This year marks the 100th anniversary of both the Indianapolis 500 and of the car that was “born” at America’s most famous motor race. Stutz was an Indiana-based motorcar company founded in 1911 by Harry Stutz. Its first model, the brawny Bearcat, made its debut boldly entering and completing the first Indy [Read More]
Daily Archives: May 4, 2011
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Selections from the extraordinary collection of the late Malcolm S. Forbes, lovingly displayed in the Forbes Galleries in New York for more than a quarter century, will be offered in Heritage Auctions’ “The Gentleman Collector” auction, in Dallas, on June 1. “The Forbes ‘Mortality of Immortality’ assortment of more than 100 extraordinary [Read More]
Christie’s, will present its spring sale of magnificent jewels on 31 May at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. With a pre-sale estimate exceeding HK$550 million/US$70 million, this auction will offer collectors close to 300 pieces of rare diamonds, fine coloured gemstones and exceptional jadeite. Leading the sale is The Imperial [Read More]
Noel Barrett’s May 21 auction offers 714-lots, from fresh-to-market holiday items and antique games to coveted clockwork toys and salesmen’s samples. The Saturday event commencing at 10 a.m. at the Eagle Fire Hall in New Hope, Pa., will feature items from the collections of Philip and Ann Henderson, and Rex Horchem. The [Read More]
Bonhams presents an attractive selection of well-known artists in various media in the Modern and Contemporary Art auction on May 9. Taking place in New York and simulcast to Los Angeles, this bi-coastal auction boasts 165 lots across a variety of price points that will appeal to a wide array of bidders, [Read More]
On June 2, 2011, PBA Galleries of San Francisco will offer at auction one of the finest private collections in existence of the literary and artistic work of the poet Charles Bukowski. Featuring a large selection of original typed, signed poems, a rare group of original paintings, and scarce broadsides and ephemera [Read More]