A profile portrait of the wife of Charles Dickens, Catherine (1815-1879), by John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1810-1901), is to be sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, as part of the Photographs Sale on 17th May. The only daguerreotype portrait of Catherine known to exist, it has been estimated at £8,000 – 12,000. The portrait [Read More]
Monthly Archives: April 2012
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TEHACHAPI, Calif. – A 15.35-carat alexandrite with chameleon-like qualities is the glittering headliner in a 1,200-lot selection of fine jewelry, cars and art to be offered at Government Auction’s April 29 sale. The alexandrite’s size, alone, makes it a rare specimen, but it rises to superstar levels when it reveals its ability [Read More]
Sotheby’s announced that it will unveil its newly-constructed state-of-the art gallery space in Hong Kong on 19 May, 2012, with opening exhibitions running through the end of May – an exciting month filled with international cultural events in Hong Kong. Comprising the entire 5th Floor of One Pacific Place – over 15,000 [Read More]
On May 10, Christie’s is pleased to present the sale of Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas including Property from the Estate of Ernst Beyeler. The works of art from Beyeler’s collection offered in the sale includes a rare Santa Cruz Islands Platter (pictured above), a rare and important Lega ivory [Read More]
Sotheby’s London will offer at auction The Collection of Prince and Princess Henry de La Tour d’Auvergne Lauraguais on 3rd May 2012. The auction comprises property from the family’s London homes. A gilt-bronze-mounted amaranth, tulipwood, bois satiné, parquetry and oak, Goût Grec Secrétaire à Abbatant, stamped Joseph Twice, Louis XVI, circa 1770. [Read More]
Sotheby’s will present it’s annual sale of American Indian Art in New York, on 16 May. Nez Perce Beaded and Fringed Hide War Shirt composed of finely tanned mountain sheep hide, of poncho form with open sides and partially sewn sleeves, decorated on the mid-section with blue pigment, overlaid across the shoulders [Read More]
Heritage Auctions are to host a Natural History Signature Auction on May 20 in New York, featuring a wide range of Dinosauria, rare fossils and fine quality mineral and gemstone offerings including an amazing 8-foot high, 24-foot long, 80% complete Tyrannosaurs bataar, a complete dino raptor skeleton, a 70-ounce natural gold nugget [Read More]
Christie’s announce the upcoming sale of an outstanding private American collection of Modern and Contemporary Art: Property from the Collection of Evelyn D. Haas. As a patron of the arts and philanthropist, Mrs. Haas immersed herself in a wide range of volunteer work and was a devoted leader of the San Francisco [Read More]
Christie’s is to auction a picture of Christ Carrying the Cross by Girolamo Romanino. The painting is a masterpiece of Girolamo Romanino’s fully mature style and among the most potent and moving depictions of the theme in 16th century Italian art. The painting will highlight Christie’s Old Master Paintings sale on June [Read More]
William Adolphe Bouguereau’s sublime Fishing For Frogs, 1882, is expected to bring $1,500,000+ as the offering on the European side of Heritage Auctions’ May 15 Signature® American & European Art Auction, taking place at Heritage’s Dallas Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum Street, while Eastman Johnson’s lyrical Child at Prayer, circa 1873, is [Read More]
Christie’s announce the sale of Andrew Wyld: Connoisseur Dealer, the collection and stock of W/S Fine Art and Andrew Wyld (1949 – 2011). This fine single-owner collection celebrates the Golden Age of British Watercolours and will be offered in two parts. Part one will take place in King Street on 10 July [Read More]
The auction will be held Monday, May 28, at the Jefferson Civic Center in Jefferson, Georgia. (JEFFERSON, Ga.) – Dozens of examples of highly collectible Southern pottery by such renowned artisans as Dave the Slave, Thomas Chandler, W.T.B. Gordy and others will be sold on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, by Cagle [Read More]
BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. will hold a live auction of Fine Wines on May 3rd in its Boston gallery. Following the event, a second offering of lots will be offered on May 4th through May 13th exclusively online with Skinner’s new timed auction platform. Through its partnership with Lower Falls Wine [Read More]
Including a DRC offering from The Fox Cellar and an astounding collection of mature Bordeaux from the estate of Clarence Day (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., the #1 wine auction house in America, will hold an exciting Auction of Finest and Rarest Wines on May 11th and 12th in [Read More]
Bonhams announce it will hold three auctions of Native American Art, June 4-5, in San Francisco: The Robert “Trader Bob” Bayuk Collection of Native American Art, The G. Lorenzo Fritz Collection of Historic Native American Photographs and a various owners sale of Fine Native American Art. The auctions cumulatively will feature about [Read More]
Bonhams is to sell the selected contents of Stobhall Castle, one of the ancestral seats of the Drummond family and, until recently, the home of Viscount Strathallan, heir to the Earldom of Perth. The sale will take place at Bonhams auction rooms at 22 Queen Street, Edinburgh on 2 May. Among the [Read More]
A 1972 Avanti II Coupé originally owned by Raymond Loewy, the designer of the Coca-Cola bottle, Gray Hound bus, Air Force One livery and the Avanti Coupé, is one of the highlights of prestigious ‘Les Grandes Marques à Monaco’ sale held by Bonhams in Monte Carlo on the 11th May. Estimated to [Read More]
Bréal’s Silver Cup, the winner’s cup from the first ever competitive Marathon race, held at the first Modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, broke the world record price for an item of Olympic memorabilia sold at auction, selling within the Vintage Posters & Olympic Icons auction at Christie’s South Kensington for [Read More]