A superbly colorful and remarkably well-preserved American hand-carved Cigar Store Indian, which had sat in a Washington, D.C.-area basement for at least 20 years, brought a world record public auction price of $203,150 on May 22 as the top lot in Heritage Auction Galleries’ Grand Format Political & Americana Auction. The auction [Read More]
Daily Archives: June 9, 2010
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Bloomsbury Auctions’ sale of Important Books and Manuscripts in London on 27th May was an outstanding success, with three world records for an inscribed Das Kapital by Karl Marx, a letter from the illustrator John Tenniel to Lewis Carroll and an inscribed first edition of Dracula by Bram Stoker. The sale totalled [Read More]
An historic Colt 1862 Revolver that belonged to Lieutenant A. Sinclair of the Confederate States Navy, who served aboard the Alabama, the famous Civil War raider, is estimated to sell for £10,000 to £15,000 at Bonhams sale of Antique Arms and Armour on July 28th. CSS Alabama (1862-1864), a 1050-ton screw steam [Read More]
Concierge Auctions will conduct a live luxury real estate auction of the Teton Valley Ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on July 16. The highest bidder over $15 million will be the new owner. The sale is being conducted in cooperation with listing broker Richard Lewis of the Lewis, Lewis & Kleiman team [Read More]
Christie’s London announced that they will offer an icon of Pop Art – Silver Liz by Andy Warhol (1928-1987) – at the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 30 June 2010. Unseen in public for over 20 years, the work was executed in 1963 and is one of only 2 paintings [Read More]
eFleetDirect has partnered with ZOOMWAREHOUSE, a new, dynamic online auction to sell fleet, off-lease and repossession vehicles. Unlike traditional physical and online auctions which represent both the buyer and seller, eFleetDirect in this venue is the seller and values a strong relationship with the buyers. Using ZOOMWAREHOUSE means there is no “middleman” [Read More]
Bonhams celebrated its second motorcycle auction at Quail Lodge in Carmel this past month demonstrating the market’s strong interest in early machines. With 77 lots selling for more than $600,000, the recent sale was by far the most successful motorcycle auction to date this year in America. Bonhams is no stranger to [Read More]
International real estate investment and services company Kennedy Wilson announced that it offered and sold 27 homes of the 27-story twin point towers at Palisade Palms, a beachfront luxury condominium project located in Galveston, TX, through an auction it conducted on Sunday, June 6th at the Omni Houston Hotel. The auction was [Read More]
Jesse James of West Coast Choppers fame will sell his 1936 Ford Custom Five Window Coupe at No Reserve during the Inaugural 2010 Barrett-Jackson Orange County Auction. This is the first time that James has consigned a vehicle from his personal collection at Barrett-Jackson. The hot rod will be one of the [Read More]