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]
Monthly Archives: July 2011
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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]
The greatest and most horrific monsters, aliens and giant mutated creatures in the history of cinema, including Frankenstein, Dracula and The Wolf Man, will be on the block as part of Heritage Auctions’ July 16-17 Signature® Vintage Movie Poster sale at the company’s Dallas headquarters, 3500 Maple Avenue. “Collectors will have a [Read More]
The Thursday-Friday multi-estate auction will have an early start time of 2 p.m. on both days. (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – Hundreds of quality, fresh-to-the-market lots in a rainbow of categories will cross the block on Thursday and Friday, July-21-22, at Philip Weiss Auctions in the firm’s spacious showroom located at #1 Neil Court [Read More]
A jaw-dropping gathering of important sports memorabilia, led by Lou Gehrig’s 1934 Tour of Japan game worn uniform, from The Lou Gehrig Collection, is set to thrill collectors at Heritage Auctions’ Thursday, Aug. 4 Signature® Sports Collectibles Platinum Auction, taking place in conjunction with the Chicago National Sports Show in Rosemont, Il. [Read More]
A blue diamond, will be offered in the Fine Jewellery Sale at Bonhams, New Bond Street on September 21st and is estimated to sell for £600,000 – 800,000. The stunning diamond and blue diamond crossover ring made by Bulgari comes from a private European collector and has never been seen at auction [Read More]
A 16-inch papier-mache Halloween figure beat expectations to sell for $16,520 (all prices inclusive of 18% buyer’s premium); but a modestly estimated Lionel train set that took the express journey to the top of prices realized. The Lionel 408E standard gauge set with electric engine and twin Bild-A-Loco motors pulled four compartmented [Read More]
A 1952 Ferrari 340 Mexico Berlinetta, chassis number 0226AT, leads an exceptional series of Ferraris at RM Auctions’ highly anticipated Monterey sale, August 19 – 20 in California. 1952 Ferrari 340 Mexico Berlinetta Photo, RM Auctions One of just three examples purpose-built to contest the 1952 Carrera Panamericana, 0226AT was raced new [Read More]
Sotheby’s sale of Old Master and British Drawings on July 7th and 8th 2011 in London will present for sale a range of important drawings from the 16th to the 19th centuries. In addition to works by artists Hans Bol, Jacopo Ligozzi, Joseph Mallord William Turner and John Constable, a remarkable highlight [Read More]
On July 15, Stephenson’s will present its 2011 Mid-Summer Dolls, Toys & Trains Auction, featuring approximately 300 lots of carefully chosen antique and vintage playthings. All forms of bidding will be available, including live via the Internet through LiveAuctioneers.com. The auction will begin at 2 p.m. Eastern time with a selection of [Read More]
‘Hollywood’, a rare screen print by the celebrated American artist, Ed Ruscha, whose 50 year career was the subject of an acclaimed 2009 retrospective exhibition at London’s Hayward Gallery, is one of the leading items at the Bonhams Print sale in London on 12 July. The print, a representation of one of [Read More]
John Moran Auctioneers’ July 19th Antiques and Decorative Arts Auction will feature an impressive selection of silver, bronzes, porcelain, art glass, Arts and Crafts and mid-century modern design, as well as European and American fine art. While encompassing a broad range of styles and eras, the 200-lot sale is characterized by a [Read More]