Yearly Archives: 2009

On February 15, important diamond jewelry from the Estate of legendary Texas oilman, Frederick E. Wagner, will highlight I.M. Chait’s International Fine Arts Auction. Wagner founded El Dorado Oil and Gas, Dallas Texas, and was its president for many years. Also featured in the February 15 International Fine Arts Auction are fine [Read More]

As part of Christie’s long-term strategy and vision, and following the success in 2006 of the combination of Old Masters and Early British Pictures, Christie’s New York announces a new sales initiative for important European Art circa 1300 to 1900. As of June 2009, Christie’s sales calendar in New York will present [Read More]

(Pittsfield, Mass.) – Over 500 lots of antique furniture and decorative accessories will be sold at a multi-estate auction on Saturday, Feb. 7, by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, beginning promptly at 11 a.m. Then, at 5 p.m., a second session dedicated to about 100 vintage firearms will be held. Both sessions will be [Read More]

Bonhams has announced its global motoring sales schedule for 2009. There are a number of enhancements to the calendar next year, including the location of its first UK sale in March. Having acquired and developed new auction rooms in the heart of the Cotswolds earlier this year, Bonhams has decided to move [Read More]

The finest single owner collection of Clarice Cliff Ceramics to ever come to the market will be offered in the Design 1860-1945 sale at Bonhams in New Bond Street on Wednesday 18 March 2009. The 100-piece collection was amassed by oilman, Sevi Guatelli. Design 1860-1945 specialist, Natalie Evison, says,” This collection highlights [Read More]

Bonhams is to present Part I of the Clavius Collection of exceptional writing instruments, assembled by a California collector and entrepreneur, in its Los Angeles salesrooms on February 17, 2009. Select highlights will be on display at the LA Pen Show on February 15th in Manhattan Beach. The Clavius Collection is undoubtedly [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]

Ocean Tomo Auctions, LLC – the auctions arm of Ocean Tomo, LLC, the leading Intellectual Capital Merchant Banc® Firm – today announced the immediate online availability of its Spring 2009 Live Intellectual Property Auction Catalogue. The Catalogue, accessible at www.OceanTomoAuctions.com, provides essential information regarding 81 lots to be auctioned on March 27th [Read More]

The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company exceeded industry-wide expectations by recording more than $63 million in sales last week during the 38th annual Scottsdale auction. From Jan. 11-18, 2009, the all No Reserve auction featured an eclectic offering, including a 1929 Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor airplane that sold for $1.21 million and the “first production” [Read More]

The ACNUR/UNHCR Spanish committee is organizing an exhibition and online auction, titled Refugi@rte, at an exhibition space owned by BBVA. This artistic project gathers 50 works of art made by 39 internationally recognized such artists including Miquel Barcelo, Eduardo Chillida, Joan Genoves, Antoni Tapies, Antonio Saura, Cristina Iglesias and Manolo Valdes, among [Read More]

Bonhams & Goodman completed a record year in 2008. Some of the highlights included: Fine Art John Russell (1858-1930) Belle Ile en Mer 1904 from the Julian & Miriam Sterling Collection oil on canvas 60 x 73cm SOLD $1,560,000 Frederick McCubbin (1855-1917) Summer Morning, Kew 1890 oil on canvas 107 x 53 [Read More]

An unusually large glass inkwell is just one of a number of silver lots in the Charterhouse auction of silver, jewellery, watches and antiques with a selection of wine on Friday 27th March. “It is just the sort of excess which a Victorian or Edwardian gentleman would have had on his desk [Read More]

Gooding & Company once again delivered the top sale of Arizona Auction Week during their highly anticipated Scottsdale Auction on January 17, 2009. The extremely rare 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider from the newly-discovered VanKregten Estate sold for $4.95 million setting the record for top price of the week at [Read More]

Christie’s has announced the sale of The Vincent Ferguson Collection on Friday 8th May 2009. Vincent Ferguson (1932 – 2007) was both a successful businessman and an art collector with the eye of a true connoisseur; he was held in the highest regard by Irish institutions and the artists themselves, with whom [Read More]

Kaminski Auctions, one of Massachusetts’ premier antiques and fine art auction houses, announces its Winter Estates Auction. Highlighting a wide selection of antiques, fine art and collectibles is a large collection of clocks and watches from the estate of the late Wakefield, MA resident and NAWCC member Robert P. King. The auction [Read More]

(St. Louis, Mo.) – Over 500 lots of R.S. Prussia and Royal Bayreuth fine porcelain will be sold on Saturday, Feb. 21, by Woody Auction at the Holiday Inn Airport West in St. Louis, Mo., five miles from the airport. The sale will comprise several important collections. The most prominent are from [Read More]

On Feb. 6, 2009 at 10 a.m., Pook & Pook, Inc. will kick off its 2009 auction calendar with an expansive collection of high-end antique furniture, art and accessories. From American folk art and European accessories to Russian silver and Chinese furniture, this sale represents one of the most diverse selections ever [Read More]

An eclectic mix of classic vehicles from a sleek Ferrari coupe to a chunky Dennis Fire Truck has been assembled for Shannons Sydney Classic auction on February 9. A gym-load of iconic Australian Muscle cars, a number of British and European sporting and luxury cars and a collection of black and white [Read More]