Sotheby’s London announce that its sale of Continental Books and Musical Manuscripts will include rare and important manuscripts by Robert Schumann, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Benjamin Britten. Comprised of 181 lots, the sale on Wednesday 30th November 2011 is estimated to fetch in excess of £2 million. The auction will be headlined [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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Christie’s announces that important pieces from The BillyBoy* Collection of Dior and Yves Saint Laurent are to be offered as part of the upcoming Fashion sale on 1 December 2011 at Christie’s South Kensington. Selected from the collection of BillyBoy* – one of the largest private collections of vintage haute couture in [Read More]
RR Auction, an Amherst, NH-based company, presents some of the finest examples of the true history, lore & culture of the great American frontier from its early beginnings , in a Texas & Western Artifacts auction that closes November 17. 2011. This special offering will feature nearly 250 items that are a [Read More]
Sotheby’s Paris next sale of African & Oceanic Art in Paris on December 14 will include a highly selective ensemble of 100 lots. Some have remarkable provenance, whilst others are appearing on the market for the first time. Yoruba, Nago Horse-Rider, Benin. Haut. 47,5 cm., 18 1/2 in. Estimate: 400 000-600 000 [Read More]
Bonhams is pleased to announce its Fine Watches, Wristwatches and Clocks auction taking place December 8 in New York, simulcast to San Francisco. Jonathan Snellenburg, Bonhams US Director of Watches and Clocks, states about the sale, “The watches and clocks in this sale span three centuries—from the earliest pendulum clock of the [Read More]
Sotheby’s Geneva set a world auction record for yellow diamond when it sold the Sun?Drop Diamond for CHF 11,282,500 ($12,361,558). Weighing 110.03 carats, this exceptional stone ranks as the largest known pear?shaped fancy vivid yellow diamond in the world. Tonight’s sale concluded with a total of CHF 64,048,000 ($70,173,551), against the pre?sale [Read More]
From 5 to 9 December, Koller, the leading Swiss auction house, will present its 12th auction of Swiss art and many further highlights. After the exceptionally successful auction of Swiss Art in June, which, with a total turnover of CHF 14 million and a record result of CHF 7.3 million for two [Read More]
Five architectural drawing tools once belonging to President Thomas Jefferson – framer of America’s Constitution and its third President – are expected to bring $45,000+ altogether on Dec. 1, as the top lots in Heritage Auctions’ 800+ lot Americana & Political Memorabilia Signature(r) Auction. The Jefferson items are just the tip of [Read More]
A FINE and rare Scottish Backsword, dating from the mid 18th century is among the highlights of the auction of Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria in London on Wednesday, December 7, 2011. The sale will be held at midday by Thomas Del Mar Ltd (in association with Sotheby’s) at their saleroom at [Read More]
The event will be held in the firm’s showroom, located at #1 Neil Court in Oceanside, N.Y. (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – A monstrous three-day estate auction, featuring important Disney items (to include the complete and original 1953 Disneyland prospectus, drafted by Walt Disney himself and outlining his ideas for the iconic theme park [Read More]
Two trial proofs for Andy Warhol’s iconic image of a dollar sign are for sale at Bonhams Print sale on 29 November in London. The signed prints, estimated at between £15,000- 20,000, date from 1982 – just five years before the artist untimely death – and are based on paintings executed the [Read More]
Sotheby’s London announce its sale of Continental Books and Musical Manuscripts will include rare and important manuscripts by Robert Schumann, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Benjamin Britten. Comprised of 181 lots, the sale on Wednesday 30th November 2011 is estimated to fetch in excess of £2 million. The auction will be headlined by [Read More]
Bonhams will hold its winter auction of Natural History on December 11, 2011. The sale will feature a diverse group of high quality and distinctive mineral specimens, gold nuggets, lapidary works of art and gemstones, as well as exceptional examples of fossils, unusual jewelry and “phenomenal gems.” The winter auction will also [Read More]
The naval jacket worn by James Bond author, Ian Fleming, throughout World War II, when the character of ‘007’ was first taking shape in his mind, is to be auctioned at Bonhams Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Historical Photographs sale in London on November 22. For a serving officer in Naval Intelligence such [Read More]
Museum quality paintings by Vasilii Polenov, Jewellery albums belonging to Grand Duchess Ksenia Alexandrovna and stunning examples of Fabergé, offer much to excite buyers at the Bonhams Russian Sale, taking place on November 30th in New Bond Street, London. Following a successful and well-attended two-week exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, [Read More]
Sotheby’s auction of European Sculpture and Works of Art: Medieval to Modern on Tuesday, 6 December 2011 will showcase 800 extraordinary years of artworks that form a continuous history from the twelfth century through to the mid-twentieth century. The auction comprises medieval, Old Master, eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century sculpture and works [Read More]
The date of the final semi-annual action of the year held by Gene Shapiro Auctions LLC, a firm specializing in Russian fine and decorative arts has been set for 10 am, November 19, 2011. Russian + International Art & Antiques will be the fourth auction to take place at the house’s new [Read More]
Mid-Hudson Auction Galleries will present Liberace The Auction on December 3, 2011 featuring the magnificent jewelry and personal posessions of the famed pianist! ‘Liberace The Auction’ will be held on Saturday, Dec. 3, commencing at 3 p.m. Eastern Time. All forms of bidding will be available, including live at the auction venue, [Read More]