A rare 15th century gold iconographic ring found by a metal detector in Stanford, Kent is estimated to sell for £4,000 – 6,000 in the Fine Jewellery Sale taking place at Bonhams on the 8th December 2011. The ring was a dream find, having remained hidden for 600 years below layers of [Read More]
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A selection of outstanding diamonds, natural pearls and important signed pieces are the highlights of the Fine Jewellery Sale, taking place on December 8th at Bonhams, New Bond Street. The top lot of the sale is a stunning diamond, of the very top quality: an internally flawless, marquise-cut diamond ring, D colour [Read More]
They are some of the most famous words in the history of the NASA Space Program: “Houston, we have a problem.” Now, the Lunar Module Systems Activation Checklist upon which Commander James Lovell made his handwritten calculations to guide his wounded spacecraft and crew home – scant two hours after uttering those [Read More]
Bonhams is to auction The Gerard Hawthorn Collection of Yixing Stoneware on November 28, 2011 at the Island Shangri-la Hotel, Hong Kong. Part of the Bonhams Autumn Auctions Series in Hong Kong, The Gerard Hawthorn Collection of Yixing Stoneware is an impressive, personal collection of a connoisseur dealer, who has passionately collected [Read More]
Christie’s announces that the sale of a Sheffield-plated silver wine cooler, given by George Washington to Alexander Hamilton in 1797, will highlight the week of Americana sales on January 19, 2012 (estimate: $400,000-600,000). This four-bottle wine cooler is an exceptionally well documented historical object, symbolizing the famous partnership between Washington and Hamilton [Read More]
An impressive roster of Ferraris, spanning from a one-of-a-kind 1957 Ferrari 410 Superamerica to a virtually-new 1991 Ferrari F40 have been announced among the feature attractions for RM Auctions’ upcoming Arizona sale in January. Returning to the prestigious Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa on January 19 – 20, 2012, the well-established RM [Read More]
Seoul Auction, Korea’s leading art auction house, will hold its Modern & Contemporary Art sale on 28 November, 2011 at the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, presenting approximately 50 outstanding works by leading Western, Korean, Japanese and Chinese artists with a total estimate of HK$195,280,000/ US$25,035,900. Ms Soyoung Lee, Managing Director of Seoul [Read More]
Hermann Historica arms and armour, arts and crafts objects, hunting collectibles, orders, military objects and antiquities achieved excellent results in the autumn sale. A total of approximately 3,500 selected collectors´ items were offered for bidding from 24 to 29 October. Orient A sensational 110,000 euros was realised for an Ottoman dagger with [Read More]
The November 21, 2011 auction of California and American Paintings and Sculpture at Bonhams will offer a wide array of important Western scenes, Plein Air, Society of Six and land and cityscapes. Noted artists represented in the fall sale include Jessie Arms Botke, Maynard Dixon, E. Charlton Fortune, John Marshall Gamble, Frank [Read More]
Marbles are essentially miniature works of art in glass, and the number of collectors who are drawn to them just keeps on growing, said Dan Morphy, whose Pennsylvania auction house has become a virtual collectors’ clubhouse for the specialty hobby. On Dec. 3, Morphy’s auction company will conduct its largest-ever sale of [Read More]
Sotheby’s London presents “Making Time”, a selling exhibition of stunning clocks by designer Daniel Weil of Pentagram, from January 9th-13th 2012. The exhibition comprises two sharply contrasting collections Weil created 17 years apart – his Time for All series from 1994, and his revolutionary new A Matter of Time series, which will [Read More]
Two rare works by the celebrated Russian artist Nikolai Roerich are amongst the highlights of the Russian sale, taking place on the 30th November at Bonhams, New Bond Street in London. “The Grand Canyon” (estimate 100,000-150,000 GBP) and “Rocky Landscape” (estimate 100,000-150,000 GBP) depicting breathtaking landscape of the South-West are among a [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York announce that it will present for sale three exceptionally rare oil paintings of synagogue interiors by Marc Chagall (1887-1985). In all, only six finished oils of synagogues by the artist are known to exist. These three paintings come to market for the first time in 66 years from a [Read More]
MacDougall’s fine art auctioneers will present Russian paintings, icons and works of art with a total pre?sale estimate of over £16m, on 1 December 2011. Boris Kustodiev, Merchant’s Wife. Estimate: 1,200,000-1,800,000 GBP The sale is led by Boris Kustodiev’s Merchant’s Wife dating from 1923. Kupchikhas, as merchants’ wives are known in Russian, [Read More]
Swann Galleries October 18 auction of Fine Photographs offered 20th-century images, iconic examples of photojournalism and contemporary art. Several auction records were set. The sale’s top lot was Berenice Abbott’s dazzling Retrospective Portfolio, with 50 large-format silver prints, including the artist’s celebrated New York City views, 1930-60, printed 1982, which brought a [Read More]
Sterling Associates has announced its inaugural Fall Estates Sale on Dec. 3. Sterling Associates auction debut represents a new way in which estate antiques and art may be brought to auction. It combines a live preview in an auction-house setting with absentee and remote forms of bidding that make the auction accessible [Read More]
The Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture auction at Christie’s New York on November 30, at 10 am, will lead off with two vibrant landscapes from Oscar Bluemner and Frederic Church, two superb Georgia O’Keeffe paintings and a heroic tableau of Columbus departing for the New World by Emanuel Leutze, the renowned [Read More]
Christie’s announces an important sale of Antiquities on December 7, at 10 am, offering over 225 lots, led by several exceptional works of Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman art, plus Near Eastern and European antiquities, along with some fine examples of Nordic Neolithic stone tools. The sale is expected to exceed $18 [Read More]