Christie’s South Kensington bi-annual auction of Travel, Science and Natural History held on 29 September 2011 realized a total of £2,018,650 / $3,153,131 / €2,313,373, selling 78% by lot and 93% by value. This result is the highest total ever achieved for this category at Christie’s South Kensington saleroom; the sale was [Read More]
Daily Archives: October 1, 2011
Proxibid (www.proxibid.com), the world’s largest real auction marketplace, will provide live online bidding when a collection of high-end photographic prints and books crosses the auction block to benefit the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. The live auction, featuring auctioneer Denise Bethel, senior vice president and director of the [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York announces that it will offer six works generously donated by leading contemporary artists to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF). Works by Cecily Brown, Tracey Emin, Jim Hodges, Howard Hodgkin, Jeff Koons and Keith Haring will be include in Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Day Sale on 10 November 2011, [Read More]
Doyle New York will auction Prints and Books from The Creekmore and Adele Fath Charitable Foundation Collection on Tuesday, November 8, 2011. This important single-owner sale brings together Mr. Fath’s two most enduring passions — politics and art. CREEKMORE AND ADELE FATH Creekmore Fath (1916-2009) was an influential figure in Texas politics. [Read More]