Monterey, CA – Russo and Steele is pleased to announce an additional sale date to its 10th Anniversary auction event in Monterey, California this August 12-14, 2010. The Monterey auction event will present a range of the most luxurious and collectable European sports, American muscle, hot rods and custom automobiles suitable to [Read More]
Monthly Archives: June 2010
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The painting entitled ‘James Wyatt and his Granddaughter Mary Wyatt’ by William Henry Millais, who was assisted in its production by his brother, the better-known Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir John Everett Millais, is expected to fetch £20,000-30,000 at Bonhams 19th Century Paintings auction on 29th September 2010. The stunning work for auction at [Read More]
Monterey, CA – Located in the heart of the historic downtown Monterey at the Marriott Hotel Russo and Steele will showcase over 250 collector automobiles to the thousands of enthusiasts that descend on Monterey during what has become known as one of the most prestigious week’s in the collector automobile hobby. A [Read More]
Notes taken during Michael Faraday’s ground breaking Royal Institution lectures on the nature of light and magnetism are for sale at Bonhams Book Sale on 8 June (£5,000-10,000). The notes, bound in one volume, were put together by Maria Herries, daughter of a former Chancellor of the Exchequer John Charles Herries, and [Read More]
Two dresses from Alexander McQueen’s Autumn/Winter 2007 Ready-To-Wear collection, which was inspired by the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, are to be sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge as part of its Vision 21 sale on 30 June 2010 at 1pm. The dresses are among the first to be sold at auction since the [Read More]
Sotheby’s Paris Summer Evening Sale of Contemporary Art achieved a successful total of €9,517,050 / $11,679,324 / £7,932,168, a figure well above the pre-sale expectations of €5.1-7.0 million / $6.3-8.6 million / £4.2-5.8 million. The sale achieved exemplary sell through rates of 93% by lot and almost 100% by value and these [Read More]
Gene Shapiro, President of the eponymous American auction house specializing in Russian art, has announced that his company has moved to new premises in New York, located at 506 East 74th Street in the Upper East Side section of Manhattan. The inaugural auction will take place on June 15th, 2010, beginning at [Read More]
A black 1999 Mercedes-Benz SLK230, which was bought new by Dannii Minogue, and subsequently passed onto her sister, Kylie, is to be sold by Bonhams as part of the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed sale on 2 July 2010, with part of the proceeds to be donated to charity. The celebrated Australian [Read More]
Rago’s invites you to take part in the June 18th Discovery Auction, where all of the items are wholly unreserved and the high bid – no matter how low – prevails. An abundance of smart, functional and affordable property is lined up for a 900 lot, no reserve sale. It features a [Read More]
Cowan’s inaugural World at War Auction will take place June 22, 2010 in Cowan’s Cincinnati, Ohio, salesroom. The auction is the first of its kind to feature international war regalia from the 20th century. The World at War sale offers items from 20th-century conflicts including World Wars I and II, the Korean [Read More]
The auction will be conducted in the gallery of Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd., at 9 a.m. (HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.) – Nearly 800 fresh-to-the-market lots in a wide variety of categories will be sold at a two-session Fine & Decorative Arts Catalog Auction slated for Saturday, June 19, by Leland Little [Read More]
A vast collection of 19th century Animalier bronzes by celebrated sculptors, including Pierre Jules Mêne, Ferdinand Pautrot, Jules Moigniez, Isidore Jules Bonheur and his sister Rosa Bonheur, is to be sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge as part of its monthly Period Design sale on 8 June 2010. The 70-strong collection, which was assembled [Read More]
Michael S. Russo was named Vice President of Project Management for Concierge Auctions, the preeminent luxury real estate auction firm serving high-end sellers nationwide, the company has announced. Russo is responsible for overseeing the company’s project managers who are charged with leading assignments on location and managing the overall marketing strategy, broker [Read More]
A Canadian Red Ensign navy flag and works by Canadian artists were auctioned on Wednesday at the Royal Ontario Museum by Sotheby’s. The auction total, including the buyer’s premium, was $7.35 million. Lot sold include: A Marcelle Ferron painting commissioned for the Peter Stuyvesant Collection in 1960. The canvas Untitled sold for [Read More]
Nicholls Auction Marketing Group, Inc., (www.nichollsauction.com) announces the absolute auction of 15 acres of prime Stafford County real estate – the former WL Allen Concrete works real estate – according to John Nicholls, president of the company. “This acreage is well located with road frontage on bustling U.S. Highway 1 and is [Read More]
Following the success of their February sale, John Moran Auctioneers is pleased to once again offer an excellent opportunity to acquire pre-1960 California and American fine art. The second of their signature Art Auctions for 2010 is scheduled for June 15th and features another fine selection of over 200 lots of Impressionist [Read More]
Cowan’s Auctions in Cincinnati, Ohio, announces the June 11, 2010 auction of an extraordinary group of Abraham Lincoln family artifacts that illustrate important facets of the family’s history. A collection of 24 lots of jewelry, White House china, rare autographs and other ephemera that passed through the Lincoln line to the last [Read More]
After more than three decades, the Roy Rogers – Dale Evans Museum closed this past December for financial reasons. Brian Lebel’s Old West Auction, June 26, 2010 at the Denver Merchandise Mart, will be selling over 200 items from the museum’s extensive collection, including: Roy’s personal firearms; Dale’s pearl-handled Colt; the Winchester [Read More]