The private papers of leading Marxist art historian, Francis Klingender, are to be sold at Bonhams Printed Books and Maps sale in Oxford on 23 February. An avowed Communist, Klingender was kept under security surveillance from the early 1930s onwards. During the Second World War he was excused military service because of [Read More]
Daily Archives: February 2, 2010
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Smart-phone auction bidding no longer confined to the iPhone and Blackberry. LiveAuctioneers.com, the Manhattan-based company that provides real-time Internet bidding capability to more than 900 auction houses worldwide, has released a custom-designed live-bidding app for use with Google’s revolutionary Android open-source mobile platform. The app, which is available free of charge, was [Read More]
Christie’s New York will hold its mid-season sale of 20th Century Decorative Art and Design on March 16, 2010. The 112 lot sale offers a wide range of high quality and affordable objects and furniture by well-known makers from the 20th century, featuring works by Tiffany Studios, Frank Lloyd Wright, Daum, George [Read More]
Cindy Soltis-Stroud, Vice President of Blue Fox Auctions & Consulting, has been recognized by Cambridge Who’s Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in auction services. An expert in fundraising, Cindy Soltis-Stroud now lends her talents to Blue Fox Auctions & Consulting, where she is currently thriving in her first year as [Read More]
SPX Corporation (NYSE: SPW) today announced that it raised $275,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (www.StJude.org) at the 39th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona on Friday, January 22. A special charity auction of the Ford Mustang FR500S Challenge Race car donated by SPX culminated in a winning bid [Read More]
Kennedy Wilson Auction Group, a division of the national real estate services and investment firm Kennedy Wilson, will conduct an auction of 27 luxury condominiums at Sabine on Fifth, a beautifully designed, in-demand 10-story community set on Waller Creek in the heart of downtown Austin’s entertainment district. This highly anticipated grand reopening [Read More]
On Saturday, January 30, 2010, Garth’s Auctions of Delaware, Ohio in its Fine & Contemporary Art and Asian, Continental & American Furniture & Decorative Arts auction. auctioned Lot 202, the monumental 42” x 46” oil on canvas landscape by Pennsylvania artist Arthur Meltzer titled “The Robe of Winter”, opened up at $20,000 [Read More]
Hart Davis Hart achieved exceptional results this weekend in Chicago, realizing $3,540,032 against a pre-sale auction estimate of $1,926,900- $2,880,830. Collections of DRC, Lafite, and Pétrus brought intense bidding with many prices skyrocketing over the high estimate. A case of 1982 Château Pétrus (mags) more than doubled the high estimate, bringing $71,700 [Read More]
With over 250 million registered users and a trading volume of more than USD 60 billion per annum, eBay is the largest marketplace in the world. However, eBay was previously only of limited suitability for the sale of holidays or hotel stays because the system lacked a booking facility. Now Cultuzz Digital [Read More]