Nine original portrait miniatures by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), known as “The Artist of the American Revolution,” along with five more attributed “in the manner of” Peale, are currently on display and available for private treaty purchase at Heritage Auctions Beverly Hills. They will remain on display until the end of September. [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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Christie’s will host the sale of Important American Furniture, Folk Art & Decorative Arts, in New York on September 28. This sale features over 90 exceptionally rare and diverse examples of American art and craftsmanship from the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries, including pieces from outstanding private collections and public institutions. This [Read More]
The two-session auction will be conducted on-site, at 30 Howard Hill Road in Jaffrey, N.H. (JAFFREY, N.H.) – A two-session auction featuring a lifetime single-owner collection of petroliana, automobilia, snowmobile collectibles, antique Volkswagen Beetles and other vehicles and trailers will be held Saturday, Sept. 24, by Matthews Auctions, LLC, based in Nokomis, [Read More]
Bonhams are offering a 1964 Aston Martin DB5 4.2 Litre Sports Saloon owned by Shane Filan of Westlife at the Goodwood Revival on Friday 16th September 2011. The car is expected to fetch £250,000-300,000. Manufactured on 4th May 1964 the car was found in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by marque specialist Desmond J [Read More]
SOTHEBY’S LONDON 2011 autumn wine season will open with two sales of Finest & Rarest Wines in close succession. The first auction will take place on Wednesday, 14 September 2011 and the second on Wednesday, 5 October 2011. Together, these sales are expected to bring in excess of £1.5 million. Taking centre [Read More]
Two rare works by the celebrated Russian artist Vasili Polenov are amongst the highlights of the Russian sale taking place on the 30th November at Bonhams, New Bond Street. Considered masterpieces of the golden age of 19th century Russian painting, the two works entitled “He that is Without Sin” (est. £1.2 – [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. will host a Discovery auction on September 14th and 15th in its Marlborough gallery. The large sale helps kick-off the autumn auction season, with more than 1,500 lots up for bid. Wednesday’s offerings, which go on the block starting at 2 p.m. include approximately 200 lots of American, British & [Read More]
Sotheby’s has announced the sale of the two most important works by Johann Zoffany to appear on the market in recent years. Both commissioned by David Garrick, Britain’s greatest actor, they depict him with his family and friends in the garden of his house on the banks of the river Thames at [Read More]
An exceptionally rare bottle of The Glenlivet, distilled in 1883 and bottled in 1931 by George & John Gordon Smith, is to be auctioned by Bonhams at their whisky sale in Edinburgh on 12 October. It has a pre-sale estimate of £15,000-20,000. The bottle has an impeccable pedigree. It was originally owned [Read More]
One of only a handful of known existing original copies of Benjamin Franklin’s celebrated “Join, or Die” editorial cartoon, from the May 9, 1754 edition of The Pennsylvania Gazette – the single most famous and important American editorial cartoon in existence, and one of the most famous ever printed – will be [Read More]
Auctions America by RM in partnership with RM Auctions announced today it will lift the gavel on one of the Chicago area’s best known treasures, the famous Lee Roy Hartung Collection, during a multi-day sale in Glenview, Illinois, November 3 – 5, 2011. Lee Roy Hartung Collection Photo: Darin Schabel © 2011 [Read More]
Adding to its formidable line-up of events, Heritage Auctions will present its first Estate Auction, Sept. 27, at its Dallas Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum Street, with a wide and eclectic range of antiques and art, including fine French Clocks, Bergman bronzes, a grouping of George Nakashima Mid- Century furniture and Personal [Read More]
Christie‘s is to present the season-opening sale of Impressionist and Modern art, in new York on September 20. Comprised of nearly 200 lots, Impressionist Modern will offer works by renowned masters such as Salvador Dalí, Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Paul Gauguin. A selection of works on paper by Tamara [Read More]
Sotheby’s Hong Kong will host a Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings Autumn Sale 2011 on 3 October at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, bringing forward a total of over 170 lots estimated in excess of HK$33 million / US$4.2 million*. A substantial collection of rare and important Southeast Asian [Read More]
Session I will go online Sept. 28 and conclude with a live auction Oct. 8 in Woodstock, Conn. Session II will go online Oct. 5 and conclude Oct. 19. Session III will be held in early 2012. (WOODSTOCK, Conn.) – The lifetime, single-owner bottle and flask collection of Tom McCandless – a [Read More]
Lot 528, a Regency writing table has just sold for a staggering £8k at a local Fine Art Auction breaking the auction house records for a table of this type. The elegant writing table veneered in amboyna with gilt gesso mounts had been discovered in a property in the Tamworth area on [Read More]
Sotheby’s Hong Kong have announced an Important Watches Autumn Sale 2011 taking place on 6 October at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Following the consecutive record-breaking sales in the past three seasons, the upcoming sale promises even greater treasures for watch collectors. With over 470 lots of watches dating from [Read More]
Bonhams Scottish Colourist Sale held in Edinburgh on 31st August made a total of £3m. The Artist’s Drawing Room by Francis Cadell made £400,800. Highlights included: *’Flowers and Fruit’ by Samuel Peploe which sold for £512,800 *’The Artist’s Drawing Room’ by Francis Cadell which made £400,800 making it the second highest Cadell [Read More]