The auction will be conducted by The Specialists of the South, Inc., beginning at 9 a.m. (CDT). (PANAMA CITY, Fla.) – The estate of John and Jean Robertson, collectors who amassed a staggering number of items in a wide array of categories over the course of their rich lifetime together, will be [Read More]
Daily Archives: July 7, 2011
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A striking and brilliantly conceived poster for the 1934 Aldershot Tattoo, designed by the celebrated printmaking team Sybil Andrews and Cyril Power, is for sale at the Bonhams Print Sale on 12 July. The Aldershot Command Searchlight Tattoo, to use its full name, was a huge national event in the inter-war years [Read More]
Labels Designed by Famous Artists Including Georges Bracques, Salvador Dali, Henry Moore, Picasso, Andy Warhol and Joan Miro A rare collection of fifty-nine bottles of Château Mouton Rothschild will be offered in the Fine Wine Sale on the 7th July at Bonhams New Bond Street. The bottles are estimated to sell for [Read More]
The Helmut Joseph Collection Makes £1,700,000 at Auction The most important collection of porcelain snuff boxes assembled in the 20th century sold for a fantastic £1,700,000 at Bonhams, New Bond Street, London on 5th July 2011. The top lot was a magnificent made for Augustus III, Elector of Saxony and King of [Read More]
Rawlings Auction, Appraisal & Realty, LLC announces a public real estate auction of 126 acres in Garrett County, Md., according to Steve Rawlings, auctioneer. “This is a beautiful mountain land property with rolling hills close to Deep Creek, Frostburg and Grantsville,” said Rawlings. “It’s not often you get the opportunity to buy [Read More]
Two superbly documented fragments from “The Star Spangled Banner,” the very flag that flew over Ft. McHenry in Baltimore, MD on Sept. 13, 1814 and inspired Francis Scott Key to pen the words to America’s national anthem, sold for $65,725 as part of Heritage Auctions’ $1,361,858 June 25 Signature® Arms & Militaria [Read More]
Sotheby’s London Evening Sale of Treasures: Princely Taste was led by the sale of a magnificent pair of Italian carved giltwood settees created for one of the most sumptuous Rococo interiors in Italy – the Gilded Gallery of Palazzo Carrega Cataldi. Setting a record at auction for Italian seating furniture when they [Read More]