Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) made a striking appearance at a local auction house, albeit in the form of a sixteenth century miniature portrait. The 6cm high oval portrait miniature of our iconic monarch had been brought into Richard Winterton’s routine valuation day by a local client. The Queen is depicted in her [Read More]
Monthly Archives: May 2010
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An important painting by the British painter Frank Auerbach of his long-term lover, Estella Olive West, entitled Head of E.O.W. III, 1961, is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its 20th Century British Art sale on 30 June 2010. The painting, which has never appeared at auction [Read More]
Arlington, Virginia – A polar bear dance, a doomed thresher shark, and a crowd of giant tortoises gathered at dawn in the Galapagos are just a few of the stunning images that have been selected as the Top 40 Nature Photographs of all time to celebrate the inaugural Green Auction on the [Read More]
CQout has announced that it is targeting disaffected Chinese Sellers following unpopular eBay rules changes. In the wake of a raft of changes announced by eBay to its Marketplaces business, and a subsequent feeling of dissatisfaction amongst many of its Sellers at new fees and the new eBay Buyer Protection Plan, CQout [Read More]
Christie’s London announced that they will offer Syd Levethan – The Longridge Collection in London on 10 and 11 June 2010. One of the most prominent and distinguished collectors of British and Northern European decorative arts, the late Syd Levethan assembled the Longridge Collection over a period of 30 years and was [Read More]
The summer 2010 sale at Christie’s London, on Wednesday 16 June, will meet the renewed vigor of demand with one of the strongest sales of its type to be offered on the international auction platform for many years. With estimates ranging from £3,000 to £1.5 million, the sale is expected to realise [Read More]
Concierge Auctions will host a luxury real estate auction of the Spring Creek Ranch, a breathtaking estate in the Bitterroot Valley, Montana, on July 7. The sale is being conducted in cooperation with Prudential Montana Real Estate. “The Spring Creek Ranch is ideal for anyone seeking a premier mountain estate with the [Read More]
.CO Internet S.A.S. (www.COinternet.co), the registry operator of the .co domain, announced today that it would hold a global charity auction for the one-letter domain name – e.co. The auction will commence on June 7 at 12:00 pm EDT with a ceremonial kick-off presentation at Internet Week headquarters in New York City, [Read More]
Just in time for its upcoming Inaugural event in Orange County, California, The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company has announced the release of a new, free app which brings the auction experience to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The app provides up-to-date information about Barrett-Jackson, photos and details about automobiles available at the [Read More]
Fine arts auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields will host the firm’s largest and most extensive auction of Fine European and American Furniture and Decorative Arts on Monday, June 14, 2010 in San Francisco. The late spring sale features American, English, French, Italian and Continental decorative arts, with an evening session devoted to furniture [Read More]
Prior to Clars’ May 15th and 16th, 2010 antique and estate auction, company President Redge Martin knew that this would be one of their strongest sales to date based on the important estates to be represented and the quality of consignments in both important art and furnishings. When the final hammer dropped [Read More]
World records set with works from Irving Ramsey Wiles and William Alexander BOSTON, Mass.– Skinner, Inc today announced exceptional results of its recent American & European Paintings & Prints auction, held last Friday, May 21st. Several world records were set with the sale grossing $3,982,398.00, including buyer’s premium. The auction’s top lot [Read More]
Abal Auction Real Estate (www.abalauction.com) announces the online auction liquidation of equipment assets of Touchton Industries in Jacksonville, Fla., according to Dr. Joseph Abal, auctioneer. In a common theme, Touchton Industries of Jacksonville, Florida has closed its doors due to financial problems. The 100 year old company started by the Touchton Family [Read More]
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, will celebrate the Grand Opening of its new Madrid (Ocana) permanent auction site, with a two-day public unreserved auction on June 3 – 4, 2010. On the morning of June 4, Company officials and Ocana Mayor Jose Carlos Martinez Osteso [Read More]
An intimate portrait by Pablo Picasso of the artist’s friend Mr Minguell is to feature in the Impressionist and Modern Art auction at Bonhams on Tuesday 22nd June, and is estimated to fetch £700,000-1,000,000. The portrait shows Mr Minguell, a Catalan tailor who was probably introduced to the artist on his visit [Read More]
This summer Christie’s London presents the first of its bi-annual Centuries of Style sales, a reflection of the finest examples of silver, European ceramics, portrait miniatures and gold boxes from the early sixteenth century to the twentieth century. The sale on 10 June in London will offer collectors the chance to purchase [Read More]
Grand Estates Auction Co. (www.GrandEstatesAuction.com), America’s top luxury real estate auction firm, is offering a luxurious mountainside retreat built into the foothills of Conifer, Colo., that offers the best of both resort living and convenience to urban amenities. The auction at 2 pm on Tuesday, June 15, is “absolute,” where the absence [Read More]
Sotheby’s London will auction one of the rarest books of modern times: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet, which debuts the most celebrated literary character of all time – Sherlock Holmes. Published in 1887 and written in under three weeks, this work to be offered is one of only two [Read More]