Monthly Archives: February 2010

As the only international auction house to have dedicated glass and paperweight sales, Bonhams is proud to announce the auction of ‘Fine Paperweights from the collection of the late Baroness de Bellet’ to be held on 19th May 2010 at 2pm in New Bond Street, London. Collected in America, London and more [Read More]

John Moran Auctioneers is delighted to begin the 2010 auction season with a sale of California and American Art distinguished by extraordinary quality throughout. The Tuesday, February 16th event is one of Moran’s signature tri-annual Art Auctions, marquee events attended by private collectors and dealers nationwide. John Moran expects that the exceptional [Read More]

Beverly Hills Celebrity Art Dealer and Appraiser and Edwards-Lowell Furs will conduct a two day auction at 8712 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills 90210. This exclusive sale, with many items at NO RESERVE, will include fine oil paintings,estate art, rare Hollywood and Celebrity photography, famous name artists, signed celebrity and sports memorabilia, unclaimed [Read More]

An unusual Hawkes & Son Bach trumpet which was played at dances at Balmoral Castle is being offered alongside other exciting lots at a Fine Musical Instrument auction on Wednesday 10th March 2010, Bonhams New Bond Street, London at 11am. The trumpet was the property of the late leader of the Kincardine [Read More]

An exceptional selection of memorabilia related to the American World Heavyweight Champion, Gene Tunney (1897-1978), including medals, tickets, clothing, telegrams, pencil drawings, and photographs, is being offered by Bonhams in Chester, as part of its sale of Sporting Memorabilia on February 24th, 2010. Tunney made boxing history on September 22, 1927 when [Read More]

LiveBlock Auctions International (LAI) is pleased to announce that the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company, the world’s greatest collector car auctions, has renewed its contract with LAI. As part of this agreement, LAI will expand its current offering of live online auction software and services to include Barrett Jackson’s inaugural auction in Orange County [Read More]

Christie’s London heralds Spring with the sale of Hanham Court – A Pastoral Idyll, a charming and eclectic collection to be held at Christie’s South Kensington on Wednesday, 14 April 2010. Immersed in the world of antiques from a young age, Isabel and Julian Bannerman first met in Edinburgh in 1982 and [Read More]

Sotheby’s New York is to offer Photographs from the Polaroid Collection on June 21st and 22nd, 2010 in New York. The collection of more than 1,200 works provides unique insight into the influence of Polaroid’s revolutionary technology – which all but eliminated the distance between inspiration and realization – on the history [Read More]

Christie’s London Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale realized £39,149,500 / $61,073,220 / €44,278,085 selling 90% by lot and 96% by value. The sale had a pre-sale estimate of £26,290,000 to £38,260,000. Francis Outred, Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art, Christie’s Europe: “This evening’s auction not only showed that confidence has returned [Read More]

Every week, more than 3,000 Americans lose a limb. Without insurance or sufficient coverage many of these amputees are unable to afford the expensive prosthetic arms and legs that help make it possible to resume their daily lives. The Limbs for Life Foundation was created to bring awareness to the plight of [Read More]

A lovely Roman marble bust that film director, Franco Zeffirrelli gave as a wedding gift to friends who worked with him on the filming of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’, will be sold at Bonhams next Antiquities Sale in London on 28th April. Dating from the second century AD the Roman herm [Read More]

Sotheby’s London Contemporary Art Evening Sale brought the exceptionally strong total of £54,074,450 / $84,761,700 / €61,461,160 – well in excess of pre-sale expectations (Estimate: £32,157,000-44,986,000), establishing the second highest total for a February Sale of Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s. The auction achieved remarkable sell-through rates: 97.9% by lot and 99.4% by [Read More]

ICAP Ocean Tomo, the intellectual property brokerage division of ICAP plc (IAP.L), today announced it will offer for sale a patent portfolio of smart card technology at its upcoming Live Auction March 25, 2010, in San Francisco. The portfolio contains two U.S. issued patents, one non-U.S. patent, and three U.S. patent applications. [Read More]

Newport, R.I.-based Embrace Home Loans recently organized and held an auction, in lieu of holding its annual sales meeting, to raise funds for Haiti. Raising more than $20,000, contributions will go towards Partners with Haiti to support Haitian orphanages. Embrace Home Loans is a prominent leader in the mortgage industry and a [Read More]

Domainer Mardi Gras (http://www.domainermardigras.com), a premier domain names conference being held February 11-13 at the New Orleans Marriott, announced the availability of the Moniker® (http://www.moniker.com) and SnapNames® (http://www.snapnames.com) Showcase Auction catalog of hand-picked generic and keyword domain names. This auction is being conducted in partnership with Moniker® and SnapNames® to incorporate a [Read More]

It was announced today that Iron Horse Auction Company, Inc. of Rockingham, NC will be conducting an auction of forfeited assets from the Sean Mescall/CapitalStreet Financial LLC Ponzi Scheme of Denver, NC. Acting under a Federal Court Order on behalf of the United States Court appointed receiver, Iron Horse Auction Company, Inc. [Read More]

Phoenix Furniture Auction, Arizona’s largest auction featuring brand-new furniture, will host the former star of HGTV “Designing for the Sexes” interior designer, Michael Payne on Friday, February 12 at the grand opening of the new Paradise Valley location at 4848 E. Cactus Road (48th Street and Cactus). For more information or to [Read More]

Christie’s London announce the sale of stellar English furniture from the John Parry collection on Thursday, March 25. An internationally renowned collector in the field, Parry’s passionate connoisseurship, his eye for detail, rare design and his commitment to quality, is showcased by exemplary walnut, oak and yew furniture dating from the 17th [Read More]