Bonhams are returning to the Yorkshire Event Centre in Harrogate on 16th November 2011 with another exceptional line up at their auction of Collectors’ Motor Cars, Motorcycles. Highlights include a 1928 Brough Superior SS100 motorcycle which is estimated to sell for £165,000-185,000. This interesting early SS100 was re-commissioned for road use in [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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Bonhams announce its auction of Photographs, November 1 in New York, simulcast in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The sale will feature a wide range of subject matter as seen through the lenses of various photographers. Lot No: 137 Irving Penn (American, 1917-2009) Five Okapa Warriors, New Guinea, 1970 Selenium-toned gelatin silver [Read More]
One of Only 18 Works by the Artist To Remain In Existence, Bridge no. 114 Will Now Be Exhibited to the Public for the First Time On Monday 17th October 2011, Sotheby’s will auction the first work by abstract expressionist post-war artist Nat Tate ever to appear at auction as part of [Read More]
Bonhams will be auctioninga collection of the Dale Frank Collection of early Australian furniture on Sunday 20 November at the Byron Kennedy Hall, The Entertainment Quarter, Sydney. One of Australia’s leading artists with a distinguished international profile, his furniture collection once again highlights his artistic insights. The collection has been formed over [Read More]
More than 700 costumes, scripts, awards and memorabilia from the estate of legendary film star John Wayne brought more than $5.38 million during a two-day event hosted by Heritage Auctions (HA.com ), in conjunction with John Wayne Enterprises, with dozens of items bringing at least two-to-three times their pre-auction estimates. The auction [Read More]
The unreserved sale will feature hundreds of collectible near-mint and mint-in-the box toys. (CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Over 800 lots of rare and desirable vintage toys and collectibles – many of them near-mint or mint-in-the-box examples– will be sold without reserve (but with modest minimum opening bids) in an Internet and catalog auction [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York sale of 19th Century European Art on 4 November 2011 will offer a number of rare opportunities for collectors across diverse collecting categories. The auction will be a showcase for the best of the eclectic artistic styles that flourished throughout the 19th century: Barbizon school, Academic realism, Belle Époque [Read More]
Nelia Moore, Art Specialist/Auctioneer at Clarke Auction spotted a beautifully executed but very dirty painting on panel of a woman in a veil. After dusting it off and studying the painting she spotted the Prendergast Paris signature on the lower right of the panel. The quality and style of the small oil [Read More]
An exceptionally rare pair of gold-inlaid 40-bore flintlock duelling pistols, estimated to sell for £40,000 to £60,000, made for Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Thornton by Joseph Manton of London in 1796 will be sold at Bonhams Antique Arms & Armour auction on November 30 at Knightsbridge. Thornton was notorious for his succession of mistresses, [Read More]
Sotheby’s Evening Sales of Contemporary Art and 20th Century Italian Art, including ‘Italian Identity’ – an important private collection – brought the combined total of £39,456,950/$62,081,566/€45,048,011 against the pre-sale estimate of £34,982,000-48,338,000 – in excess of the total achieved for the equivalent sales last year (£34 million). A total of six artist [Read More]
Objects from the Duke’s condominium home in Key Biscayne will be sold to the highest bidder. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – The estate of the late Duke Louis d’Antin – a French-born nobleman who led a rich and interesting life prior to his passing earlier this year – will be sold on Saturday, [Read More]
On Sunday 23 October Bonhams’ Australian Motoring Department will conduct its inaugural auction at the Motorclassica Concours D’Elegance in the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, Australia. With a line up of cars and motorcycles produced in no less than six of the major vehicle manufacturing nations, few can doubt the international credentials [Read More]
A venue more often associated with top names in fashion, La Halle Freyssinet, will host Bonhams next motor car and motorcycle sale in Paris on 1st February 2012. Models strutting down the catwalk to rock music will be replaced by an impressive array of automotive models driving through the venue to music [Read More]
Christie’s announces it has been selected to offer Property from The Collection of Lew and Edie Wasserman as part of its major fall sales in New York City. Assembled largely in the 1950s and 60s by the “king and queen of Hollywood,” the collection includes several seldom-seen works by important artists such [Read More]
A 40,000-piece collection of motion picture and TV memorabilia, original animation art and other historically important entertainment collectibles will be offered to the public on Oct. 29 in an auction that is shaping up to be one for the history books. Purchased sight unseen from an abandoned self-service storage unit, the collection [Read More]
A stunning pair of Sèvres Style Porcelain Urns and Covers, part of a large and impressive consignment of French Belle Epoque furniture and decorative arts from an East Coast mansion, painted with Art Nouveau lustrous cherubic scenes by Charles Fuchs, brought $65,725 to lead Heritage Auctions’ inaugural $1.56+ million Sept. 27 Signature® [Read More]
A pair of 1890 Elimeyer German Silver 14-Light Candelabra was the top draw, to the tune of $86,638, in Heritage Auctions’ $1.35+ million Sept. 26 Signature® Silver & Vertu Auction, held at the company’s Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum Street, in Dallas. “These beautiful candelabra drew tremendous collector interest before the auction,” [Read More]
Swann Galleries October 27 New York auction focuses on Atelier 17, the printmaking workshop founded by Stanley William Hayter, and its extraordinary influence on the fine arts in America and Europe from the mid 20th century onward. The sale, titled Atelier 17, Abstract Expressionism & The New York School, was a year [Read More]