New York / Berlin, – artnet Auctions offers continuous online auctions of fine art, prints and photographs. Beginning May 11, artnet Auctions will present 60 modern and contemporary works of art by artists including Damien Hirst, Alberto Giacometti, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol. Represented in the sale are some of the most [Read More]
Monthly Archives: May 2010
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Bonhams will hold their first ever Picasso Editions Sale featuring ceramics, prints and jewellery by the most celebrated artist of the 20th century, in Knightsbridge on Wednesday 22nd September. Picasso items have previously been sold in other Bonhams sales, but this will be the first auction to be devoted purely to the [Read More]
Bonhams announce that for the first time they will be offering Collectors’ Motor Cars for sale by auction at the Royal Mirage Hotel during their traditional October auction season, along with their regular Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern, Iranian & South East Asian Art auction. Bonhams held its inaugural auction in Dubai [Read More]
Sotheby’s will be holding a spring auction under the heading of ‘Swiss Art’ at its premises in Talstrasse 83, on 14 June 2010. 114 works representing Swiss artistic creativity of the early 20th century will come under the hammer. With an estimate of 13 million Swiss francs, the auction includes masterpieces by [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York Latin American Art sale, on 27 and 28 May 2010, will showcase a range of Latin American painting and sculpture from the continents’ most important artists including exceptional works from several distinguished private collections and estates. Wilfredo Lam’s Sur Les Traces (est. $1.2/1.8 million) and The Ordeal of Owain [Read More]
Jasper Johns’ Flag, 1960-1966, from the late author Michael Crichton’s collection of contemporary art, auctioned on May 11, made $28,642,500 million, the highest price ever achieved for a work by Johns at auction. Four bidders fought for the flag which took two minutes to sell. The winning bidder was a member of [Read More]
United Country Entz Auction & Realty, (www.entzauction.com) announces the absolute public auction of a 3.39 acre commercial property in Hinton, Okla., on Tuesday, May 18, at 10am CST, according to Allen Entz, auctioneer. “This is a tremendous opportunity to purchase a well developed commercial property just 45 minutes west of Oklahoma City [Read More]
The final 18 mountainside residences at The Lodges at Elkmont, a 56-unit luxury condominium community set in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Banner Elk, NC, will be sold at a developer close-out auction on June 5th, 2010, by Sheldon Good & Company, a Racebrook Portfolio Company (www.sheldongood.com). The first second-home real estate [Read More]
An important work by the Russian artist Andrei Lanskoy is one of the highlights of Bonhams Russian sale in London on 7 June. ‘L’abîme du soir’ (£100,000 – 150,000) is an important example of the pure abstract style and powerful and saturated colours for which Lanskoy is best known. He fled Russia [Read More]
HDH Index at Highest Level Since September 2008 Fox Cellar Auction (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart held a highly successful wine auction this weekend in Chicago, realizing $3,777,503 in total sales against a pre-sale auction estimate of $2,380,780 -$3,557,000. Wines from Château Lafite Rothschild, Château Pétrus, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, and [Read More]
On June 22, 2010, in its evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in London, Sotheby’s will offer a masterpiece by the father and a key figure of Impressionism, Edouard Manet: Self-Portrait with a Palette, estimated at £20–30 million. Charles Moffett, Sotheby’s Executive Vice President and co-curator of the 1983 landmark Manet [Read More]
Christie’s New York Latin American sale on May 26 and 27, will offer an exceptional selection of works by modern and contemporary masters hailing from Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Colombia, and many other regions throughout the Americas. Rich in works from private collections, the two-day auction presents nearly 300 works [Read More]
Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Williams & Williams Worldwide Real Estate Auction (www.williamsauction.com), the premier brand in real estate auctions, today unveiled its market leading auction index which tracks actual results derived from the company’s monthly performance data. The combination of this tracking system and Williams & Williams’ proprietary pricing models, including their SFR™ (Single [Read More]
Concierge Auctions will host a luxury home auction of the historic Rockland estate at 9030 Sharpsburg Pike in Fairplay, Maryland on June 11, announced Laura Brady, Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing for Concierge Auctions. Originally listed for $2.75 million, the 25-plus acre equestrian estate, with an 8,600-square-foot manse, is selling with [Read More]
Over 350 lots, including a large selection of American and European decorative arts, paintings, carpets and tribal art will cross the block at Fairfield Auction May 23rd. A new expanded preview will begin Wednesday, May 19th and run through Saturday May 22nd, 11am to 4pm each day. Viewing auction day will begin [Read More]
Cowan’s April 28 and 29, 2010, Historic Firearms and Early Militaria had total proceeds reach over $1,023,700, with 859 bidders competing for 1265 lots. Featuring two significant collections of cavalry materials, the first day of the auction passed only five out of 676 lots. Items from the French and Indian War and [Read More]
John Moran Auctioneers features Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, and mid-century designers at their May 25th Antiques and Decorative Arts Auction. With the focus on art glass, pottery, lighting and furniture dating from 1900 to the 1950’s, Moran’s continues to build on its history of offering top names in this collecting area. [Read More]
The weird and wonderful contents of the late luxury watch manufacturer Severin Wunderman’s 12-bedroom chateau in the South of France, the place where he enjoyed spending time the most, are to be sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge on 23 June 2010. It will be the third in a series of sales of Wunderman’s [Read More]