The event will be held in the Historic Buford Hall, located at 112 East Shadburn Ave. in Buford. (BUFORD, Ga.) – A weekend sale featuring over 1,000 lots of folk art in a wide array of genres will be held April 30-May 1 by Slotin Auction at the Historic Buford Hall, located [Read More]
Daily Archives: April 12, 2011
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Irving Penn’s Harlequin Dress, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, 1950, a Platinum-Palladium print from 1979, an acknowledged masterpiece from one of the greatest fashion photographers to ever pick up a camera, is expected to bring $150,000+ to lead Heritage Auctions’ May 2 Signature Vintage & Contemporary Photography Auction, taking place at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion, 2 [Read More]
Includes over one hundred full cases of First Growth Bordeaux from the great modern vintages, nearly all in original wood, and a vast offering of Château Pétrus (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. today announced the highlights of their upcoming auction of Finest and Rarest Wines, which will take place [Read More]
Morphy Auctions will present a colorful array of fresh to the market antique toys, banks, advertising and figural cast-iron novelties in a 1,645-lot auction titled A Spring Selection, on April 29-30, 2011. Both the Friday and Saturday sessions include extremely rare items from long-held collections, with highlights including early Dr Pepper advertising [Read More]
Around 600 quality lots changed hands in a successful sale that grossed more than $400,000. (WINDSOR, Conn.) – A large Chinese bronze statue of a standing figure, possibly a god of war or other deity and made during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), sold for $27,600 at the annual Spring Asian Antiques & [Read More]
An important and rare work on paper of Glasgow street children by Joan Eardley which has not been seen since it was bought direct from the artist in the mid 1950s is to be auctioned at Bonhams sale of Scottish Art in Edinburgh on 21 April. It is estimated at between £50,000-70,000. [Read More]
WORLD RECORDS SET FOR DESIREE DOLRON, BARRY FRYDLENDER, A DAVID HOCKNEY PHOTOCOLLAGE, PIETER HUGO, AHMET ERTUG, CINTHYA SOTO, EUGENE VON BRUENCHENHEIN, SEBASTIÄO SALGADO, STEVE MCCURRY, MELANIE SCHIFF, MONA KUHN, GAVIN BOND, THE ULTRAVELVET COLLECTION, SANDY SKOGLUND, VEE SPEERS & MATTHEW PILLSBURY Phillips de Pury & Company’s Photographs sale in New York, sold [Read More]
The stable and reliable market situation will attract customers just as much as the the range of top-class offerings that Robert Ketterer will come up with in his art auction of POST WAR/ Contemporary Art in Munich on May 7. George Rickey provides one of the top objects. With his kinetic sculpture [Read More]
Bolton-based online parcel delivery specialist Parcel2Go already helps eBay sellers ship auction items and Buy-it-Now instant purchases out to buyers, and the firm’s new eBay Quick Quote tool will help speed the process up even more. When it comes to international auctions, sellers can often find themselves having to answer a mountain [Read More]
The stellar collection of antique toys, banks and Americana amassed by the late Donal Markey surpassed the $2-million mark on March 25-26 at Bertoia’s in Vineland, New Jersey. The 1,034-lot auction inventory added a full spectrum of colors to the shelves of Bertoia’s gleaming glass showcases, with scores of early American folk-art [Read More]