a diverse group of works spanning a century of design. The works on offer will highlight the full range of 20th century artistic output, from the important early years through the [Read More]

Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty and the Home Builders Association of Mid Florida have joined forces to produce a unique event scheduled for March 28 in Orlando http://www.HBAAuction.com- a worldwide auction of custom homes that could generate millions of dollars worth of sales from buyers all around the world. Two Windermere-area properties slated [Read More]

“The art market has always been a law unto itself. That is why I am looking forward so optimistically to our spring auctions on 28/29 April 2009,” thus Robert Ketterer, owner of Ketterer Kunst. “Now is just the right time to invest in art. We have agreed with our consigners to reduce [Read More]

Manion’s brand new special Sci-Fi auction is online now, coming hot on the heels of their collectible toy auction — their first non-military realted auction in many years. “Everyone knows Manion’s International Auction House is synonymous with military collectibles,” said company VP John Conway. “We’ve come across some other interesting collections lately, [Read More]

A Massachusetts artist left a great find behind for his family. Bernard Corey (1914-2000) left over 750 paintings that he painted during his lifetime in his estate which are going up for auction this Sunday, March 29. Corey was a nationally recognized plein air painter who painted in the Impressionist style. He [Read More]