Collectors with a love for fine Japanese screens are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to bid on exceptional lots from the Estate of Liza Hyde, a beloved New York dealer who passed away in December 2008. The auction, comprising 200 lots, will take place in Bonhams New York’s Madison Ave. salesrooms on March [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2009
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Bloomsbury’s handsome 591 lot sale of Children’s Books, Private Press & Limited editions, Livres d’Artistes, Modern Illustrated Books and Original Art Work on 26th February, in London is made up of items from a wide variety of private collections most of which have not been on the market for many decades. Derain [Read More]
The first Signature® Stamps Auction in more than 15 years at Heritage Auction Galleries, Feb. 5-7, proved a $1.4 million success, with the company’s one-of-a-kind post-auction buys continuing to push the total beyond $1.5 million. Collectors from around the nation, having waited 15 years to see the Heritage name back in rare [Read More]
When I.M. Chait opens the doors of its annual temporary headquarters at 267 Fifth Avenue on March 17, it will unveil one of the finest collections of Asian Works of Art Isadore Chait has seen in his firm’s 40-year history. From the catalogue cover lot—a superb 18th Century Jade Mountain formerly in [Read More]
In a bid to help underserved children, the Children’s Health Fund (CHF) held an online auction of the Ysio Digital Radiology System, donated by Siemens. Bidding for the state-of-the-art machine started at $99,999 and jumped to a quarter million dollars in the first ten days. See video from Siemens at: http://inr.mediaseed.tv/oneClip_C/?feed=EEHPWrm_uGEQOCdpx2JU_mPv2Er3Cvod The [Read More]
Sotheby’s has announced that it is to sell the Pearl Carpet of Baroda, one of the most extraordinary masterpieces of its kind ever to come on the market. The carpet will form the centrepiece of Sotheby’s inaugural series of sales in Doha and be sold alongside other objects in the Arts of [Read More]
Cowan Alexander, LLC, the technology auction firm and pioneer in the use of webcast technology to reach the global marketplace has announced a major IT/Network equipment auction. The auction features (300) Cisco Catalyst 3750 Switches, (150) Cisco 3845 Integrated Services Routers, (150) Cisco Catalyst 2950G-24EI Switches, (100) Cisco 4402, 1841, 871, 870, [Read More]
Bidurrent.com, the leading UK property rental auction website, have announced the launch of their new website, which can be viewed at www.bidurrent.com. The new website includes advanced search features, enabling users to view full descriptions of properties in their chosen geographical areas, view multiple pictures and find contact details for letting agents [Read More]
VSE Corporation and Rick Levin & Associates, Inc. will conduct an auction of seized and forfeited property on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Other agencies that are participating include: U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service and Secret Service. Proceeds from the auction are [Read More]
H.R.Harmer and Archives International announce the auction of historic worldwide banknotes, stocks and bonds from the American Bank Note Company archives including hundreds of rare worldwide banknotes. Dr. Robert Schwartz, President of Archives International, “The American Bank Note Archive auctions have been one of the most challenging and interesting endeavors I have [Read More]
Sotheby’s Europe, has announced that the company has opened an office in Istanbul and appointed Oya Delahaye as Head of the office to direct the company’s operations in the region. The move, which will make Sotheby’s the first international auction house to have an incorporated office in Turkey, demonstrates the company’s commitment [Read More]
The Bonhams Retromobile sale witnessed some extraordinary results including €3,417,500 for the Ex-Earl Howe 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante; €2,427,500 for ‘Black Bess’ – the ex-Roland Garros Bugatti Type 13; and a quite astonishing €337,500 for a Citroen DS23 EFi Cabriolet. A packed saleroom at the second annual Bonhams Retromobile sale witnessed [Read More]
Fine arts and antiques auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to announce it will offer property from the collections of Antonio and Liliane Mariani, owners of the well-respected Antonio’s Antiques, in a single-owner 400-lot auction to be held in its San Francisco salesrooms on Monday, March 2, 2009. Strong international collector interest [Read More]
Auction houses Ketterer Kunst and Quittenbaum are taking the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus by Walter Gropius as an occasion to hold a joint auction, a first for both. The venue for the joint auction on 20 June 2009 will be the new Ketterer Kunst House for Art, directly [Read More]
The Academy of Art University is building on the success of its Annual Fine Art auctions and focusing on photography in its First Annual Faculty & Alumni Fine Art Photography auction on Saturday, March 7, 2009. With special thanks to Bonhams & Butterfields, AAU offers a rare opportunity to support emerging student [Read More]
Sotheby’s first ever sale of Contemporary Art in Doha will offer works by many of the major artists of the last 50 years. Leading the sale is an important work by Andy Warhol, Round Jackie, a poignant image of Jackie Kennedy beaming with joy which is based on a news photograph taken [Read More]
Kaminski Auctions, one of Massachusetts’ premier antiques and fine art auction houses, announces its February Fine Art and Estates Auction. Crossing the block is a diverse array of antiques, fine art and collectibles including a number of rare Old Master paintings. The auction takes place Saturday and Sunday February 28 and March [Read More]
Seven major works by famed decoy carver A. Elmer Crowell will be auctioned July 15-16, in Plymouth, MA, as part of Copley Fine Art Auction’s 2009 Sporting Sale. Originally commissioned by prominent New England sportsman Harry V. Long between 1910 and 1920, and descended through the Long family, this extraordinary group has [Read More]