Daily Archives: April 15, 2010

Christie’s New York will bring more than 180 works of art to the saleroom in A Marriage of Collections: The Property of Dr. Julius and Dena K. Tarshis. Focused into four main categories- 19th century European and Russian glass, European porcelain, antique and ancient jewelry and walking sticks- the works on offer [Read More]

New York / Berlin, – artnet Auctions offers continuous online auctions of fine art, prints and photographs. Starting April 15, artnet Auctions will present 275 exquisite photographs by artists from Berenice Abbott to James Van Der Zee in a special sale that ends April 29th. Leading the sale is an extraordinary group [Read More]

After 40 years of operating one of New York City’s finest antique lighting shops, Ned Kell and Buddy McCarthy, the venerable owners of Treasures and Trifles, have retired. On Monday evening, April 26th, Grogan and Company Fine Art Auctioneers and Appraisers will conduct the Treasures and Trifles Auction, featuring the entire contents [Read More]

Bonhams are to sell ten bottles of wine previously owned by the 1930s British Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley in the Fine and Rare Wines auction on Thursday 13th May, New Bond Street. Mosley was a British politician primarily known for being the founder of the British Union of Fascists. He was [Read More]

A photographic commission for Vivienne Westwood’s On Liberty collection 1994-5, Donut, Kym, for Vivienne Westwood, 1994, by Dutch duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, which was used in a calendar and advertising campaign, is to be sold for £12,000 – 15,000 in the first auction for Bonhams new photography department on [Read More]

James Bond and film fanatics in general will be keen to know about a forthcoming auction on Tuesday 27th April. The Collectors’ Sale held by Richard Winterton Auctioneers of Lichfield will include a replica ‘golden gun’ commemorating the 1974 Roger Moore film ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’. Anyone who has seen [Read More]

Christie’s London celebrates 18th century porcelain with two important sales entitled White Gold. The first collection which will be offered on 12 May coincides with the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Meissen factory and is a fitting celebration of this important cultural and historic event. This single owner collection of [Read More]

Sotheby’s London bi-annual Arts of the Islamic World Sale, which presented for sale works of art that span from the rise of Islam in the 7th century through to the 19th century, today achieved the record total of £15,447,450 ($23,772,081), well in excess of pre-sale expectations (est. £6.3-9.1 million). The well-attended auction, [Read More]

Sotheby’s spring Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in New York on 5 May 2010 presents a superb offering of works by a range of artists including Monet, Picasso, Matisse, Feininger, and Modigliani. Many come from esteemed private collections and estates and are fresh to the market. Prior to the auction, [Read More]

As a highlight of the upcoming Spring auction season, Christie’s New York will present Property from the Collection of Raymond and Miriam Klein, a selection of exceptional fine art from the couple’s spectacular residence in historic Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia. Works from the collection will be featured in a series of major [Read More]

Auction records for 19th and 20th century photographs were achieved on March 23 at Swann Galleries’ two-part auction of The Stephen L. White Photograph Collection; and Fine Photographs. The White Collection, which was exhibited at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum in 2001, consisted of just over 100 remarkable works depicting aspects of the [Read More]

The third Saturday of April marks a special day in the lives of Auctioneers throughout the U.S., National Auctioneers Day. The Michigan State Auctioneers Association (MSAA) will join fellow Auctioneers across the nation to celebrate this annual event, Saturday, April 17th, 2010. One of America’s oldest professions and the last bastion of [Read More]

Cat Auction Services, recognized the world over for its commitment to building customer loyalty, announced recently that it will hold two unreserved public auctions in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.) area on May 5 and 6. These mark the company’s third and fourth Twin Cities-based auctions and come on the heels [Read More]