A 1960s Cresta Couture black lace dress owned by the celebrated 20th century ballet dancer Dame Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991), which she gave to Sarah Hamilton, her interior designer between 1962 and 1965, is to be offered at Bonhams, Knowle, as part of its Costume and Textiles sale on 20 April 2010. The [Read More]
Daily Archives: March 25, 2010
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Christie’s announce that they will offer the first part of an extensive selection of exceptional medieval and renaissance masterpieces on 7 July 2010 in London. The Arcana Collection: Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula Part I is an outstanding private collection which has been assembled over the past 3 decades and which includes [Read More]
Christie’s Auctioneers has announced its three Photographs sales this spring season will be held in New York on April 14 and 15, 2010. The three separate sales include two single owner collections, Three Decades with Irving Penn: Photographs from the Collection of Patricia McCabe, and Selections from the Baio Collection of Photographs [Read More]
As a highlight of its Important American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture auction on May 20 in New York, Christie’s announced it will offer the most significant collection of paintings and illustrations by the beloved American artist Maxfield Parrish ever to be offered at auction. Major works from all periods of Parrish’s long [Read More]
For the first time in its 27-year history, the Annual Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education Benefit for Children will offer about 400 fantastic and innovative Silent and Live Auction items, a record number, to a new world of bidders via the Internet for three weeks beginning Monday, March 29 through Sunday, [Read More]
Grand Estates Auction Co., which specializes in auctioning premier, one-of-a-kind residential real estate, is auctioning two distinctive waterfront properties in Charleston, S.C., and Lake Oconee, Ga. The “absolute” auctions, where there are no minimum bids and no reserves, will be held at the residences at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, and [Read More]
A lifetime’s collection of important Doulton stoneware pottery by the gifted Hannah Barlow and her equally talented sister Florence comes under the hammer at Colwyn Bay, North Wales auctioneers Rogers Jones & Co on Tuesday March 30. Much of the collection was acquired from sources in the Staffordshire Potteries between the years [Read More]
Gray’s Auctioneers announces Auction 28: Fine Jewelry, Gems and Watches, to be held March 31st at 1pm. This diverse sale features over 125 stunning jewelry lots ranging from rings, bracelets and necklaces to brooches, pendants and earrings. Of particular note is a David Webb ladies 18 kt yellow and white gold, diamond [Read More]