On Saturday, February 25 and Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 11 a.m., the Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold its first auction of 20th C. Design for the year, with over 1350 lots of exceptional property from private collections, museums and directly from the artists and their families. Previews begin February [Read More]
Monthly Archives: February 2012
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Bonhams is auctioning Liverpool FC legend Tommy Smith’s medal collection in the Sporting Memorabilia sale in its Chester saleroom on 22 February 2012. Comprising 75 lots, the collection includes FA Cup, UEFA Cup and European Cup winners’ medals, a full England International Cap, a record five Charity Shields, and 20 shirts worn [Read More]
The much-anticipated continuation of Bonhams February 12 sale of property from Serendipity Books in Berkeley, Calif., along with a great selection of European paintings and 20th century designs, will go on the auction block at Bonhams Period Art & Design sale, April 15-16 in San Francisco. Property from Serendipity Books, on offer [Read More]
The late-breaking consignments promise to be the crown jewels of the three-day auction event. (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – Two important letters relating to the doomed ocean liner Titanic, plus three early Titanic Marconigrams (radio telegrams) have been added to an already packed three-day estate sale planned for March 1-3 by Philip Weiss Auctions. [Read More]
Laguna Art Museum’s 2012 Art Auction fundraiser on on February 4, 2012 grossed approximately $182,000 for the museum’s education and exhibition programs, which is $50,000 more than it raised at its 2011 Art Auction. . Additionally, attendance increased by 35% from 2011 with 584 people attending the 2012 soiree. Of the 107 [Read More]
Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Evening Sale brought a total of £78,893,650 / $125,504,018 /€94,491,096 (est. £79– 113.3 million). The top price of the sale was achieved for Claude Monet’s previously unseen painting of 1885 L’Entreé de Giverny en Hiver, which sold in a four-way bidding battle to a buyer in the room [Read More]
Christie’s First Open sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art on March 7 will offer a stimulating selection of works of art including 45 lots coming from the Peter Norton Collection. First Open is the perfect opportunity for new and established collectors who are eager to discover emerging artists and ready to explore [Read More]
The sale will feature an Eli Terry pillar-and-scroll clock and guitars signed by rock ‘n’ roll stars (NORFOLK, Conn.) – An early 19th century Eli Terry pillar-and-scroll clock, guitars signed by some of the greatest names in rock ‘n’ roll history, fine pieces of Hitchcock furniture, and gold and silver coins are [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. will host a Discovery auction on February 16th in its Marlborough gallery. The one-day sale boasts eight hundred lots. Among the wide selection of material featured, bidders will find hundreds of lots of Asian offerings including carved jade and ivory, Chinese export porcelain, brush pots, scrolls, and hardwood furnishings. The [Read More]
Two fine and imposing suits of armour are to be offered for public auction on 29th March. The two full suits of steel armour (two of four) were once a familiar sight in the famous Bower procession which dates back to the reign of Henry II. Richard Winterton, proprietor of the Auction [Read More]
Jim Wroda Auctions announces an auction of Dolls-Doll/Child Furniture and Doll related smalls, on February 24th 4pm. Child’s collapsible bed, Child’s washstand with decorated inserts, child’s sleigh bed for a doll, doll’s wardrobe, child’s toy china cabinet, antique child’s chair with needlepoint seat, working toy dishwasher, antique electric toy stove, antique trunk [Read More]
Bonhams Impressionist & Modern Art auction on 7th February 2012 made a total of £2,657,700 with a Picasso, a Modigliani, a Renoir and a Chagall amongst the top lots sold were: A stunning painting of ‘Notre Dame de Paris’by Pablo Picasso sold for £864,450. Here Picasso has taken a subject he knows [Read More]
The three top works of Impressionist and Modern art from the storied Collection of Elizabeth Taylor fetched a combined £13,787,750 ($21,784,645 /€16,572,876) at Christie’s London Tuesday evening, more than doubling their pre-sale low estimate of £6.2 million. An additional 35 works from the film star’s fine art collection will be offered for [Read More]
Most experienced wine auction team remains a global market leader (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart, the leading wine auction house in America over the past two years, opened 2012 with a highly-charged auction of finest and rarest wines, selling 100% of lots offered and posting $3.5 million in sales against a [Read More]
Bonhams first wine sale of 2012 will be held on 9th February. Whilst the prestigious first growths of Bordeaux have been largely responsible for driving the market up, there has been a significant correction in this area over the last six months. It is therefore very encouraging to be able to produce [Read More]
Sotheby’s London sale of Musical Instruments on Tuesday, 6 March, 2012 will offer a violin by Nicolò Amati, one of the greatest names in violin making history. Violin dated 1682, by Nicolò Amati, estimate £250,000-350,000*. Photo: Sotheby’s. Long considered the teacher of Stradivari, Nicolò was the grandson of the inventor of the [Read More]
Following the 2011 world-record sale of the original Issue #3, Page #10 splash page art from Frank Miller’s iconic Dark Knight for $448,125, Heritage Auctions is offering two more original pieces of Frank Miller Dark Knight artwork, this time consigned by Miller himself. They will be offered as part of Heritage’s Feb. [Read More]
Christie’s announce details of the long-awaited HOCKNEY ON PAPER auction, which will take place on Friday 17 February. Featuring 147 works including etchings, lithographs, drawings and photography by David Hockney (b.1937), it is expected to realise in excess of £1 million. The sale spans over forty years of the artist’s career and [Read More]