Sotheby’s London, announces the sale of an unpublished manuscript by Charlotte Brontë as part of its sale of English Literature, History, Children’s Books & Illustrations on Thursday, 15th December 2011, estimated at £200,000-300,000*. Never before seen by scholars, it is the most important Brontë manuscript to have appeared at auction in more [Read More]
Daily Archives: November 9, 2011
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Since the launch of the Swiss Art sale in 1979, Sotheby’s Zurich has sold some of Ferdinand Hodler’s most important landscapes to have come to auction – often for record prices*. In its sale of Swiss Art on 28th November 2011 Sotheby’s Zurich will present a major landscape by the celebrated Swiss [Read More]
Phillips de Pury & Company’s Contemporary Art Part I totals: $71,292,500, selling 94 % by value and 85% by lot in a lively and packed auction room. The Contemporary Art Benefit auction for the Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation totaled $2,682,000, selling 93% by value and 95% by lot. “We were very happy [Read More]
Christie’s will offer a very rare manuscript Revolutionary War map (estimate: $1,000,000-1,500,000) as part of its autumn Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana sale at Christie’s New York Rockefeller Center saleroom, on November 15,. It is the only known such manuscript in private hands?one of five known versions of this map [Read More]
Sale Also Features Pictures of Salvador Dali, Frank Sinatra and Courtney Love Bonhams is to auction a number of iconic images of celebrities as part of its Photographs Sale on 17 November 2011. One of the highlights is a photograph of Kate Moss, taken at the end of a day’s shoot on [Read More]
The Kitchen is holding a benefit art auction November 15 on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street, New York. Participating Artists Include: Michele Abeles, David Adamo, Kathryn Andrews, Polly Apfelbaum, Cory Arcangel, Erica Baum, Dike Blair, Alexis Callender, Paul Chan, Aaron Curry, Moyra Davey, Tim Davis, Lucky [Read More]