Elvis Presley’s beloved White Knabe Grand Piano, as featured in his music room at Graceland from 1957 to 1969, is expected to bring $1,000,000+ as the centerpiece of Heritage Auction Galleries’ Signature® Elvis Memorabilia Auction, Aug. 14, in Memphis, TN. “This elegant musical instrument, so well-loved and played by Elvis, is presented with wonderful provenance […]
A nearly 2,500-year old silver coin of Rhegion, an ancient Greek city located in would become Italy, is expected to bring upwards of $25,000 at the Heritage Signature® Auction of Ancient and World Coins at the ANA World’s Fair of Money in Boston, Thursday, Aug. 12, starting at 6 p.m.. The silver tetradrachm – lot […]
Swann Galleries New York summer auction of Vintage Posters will take place on Wednesday, August 4 and offers fine selections of summer resort and beach posters, World War I and II and other propaganda posters, and Mather Work Incentive posters. There are also posters advertising tourism to Bermuda; ocean liner and airline posters; a run […]
A live, on-site auction of a new exquisite island residence perfectly situated on more than 1.6 acres in Kuki’o – home to the exclusive Kuki’o Golf and Beach Club – at 72-3203 Punaloa Place will take place September 3, Concierge Auctions has announced. The bank-owned property has never been offered for sale, and there is […]
Grey Flannel Auctions of Westhampton, N.Y., has announced details of its Fifth Annual Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Auction and other special events associated with the 2010 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The live auction will take place on Friday, Aug. 13, onsite at the Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. The […]
Bonhams & Butterfields, California’s oldest and largest auctioneers, is pleased to announce the August 17, 2010 sale of California and Western Paintings and Sculpture. On offer are variety of important early 19th century landscapes; Western scenes; Impressionist and Modernist compositions including plein air paintings; genre scenes and cityscapes by established California and American artists. Following […]
(SCHODACK, N.Y.) – A beautiful pair of Huanghuali Chinese folding hunting chairs with hemp seats and brass trim sold for $26,880 at a sale of the estate of the late Dr. Kevin-John McIntyre, held June 12 by Finney’s Auction Service. The sale was held in Finney’s spacious gallery facility, at 1568 Columbia Turnpike in Schodack, […]
In what is anticipated to be the largest auction of luxury high-rise condominiums this year, Wonmore Ltd. announces it will sell all 35 of its remaining Endeavour Clear Lake residences on August 21, 2010 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Houston. Chicago-based Chartwell Group, LLC, specialists in real estate auctions, has been retained to conduct the […]
James Service has been appointed Senior Business Consultant in East Anglia by Bonhams, the international fine art auction house. His brief is to develop client business across the region from Bonahms regional headquarters at Bury St. Edmunds. Matthew Girling, Bonhams CEO Europe and the Middle East, commenting on the appointment, says: “We are delighted to […]
The auction was conducted online from July 15-22 by American Bottle Auctions of Sacramento (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – An Agnew & Brown 3-inch target ball from the 1870s, showing an embossed pigeon on the reverse side and quite possibly the only picture target ball ever made in glass, soared to $29,120 – a new world record […]
Christie’s New York announced the upcoming sale of twenty original paintings by the celebrated naturalist, artist, and educator Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996). Peterson’s best-selling field guides, beginning with his seminal 1934 book A Field Guide to the Birds of North America, have been a must-read for generations of ornithologists and bird-watchers alike. This selection of […]
National Commercial Auctioneers (www.natcomauctions.com) announces the foreclosure auction of a fully-leased, 14-unit apartment complex in Portland, Oreg., on August 26 at 10am PDT, according to Stephen Karbelk, CAI, AARE, President. “What an excellent investment opportunity,” explained Karbelk. “This is a fully-leased complex consisting of 10 three-bedroom / one bathroom units and four three-bedroom / one […]
