One of the finest and rarest items of furniture to date has recently been discovered in a Staffordshire property. It belongs to a genre of furniture known as collectors’ cabinets, essentially a small cabinet with a fitted interior for housing objects d’art for wealthy connoisseurs. This example is thought to be Indo-Portuguese [Read More]
Monthly Archives: August 2011
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Phoenix auction firm, Auction Systems Auctioneers & Appraisers, Inc., will host a police marathon auction featuring electronics, jewelry, tools, school district equipment and supplies, city surplus, appliances, computers, sporting goods, household items, furniture, commercial restaurant equipment and much more on Saturday, August 6, 2011. Items of interest for this Phoenix marathon auction [Read More]
Bonhams & Butterfields have announced its September 25, 2011 Sunset Estate Auction will feature select property from the Estate of award-winning stage, television and film actor John Forsythe. A harlequin set of eight Late George III ladder back chairs early 19th century. With rush seats, comprising two armchairs and six side chairs. [Read More]
Greg Martin Auctions/Heritage Auctions are joining with the National Rifle Association (NRA) to offer the second “NRA Firearms For Freedom Auction,” beginning Aug. 21, 2011, in Dallas, TX. The special event, featuring donations from NRA members, benefits the NRA, its mission in defense of America’s Second Amendment freedoms, our nation’s shooting and [Read More]
Christie’s new York announced the single-owner sale of A Connoisseur’s Vision: Property from the Xu Hanqing Collection, which will be offered on September 15, 2011 during Christie’s Asian Art Week. This elite group of 150 objects includes rare and important examples of ancient Chinese paintings, rare calligraphy, lustrous jades, an assortment of [Read More]
Estate auctions fill Rago’s galleries with 18th, 19th and early 20th century furnishings, decorative arts and fine arts including lamps and metalwork, rugs, American folk art, Native American, bronzes, prints, Asian art and antiques, glass and porcelain. Select highlight: Edouard Jean Baptiste Detaille (French, 1848-1912), Oil on canvas, French Infantry soldier, $15,000-20,000. [Read More]
Other prominent collections will also cross the block that weekend, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) – The lifetime country store, advertising and toy collection of Mike and Colleen Empey will headline a major auction slated for the weekend of Sept. 30-Oct. 2 by Showtime Auctions. The event will be held [Read More]
A small leather-bound book that powerfully evokes ‘The Few’ of WWII Battle of Britain, listing 107 signatures of RAF flying officers, sold at Bonhams Militaria Sale in Oxford yesterday, August 2nd, for £33,600. The pre-sale estimate was just £6,000 to £8,000. It went to a private British buyer. Collected by Norman Phillips, [Read More]
The auction will take place in the firm’s gallery, at 544 E. Sixth Street in Panama City, Fla. (PANAMA CITY, Fla.) – A whopping nine local consignors, together boasting hundreds of lots in an eclectic mix of categories, will be packed into a one-day multi-estate sale on Saturday, Aug. 27, at The [Read More]
JJManning Auctioneers is to offer a prime retail/office condo located at 495 Cabot St. (Rt. 1A), Unit C4 – Building 1, Beverly, MA in the “Cabot Crossing Condominium” complex. The complex includes (2) 3-story wood frame on slab retail/office buildings built in 2004 on 1.5+/- acres with ample paved parking. Building 1 [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York will offer 20th century furniture, ceramics, glass and carpets from the Chicago home of collector Colleen Sullivan in a dedicated auction on 21 September 2011. A Midcentury Eye: The Collection of Colleen Sullivan will showcase works by prominent European and American designers from the 1930s through the 1960s, featuring [Read More]
Following up on a spring season that reached great heights, including a May sale that realized $1.43 million, John Moran Auctioneers once again offered a large selection of items from estates and private collections. The July 19th Antiques auction featured more than 500 lots of American and European decorative and fine arts. [Read More]
Richard Harvey, European Head of Wine for Bonhams and a Master of Wine, has been promoted to head the company’s international wine business which includes wine sales in London, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Hong Kong. Matthew Girling, Bonhams CEO Europe, said: “This is a very significant appointment for Bonhams. [Read More]
Top shark experts are allowing themselves to be auctioned during Shark Week 2011 to raise funds for the Shark Research Institute’s conservation programs. Up for auction are dinners (or lunches) with the world’s foremost shark experts. Each winning bidder has the unique opportunity to “talk shark” face- to-face, one-on-one, with a real [Read More]
A 1932 Packard Twin Six Individual Custom Convertible Sedan has auctioned for $1,100,000 at RM Sale at the Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s. 1932 Packard Twin Six Individual Custom Convertible Sedan. Photo: Shooterz.biz ©2011 Courtesy of RM Auctions One of just two built and virtually unseen for nearly half a [Read More]