A second gem-encrusted gold finial from the octagonal golden throne of Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore, will be sold at Bonhams New Bond Street on October 7th in the Indian & Islamic Art sale. This is the second such finial to pass through Bonhams Bond Street saleroom in 18 months. The [Read More]
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Bonhams is selling a fine gold 18th Century Indian bezoar-stone holder from Gujarat, an object that once held a naturally produced object from the bodies of animals which was believed to have the power to cure plague and deflect witchcraft. It is estimated to sell for £10,000-15,000 at Bonhams next sale of [Read More]
The two-day, mostly unreserved auction will be conducted by Specialists of the South, Inc. FOUNTAIN, Fla. – A good old-fashioned on-site country sale, featuring over 800 lots in just about every category imaginable, will be held Oct. 15-16 at the home of Maryland Cress, a lifelong collector, at 11421 Ivydell Road in [Read More]
A striking, circular table originally placed in the Golden Drawing Room in the Winter Palace, the main residence of the Russian Imperial family in St. Petersburg, will be sold in the Russian Sale at Bonhams New Bond Street on 1st December. Estimated at £150,000 – £200,000, the intricate design and range of [Read More]
A COLLECTION of stones from the world-famous Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland are expected to fetch up to £40,000 when they are offered for sale next month as part of the auction of Garden Statuary and Fossil Decoration at Summers Place Auctions (in association with Sotheby’s). The auction which will take place [Read More]
An extensive collection of awards presented to the legendary Northern Irish football player, George Best (1946-2005), during his illustrious football career, is to be sold at Bonhams, Chester as part of the Sporting Memorabilia sale on 20 October 2010. The collection has been put up for auction by the Executors of Best’s [Read More]
Chicago, IL – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., the internationally renowned wine auction house and retailer, will hold a massive two-day auction of Finest and Rarest wines on October 29th and 30th at award-winning restaurant Tru, located at 676 North St. Clair Street in Chicago. Encompassing over 1800 lots, the auction is [Read More]
The auction was held Sept. 17-18 in the firm’s new state-of-the-art gallery in Hillsborough, N.C. HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. – A stunning early 20th century Tiffany & Company Favrile lava glass three-handled vase soared to $62,100 at a two-session multi-estate auction dedicated to Fine Wine and Fine & Decorative Arts held Sept. 17-18 by [Read More]
A teapot once in the collection of the mother of King George I is the highlight of the concluding part of the auction of ‘The Hoffmeister Collection of Meissen Porcelain’. Part III of the sale will take place on 24th November 2010 at 101 New Bond Street, London. This follows on from [Read More]
George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film is organizing a benefit auction of more than 200 items exceeding $1 million in value – fine photographic prints, books, and equipment — to take place at Sotheby’s New York on Oct. 4, 2010. For more than two years Eastman House representatives have [Read More]
Auction brings $7.4 million, far surpassing pre-auction estimate of $4-6 million, as HDH Wine Auction Index hits all-time high Chicago, IL – Multiple world records were shattered in Chicago on September 24th and 25th as Hart Davis Hart sold the second installment of The Fox Cellar, one of the most important single-owner [Read More]
Cordier Antiques & Auctions of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania announced that Peter Swift Seibert has joined their auction company as a Senior Consultant and Catalog Specialist. Mr. Seibert has extensive expertise in Americana, Folk Art, documents and manuscripts, militaria, textiles and Native American artifacts. In his capacity at Cordier Auctions, Seibert will consult [Read More]
Sotheby’s London 40th Anniversary Wine Sale concluded with a total of £2,412,194, (US$3,787,145), far above a pre-sale estimate of £1,644,850-£2,061,620. All four sessions saw competitive bidding on the ‘phone, online and in the room and the sale was 99% sold-by-value and 98% sold-by-lot. Interest in the sale was international and buyers came [Read More]
OCEANSIDE, N.Y. – A massive three-day weekend sale slated for Oct. 22-24 by Philip Weiss Auctions will feature hundreds of fresh-to-the-market lots of toys and toy trains, railroad memorabilia, Hollywood memorabilia, vintage dolls, antique advertising, coin-ops and more. The auction will be held at the Philip Weiss Auctions showroom, located at #1 [Read More]
Over 1,300 items to be liquidated in this 1 Day Auction Event. Items to be auctioned include; Cars, Plane, Rare Antiques, Jewelry, Gemstones, Rolex Watches, Gold & Silver Coins, Art, , GIA Diamonds, Movie Memorabilia, Sports Memorabilia, Slot Machines, Antique Music Boxes, Victorian Era Items, Estate Antiques & Collectibles. Plus special feature [Read More]
Christie’s will offer The Walter and Phyllis Shorenstein Collection as part of its major fall 2010 and spring 2011 sales in New York and Hong Kong. Assembled over more than four decades by Walter Shorenstein, the San Francisco real estate mogul, and Phyllis Shorenstein, founder of the city’s Asian Art Museum, the [Read More]
New York – Sotheby’s 6 October 2010 auction of Photographs presents a fine selection of photographic images dating from the medium’s earliest years to those by some of best photographers of the 20th century and the present day. Overall the sale is expected to fetch between $4.3 and 6.5 million. The catalogue [Read More]
The auction will be held at the American Legion Hall in Blue Springs, Mo., near Kansas City. BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. – A nice single-owner collection of over 125 rare and vintage dolls – nearly all of them made in France and Germany between the late 19th and early 20th centuries – will [Read More]