Sotheby’s London will offer for sale, on December 8, 2010, arguably the finest painting by the British master George Stubbs (1724-1806) ever to come to the market: Brood Mares and Foals, estimated at £10-15 million. Painted in 1767, at the height of the artist’s career, the mares and foals scene is a [Read More]
Monthly Archives: October 2010
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This past weekend, a record breaking sale at Skinner grossed more than any other European Furniture & Decorative Arts auction in over a decade. The sale featured a major collection of Chinese export silver and the Kadison Collection of Wedgwood. In total, the sale grossed $2,407,896.00 (including buyer’s premium), far beyond it’s pre-sale [Read More]
OCEANSIDE, N.Y. – A Tiffany Studios leaded glass bronze floor lamp lit up the room for $135,600 at a three-day multi-estate sale held Sept. 24-26 by Philip Weiss Auctions. It was the top item of the estimated 1,800 fresh-to-the-market lots offered from prominent local estates and collections. The sale was held in [Read More]
Auction will also include several pieces relating to Nelson’s State Funeral A TREADPLATE from H.M.S Kelvin, the Scottish destroyer used by Winston Churchill to view the D-Day Landings at Juno Beach in June 1944, will be offered by Charles Miller Ltd on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 in his sale of Maritime & [Read More]
Fine Italian Violins, Bows, Guitars and More Than 150 Lots of Select Raw Material Up for Bid Oct 10th BOSTON, Mass. – September 30, 2010 – Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of Fine Musical Instruments on October 10th in its Boston gallery. Along with fine examples of Italian violins, bows and [Read More]
A Bakelite radio from the 1940’s has recently sold for £750 at auction, (30th September, Richard Winterton of Lichfield). The radio manufactured by British firm Ekco and introduced in 1945 is one of the most iconic of all radio designs, famous for the circular Art Deco case. Originally designed in the early [Read More]
Coker’s $1.82 million sale of the former Eastman Kodak CEO’s Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art collection contained 83 paintings, each offered without reserve. This added enticement attracted bidders from points as far afield as Germany and California. “There were retail dealers, private collectors and representatives from several institutions, as well as a few [Read More]