Bonhams is to sell a treasure trove of material about Orson Welles’ hidden masterpiece regarded by the director as his favourite film. It is estimated at between £60,000-80,000 and will be offered in the Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs Sale in London on 22 November. ‘Chimes at Midnight’, (Falstaff in the [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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Bonhams are to auction one of the only known 14th century instruments, an exceedingly rare equal hour horary quadrant marked with the badge of King Richard II, at its Fine Clocks and Scientific Instrument Sale on 13 December 2011. Dated 1396, this extraordinary British time-telling mathematical instrument, which has come to light [Read More]
ALL THAT GLISTENS….. Matthew Barton Ltd’s largest sale so far and includes section devoted to ceramics A FASCINATING collection of Judaica Silver from The Manchester Great, New & Central Synagogue will be among the highlights of Matthew Barton Ltd’s auction of Silver, Works of Art, Jewellery, Ceramics and Objects of Vertu. The [Read More]
A case of 1982 Lafite-Rothschild sells to Asian buyer for $57,360 as DRC prices move higher (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart, America’s largest wine auction house, held another immensely successful auction this weekend in Chicago, realizing $4,679,369 against a pre-sale auction estimate of $3,313,920-$4,957,940. The dining room at Chicago’s TRU Restaurant [Read More]
Including Sorolla, Hammershøi, Peterssen, Egger-Linz, Moralis and Sykora SOTHEBY’S SALE of European Paintings on Tuesday, 22 November, 2011 will bring together some 242 works comprising Spanish Painting, The Scandinavian Sale, The Greek Sale and German, Austrian and Central European Paintings, and encompasses prime works by Sorolla, Hammershøi, Peterssen, Egger-Linz, Moralis, Ralli and [Read More]
More than 500 lots of fine and rare Lalique and Art Glass will be the draw on Nov. 19 in Heritage Auctions’ Lalique & Art Glass Signature(r) Auction, in New York, at the Ukrainian Institute of America at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion, continuing Heritage’s tradition of conducting an annual auction devoted to art [Read More]
SPECIALIST Sporting Memorabilia auctioneers Graham Budd Ltd (In association with Sotheby’s) is offering Football Fans the opportunity to buy a piece of sporting history for their home – items from the World-Famous Wembley Stadium! The sale will take place on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at Sotheby’s, New Bond Street, London W1A 2AA. [Read More]
Sotheby’s Paris announces that it will offer seven Art Deco masterpieces from 1920s-30s Paris, including two major works by Eileen Gray in its 20th Century Decorative Arts & Contemporary Design sale on November 22nd 2011. Gray’s legendary Transat armchair and an extraordinary monumental curved bar by Eckart Muthesius were designed for the [Read More]
With an overall result of more than € 2,6 million* in the October Ketterer Kunst auctions, the autumn season saw quite a promising beginning. “34 percent new bidders alone in the section of Old Masters and Art of the 19th Century – almost 10 percent more than in spring – once more [Read More]
Sotheby’s Geneva announces that it will present – in its sale of Magnificent Jewels on Tuesday, 15 November 2011 – a superb and unique suite of imperial jewels – probably the most important parure of antique coloured diamond jewels to appear at auction in the last 50 years. Coming from a European [Read More]
Phillips de Pury & Company’s New York Fall 2011 Contemporary Art Part I Sale will take place on November 7 and will present 45 superb works with a pre-sale estimate of $66,560,000 – 97,970,000, representing major artistic movements across the category. Significant works by Post-War masters Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, Ellsworth Kelly, [Read More]
Bonhams October 25 Fine Prints sale in San Francisco, simulcast to Los Angeles, was a great success with results exceeding $1.7 million and with works from Helen Frankenthaler and Andy Warhol leading the auction. Frankenthaler’s Tales of Genji I, 1998, signed and woodcut in colors, was the top lot of the sale, [Read More]
A previously unknown portrait by the Spanish artist Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599-1660) will be the highlight of the Old Master Paintings auction on Wednesday 7th December 2011 at Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London. The work is a portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a black tunic and white [Read More]
Sotheby’s Victorian & Edwardian art sale on Tuesday, 15 November 2011 will be headlined by Waiting to Cross by Albert Moore (1841-1893). Estimated at £300,000-500,000, the painting was the artist’s only contribution to the Grosvenor Gallery exhibition of 1888. It comes to auction following the success of the exhibition The Cult of [Read More]
More than 200 lots of fine and decorative arts from private collections and estates will be offered at John Moran Auctioneers’ November 15th Antiques and Fine Art Auction. Featuring an outstanding group of 20th century bronzes and metalware, the sale offers a rarely seen survey of fine examples of Art Deco, Art [Read More]
Alumni and Friends of LaGuardia High School will host their inaugural fine art benefit auction on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 from 6:30-9:30pm at the Vincent Astor Gallery in Lincoln Center’s Library of Performing Arts. This landmark event will honor artist Wolf Kahn and includes a cocktail reception, exhibition and auction of almost [Read More]
When Roland Auction received 20th Century furniture by Tobia and Afra Scarpa, whose work can be seen at MoMA, abstract steel sculptures by Magpantay and fine 19th Century figurative bronzes by Jean-Paul Aube and August Peiffer for its November 12 auction, the words “high style” rippled through the gallery. According to Robert [Read More]
RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house for investment-quality automobiles, concluded its 2011 sales calendar on a high note in London on Wednesday (26th October), posting over £13.3 million* ($21,413,000) in total sales with a solid 79% of all lots sold. 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB ‘Tour de France’ Berlinetta [Read More]