The famous trunks that Muhammad Ali wore in the “Thrilla in Manilla” bout against Joe Frazier have been consigned to Robert Edward Auctions’ spring sale, and will be sold on May 12, 2012. Muhammad Ali Boxing Trunks The legendary heavyweight title bout between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier on October 1, 1975, [Read More]
Monthly Archives: March 2012
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Collector enthusiasm for the works Gil Elvgren remains undiminished as the great illustrators’ work dominated the top 10 lots of Heritage Auctions’ $3,000,000+ March 3 Illustration Art Signature® Auction, led by Vision of Beauty (Unveiling), 1947 (Realized: $140,500) and Let’s Eat Out, 1967(Realized: $104,500), both of which come from the continually prolific [Read More]
The sale was held March 2nd, the day before the Chicagoland Petroliana & Advertising Show. (PEOTONE, Ill). – A die-cut cardboard countertop display for Edison Mazda, advertising headlight bulbs with the question, “Auto Lamps? We Have Them!” coasted to $3,410 at the Spring Petroliana & Advertising Auction held March 2 by Matthews [Read More]
Over 30 motorcycles from the collection of the Irish motorcycle legend, Harry Lindsay, are to feature in Bonhams next auction at the Classic Motorcycle Show in Stafford, on 29th April 2012. The collection is expected to fetch over £200,000 in total. Highlights include an ‘as new’ McIntosh Norton 500cc Manx (£25,000-30,000) together [Read More]
888 Auctions announces its spring auction season featuring a wonderful collection of Chinese arts with its Spring Chinese Estates sale Thursday, March 29th, 2012. Comprising 444 lots, the auction will feature a couple of quality standout pieces that boast some exceptional provenance. With the prices achieves by the Zhang Daqian painting in [Read More]
The Hard Rock Cafe and Bonhams hosts The Antiques Rockshow in Paris, on Friday 9th March 2012 11am – 4pm. The Beatles autographs Ever wondered what your treasured signed Beatles LP is worth? What about that original Rolling Stones tour poster you ripped off the wall in the 70’s or that broken [Read More]
Sotheby’s Geneva will offer the jewellery collection of one of the most important jewellery designers of the 20th century: Suzanne Belperron (1900?1983), in its sale of Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels on 14 May 2012 Comprising over 60 lots, this unprecedented sale features the most significant collection of jewels by Suzanne Belperron [Read More]
Christie’s announces the sale of The Pieter & Olga Dreesmann Collection of Dutch Old Master Paintings was part of the Old Master & British Paintings Evening Auction on Tuesday 3 July. Adriaen Coorte, Asparagus and Red Currants on a Plinth. Estimate: £1.4 million to 2 million. Photo: Christie’s Images Ltd 2012. The [Read More]
Bonhams presents “Voyages of Discovery,” a unique single owner collection which features 15 major works by Chu Teh-Chun and Zao Wou-Ki alongside 12 exceptionally rare Imperial Chinese objects. The collection will be auctioned on Sunday 27 May 2012 at 7pm at the Island Shangri-La in Hong Kong. Collection highlights will be on [Read More]
The papers of the Second World War poet, Richard (Dicky) Spender, who has been described as the Rupert Brooke of his generation, are being sold at Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts sale in London on 27 March. They are estimated at £4,000-6,000. Spender was already a published poet in The Times, The [Read More]
Bonhams announce that 100% of the Motor Cars sold, realising a total £1.29 million. Selling for £101,180 against a presale estimate of £40,000 – 60,000, the top lot of the sale was a 1961 Ferrari 250GTE 2+2 Series 1 Coupé barn find that belonged to the Oscar winning producer Agostino De Laurentiis, [Read More]
Robert Edward Auctions will be offering an extremely rare concert poster dating from The Rolling Stones first United States tour in 1964. The poster features a large photo of all five band members and herald’s the band’s performance at the New Haven Arena, in New Haven, Connecticut, on Thursday, June 18th. A [Read More]
The 350-lot sale includes a superb selection of paintings, sculpture, 18th- and 19th-century furniture, and autographed historical ephemera. A special offering of Chinese ivories and Asian porcelain has been added in response to the strong demand shown for this category in Sterling’s debut. The fine art section is led by the wonderful [Read More]
Christie’s will present Luminous Perfection: Fine Chinese Mirrors from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, oMarch 22 in New York. Bronze Circular Mirror With Deities, Beasts And Inscription Sui dynasty (581-618). Estimate: $40,000-60,000. Photo: Christie’s Images Ltd 2012 Prominent dealer, collector, and author Robert H. Ellsworth is a legendary figure in the field [Read More]
New York will present Auspicious Treasures for Scholars and Emperors: Selections from the Robert H. Blumenfield Collection a single-owner sale of exceptional Chinese carvings, scholar’s objects, ruyi scepters, as well as furniture on March 22. Following the success of For the Enjoyment of Scholars in March 2010, Christie’s will offer an additional [Read More]
Christie’s New York will offer 190 works in the spring sale of Japanese and Korean Art, including screens, ceramics, lacquers, bronzes and armors. Japanese highlights include a pair of six-panel screens from the Momoyama period and an incense burner dating to the Edo period. A 19th century eight-panel screen, porcelain jar, and [Read More]
Sotheby’s London biannual sale of Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints will take place on Thursday, 29 March 2012. Superlative examples by pre-eminent artists who are leaders in the print-making field span a period of over 500 years, from the Renaissance through the Dutch Golden Age to the Pop Generation and beyond. [Read More]
Christie’s announce the spring auction of South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art taking place on 21 March, New York. Tyeb Mehta Untitled (Figures with Bull Head). Estimate: $1,500,000–2,000,000. Juxtaposing modernism with a strong contemporary perspective, the sale presents an exhilarating array of works by celebrated modern masters; Tyeb Mehta, Akbar Padamsee, Syed [Read More]