The first Important Australian Art auction for 2010, held on 21 April, yeilded some exceptional results for all categories of Australian art from contemporary and modern through to traditional. The highlight of the sale was undoubtedly Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly (1956) which was hotly contested by bidders in the saleroom and on [Read More]
Monthly Archives: April 2010
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A masterpiece valued at HK$120 million/US$15,480,000 by Ming Dynasty Chinese classical painting master Shitao (1642–1707) will be offered by leading international auction house Christie’s at its Hong Kong Spring Sales on May 28th. Shitao, a renowned scholar-artist, was one of the most influential painters of his time and had a profound effect [Read More]
The auction will be held on-site, at Bella Vida in Aberdeen, Miss., by Stevens Auction Company (ABERDEEN, Miss.) – The estate of the late J.T. Boudreaux of southern Louisiana, plus the contents of the magnificent Bella Vida mansion, will be sold Saturday, May 1, beginning promptly at 9 a.m. (CST). The on-site [Read More]
Concierge Auctions (www.conciergeauctions.com), the leading luxury real estate auction company, has selected Tower 56 (126 East 56th Street) in Manhattan as its headquarters, announced CEO George Graham. The new office will house the company’s executive team, led by Graham. Concierge Auctions operates nationwide and is a preferred auction provider to Sotheby’s International [Read More]
The former Toledo Masonic Center on Heatherdowns Boulevard in Toledo will sell at auction Tuesday, June 1, along with 29 acres of surrounding land, according to Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company. “In keeping with nationwide trends, the Masonic lodges that used the facility had a net loss in membership over the [Read More]
A small kreutzer coin, that was all a single stamp from the sheet coming up for auction at Vienna Dorotheum on 4th May 2010 once cost. The quarter sheet on offer consists of 45 stamps and is a real rarity. The stamp had its debut on 1. 11. 1849 as one of [Read More]
Some of Mark Twains letters and unpublished memoirs are to be sold on June 17 at Sotheby’s in New York, where they could fetch up to 1 million dollars, the auction house announced . The announcement came on the 100th anniversary of Twain’s death on April 21, 1910, after his storied lifetime [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York spring sale of African, Oceanic and Pre Columbian Art will be held on 14 May 2010 and will offer collectors a selection of tribal arts from important American and international private collections. The auction comprises an especially rich offering of Oceanic works of art, many of which are icons [Read More]
When the British Expeditionary Force of 1901 was sent to lift the siege of the British Legation in Beijing and quell the Boxer Rebellion it is known that they entered the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. As a result of this military initiative Chinese works of art including two monumental screens [Read More]
Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., the leading hybrid model salvage auto auction company and a wholly owned subsidiary of KAR Auction Services, Inc. (NYSE: KAR), announced their new facility in Anchorage, Alaska. This marks the 14th branch location in IAA’s northwest region and adds to the more than 150 locations throughout North America. [Read More]
On April 28-29, 2010, Cowan’s salesroom in Cincinnati, Ohio, will offer over 1200 lots of relics and weaponry from the Civil War to WWII. Featured in the auction are nearly 500 lots related to the U.S. Cavalry, from the Estate of Thomas Adlon, Visalia, California, the Estate of Richard R. Lea, Ft. [Read More]
On April 27, Dan Morphy Auctions will present a 274-lot specialty sale featuring new, used and antique firearms; edged weapons, military antiques and Civil War memorabilia. “In our past auctions, antique and collectible firearms proved to be a highly popular category, so in response to many, many requests, we decided to add [Read More]
lot 366 at Bonhams next sale of Fine Japanese Art on May 11th, is a superb decorated dish also estimated to sell for £100,000 to £150,000. This is a fine and rare Nabeshima shaku-zara, a large dish, circa 1690-1760, decorated with strange images which represent Buddhist symbols of precious emblems comprising the [Read More]
Masterpieces by Lytras, Poulakas and Maleas Expected to Make Record Prices The biggest work ever to appear at auction by the major Greek expressionist painter Georgios Bouzianis entitled Frau mit Tisch und Stuhl, measuring 138 x 105 cm, is expected to sell for £200,000 – 300,000 at Bonhams 16th Greek Sale at [Read More]
Montserrat College of Art’s (www.montserrat.edu) annual Artrageous!24 benefit art auction will be held Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. at 72 Cherry Hill Drive, Beverly, MA. http://www.montserrat.edu/ Alumnus Eric Hopkins http://www.montserrat.edu/ of North Haven Island, Maine, will be this year’s Honorary Artist. Through his art and with his thoughts and ideas [Read More]
One of Francis Cadell’s iconic Iona pictures is for sale at Bonhams 19th and 20th Century Pictures and Prints sale in Edinburgh on 22 April. It is expected to make between £40,000 – 60,000. FCB Cadell (1883-1937), one of the celebrated Scottish Colourists, visited the tiny island of Iona off the west [Read More]
Bonhams inaugural bi-coastal auction of Modern, Contemporary Art and Latin American Art is to be held in New York and simulcast to the Los Angeles saleroom on May 11, 2010. This season’s sale includes three notable firsts: the first trans-American simulcast auction in the category; the first time Latin American art has [Read More]
Moniker® and SnapNames®, both Oversee.net companies, will host an online auction from May 4-11, placing some of the best call-to-action .ME domains up for bid. “Our personal names auction earlier this month allowed people around the world to snatch up their first or last name attached to a dot-ME domain,” stated Predrag [Read More]