The auction will be conducted by Woody Auction, headquartered in Douglass, Kansas WICHITA, Kan. – Hundreds of pieces of rare and vintage art glass, consigned by several prominent collectors, will be sold at auction Saturday, Dec. 11, in the 4H Hall of the Sedgwick County Extension Center in Wichita, Kan., starting promptly [Read More]
Daily Archives: November 5, 2010
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Bonhams are to sell a near-contemporary portrait of Napoleon painted by his valet and close companion Louis-Joseph-Narcisse Marchand in the British & Continental Pictures auction in Knightsbridge on 30 November 2010. Marchand (1791-1876) was Napoleon Bonaparte’s valet and friend. He became an Imperial servant in 1811 and remained faithful to Napoleon after [Read More]
The Finding of Moses, a 19th century masterpiece by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, has been sold for a remarkable $35,922,500, more than seven times the presale high estimate of $5 million*, at Sotheby’s in New York. The monumental canvas was sought-after by three determined bidders who battled for nearly eight minutes. Soon after [Read More]
The partnership of Wes Cowan, Garth Clark, and Mark Del Vecchio (Cowans+Clark+DelVecchio) will present their inaugural Modern and Contemporary Ceramics Auction alongside the 2010 SOFA (Sculpture Objects & Functional Art) Fair in Chicago on Saturday, November 6, 2010, at Navy Pier. The first of its kind, the Auction brings to the international [Read More]