Sotheby’s announces the first of its 2011 London Sales of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. The auction will feature 343 lots and will take place in London on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011. Every item in the sale has been meticulously selected as an iconic example of its genre and in [Read More]
Monthly Archives: May 2011
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The weekend event will be held in the firm’s showroom, at #1 Neil Court in Oceanside, N.Y. (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – A three-day weekend mega-sale featuring Disney items, toys, toy soldiers, Hollywood memorabilia, toy trains, vintage dolls, mechanical and still banks, folk art pieces, cast-iron door stops, advertising items, World’s Fair material and [Read More]
The Franciscan Sisters of Mary will hold two (2) Public Auctions, Saturday, May 14, 2011, and Saturday, May 21, 2011, to sell unneeded convent furnishings of the congregation. The auctions, conducted by Father Time® Auctions, will take place in the convent, 1100 Bellevue Avenue in Richmond Heights, MO, 63117. There will be [Read More]
The Milwaukee Braves jersey worn by Hall of Fame outfielder Hank Aaron during his rookie season brought $167,300 on Friday, April 22, as part of Heritage Auctions’ Signature® Sports Collectibles auction, establishing the highest price ever paid at auction for Aaron game used memorabilia. The auction totaled just more than $3.7 million, [Read More]
Bonhams will be auctioning a truly one-of-a-kind motorcycle offered in collaboration with the most successful motorcycle racer of his era, Valentino Rossi. As written about in the April 2010 issues of both Cycle World and Motorcyclist, a highly upgraded and customized 2009 Yamaha YZF-R1 1000cc – the civilian version of the MotoGP [Read More]
Bonhams & Butterfields, announce the company’s eighth offering of exceptional writing instruments in the United States on May 23, 2011. The auction contains over 200 lots and offers a diverse selection of excellent fountain pens, chiefly Montblancs, including a Sir Winston Churchill fountain pen, the last of 53 produced. Churchill famously preferred [Read More]
Sotheby’s have announced the sale on 14 July 2011 in London of the earliest rules of club football, being sold as part of the historic archive of the world’s oldest football club, Sheffield FC (established 1857), which is estimated at £800,000 ? £1,200,000*. This extraordinary and unique piece of sporting history, which [Read More]