When does a work of art become part of a country’s national heritage? Bonhams next sale of South African Art on 21st March 2012 in New Bond Street, London,may go some way towards answering that question when “Zulu Woman” by Irma Stern goes under the hammer. Irma Stern Zulu Woman Painted in [Read More]
Daily Archives: February 1, 2012
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On Saturday, January 28, 2012, the much-anticipated High Noon Western Americana Auction was held in Mesa, AZ to a standing-room only crowd inside the ballroom of the Marriott Mesa Hotel. The key offering of the sale, which received worldwide media attention, was the rare, historic, silver embroidered saddle that belonged to the [Read More]
A beautiful watercolour of Kirkby Lonsdale Churchyard by Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (1775-1851), that had not been seen at auction since 1884, sold yesterday (Wednesday 25th January 2012) for £217,250 as part of the 19th Century Paintings Sale at Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London. The sale total was £1,871,925. Turner [Read More]
An image of horsemen playing the traditional game of Buzkashi with a headless goat, painted by Ismail Gulgee (Pakistan, 1926-2007), is estimated to sell for £15,000- £25,000 at Bonhams next sale of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art in London on June 7th. The painting shows some 17 riders, mainly on grey [Read More]
A painting of Captain Scott’s ship, Terra Nova, leaving Cardiff as it set sail for the South Pole in 1910 is for sale at Bonhams Polar Sale in London on 30 March 2012. It is estimated at £7,000-9,000. Cardiff had played a vital role in the preparations for the voyage and the [Read More]
The event will be held in the firm’s spacious gallery located at #1 Neil Court in Oceanside, N.Y. (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – A massive three-day sale that will feature as many as 2,000 quality, fresh-to-the-market lots in a host of categories will be held the weekend of March 1-3 by Philip Weiss Auctions, [Read More]