Yearly Archives: 2009

Native American art go’s to auction at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco on Monday, December 14, 2009 featuring several important collections which have never-before been offered publically. Fine Northwest Coast art is well represented by the Berthusen Collection from the Lynden Pioneer Museum of Lynden, WA. Gathered one summer in the [Read More]

Christie’s New York have announced the sale of Photographs on December 7, this sale will conclude the Fall 2009 season for the category. With viewings open to the public from December 3-6, the sale presents a distinct array of themes varying from the examination of the human form, the western frontier, to [Read More]

Results of I.M. Chait’s November 15th Asian & International Fine Arts Auction, which featured strong collections of Han and Tang Dynasty pottery figures, Chinese porcelains and Chinese ivory carvings, reflected the current state of the market. There was steady bidding on most lots and several surprises. Prices quoted below include the buyer’s [Read More]

Bonhams has announced an exciting line-up of works for its Impressionist and Modern Art sale to be held at New Bond Street on Thursday 3 December. Fighting for position as the sale’s most valuable lot is ‘Gladiatori nell’arena’ by Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978). An oil on canvas dated 1927, the painting is [Read More]

Quinn’s Auction Galleries will conduct a Wednesday, Dec. 2 Fine Jewelry sale to benefit the Arlington Community Foundation, which provides college scholarships to students from Arlington County, Virginia. The array of approximately 400 rings, bracelets, earrings, necklaces and brooches is from the Estate of Gloria A. Steffan, whose son, Brian J. Steffan, [Read More]

As the auction house that held Hong Kong’s first wine auction in April 2008 after a hiatus of 10 years, Bonhams once again set another precedent by holding Hong Kong’s first ever Whisky Auction on 27 November 2009. Aficionados of fine and rare whiskies will have the unparalleled opportunity to bid for [Read More]

Bonhams & Goodman’s offering of 67 lots on 24 November 2009 sold very well with a total of $2,057,400 including Buyer’s Premium or 71.3% by value and 70% by volume. The biggest seller on the night was Charles Blackman’s The Game of Chess 1956 which knocked down for $720,000 IBP. An historically [Read More]

Aficionados of fine, rare Whiskies will be presented with an unparalleled collecting opportunity when the renowned Willard S. Folsom Collection goes to block on December 17th at Bonhams New York. A sports fan, football handicapper, race car driver, master of finance, scuba diver, skydiver, and salsa dancer at various times in his [Read More]

Courion(R) Corporation, leaders in access governance, provisioning, and compliance today announced that their 9th annual employee charity auction raised more than $18,500 for local charities, beating the 2008 record amount of $16,500. Proceeds of the auction will be donated to the Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care and the Curley K-8 Public [Read More]

From the scientific to the superbly decorative, astoundingly unique fossil specimens will be offered by international auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields on December 6, 2009 in Los Angeles. The 500 lot sale offers a diverse group of high quality and distinctive mineral specimens, gold nuggets, lapidary works of art, gemstones and jewelry as [Read More]

A record number of buyers showed up at Poster Auctions International on November 8, proving that the vintage poster market is as strong as ever! In its 49th semi-annual auction of rare posters, Poster Auctions International realized over $1,600,000 million – a number 50% higher than that posted at this time last [Read More]

The original armature used to film the final, climactic scenes of the 1933 epic King Kong sold today at Christie’s South Kensington for £121,250 / $200,305 / €134,224. Measuring 22 inches in height, the metal armature was used in the film to show the giant ape as he terrorized New York and [Read More]

A rediscovered first edition of Charles Darwin’s (1809-1882) ‘On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection’ sold today at Christie’s in London for £103,250 / $170,569 / €114,298 (estimate: £40,000 to £60,000). Recently rediscovered sitting on a bookcase in the guest bathroom of the vendor’s house, it had been bought [Read More]

Sotheby’s sale of 19th-Century European Paintings in London today realised £7,168,400 / €7,937,589 – surpassing the pre-sale high estimate of £6,748,600/ €7,472,744, and obtaining sell through rates of 70.2% by lot and 88.4% by value. Public institutions pitted themselves against private collectors and trade, driving prices over estimate in many instances. Overall, [Read More]

When Heritage Auctions presents its Signature® 20th Century Design Auction to New York City, on Dec. 10, 2009, it will be a celebration of the style, international flair and timelessness of the great designers and design movements of the century just passed. Names like Tiffany, Giacometti, Bertoia and Rietveld will highlight the [Read More]

On November 19th bidders were met with several good collecting opportunities at Bonhams New York’s European Furniture and Decorative Arts sale. Attracting collectors located in New York, California and several regions of Italy was an important Roman Neoclassical giltwood suite of seating furniture, de-accessioned from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. [Read More]

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest auctioneer of industrial equipment, has signed a seven-year lease in Salt Lake City, Utah and will be starting site work on a new auction site right away. Ritchie Bros. has conducted unreserved equipment auctions at temporary locations in Utah since 1985. “We are excited to [Read More]

The online auction of the former Elk Meadows Ski Resort in Beaver County, Utah, has drawn significant attention from potential investors across the globe, according to the LFC Group of Companies, the online auction marketing company in charge of the sale. After receiving nearly 9,000 visits to the property webpage, LFC has [Read More]