An outstanding collection of works by Archibald Thorburn sold for fantastic prices in the 19th Century Paintings auction at Bonhams New Bond Street On Wednesday 13 July. A new world record for the artist was made with the highlight of the collection – the magnificent Peacock and Peacock Butterfly fetched £252,000, more [Read More]
Monthly Archives: July 2011
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Bonhams has announced the appointment of Dr Thomas Kamm as the company’s Senior Representative in Germany, with immediate effect. Dr Kamm, has had a distinguished career as an art academic and leading journalist in the art world. For more than twenty years Dr Kamm has worked at as an editor or editor-in-chief [Read More]
Sotheby’s have announced that its Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on 2 November 2011 in New York will be led by one of the most accomplished and celebrated landscapes created by Gustav Klimt. Litzlberg am Attersee (Litzlberg on the Attersee) is a dramatic view of the lush environs of Lake Attersee [Read More]
The very last Brough Superior SS100 to roll off the production line has now been added to Bonhams Quail Lodge sale list. Considered one of the greatest motorcycles ever made, and famous for consistently being the most coveted and valuable sold at auction, the SS100 was the flagship model of the bespoke [Read More]
Sotheby’s have announced the sale of a remarkable group of works by British artists on behalf of The Dartington Hall Trust, to be sold as part of Sotheby’s sale of 20th Century British Art on Wednesday, 16th November, 2011. The works, comprising paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures and ceramics by artists including Ben [Read More]
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – www.skinnerinc.com – Affordable paintings, antique prints and contemporary works by listed artists are featured along with country Americana in the July 27 & 28th Skinner Discovery Auction. Skinner holds estate furniture, antiques & collectibles auctions in Massachusetts monthly at its Marlborough gallery at 274 Cedar Hill Street. These auctions [Read More]
Last year at Quail Lodge Bonhams set a world record for any Porsche sold at auction when the 1972 917 Interserie Spyder (neé 1970 Gulf-JWA Le Mans 917K Coupe) made nearly $4 million. This and other competition Porsches from the impressive Michael Amalfitano Collection exceeded all pre-sale expectations and made headlines around [Read More]
Sotheby’s announces an exciting line up for MATERIAL WORLDS, its second outdoor selling exhibition at Sudeley Castle, from 28th July to 30th September 2011. The exhibition brings together cutting edge, one off and limited edition works in strikingly different materials by 11 artists and designers, including Ingo Maurer, Tord Boontje, Paul Fryer, [Read More]
On Wednesday, August 3, Swann Galleries will conduct a two-session auction of Vintage Posters, which features a wonderful assortment of summer resort and beach posters from around the world, World War I and II propaganda posters, and the ever-popular Mather Work Incentive posters. The sale opens with a selection of more than [Read More]
Sotheby’s have announced the sale of the Fabius Frères Gallery collection on the 26th and 27th October 2011 in Paris, in association with the auction house PIASA. The 400 sculptures, pieces of furniture, works of art, drawings and 19th century paintings, estimated to sell in the region of €10 million ($14,5 million), [Read More]
The Haight-Ashbury Collection of original hand-crafted psychedelic art, original 1960s rock posters, including original work by the biggest names in the genre – artists Rick Griffin, Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse, David Singer and Victor Moscoso, among the many – will be offered as part of Heritage Auctions’ July 29 Signature® Music & [Read More]
The auction was held in conjunction with the very popular Check the Oil Show in Dublin, Ohio. (DUBLIN, Ohio) – An extremely rare Texaco Home Lubricant counter-top display rack made of painted metal, rated 9+ on a scale of 1-10 for overall condition, sold for $7,425 at an auction held June 25 [Read More]
Father Time® Auctions, regionally services St. Louis, Missouri and Southwestern Illinois, is a full service auction company specializing in real estate auctions, personal property auctions, business and asset liquidations is proud to announce that Rick Bauer, AARE, CES has received Benefit Auction Training at the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) Education Institute which [Read More]
Top priced lot at Bonhams Fine Wine Sale on July 7th, was a case of 12 bottles of 1988 Romanee- Conti which sold for £74,750 to a UK buyer. Six bottles of 1985 Romanee-Conti sold for £50,600 to a South American buyer and a case of 1966 La Tache sold for £16,100, [Read More]
Bonhams & Butterfields announce the October 16, 2011 auction of 20th Century Decorative Arts featuring a large selection of furniture, decorations and lighting by legendary Hollywood decorator and actor, William “Billy” Haines. The Los Angeles auction will feature a unique offering of more than 30 lots originally commissioned from Haines by actress [Read More]
A 1967 Gibson J-160E Sunburst acoustic-electric guitar bought by John Lennon and later gifted by Lennon to Bob Dylan is expected to bring $200,000+ as the undisputed centerpiece of Heritage Auctions July 29 Signature® Music & Entertainment Auction. Lennon played and wrote songs on this beautiful Gibson during the period of the [Read More]
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]
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]