New York / Berlin – artnet Auctions is pleased to announce the launch of a new 20th and 21st century design department headed by Brent Lewis, former Christie’s specialist and auctioneer and gallery director at Moss. New design lots will go live each week, providing a consistent and curated online auction marketplace [Read More]
Daily Archives: May 23, 2011
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Silver dollars and golden treasures are among the most important highlights of Heritage Auctions’ Official Auction of the June 2011 Long Beach Expo, with floor sessions held June 2-3 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, CA. “For more than a decade, Heritage has been the Official Auctioneer of the [Read More]
The event will be conducted by Kennedy’s Auction Service at the Agricenter International. (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) – A major estate auction featuring the lifetime personal collection of Mrs. Lawrence “Laurie” Walthal will be held Saturday, June 11, at the Agricenter International, located at 7777 Walnut Grove Road in Memphis. The auction, beginning promptly [Read More]
Bonhams Impressionist & Modern Art auction on Tuesday 21st June will include an exciting selection of works by artists including Boudin, Modigliani, Chagall, Picasso, Renoir and Miro. The current highlight of the sale is Portrait de Femme by the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani which was painted circa 1917-1918. Modigliani is renowned for [Read More]
Sotheby’s London announces that it will offer, as part of the English Literature and History Sale on 14th July 2011, the historic autograph manuscript of Jane Austen’s novel ‘The Watsons’ – the only major Austen manuscript remaining in private hands and the most important Jane Austen item to come to the market [Read More]
Two beautiful pictures by the British maritime and figurative painter, Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929) are to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of the 19th Century Paintings auction on 13th July 2011. Both depict a young man seen from behind, with the sea in the background beyond. Beach Study [Read More]
Christie’s will hold a special charity sale of an iconic work by renowned Chinese contemporary artist Zeng Fanzhi. The Leopard (image above, estimate: HK$6-8 million/US$769,200 – 1,025,600), will be offered at Christie’s Hong Kong Evening Sale of Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art on 28 May. With proceeds going to non-profit organisation [Read More]