National Commercial Auctioneers [www.natcomauctions.com] announces an absolute auction scheduled for the Holiday Inn in downtown Sheffield, Ala., on April 21, according to Stephen Karbelk, CAI, AARE, President of National Commercial Auctioneers. “The property will be sold […]
Monthly Archives: March 2010
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(NORTHPORT, Ala.) – A monumental set of four matching American Gothic bookcases, beautifully crafted in Philadelphia in 1854 and attributed to the workshop of Crawford Riddell, a noted cabinetmaker of the time, sold for $115,000 at […]
BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of European Furniture and Decorative Arts, featuring Fine Silver on Saturday, April 10th at 10 a.m. in Skinner’s Boston gallery. Nearly 1,000 items will be up for […]
A pair of 40-Bore pistols owned by accomplished big game hunter Major Dick Cooper, best friend of Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke and friend of Ernest Hemingway, are to be offered at Bonhams, Knightsbridge as part of […]
Out nations great love of dogs was in evidence at Richard Winterton’s Fine Art Sale on 25th March when an oil painting of pug puppies proved ‘best in show’. Dogs in art have always been held […]
Top lot at Swann Galleries March 9th 2010 auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings was Amedeo Modigliani’s pencil drawing of Beatrice Hastings, circa 1915, which brought $84,000. The portrait of the political activist […]
Bonhams seventh sale of South African Art in London on 24.March.12010. Out of a total of 135 works by 42 artists 82% sold making a total of £2.6m (R28.5m) achieved by this sale, the seventh South […]
Engines, cabooses, boxcars, barrel loaders, semaphores, and stations, all of which boys and girls of any age dream, will be sold April 10 at Gateway Gallery Auction. “This particular collection of model trains is in excellent […]
Grey Flannel Auctions Summer Games Auction, with bidding on now through April 14, is packed with desirable game-worn apparel, jewelry, trophies, and game-used equipment autographed by superstars of baseball, football, basketball and hockey. The centerpiece of […]
Auction will also include several pieces from Scott of the Antarctic’s Terra Nova A MONUMENTAL model of H.M.S. Leviathan will be offered by Charles Miller Ltd on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 in his sale of Maritime […]
Sale Features Apollo 13 Emergency Check List Used and Annotated 40 Years Ago Additional Highlights Include an Apollo 11 Patch Consigned Directly by Astronaut Michael Collins and a Diamond Pin from Apollo 1 Widows New York […]
Bonhams is pleased to announce the joining of forces with the Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) by having been named the organization’s exclusive auctioneers. As stewards of historic automobiles, HMSA is one of the most respected […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]