Bonhams & Butterfields announce the March 21, 2011 auction of Salon Jewelry and Watches, featuring a five-strand coral bead necklace originally owned by Grace Sefton Mayer, a member of the infamous female pilot group the “Ninety Nines,” founded by Amelia Earhart. The stunning multi-strand necklace, passed through Mayer’s family to its current [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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On Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 at 10:00 am, Skinner Inc. will conduct a sale of fine jewelry in its Boston gallery at 63 Park Plaza. The one day auction of over 700 lots will include antique, period and contemporary jewelry from famous makers such as Tiffany & Co, Cartier, Van Cleef & [Read More]
The original preparatory painting for the acclaimed British painter, sculptor and printmaker Allen Jones’ poster for the ill-fated 1972 Munich Olympics is to be sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, as part of the Vision 21 sale on 16 March 2011. It has attracted a pre-sale estimate of £7,000 – 9,000. Jones was one [Read More]
AN IMPORTANT sailing telescope that belonged to H.R.H King William IV – known as ‘The Sailor King’ – will be offered by Charles Miller Ltd on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 in his sale of Maritime & Scientific Models, Instruments & Art in London (25, Blythe Road, W14). Signed J&W Watkins/Charing Crofs/LONDON, the [Read More]
Bonhams this week announced the appointment of three new recruits to its growing team in Australia. Litsa Veldekis joins Bonhams in Sydney on March 14 as Head of Australian and International Art and hits the ground running with a first sale of Australian Art in August. James Hendy, Bonhams MD in Australia, [Read More]
Vibrant colors and whimsical creations should warm up the saleroom and beat the winter doldrums at Garth’s March 11-12, 2011 Americana auction. With over 800 lots offered in two sessions, the spectrum of colors and amazing designs will shine throughout the display of American formal and painted furniture, folk art, fine art, [Read More]
Morphy’s March 11-12 auction features an exceptional collection of multi-piece Coca-Cola signs known as “festoons,” which were created by the soft drink giant specifically for display in soda fountains from around 1900 till the middle of the 20th century. Kevin Roche, a mergers and acquisitions adviser from Minnesota, spent the last 20 [Read More]
Sotheby’s will offer the Vostok 3KA-2 Space Capsule, which paved the way for Gagarin’s historic mission, in a dedicated auction in New York on 12 April 2011, the 50th anniversary of man’s first flight into outer space (est. $2/10 million*). The space capsule will be on public exhibition in Sotheby’s York Avenue [Read More]
On Sunday, February 27 at 12:00 noon, Clarke Auction will sell 360+ lots drawn from estates in Bronxville, Greenwich, Larchmont, Ossining, Park Avenue, Central Park West, and Brooklyn Heights. Fine art includes works by Samuel Colman, A.V. Willis, Alexander Brook, John Frederick Herring II, Carlos Vazquez, Andre Andreoli, Paul Jouve, Charles Culver, [Read More]
A very fine and extremely rare hand-coloured copy of the six-volume ‘The Holy Land’ by David Roberts is for auction at Bonhams sale of Printed Books and Manuscripts in London on 22 March. It is estimated at £70,000- 90,000. The volumes date from 1842–1849 and were owned by Sir Eldon Gorst, one [Read More]
The High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction has named its Special Guest of Honor for 2011: Michael Browne of Kosta Browne Winery. Its Special Friend-in-Wine is Joy Sterling of Iron Horse Vineyards. The 19th annual Wine Auction, “The Ultimate Collection: A Sumptuous Blend of Wine, Art, Food and Friends,” is scheduled for March [Read More]
A painting entitled Sea Treasures, by the artist Winifred Nicholson will be offered by Bonhams in the 20th Century British Art sale on 9th March, New Bond Street. It is estimated to sell for £50,000 –70,000. Nicholson painted the scene in from the window sill of the house in Sandaig, belonging to [Read More]
Personal items of several astronauts will be sold in the Space History Sale taking place at Bonhams, New York on May 5th. The sale will commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Alan Shepard’s historic mission on Freedom 7 as the first American in Space. Items from the Forbes collection and from the estate [Read More]
A superb collection of high-grade anti-communist comic books from the 1950s, from The Collection of Todd Warren, will make for an esoteric and interesting corner of Heritage Auctions’ Feb. 24-25 Signature® Vintage Comics & Comic Art Auction. All are being sold without reserves. “The youth of America was seen as fair game [Read More]
Gateway Gallery Auction’s Winter Americana Estate Auction, held on February 19, 2011, featured a wonderful collection of period furniture, textiles, prints, pottery and ceramics, dolls and Native Americana from a local Doctor’s estate. After a bustling week of pre-auction activity; the sale got underway with a strong in house crowd, a large [Read More]
Sotheby’s Seventeenth Annual Irish Sale in London, to take place on Tuesday, 29 March, 2011, brings together exceptional masterpieces by eminent Irish artists. The group of works, many never before offered on the market, boasts superb and rare pictures by John Lavery, Roderic O’Conor and Mary Swanzy. Louis le Brocquy is represented [Read More]
A stainless steel 57cm high model of Paul Mount’s iconic Spirit of Bristol sculpture is to be sold at Bonhams as part of its Vision 21 sale on 16 March 2011, and has attracted a pre-sale estimate of £2,000 – £3,000. Cornwall-based artist, Paul Mount, who died in 2009 at the age [Read More]
A collection of Buck Rogers toys amassed over 40 years by a Chicago man, the late Wayne Jagielski, brought in more than $103,500 (all prices quoted include 15% buyer’s premium) at Morphy’s Jan. 29 auction in Denver, Pa. The overall total for the sale of antique and vintage toys was $420,000. “About [Read More]