A portrait of François Roques, the first outside artistic advisor to the renowned Fashion House Hermès, will be offered in the Russian Sale on 8th June at Bonhams, New Bond Street. Painted by Marie Vassilieff in 1930, the portrait is estimated to sell for £50,000 – 80,000. During the 1920s François Roques [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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Julien’s Auctions Gallery in Beverly Hills is to auction personal antiques, fine and decorative art, furniture, and memorabilia from the classic 1980’s primetime soap opera Dallas in California on Saturday, June 4, 2011. Larry Hagman, stage, film and television actor, producer, director, and charitable spokesman, is best known for his roles as [Read More]
Sotheby’s offers for sale Part II of the Stuart Cary Welch Collection: Arts of India, on May 31, 2011, This follows the outstanding total of £20.9 million achieved last month for Part I of the Stuart Cary Welch Collection Arts of the Islamic World which established an auction record for any Islamic [Read More]
Dedham, MA – Grogan and Company Fine Art Auctioneers and Appraisers are pleased to announce the sale of the Jacob B. Noble Collection of Fine 20th century Art Glass and Modern Paintings, to be held on Saturday, May 21st at 2 p.m. The collection is comprised of over 150 pieces of mid [Read More]
An actual 7” by 4” section from the hull of the doomed ship R.M.S. Titanic, modern history’s most famous shipwreck – consigned by famous author, Hollywood consultant and deep sea archeologist Charles Pellegrino – is expected to bring $4,000+ as part of Heritage Auctions’ May 21 Americana & Political Memorabilia event. A [Read More]
Bonhams, the international fine art auction house, has appointed Olga Malyshevaas the company’s representative in Russia, based in Moscow. Olga, 25, is originally from Moscow, where she has worked for the past three years as the Advertising Sales Manager for Tatler Russia. Describing her new job, Olga says: “The Russian people understand [Read More]
On Saturday, June 4, when RSL Auction Co. presents a 499-lot selection of fine banks, together with a smaller grouping of antique toys, at Richard Opfer’s gallery in suburban Baltimore. The auction’s centerpiece is the John Jirkofsky collection. A longtime Midwestern collector, Jirkofsky is a member of both the MBCA and SBCCA, [Read More]
Christie’s fine art auctioneers has announced the sale of the Estate of Ernst Beyeler, the late Swiss art connoisseur who was one of the greatest art dealers, collectors and curators of our time. The sale, which will include art works Ernst and his wife Hildy lived with at their private home as [Read More]
Bonhams auctioneers, has appointed Jane Beattie as the company’s representative in Ireland, based in Dublin. She started her new role on April 26th. Matthew Girling, Bonhams CEO for Europe and the Middle East, comments: “We are delighted to have secured the services of Jane Beattie. She will doubtless build on our presence [Read More]
Christie’s Rock and Pop sale in June features clothing, awards, original concert posters, signed photographs and other music memorabilia, from all the biggest names in rock and roll, punk, and pop including The Beatles, David Bowie, The Who, Status Quo and The Spice Girls, among others. Over 200 items will be on [Read More]
The original art from Page 10, issue #3 of Frank Miller and Klaus Janson’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (DC, 1986) became the single most valuable piece of American comic art to ever sell when it brought $448,125 as part of Heritage Auctions’ May 5 Vintage Comics and Comic Art Auction. Final [Read More]
Sotheby’s have announced that its forthcoming summer Contemporary Art Evening Auction in London will be led by Crouching Nude, an important masterwork by the renowned British artist Francis Bacon (est. £7-9 million / $10-15 million)* which has never before been offered at auction. The 1961 oil on canvas, which is one of [Read More]
HWPH, one of the biggest German scripophily auctioneers, offers more than 2,000 antique stocks and bonds within its two upcoming auction sales. The first sale (21st auction, May 7) will be a public auction located in Wiesbaden, Germany, the second sale (22nd auction, May 9 and 10) will be a pure online [Read More]
A two bar musical quotation in C Major written and signed by Giuseppe Verdi, is to be auctioned at Bonhams Printed Books and Manuscripts sale in London on 7 June. It is estimated at between £2,000-3,000. It is dated June 1862 and bears a resemblance to the theme of the chorus’s line [Read More]
On the 24th May 2011, Bonhams and Montefiore Auction Houses launch their inaugural sale of Israeli art in London. Bonhams has teamed up with Montefiore Auction House, Tel Aviv, to offer a selection of works that covers nine decades. This auction is set to be the most comprehensive sale of Israeli art [Read More]
Tempe auction house, Auction Systems Auctioneers & Appraisers, Inc., will host a Phoenix marathon auction featuring bank forced liquidations, fiduciary trusts, jewelry, school district equipment and supplies, surplus including commercial restaurant equipment and much more. Items of interest for this Phoenix marathon auction include: Louis Vuitton and Dooney & Bourke purses, autographed [Read More]
A masterpiece by Victorian artist Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema set another incredible price at Sotheby’s New York today in the sale of 19th Century European Art. Two determined phone bidders held a steady competition for The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra: 41 BC for over eight minutes, driving the final price to a [Read More]
On March 5th, 2011, auctioneer/owner Ronan Clarke of Clarke Auction had provided his company’s premises, and along with other local appraisers, volunteered his expertise for an antiques appraisal day to benefit the Larchmont Historical Society. While over a hundred people over four hours paid up to forty dollars apiece to have their [Read More]