The Battle of Lepanto (lot 35) by Andries van Eertvelt (1590 – 1652) is one of the highlights of the Old Master paintings sale which will be held Tuesday 18 May 2010 at Sotheby’s Amsterdam. The Battle of Lepanto took place on 7 October 1571 in the Gulf of Patras, off western [Read More]
Monthly Archives: April 2010
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Sotheby’s London announced that the Spanish section of its 19th Century European Paintings sale on Wednesday, 2 June, 2010 will be headed by a rare work by Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923). Joaquín Sorolla stands out as the period’s most prolific and renowned artist and was the subject of a major retrospective of his [Read More]
Christie’s, announces that its eighth auction of International Modern and Contemporary Art, estimated at $4.8 million, realized $15,122,125 / AED55,528,443, selling 96% by value and 86% by lot. This is an extraordinary result which reflects the quality of the sale and the passion of the collectors that Christie’s has helped to bring [Read More]
Sotheby’s biannual sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art in London will take place on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 and presents for sale over 220 lots. The auction, estimated to realise approximately £4 million, will be headlined by a unique pair of Imperial gilt and patinated-bronze winter plum trees, their [Read More]
AJ Karas Auctioneers has announced a Real Estate Auction to be held Saturday, May 15, at 1:07 p.m., at the Equestrian Center at the Preserve at Pine Meadows, in Pine, Colo. (near Conifer). This auction represents a Developer Closeout of Phase One of this award-winning new planned community. Seven premium mountain view [Read More]
A world-class St. Augustine spa called “perfect” by past guests is on the market with a May 21 auction date, a “perfect 10” business opportunity for entrepreneurs with an eye for beauty and great business deal. Designed by renowned spa designer Robert D. Henry, The Laterra Spa & Fitness Center is part [Read More]
Art and antiques spanning 400 years from four major estates and other important consignors will comprise what is anticipated to be Clars largest and most important sale in their over sixty year history. Several million dollars of exceptional property has been consigned for their May 15th and 16th, 2010 Fine Estates Auction [Read More]
A rare, 184-year-old map that captures a critical point in Northeast Ohio history will soon be unveiled as it is presented for a May auction with expected bids as high as $50,000. The 1826 Savery-Sumner map, titled Map Of The Western Reserve Including the Fire Lands in Ohio, is one of the [Read More]
One of, if not the most famous image in all of Fantasy Art – Frank Frazetta’s instantly-recognizable 1973 classic Warrior with Ball and Chain, Flashing Swords #1, paperback cover – will be offered at Heritage Auctions Beverly Hills, on May 6, as part of The Frank Collection of Sci-Fi Art, a sub-offering [Read More]
(ANN ARBOR, Mich.) – A firemen’s Hunnemann hand-drawn handtub with pumper, built in 1860 and beautifully restored after a barn fire, sold for $99,000 at a multi-estate sale held Apr. 9-11 by Showtime Auction Services, at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor. Nearly 2,000 lots from several major collections in [Read More]
“About a year ago anxious prospects made for uncertainty, but the art market has not only proven stability in challenging times, it even reached new heights“, said Robert Ketterer, owner of Ketterer Kunst. “Its the quality that counts“, he continues in view of his main auction on 12 June 2010, which has [Read More]
A superb collection of Japanese tin automotive, very special space toys, pre-war and post-war celluloid, top-shelf battery-ops, and selections from the great toymakers will be featured in the spring sale of Smith House Toy & Auction Company. The phone and online auction, which opens May 27 and closes June 11, will offer [Read More]
A very rare and unusual screen-print by Ben Nicholson is one of the star lots in Bonhams Prints from the St Ives School sale on 25 May in London. The image, George and Rufus (£2,500 – 3,500), is printed in colour on rayon and was based on a series of paintings that [Read More]
(ST. CHARLES, Mo.) – An outstanding marked, 25-inch Handel leaded and reverse painted lamp with an Egyptian design and large 20-inch square shade lit up the room for $16,000 at a sale of the single-owner lifetime collection of Dale Gabel, held Apr. 9-10 at the St. Charles Convention Center. The auction was [Read More]
Sotheby’s has announced the sale of a group of works whose story must surely rank among the most compelling in art market history. The works, a long-lost treasure trove of paintings, prints, books and drawings by key avant-garde artists of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, belonged to Ambroise Vollard, the [Read More]
Christie’s has announced The Green Auction: A Bid to Save the Earth evening sale raised $1,387,000 to benefit four environmental organizations: Conservation International, Oceana, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and The Central Park Conservancy. The live auction celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and has a companion silent auction hosted by [Read More]
Grand Estates Auction Co., America’s top luxury real estate auction firm with hundreds of successful auctions of one-of-a-kind properties, is selling two distinctive Atlanta-area properties, including a penthouse owned by a former CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises, on the same day – Tuesday, May 4. Both will be sold at “absolute” auctions, which [Read More]
In March 2010, an international conference of experts and world leaders called on wealthy countries to invest in technical innovation and green economics. “Green growth is the path to meeting the climate challenge. It can help us to lay the foundation for lasting and widespread economic recovery. It can help us reduce [Read More]