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]
Monthly Archives: April 2011
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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]
Auction to Feature Thomas Binkley Collection of Historical Musical Instruments, Guitars from the Pinkburst Project, Selmer saxophone of Steve Lacy and fine fretted instruments and violins Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of Fine Musical Instruments on May 1st at noon in its Boston gallery. The sale will feature over 450 lots [Read More]
Nearly 100 Classics Will Be Sold Without Reserve Bonhams has announced the sale of the Wallace “Wally” Lewis Collection of classic American cars in Portland, Oregon, on June 11th. This remarkable automobile collection, offered for sale for the first time, consists of a huge variety of American models, with a focus on [Read More]
Christie’s auctioneers will offer a beautiful rectangular-cut diamond ring weighing 5.1 carats (estimate: €70,000-100,000) in Paris on May 23rd. This ring belonged to Gloria Swanson, the American actress, who was a superstar of the silent movies and critically acclaimed for her role in the Hollywood classic Sunset Boulevard (1950). By the mid-1920s [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York auction of 19th Century European Art on 5 May 2011–timed to coincide with the May sales of Impressionist & Modern Art–is distinguished by important and rare works, as well as a number of major discoveries. The select and highly-curated sale offers the best works of each artist represented, and [Read More]
Fine jewelry will highlight John Moran Auctioneers’ May 17, 2011 Antiques and Fine Art Auction, a two-session sale of over 300 lots. An attractive opportunity to acquire antique and vintage pieces at all price levels, Moran’s semi-annual jewelry sale presents hundreds of carefully selected lots consigned directly from private collections and estates. [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York will offer 20 portraits of Helena Rubinstein (1870-1965), the legendary businesswoman and style icon whose name remains synonymous with beauty and elegance more than 100 years after the founding of her company, Helena Rubinstein, Incorporated, during May and October 2011. Rubinstein was a pioneer and an innovator, creator of [Read More]
Sotheby’s Greek Sale, in London on Monday, 9 May, 2011, will draw together an exceptional array of Greek art, with important examples of Greek Modernism by eminent 20th-century masters such as Constantinos Parthenis, Yiannis Tsarouchis and Yiannis Moralis. The Resurrection by Constantinos Parthenis (1878-1967) forms part of a series of works for [Read More]
CASHING IN ON THE SILVER BOOM Silver and precious metals are having a boom. Prices for hallmarked silver particularly have increased dramatically over the last few weeks and are currently at over £20 an ounce. The world can’t get enough of silver and this is reflected in record prices being achieved at [Read More]
A group of London based entrepreneurs have launched Kenya’s first online auction website, ZabuniSoko.com, an e-commerce platform where users can browse, buy and sell products online. The site allows entrepreneurs to set up their own online stores, and the general public to buy goods at discounted prices or sell new and second-hand [Read More]