Monthly Archives: February 2010

Christie’s are to auction 25 masterpieces from the Collection of Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi at the auction of International Modern and Contemporary Art on 27 April 2010 in Dubai. While serving first as Mayor and then as Lord Mayor of Jeddah in the 1970s and 1980s, Dr. Farsi was instrumental in making [Read More]

I.M. Chait Gallery/Auctioneers will hold its fourth annual New York City Asia Week auction on Friday, March 27 in a new location and with an elite collection of Important Chinese Ceramics and Asian Works of Art. The exhibition and sale will be conducted in the famed Fuller Building, 41 East 57th Street, [Read More]

Inez Rix, owner and founder of Direct Auctions has been thrilled and surprised with the client demand for 2010. “Traditionally, January and February are sleepy times for us, with sellers and buyers slow to start the year, but so far this year has been a completely different story!” Inez puts the high [Read More]

Picture recalls Rothschild image destroyed in Blitz An early racing painting by Sir Alfred Munnings leads Bonhams New Bond Street’s sale of 20th Century British Art on Wednesday 17 March 2010. Originally in the collection of the prominent English racehorse owner and breeder, J.V. Rank, it is the first time that this [Read More]

(WICHITA, Kan.) – An outstanding, marked KPM oval porcelain plaque, boasting a finely detailed portrait titled Rembrandt’s Mother, sold for $7,250 at the sale of the lifetime personal collections of Elizabeth and the late Clarence Lee Dubois of Arkansas. The auction was conducted Feb. 13 in the 4-H Hall of the Sedgwick [Read More]

First growth Bordeaux includes over one hundred full cases from the great modern vintages with remarkable provenance and nearly all in original wooden cases and vast offering of Château Pétrus (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. announced today the highlights of the March 19th and 20th auction of Finest and [Read More]

Sotheby’s New York has announced that it will hold an auction of fine and decorative arts from the contents of Albemarle House, the magnificent home of vintner and philanthropist, Patricia Kluge. The two-day auction, which will take place on June 8 and 9, will be held on the premises, located outside of [Read More]

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Frederic Chopin’s birth, Chopin Vodka unveiled a hand-blown, seven-foot tall, 200-liter glass bottle on the red carpet at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. This is the largest bottle of vodka ever produced and is an exact replica of Chopin Vodka’s signature bottle. Inspired by its [Read More]

RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house, announces the consignment of cars with a NASCAR connection to its annual ‘Collector Cars of Fort Lauderdale’ event, March 26th – 28th in Florida. Taking pole position is a 2007 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS NASCAR, raced by Dale Earnhardt Jr. Challenging for the [Read More]

The collapse of an Ocean City real-estate partnership has led to competing auctions for waterfront condominiums — and created an opportunity for real-estate bargain hunters. On Saturday, February 27, Marshall Auctions will hold an auction of 11 luxury condo units and available boat slips, all of which are part of Bahia Vista, [Read More]

(WAYNE, Pa.) – Coming off a highly successful vintage clocks and horology auction at the end of last year, in which about 250 lots changed hands (half of them being wood shelf clocks dating to the early 19th century), Gordon S. Converse & Co. will ring in 2010 with a Discovery Antique [Read More]

A rare copy of the first Batman comic book has far surpassed the previous comic books record price, $317,000, paid for a first Superman comic in 2009, and the bidding is still underway with Batman already at $418,250. Super heroes and pop culture fans will learn the final, new record price when [Read More]

The three-day weekend event will be held in Ann Arbor, Mich., by Showtime Auction Services (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) – – Nearly 2,000 lots from several major collections in an array of categories – firefighting items from the Granite Handtub Museum in Newmarket, N.H., a private arcade machine collection, around 150 rare toys [Read More]

Bonhams sale of South African art on March 24th in London boasts stunning works by Sekoto and Pierneef, two of the sub continents leading artists. A glorious glowing Gerard Sekoto (South African, 1913-1993) oil painting, titled ‘Market Street Scene, Cape Town’ 35.5 x 45.7cm (14 x 18in) is without doubt the highlight [Read More]

National Commercial Auctioneers, LLC (NCA) is proud to be the top funding supporter of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) Southwest Conference scheduled for April 7 – 9, 2010 at the Barton Creek Resort, Austin, TX. Hosted by the Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana Chapters of the TMA, this is the annual regional conference [Read More]

“After the excessive days are over, stability has once more gained a foothold on the art market. Quality objects make for great results“, said Robert Ketterer, auctioneer and owner of Ketterer Kunst. “There is an upward tendency“, he adds with regards to the upcoming spring auctions. The lots of the auctions on [Read More]

ISTANBUL – Antik A.S., the leading auction house of Turkey, announce the 260th auction of Modern and Contemporary Art in Istanbul which will take place on Sunday 7 March 2010. Antik A.S., will offer the masterpiece by Erol Akyava (1932-1999) ever to have appeared on the market. Estimated at USD 1-1.5 million [Read More]

Artfact is pleased to announce the National Book Auctions’ Books and Ephemera Auction on February 28 is available for online bidding exclusively through Artfact Live! The auction offers over 450 lots including: an uncommon collection of Maurice Sendak material, signed and unsigned modern firsts by Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, scarce nineteenth-century works, and [Read More]