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 Print sale in London on 13 July. The star lot is an impression of Edvard Munch’s [Read More]
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 River minutes from downtown Wimberley, this luxurious home with 8,855 square feet of indoor living features [Read More]
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 on June 25 and 26, to be followed by its first sale of Collectors Cars in [Read More]
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 La Romanee-Conti 6-bottle Horizontal in Original Wood Case 2003 Domaine du Pegau Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee [Read More]
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 18th-19th Centuries to the productions of artists working today who have drawn on this important tradition, [Read More]
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 purchased this home for convalescence following treatment at Mission Hospital and is offering $5000 of net [Read More]
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 Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, the great grandson of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln and last male [Read More]
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 including chandeliers, dining tables, chairs, and sculpture; chairs by Hans Wegner, a Kamer chandelier, a Daum [Read More]
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 Indian Maiden and large factory scene of the brewery. The comprehensive tray collection comprises thirty-six versions [Read More]
(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 Public Relations by the National Auctioneers Association, based in Overland Park, Kan. Baterbys was chosen out [Read More]
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 on behalf of the Railway Servants Orphanage. Constructed from brass, the model has a wooden clad [Read More]
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 families throughout Nassau County. The Annual Auction also honored and recognized the generosity and devoted efforts [Read More]
(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 19 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd., in the firm’s new gallery located at [Read More]
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 as a 2002 Chevy Tahoe Limited and a Chevy Avalanche. All of these will sell to [Read More]
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 of these pieces will sell to the highest bidders.” The art features local artists and nationally-known [Read More]
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 will also offer an excellent opportunity for collectors at all levels to acquire Continental and American [Read More]
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 in 2007 for a 19th century bottle of Bowmore). The whisky is described as having a [Read More]
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 acquired by an American institution. The cache of over forty highly important letters and postcards from [Read More]