A pair of handwritten and with illustrations by the renowned American artist Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975), are expected to be centerpiece lots in an auction slated for Saturday, Nov. 12, by Dirk Soulis Auctions. The sale will be held in the firm’s Lone Jack gallery, located 30 miles east of Kansas City, [Read More]
Monthly Archives: November 2011
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The only two surviving sketch-leaves in private hands for Edward Elgar’s unfinished Third Symphony are to be sold at Bonhams Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs Sale in London on 22 November. They are part of a rich collection of material that belonged to Vera Hockman, the woman with whom Elgar fell [Read More]
Phillips de Pury & Company announces the highlights from its Latin American Contemporary Art auctions. The Evening auction will feature 33 lots with a low estimate of $5,935,000 and a high estimate of $8,205,000. The Day auction will comprise of 104 lots with a low estimate of $1,099,000 and a high estimate [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York 19th Century European Art auction brought $19,373,250, with spirited bidding from an international pool of buyers competing for the impressive range of lots on offer. “Buyers in today’s sale were international private collectors, many of whom are assembling first rate collections of 19th Century European masterpieces,” commented Polly Sartori, [Read More]
Sotheby’s London announced the sale of Gustav Klimt’s recently rediscovered masterpiece of 1901 Seeufer mit Birken (Lakeshore with Birches), which is estimated to fetch £6-8 million/ $10-13 million and will be offered as part of the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, 8th February, 2012, in London. A work of haunting beauty [Read More]
A 1960 typed letter signed by Harper Lee elaborates about the fictional Maycomb County in “To Kill a Mockingbird” and includes a hand-drawn map of the state of Alabama with the words “Maycomb County.” The letter will be auctioned at Nate D. Sanders’ Tuesday November 8, 2011 auction. The famed novelist wrote [Read More]
A 1938 Gibson Advance Jumbo Sunburst Acoustic Guitar, also known as “The Bone Crusher” for its legendary sound quality, surpassing the Herringbone Martins of the pre-war era, realized $53,775 to lead the way in Heritage Auctions $1.43 million Vintage Guitar and Stringed Instruments auction on Oct. 21. More than 800 bidders vied [Read More]
Rago Auctions is proud to announce that it will auction the folk art and Americana collection from Fleecydale Cottage in Carversville, PA on December 3, 2011 at Noon. Bidders will find over 160 lots of American painted furniture, whirligigs, carnival shooting targets and prize figurines, signage, hard-to-find paintings by Amos Shontz, outsider [Read More]
Sotheby’s fall sale of Latin American Art in New York on 16 and 17 November 2011 will showcase a range of Latin American painting and sculpture from the continents’ most important artists including exceptional works from important collections that are fresh to the market. A group of Rufino Tamayo paintings that span [Read More]
iGavel Auctions Associate Everard and Company’s October 3rd, 2011 online auction of photographic equipment from the Estate of Arthur Keir and other owners brought over $700,000, considerably higher than its pre-sale estimate of $300,000-500,000. The Keir collection was 100% sold and overall the auction had a selling rate of 93%. The sale [Read More]
The whiskeys include some of the finest specimens known; flasks in never-before seen colors. (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – An incredible selection of rare, high-end western whiskey bottles and historical flasks will be sold in an Internet and catalog auction that begins Dec. 9 and will conclude Dec. 18 by American Bottle Auctions (www.americanbottle.com). [Read More]
A first year production 1855 “Root Model” Sidehammer Colt Revolver in the original box realized $2,300 and a World War II Flight Jacket with “Flying Dutchmen” artwork saw $3,100 in Cordier Auctions & Appraisals quarterly Firearms & Military Sale on September 23. The sale featured 300 plus lots in categories spanning Antique [Read More]
A unique set of twelve original Japanese Namiki pens from the Alfred Dunhill Archive are to be sold at Bonhams Distinguished Design sale in London on 30 November. The set is estimated at £100,000-150,000. The barrels of the pens date from the 1920s when the techniques which make dunhill-Namiki pens so special [Read More]
Cordier Auctions & Appraisals will be holding their Two Day Fall Antique & Fine Art auction in their new facility in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on November 5 and 6. The 12,000 square foot facility, located at 1500 Paxton Street, will house the company’s salesroom, offices and storage facility. The early 20th century brick [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York will hold a sale, on 8 & 9 December 2011, dedicated to furniture and decorative arts from the collection of Dodie Rosekrans, a figure who was known internationally for her considerable charitable work, trendsetting style and patronage of the arts. Collection of Dodie Rosekrans Photo: Sotheby’s. Property from the [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York auction of Important Russian Art brought $17,636,500, with five works selling for more than $1 million and three works exceeding $3 million. Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova, Street in Moscow, 1909, titled, numbered and inscribed in Cyrillic (on the reverse), oil on canvas, 25 1/2 by 31 in., 65 by 79 [Read More]
Koller Auctions will host several events in Geneva. Between 12 and 14 November at the Hotel de La Paix, this, the largest auction house in Switzerland, will present the top lots for its December auction to take place in Zurich. On 18 November the Koller Geneva auction will take place at the [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. will host its fall auction of Fine Wines on November 8th at 4 p.m. in its Boston gallery at 63 Park Plaza. The sale, realized through a partnership with Lower Falls Wine Company of Newton, MA, will offer 775 lots of fine vintage Bordeaux, a coveted allotment of recent vintage [Read More]