A February 1920 Gandhi letter emphasizing peaceful tactics against the British will be auctioned at Nate D. Sanders’ Tuesday October 11, 2011 auction. Gandhi’s Satyagraha movement encouraged indigenous Indians to resist the British occupation by using peaceful non-violent means and complimented the emerging nationalist Swaraj movement for Indian self-rule. Just months after [Read More]
Monthly Archives: October 2011
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Frank Frazetta’s masterpiece of science fiction art, Tomorrow Midnight, 1966, brought $83,650 as the top lot in Heritage Auctions’ $1.16+ million Sept. 12 Signature® Jerry Weist Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy Art in Beverly Hills, CA. All prices include 19.5% Buyer’s Premium. All told, 1,184 collectors vied for one of the [Read More]
On October 11, during Frieze Art Fair week, the award-winning not-for-profit Bidoun Projects will hold its debut fundraising benefit in London at Christie’s auction house. The auction brings together works by 32 leading contemporary artists. The evening will be kicked off by a conversation between the Serpentine Gallery’s Hans Ulrich Obrist and [Read More]
The world’s oldest running motor car, a historic 1884 De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout, sold for $4.62 million before a packed house at RM Auctions sale in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The sale price was more than doubled its original pre-sale estimate and represents a new world record for an early [Read More]
Christie’s New York announces the auction of an exceptional selection of Pop Art masterpieces at its Post-War and Contemporary Sale on November 8, 2011. The constellation of major works to be offered will include stars such as Roy Lichtenstein’s I Can See the Whole Room…and There’s Nobody in It!, Andy Warhol’s Silver [Read More]
Session I, to be held on Wednesday, October 12th, features ephemera, toys & dolls and collectibles. Over 800 lots will be offered ranging from the historical to the whimsical. Included are a variety of bisque, papier-mâché, fashion and collectible dolls. Also available are Golden and Silver Age comic books, postcards, as well [Read More]
Christie‘s New York announce the auction on November 9, 2011, of selected works from the celebrated Anton and Annick Herbert Collection of Minimal Art, Conceptual Art and Arte Povera. Formed in Ghent, Belgium, by the Herberts, beginning in the 1960s, the collection is considered to be one of the most important in [Read More]
Christie’s announces its Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on November 1 will be led by Edgar Degas’ Petite danseuse de quatorze ans, the most celebrated sculpture to have emerged from the Impressionist era. With its unflinching realism, bold and unconventional combination of materials, and staunch rejection of idealized grace, Petite danseuse [Read More]
Wayne County Tax-Foreclosed September Auction is a Huge Success Bidding Starts at Just $500 for Thousands of Remaining Properties Wayne County, MI, September 28, 2011 – Wayne County Treasurer Raymond Wojtowicz today announced that bidding for the September auction of tax-foreclosed properties has successfully concluded with thousands of outstanding properties still remaining [Read More]
Important works by noted, listed artists, plus two notable Modernism collections, just came in. (MILFORD, Conn.) – Late additions to what was already a packed sale are promising to make the Shannon’s Fine Art Auction slated for Thursday, Oct. 27, an event to remember. New consignments by prominent artists – including a [Read More]
Bonhams offers a rare Moravian pottery owl bottle, circa 1800-1820, to highlight their January 2012 American Furniture and Decorative Arts auction. This newly discovered and important example of an early American press molded animal bottle is one of only five known to exist. Brooke Sivo, Bonhams Director of American Furniture and Decorative [Read More]
Christie’s New York have announced details of its upcoming sale of Important Tiffany on December 17, 2011. This lively collecting category has achieved outstanding results in recent years, fueled by increased demand from collectors for top-quality examples of the distinctive Tiffany style. The Tiffany Studios portion of Christie’s Important 20th Century Decorative [Read More]
Greek and Roman sculpture performed strongly at Bonhams sale of Antiquities on October 5th in New Bond Street, London. Sculpture was one of the most powerful presences in the cities of both Greek and Roman cultures and was found in parks and squares, in temples and cemeteries and within many of the [Read More]
Bonhams announce its sale of European Paintings, October 26 in New York, simulcast to San Francisco. The sale will feature a wide range of paintings spanning several centuries and artistic periods. The sale is led by works from the 19th century and highlighting the group is “The Trysting Place” by British painter [Read More]
Sotheby’s October auctions of Contemporary Art/Arab & Iranian and Arts of the Islamic World concluded today bringing a combined total of£10,901,275/$16,843,460. Contemporary Art/Arab & Iranian Auction, 4 October 2011 Sotheby’s fourth dedicated auction of Contemporary Art/Arab & Iranian concluded with a total of £2,335,200/$3,610,219. The sale saw ten new auction records set [Read More]
Sotheby’s annual autumn auction of Important Russian Art in New York will be held on 1 November 2011. In response to persistent demand for rare and historic works with exceptional provenance, the sale will offer 26 museum-quality masterpieces spanning important genres in Russian art, from 19th century paintings to the early avant-garde [Read More]
Nicholls Auction Marketing Group, Inc., (www.nichollsauction.com) announces the auction of 58 acres of prime I-95/US Rt. 1 real estate – on October 14 at 10 am in Stafford County, VA., according to John Nicholls, president of the company. “This large parcel of acreage is well located with road frontage on bustling U.S. [Read More]
Bonhams will be auctioning the internationally renowned glass collection of A C Hubbard Jr. on 30th November 2011 at Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London. The important and magnificent Prince William V of Orange Goblet, circa 1766, is the major highlight not only of the sale but of all English glass offered [Read More]