A very rare pair of French silver-mounted flintlock pistols by Napoleon’s gunmaker, Boutet, once in the collection of Field Marshall Sir Frances Festing, will be offered in Bonhams Fine Antique Arms and Armour sale in Knightsbridge on Wednesday, 24th November. The pair is estimated to fetch between £50,000 to £75,000. The pistols, [Read More]
Daily Archives: November 2, 2010
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Active bidding online, global participation and strong prices achieved Chicago, IL – Hart Davis Hart held another immensely successful auction this weekend in Chicago, realizing $8,520,955 against a pre-sale auction estimate of $5,045,970-$7,568,530. This sale was the second largest auction in the history of the company, and was the second blockbuster auction [Read More]
The 1970 Hemi ‘Cuda Convertible that is offered at Russo and Steele’s 11th Annual Scottsdale auction event is one of the only 14 examples of a built 1970 Hemi ‘Cuda Convertibles and one of only 9 of these to have left the factory with an automatic transmission. Finished in its correct and [Read More]
Bonhams announce the results of its Fall European Painting sale in New York. The highly anticipated event on October 29, 2010 brought in more than $2.5 million. Simulcast to San Francisco, the fall auction offered a broad range of European Works of Art with an emphasis on the Eastern aesthetic and 19th [Read More]