They modelled for three of the greatest artists who ever lived. One was murdered by her lover; another shot herself; the third lives on, a potent reminder of Hollywood’s glamour years. And their images lead Bonham’s […]
Monthly Archives: June 2010
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Wimberley Country French estate will go up for auction on June 30, according to Linda Welsh of Linda Welsh Auction & Realty Group LLC (www.LindaWelshAuction.com). Located at 601 Southriver in a gated community along the Blanco […]
Bonhams announced that Dalia Stanley will join its Australian team as a Senior Specialist, an appointment that adds greatly to the company’s local strength. Bonhams is relaunching its business in Australia with the Owston Collection sale […]
WineBid.com, the premier Internet auction of fine and rare wines, has secured a large and exceptional cellar from a West Coast collector. These wines were bought on release and stored under perfect conditions. 2002 Domaine De […]
Sotheby’s London announced “Hurouf: The Art of the Word” to take place in Doha, Qatar, at The Ritz-Carlton Doha hotel, on the 15th December. Ranging from very early Islamic calligraphies through appealing Ottoman pieces of the […]
Located just minutes from Asheville, this excellent mountain view property will be sold at absolute auction, with NO reserve. The live public auction will be conducted on-site at 12 noon on July 23, 2010. The seller […]
Lincoln family ephemera led Cowan’s June 11, 2010, American History Auction. The auction marked the 15th anniversary of Cowan’s and garnered wide media attention for several important lots, many of which came from the family of […]
On Monday, June 28th at 6:00 pm, Clarke Auction will sell 400 lots consigned from estates throughout the Greater New York area. Midcentury Modern includes unique pieces untouched in a Manhattan storage unit for twenty years […]
The Charlotte and Don Smith Collection of Ruhstaller and Buffalo Beer Advertising is the most extensive of its kind. It represents a number of one of a kind items including an important die-cut calendar of an […]
(ORLANDO, Fla.) – Baterbys Art Auction Gallery – Florida’s premier fine art and contemporary art auction house, with galleries in Orlando and Delray Beach – has won the 2010 Best of Show award for Advertising and […]
A rare model or Stephenson’s iconic ‘Rocket’ locomotive has been discovered on a routine valuation day in Lichfield. The detailed model measuring 36cm high is one of just 41 models commissioned from 1881 onwards for fundraising […]
The 2010 SIBSPlace (Survivorship in Brothers and Sisters) Annual Auction raised $270,000 in support of the program. An essential community service of South Nassau Communities Hospital, SIBSPlace is celebrating its 10th year of free service to […]
(HILSBOROUGH, N.C.) – An oil on canvas Paris street scene by the renowned French painter Edouard Cortes (1882-1969), titled Boulevard des Capucines, sold for $34,500 at a two-session Fine & Decorative Arts Catalog Auction held June […]
Penny Worley Auctioneers (www.worleyauctioneers.com) announces online auction of government assets located in Atlanta, Ga., according to Jerry Jenkins. “We have a 1965 Cessna 201E Centurion single engine piston aircraft in this auction,” said Jenkins, “as well […]
Penny Worley Auctioneers (www.worleyauctioneers.com) announces online auction of government art in Miami, Fla., according to Jerry Jenkins. “We have nearly 200 pieces of fine art, including oils, acrylics, lithographs, watercolors and mixed media,” said Jenkins. “All […]
Silver, Continental furnishings, Native American and Chinese works of art will form the core of John Moran Auctioneers’ July 20, 2010 Antiques and Decorative Arts Auction, to be held at the Pasadena Convention Center. The sale […]
A bottle of Glenfiddich has been sold for £25,200, at Bonhams Whisky sale in Edinburgh making it one of the most expensive bottles of whisky ever sold at auction. (The world record of £29,400 was paid […]
Sotheby’s New York have auctioned the most significant group of Magritte correspondence to appear at auction in more than 20 years for the sum of $218,500 (£147,356), against a pre-sale estimate of $200,000-400,000. The collection was […]