(LITCHFIELD, Conn.) – The beautiful circa 1830 Greek Revival-style home known locally as the Historic Trowbridge-Thoms House belonging to longtime antiques dealer Thomas McBride, plus the adjacent barn that has served as an antiques shop for over 45 years, will be sold in an on-site auction slated for Saturday, June 5. The [Read More]
Daily Archives: May 18, 2010
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Christie’s London announced the details of the auction of works of art from the attics, stables, cellars and storerooms at Althorp which will take place at the South Kensington salerooms on 7 and 8 July. The auction will also present the most important ancestral collection of carriages ever to appear at auction. [Read More]
Sotheby’s announced the sale of a special and important group of exceptionally rare works by the celebrated Bengali artist and poet, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), in its annual sale of Indian Art in London on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010. The highly important group of 12 paintings is presented for sale by the Dartington [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York will offer a Highly Important Series of Over Forty Autograph Letters and Postcards from Surrealist master René Magritte to poet Paul Colinet, on 18 June 2010. The correspondence forms an extraordinary record of the artist’s creative process in addition to revealing the literary and artistic influences on his work [Read More]
Grand Estates Auction Co. is offering seven distinctive homes in June at “absolute” auctions, where no set starting bid or minimum reserve immediately establishes the true market value and assures a prompt sale that benefits both buyer and seller. Grand Estates, America’s top luxury real estate auction firm, will offer rare retreats [Read More]
Moniker® and SnapNames®, both Oversee.net® companies, announced that the live auction at DOMAINfest® Fort Lauderdale yielded nearly $2.4 million in total live auction sales. The highlight of the auction was the sale of Dating.com, which sold for $1.75 million. The sales figures punctuate a string of impressive recent sales by the Oversee.net [Read More]
Professional Appraisers and Liquidators Antique Auctions will be the venue for the Estate of Harry Renker, Retired Delta Pilot and International Purveyor of Fine Antiques. The auction is to take place on June 26, 2010 beginning at 10am. Auctioneer, Charles Fudge, a 40 year veteran auctioneer of antiques, fine art and collectibles [Read More]