A stunning and provocative Art Deco statuette, ‘The Cigarette Girl, (£20,000 – 30,000) once owned by Elton John is coming up for auction at Bonhams ‘Design from 1860’ sale on Wednesday 16 June. During the 1970s, the singer amassed a high quality art deco collection, sparking a fashion among the rich and [Read More]
Monthly Archives: May 2010
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Montserrat College of Art’s (www.montserrat.edu) annual Artrageous24! benefit art auction raised more than $225,000.00 for student scholarship — a 12% increase in the financial aid the college can offer to students from the annual benefit event. according to Auction Co-chairs Linda Harvey and Liz Dellicker. “We would like to publicly thank our [Read More]
Internet and catalog auction was conducted April 14-28; nearly 750 quality lots changed hands. (LITCHFIELD, Conn.) – A pair of oil on canvas paintings by the prolific and gifted Korean artist Kim Heung Sou (b. 1919) sold for a combined $52,500 in an Internet and catalog auction held Apr. 14-28 by Litchfield [Read More]
One of the most luxurious homes in Nashville’s Forest Hills community and one of the few to be built there since the 1960s, will be sold in an absolute auction Saturday, June 5. The three-year-old home has approximately 8,600 square feet, a master suite with a see-through fireplace, a home theater and [Read More]
Much of the original library from Highgrove House, now the home of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, is for sale at the Books, Maps and Manuscripts sale at Bonhams in London on 8 June. Containing much that would be considered essential for an educated man of the time – for example, works [Read More]
A Fabergé clock spirited out of Russia in 1917 by the deposed Tsar’s aide-de-camp, Prince Mikhail Cantacuzène, and his American wife Julia, granddaughter of US President, Ulysses Grant, is for sale at Bonhams Russian sale on 7 June. The silver-mounted seed-pearl and enamel clock (£70,000- 90,000) is a fabulous reminder of a [Read More]
The work of L.S. Lowry (1887-1976) holds a special place in the heart of the British public and Sotheby’s sale of 20th Century British Art on Wednesday, 26 May 2010, will present four exceptional works by the much celebrated British master. The pictures come from three different private collections and have never [Read More]
On June 9, Christie’s new York will offer as a special addition to its sale of Old Masters & 19th Century Art, a selection of European paintings and sculpture from the former Salander-O’Reilly Galleries based in Manhattan. The inventory is to be sold pursuant to a Chapter 11 plan approved by the [Read More]
Union Bank & Trust in Pottsville, Penn. authorizes an auction of 24 townhome lots and 14.72 acres of bare land located in The Villas at Pine Grove subdivision in Pine Grove, Penn. Maas Companies Inc, an auction company specializing in the selling of real estate, industrial plants, equipment and special assets of [Read More]
Cat Auction Services, recognized the world over for its commitment to building customer loyalty, has announced it will hold an unreserved public auction in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, June 17. Coming on the heels of auctions in Houston, Texas, and the Twin Cities, Minn., the Iowa auction returns Cat Auction Services [Read More]
Kaminski Auctions’ April Estates Auction, which took place April 24, 2010, offered a premier selection of items from estates in Massachusetts and beyond. Strong sales and enthusiastic bidding throughout the auction made the event an unqualified success, with many items selling well above their original estimates. Of particular interest was an important [Read More]
Quinn’s will present a series of sales on May 19, 20 and 22 encompassing fine, decorative and Asian art, botanical and ornithological prints, and more than 300 lots of rare books, maps and atlases. The opening session, on Wednesday, May 19, consists of a single-owner consignment: the Craig Family Collection of Fine [Read More]
(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]
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]