(ABERDEEN, Miss.) – There will be no rest for the weary at Stevens Auction Company in April. The firm has two major events lined up: the multi-estate auction of three prominent estates on Saturday, April 16, at 10 a.m (CDT); and the on-site liquidation of the contents of Nostalgia Furniture, nationally known [Read More]
Monthly Archives: March 2011
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An exceptional selection of military medals have been discovered recently on a valuation day and are to be sold on 2nd June at Richard Winterton Auctioneers, Fradley Park, Lichfield. The group includes a WW11 Distinguished Flying Medal to 1237627 F/Sgt. G.W. HOOPER R.A.F; Queen’s Sudan Medal and Khedive’s Sudan Medal with the [Read More]
The last letter in private hands from Keats to his lover Fanny Brawne has set a world record for a document by the poet when it sold for £96,000 at the Roy Davids Collection of Papers and Portraits at Bonhams today (29 March). It has been sold to an America buyer. The [Read More]
A new auction record for a print by Paul Gauguin was achieved when Crouching Tahitian Woman Seen From The Back sold for £577,250 ($924,466), over three times the estimate (£180,000-220,000), at a Sotheby’s in London. The traced monotype, or ‘printed drawing’, was fiercely contested by a number of determined bidders, finally selling [Read More]
The Milwaukee Braves baseball jersey that Hank Aaron – arguably the greatest living hero of the golden age of America’s pastime – wore in 1954, the year that began his fabled career, will be the centerpiece of Heritage Auctions’ April 21-22 Signature® Sports Memorabilia Auction. It is expected to bring $200,000+. “Short [Read More]
Dr. Tarsey, a philanthropist, collected fine art, Asian objects, porcelains, silver, jewelry, more. (PANAMA CITY, Fla.) – The estate of the late Dr. Tanja B. Tarsey – a chemist and philanthropist who died in 2009 and collected fine art, Asian objects, porcelain pieces, better furniture, estate silver, fancy jewelry and more – [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York have auctioned the Property of a Palm Beach Private Collector achieving $8,397,649, almost double the pre-sale high estimate*. The auction was led by a strong group of over 80 pieces of Chinese porcelain and works of art, most notably A Rare Large Chinese ‘Famille-Rose’ ‘Millefleurs’ Altar Garniture bearing six [Read More]
Gene Shapiro Auctions LLC has announced their Spring Auction of Russian Art will take place on April 16, 2011 during “Russian Art Week” in New York City. Both the auction and a full week of preview exhibition starting on April 9th will take place at the company’s location at 506 East 74th [Read More]
Bonhams, the international fine art auction house, has appointed Filipa Rebelo de Andrade as the company’s representative in Portugal. She is based in Lisbon. Filipa’s professional experience includes an art curatorship at the Fundacao Oriente in Lisbon, where she collaborated with the building up of the collection, was responsible for all issues [Read More]
Antique furniture, lighting, clocks, decorative accessories, fine art, jewelry will change hands. (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – What is being appropriately billed as an Exceptional Antique Auction has been planned for Saturday, May 21, by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, in the firm’s spacious showroom at 1485 West Housatonic Street in Pittsfield. Offered will be over [Read More]
Technologizer reports that pay-per-bid auction site Swoopo has filed for bankruptcy, “although the company’s front page claims “technical issues,” documents from a Munich, Germany bankruptcy court indicate its parent company — Shopping Entertainment AG — filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday. The company is asking for protections from its debtors, and it [Read More]
Sotheby’s sales of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art have concluded, bringing the overall total for the series of auctions to $71,320,518 (est. $17.5/25.1 million), the highest total ever achieved anywhere in New York. All three auctions exceeded their estimates and competitive bidding was seen across all categories and periods. The sales [Read More]
ohn Moran Auctioneers achieved a 100% sell-through rate in several categories of merchandise consigned from private collections to their March 8, 2011 Antiques and Decorative Arts Auction, including mid-century modern design, silver, rugs and Japanese art. Native American artifacts also performed well, selling at a rate of 90%, as did European porcelain [Read More]
Phillips de Pury & Company have announced the sale of a rare, iconic portrait of the legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor, painted by Andy Warhol in 1963. The stunning painting will be offered for sale in the Contemporary Art Part I auction on May 12th and is estimated at $20,000,000 / $30,000,000. Andy [Read More]
Sotheby’s will sell the most valuable emerald and diamond Tiara to have appeared at auction in over 30 years in its sale of Magnificent and Noble Jewels in Geneva on the 17th May 2011. Estimated to sell for £3.1-6.2 million (CHF 4.5- 9 million / $5-10 million), the Highly Important and Extremely [Read More]
WATCHUNG, NEW JERSEY. The catalog for Robert Edward Auctions’ 2011 blockbuster sale will ship on April 12, 2011. While most of the auction is baseball-related, also included are seven original Warren cover paintings dating from 1968 to 1981, among them five paintings that once graced the cover of Vampirella magazine (each res. [Read More]
On Sunday, March 27th at 12:00 Noon, Clarke Auction will sell 400+ lots drawn from estates in Larchmont, Bronxville, Scarsdale, Fifth Avenue, Tuckahoe, Hunterdon County, Greenwich CT, Rye, and Fort Lee. Americana, Civil War and Medical Antiques Fresh from a Hastings home are two large antique Cigar Store Indians, one a princess. [Read More]
The quality and variety of merchandise could well result in the firm’s best auction in a long time. (MALVERN, Pa.) – Around 260 quality, fresh-to-the-market lots in a wide array of categories – vintage clocks, Asian objects and furniture, period American furniture, estate silver, fine art, decorative accessories and more – will [Read More]