Yearly Archives: 2010

The auction was held Dec. 29 in Wayne, Pa., by Gordon S. Converse & Co., based in nearby Strafford (WAYNE, Pa.) – A large and important wall-mounted mirror clock made by the New England clockmaker Joseph Ives (Bristol, Conn., 1782-1862) sold for $9,200 at a two-part auction that featured nearly 250 lots [Read More]

On 28 January 2010, Sotheby’s New York will offer a painting that has been at the center of one of the art world’s most heated debates for over eighty years: Portrait of a Woman, called “La Belle Ferronnière” by a follower of Leonardo da Vinci (est. $300/500,000). Depicting a lady in three-quarters [Read More]

Philip Kamin, a renown rock n’ roll photographer, has selected Legendary Auctions, a premier Sports and Americana auction house, to sell his prized photography collection which features rock music icons from the last 50 years. The 30,000-plus piece collection of images consists of Kamin’s own photographs as well as other famous shots [Read More]

The Directors of Bonhams are delighted to announce the appointment of Perry Tung as a specialist and auctioneer to Bonhams Canada. Perry joins the company with immediate effect. Perry will be assisting Jack Kerr-Wilson, the President of Bonhams Canada, in gathering items for the Canadian sales as well as sourcing goods for [Read More]

(WICHITA, Kan.) – The lifetime personal collections of Elizabeth and the late Clarence Lee Dubois of Russellville, Ark., will be sold to the highest bidder, without reserve, on Saturday, Feb. 13, beginning promptly at 9:30 a.m. The couple collected KPM porcelain, Tiffany sterling, Pickard, art glass, Limoges table sets, and Orient and [Read More]

Other artists include Arnaldo Pomodoro, Alexander Calder, & Yves Tanguy BOSTON, Mass. – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, Inc., one of the world’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will kick-off its 2010 season with a strong sale of American & European Paintings & Prints on January 29th at noon in the [Read More]

Bonhams is delighted to announce the sale of an important collection of 100 motorcycles, mainly pre-1950 machines, from Pamplona, Spain, at the RAF Museum, Hendon on 27th February 2010. The Pamplona Collection represents an important group of motorcycles assembled by a prominent Spanish private collector. Over 100 in number, this extraordinarily diverse [Read More]

Channel Velocity (www.channelvelocity.com), a leader in the multi-channel, reverse-supply chain industry, announced the creation of WholesaleAutomotive.com, a B2B auction site for high quality automotive parts and accessories. “This is a great site for jobbers, Ebay sellers, and repair shops to source inventory for pennies on the dollar,” said Wes Shepherd, CEO of [Read More]

When a truly exceptional copy of Detective Comics #27, the very first appearance of Batman, is auctioned by Heritage Auction Galleries in its Feb. 25 Signature® Comics & Comic Art Auction, it will set two important marks: It will, more than likely, become the single most valuable comic ever offered at public [Read More]

Pook & Pook Inc.’s January 15 and 16 auction catalogue reads more like a major museum inventory than an auction catalogue, covering literally all aspects of American history. Friday night at the Downingtown, Pennsylvania, auction house begins with the collection of furniture, oriental rugs, and paintings from the legendary Elinor Gordon’s Villanova [Read More]

On Wednesday, February 3, 2010, Sotheby’s London will offer for sale one of the most important sculptures by Alberto Giacometti ever to have come to the auction market: “L’Homme qui marche I”, a life-size work that ranks among the most arresting and iconic of the artist’s bronzes. Its appearance at auction in [Read More]

Capitalizing on the growing popularity of auctions as a preferred method of real estate sales, OwnACondo.com has purchased the domain RealEstateAuctions.com. The purchase was made Jan. 6, 2010 and will enable OwnACondo.com to immeasurably expand the real estate auction services that it offers as part of its newly established Auction Division, according [Read More]

Genmar Holdings, Inc. today announced that all of its assets have been sold in accordance with an auction process under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. Multiple bidders were involved in the auction process that was conducted by Houlihan, Lokey, Howard and Zukin Capital, Inc. The highest bidders for the assets were [Read More]

Kaminski Auctions, announces the opening of its new Beverly Hills location and an exciting two-day appraisal event. The appraisal event, which is free and open to the public, takes place Thursday and Friday, January 14-15, 2010, from 10am – 4pm each day at 9312 Civic Center Drive, Beverly Hills. Kaminski Auctions’ appraisal [Read More]

Although unlikely to be represented in the same sentence, mice and Eskimos played a key role in the huge success of an auction held on 7th January in Lichfield. 2010 got off to an excellent start for buyers and sellers at Richard Winterton’s Fine Art Sale where 96% of the Lots on [Read More]

On January 26, Christie’s New York will present The Collection of Benjamin F. Edwards III, a prominent collector and former Chairman, CEO and President of A.G. Edwards & Sons in St. Louis. Following the enormous success of three annual sales of The Benjamin F. Edwards Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain from 2002 [Read More]

Auction Featuring Deep Offerings of Domaine de La Romanée-Conti (January 7, 2010 – Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., the internationally renowned wine auction house and retailer, will hold an auction of Finest and Rarest wines on January 30th at award-winning restaurant Tru, located at 676 North St. Clair Street [Read More]

Every house has a story to tell. But Casa Vista del Cielo is a story unto itself. As its name implies, the 5,500-square-foot custom-built hacienda is perched just under the stars on a high plateau above Nogales, AZ. Situated on 40 rolling acres of ranching property, the house offers 360-degree unobstructed views [Read More]