A top-tier private collection of gold, platinum and precious-gem jewelry amassed over several decades will be featured in a single-session, no-reserve specialty auction at Morphy’s gallery on Feb. 26, 2011. The collection – whose consignors previously owned fine jewelry stores in Florida – consists primarily of superior-quality estate jewelry selected “with a [Read More]
Monthly Archives: February 2011
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Not only are prices sailing past the high estimates, but attendance is up, in-house and online. (WINDSOR, Conn.) – The economy may have turned the corner and is headed in a positive direction, if recent sale results posted by Nadeau’s Auction Gallery, Inc., are an accurate barometer. Prices realized from December forward, [Read More]
The world’s largest auction of Château Lafite Rothschild (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., America’s largest wine auction house, is pleased to announce The Lafite Auction, a sale devoted exclusively to the wines of Château Lafite Rothschild. This special sale will be held on March 19th in Chicago, and will [Read More]
Sotheby’s announced that Paris will become the company’s European centre for sales of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design and Photographs. Biannual sales in each category will be held at the Galerie Charpentier in May and November. From 2011, 20th Century Decorative Art & Design sales will be held exclusively in Paris. [Read More]
Sotheby’s Hong Kong announce the sale of an important private collection of contemporary Chinese Art on 3 April: The Ullens Collection – The Nascence of Avant Garde China, offering 106 masterpieces from the legendary Collection, which are expected to bring a total of HK$100 million to HK$130 million / US$12.7 million to [Read More]
Antiques, Fine China, John Bell Pottery, Vintage Clothing, Dolls, Collectibles and Personal Property Gateway Gallery’s Winter Americana Estate Auction, February 19, 2011 will feature a wonderful collection of period furniture, textiles, sterling, early medical tools, prints, pottery and ceramics, and ephemera. The 400-plus lot auction will be held at Gateway Gallery’s auction [Read More]
Bonhams are to sell a truly unique motorcycle which has spectacularly covered over 1million kilometres at the hands of one careful owner. It will be auctioned at the International Motorcycle Show in Staffordshire on April 24th 2011 and has attracted a pre-sale estimate of £35,000 – £40,000. Fondly nicknamed Vinnylonglegs, this 1955 [Read More]
Stephenson’s Auction, located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, is a full service auction company General Auction, Friday, February 11, 2011 Inspection: Friday, February 11th 2PM-4PM General Auction, Friday, February 18, 2011 Inspection: Friday, February 18th 2PM-4PM General Auction, Friday, February 25, 2011 Inspection: Friday, February 25th 2PM-4PM Stephenson’s Auction 1005 Industrial Blvd Southampton, [Read More]
Jewellery and silver belonging to the daughter of the famous French society painter Paul Cesar Helleu, one of the models for a central character in Marcel Proust’s monumental novel ‘In Search of Lost Time’ (sometimes known as ‘Remembrance of Things Past’),’ is to be auctioned at Bonhams in Edinburgh on 2 March. [Read More]
Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Evening sale in London was led by Pablo Picasso’s iconic 1932 painting of Marie-Thérèse Walter, La Lecture, which sold to a round of applause for £25,241,250 /$40,711,612 / €29,744,296, more than double the low estimate (est. £12 – 18 million/$18.5-27.8 million). Following a heated bidding contest that lasted [Read More]
The vase, which measures 11.5″ (29cm) tall, is the largest recorded from a rarefied group of early Ming moonflasks dating from the Yongle period (1403-1424), could fetch over a million pounds when it goes under the hammer in Dorset. The vase epitomises the taste of the Yongle Emperor and demonstrates the exceptional [Read More]
Andrew Jarrold has been appointed Head of Westcountry Property Auctions, the South West division of Countrywide Property Auctions. Announcing Andrew’s appointment, Mark Tanton, Managing Director of Countrywide Property Auctions said; “We’re delighted to have Andrew on board. Andrew has a wealth of experience in both residential and commercial property sectors. As we [Read More]
After five days of high-energy crowds and eager bidding, Mecum Auctions announces total gross sales (excluding buyer’s premium) for its 2011 Kissimmee Auction reached an impressive $39.9 million. With sales continuing to take place after the weekend event via Mecum’s “The Bid Goes On” department, the company anticipates final totals will certainly [Read More]
Also, the original 2-piece costume worn by TV’s Captain Kangaroo changed hands for $9,323. (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – An original oil on canvas painting by the renowned Russian artist Boris Israelevich Anisfeld (1879-1973) sold for $93,225 at a three-day multi-estate sale held Jan. 21-23 by Philip Weiss Auctions, in the firm’s spacious gallery [Read More]
Paintings by Sam Newton, Alfred Hair, Willie Daniels and James Gibson will cross the block. (ORLANDO, Fla.) – Several original works of art by Florida’s legendary Highwaymen – the loosely affiliated group of African-American artists who eked out a meager living mainly in the Fort Pierce area of Florida, from the 1950s [Read More]
Bonhams announces the upcoming sale of Dogs in Show and Field: The Fine Art Sale on Wednesday, February 16, 2011. This is Bonhams 29th Annual Sale and has long become a must for dog art collectors, standing alone as the market leader for the genre. Coinciding with the auction and the Westminster [Read More]
Bonhams Chinese and Japanese departments will offer two sales on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, starting with The Linda Riddell Hoffman Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles at 10am, followed by Fine Japanese Works of Art at 2pm. Both auctions will take place at the Bonhams saleroom located at 580 Madison Avenue at 56th [Read More]
A complete set of the first 150 editions of Gay News which belonged to its editor, Denis Lemon, is coming up for auction at the Printed Books and Manuscripts sale at Bonhams in London on 22 March. Gay News first appeared in June 1972. Founded by ex-members of the Gay Liberation Front [Read More]