An array of 18th-century Britannia standard silver and one of the most extensive Georg Jensen flatware services to see the auction block in many years will headline Stephenson’s New Year’s Day Antiques & Decorative Arts sale. The suburban Philadelphia auctioneers specialize in estate antiques and art. Often, they are called upon to [Read More]
Monthly Archives: December 2011
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The two-day sale series devoted to the haute couture, fashion and accessories portion of The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor realized a combined total of $5,586,913 (£3,631,493/ €4,301,923). A fitting celebration of Hollywood?s most glamorous star and her fearless sense of style, this portion of the collection was 100% sold by lot and [Read More]
Sotheby’s London announces that in a tense bidding battle yesterday, in its English Literature, History, Children’s Books & Illustrations sale, Charlotte Brontë’s autograph manuscript, The Young Men’s Magazine, Number 2, was sold for £690,850 / $ 1,069,229, more than twice the pre-sale estimate of £200,000-£300,000 – a record at auction for a [Read More]
The bear was actually a bargain for the buyer, as the pre-sale estimate was $10-$20 million. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – An exceedingly rare, ancient Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty solid nephrite jade bear, made between 475 B.C.-220 A.D. and exhibiting extensive calcification due to centuries of extended burial, sold for a little more [Read More]
Stevens has saved the best auction for last; four prominent old Southern estates will be offered. (FLOMATON, Ala.) – Four prominent old Southern estates – including the contents of a Baton Rouge estate with impeccable provenance and an antebellum mansion called Cedar Grove in Miss. – will be offered on New Year’s [Read More]
Sotheby’s annual December auctions of Important Judaica and Israeli & International Art brought a combined total of $7,899,939 in New York, led by three exceptionally rare interiors of synagogues by Marc Chagall that together achieved $2,365,500 – well above their cumulative high estimate of $1.6 million*. In all, only six finished oils [Read More]
Bonhams announces the sale of two extremely rare gold coins in its Coins & Medals auction on December 16, 2011. The first rare coin offered is the finest and only second-known example of a Chang Tso-Lin 50 Yuan gold piece (L&M-1031). It has been consigned for sale by the direct descendants of [Read More]
A sixteenth century cottage in the Lichfield area of Staffordshire has revealed a wealth of antiques and valuables when it was emptied for auction recently. The traditional black and white timbered cottage in a sleepy village setting had every nook and cranny packed with interesting and unusual furniture and artefacts from days [Read More]
The Honorable William H. Kelly Collection of Confederate Notes and Southern Obsoletes is already creating buzz with collectors in advance of Heritage Auctions 6,700+ lot 2012 Orlando, FL FUN Signature® Currency Auction, Jan. 5-10. Among the offerings are a large number of Confederate notes issued in Montgomery, AL, when it was the [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York announce the auction of schoolgirl embroidery from the collection of Betty Ring in a dedicated sale on 22 January 2012. Mrs. Ring is the foremost scholar and collector of American schoolgirl embroidery – superb needlework samplers, elegant pictorial embroideries and mourning pictures made in the earliest American cities and [Read More]
Christie’s will conclude it’s year of sales in New York with Photographs including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II, taking place on December 19th. The Various Owners sale incorporates a wide range of 145 enticing works, which include a robust selection of fashion photography, a rare set from [Read More]
The sale will be held by Woody Auction, based in Douglass, Kansas, starting at 9:30 a.m. (CST) (ST. CHARLES, Mo.) – Nearly 450 lots of highly collectible American Brilliant Cut Glass, drawn from several important collections consigned from around the country, will be sold Saturday, Jan. 21, by Woody Auction, at the [Read More]
An 1841 Sovereign made a new world record when it is sold for £34,800, over three times the presale estimate, in the Medals, Banknotes and Coins sale on Wednesday 14th December at Bonhams, Knightsbridge. Estimated to sell for £8,000- 10,000, the coin depicted Queen Victoria, in relief, and had been virtually uncirculated. [Read More]
Bonhams looks forward to presenting its Disneyana and Fine Toy Auction, January 30, 2012 in San Francisco, featuring 130 lots of historic Disney toys and memorabilia from a single-owner collection. The collection includes toys from the 1930s through contemporary eras. Leading the auction will be a rare Mickey Mouse Circus Train Set, [Read More]
Discovery: Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14, 2012 Everything goes in this no reserve sale – over 1300 lots of what’s desirable, useful, interesting and most affordable. Friday: 600+ lots of original and vintage art, furnishings, tableware, Asian, collectibles, books and ephemera, ethnographic property, and a large selection of Early 20th [Read More]
Estimated at $2-3 million, the pearl reached a world auction record price for a pearl at $11,842,500 (£ 7,579,200 / € 9,118,725) after four and a half minutes of bidding. The pearl, an historic 16th century pear-shaped pearl suspended from a necklace custom-designed for Ms. Taylor by Cartier, has been widely heralded [Read More]
Bonhams present its third-ever Period Art & Design Auction on January 29, 2012 in San Francisco, featuring a strong selection of furniture and decorative arts. To tastefully outfit a living or dining room, one need look no further than the auction’s top offerings of uniquely crafted chairs and tables. Among these offerings [Read More]
The auction will be held at the Peoples Light & Theater Company in Malvern, Pa., at 10 a.m. (MALVERN, Pa.) – Over 400 quality lots of important antique clocks, Asian objects, fine art, porcelain and antiques in an array of categories will be sold at auction Wednesday, Dec. 28, by Gordon S. [Read More]