A rare 15th century gold ring, discovered by a metal detector in Redditch, Worcestershire is estimated to sell for £4,000 ? 6,000 in the Fine Jewellery sale, taking place on the 25th April at Bonhams, London. The gold, marriage ring is engraved on the outside with the inscription ‘iea do re’ (Je [Read More]
Monthly Archives: April 2012
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Outstanding works by British, Irish and Scottish artists will lead Sotheby’s sale of British and Irish Art in London on Thursday, 10 May 2012. The company is redesigning its traditional auctions of Victorian and Edwardian Art, and Irish Art and these sales will be retitled British and Irish Art: Victorian–Early 20th Century–Sporting [Read More]
The three-day weekend event was held at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor. (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) – A rare Cigar Store Indian figure, beautifully carved in the 1880s by the renowned artisan Samuel Robb, sold for $94,400 at a three-day auction event held March 30-April 1 by Showtime Auction Services. [Read More]
A 1982 gelatin silver print of Nastassia Kinski and the Serpent, 1981 by famed photographer Richard Avedon is expected to bring $50,000+ when it comes to auction on May 1 in New York as part of Heritage Auctions’ Photographs Signature® Auction, taking place at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion (Ukrainian Institute of America), 2 [Read More]
Material Culture, the city’s popular 60,000-sq.-ft. showplace for antiques, textiles and handcrafted decorative arts, will introduce its new auction division on May 5, 2012 with a 500-lot sale titled “New World Orders.” All forms of bidding will be available, including live via the Internet through LiveAuctioneers.com. Material Culture’s wealth of experience and [Read More]
Christie’s announce the sale of the principle contents of Mill Farm, Gloucestershire, the home of the late Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor. Known as ‘Paddy’ to his friends, Sir Patrick was a legendary travel writer and extraordinary war hero who was once described as ‘a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham [Read More]
Sotheby’s will offer A First Edition Japanese Vellum copy of Oscar Wilde’s greatest work, The Importance of Being Earnest A Trivial Comedy for Serious People in the sale of The Library of Jaques Levy, on 20 April in New York. Mr. Levy acquired the piece in 1946 and it has remained in [Read More]
Christie’s announced the auction of an exceptional selection of six important works by Gerhard Richter at its Post-War and Contemporary Sale on May 8, 2012. This major comprehensive grouping includes works from the 60’s to the 90’s and is estimate to realize more than $40 million. Gerhard Richter (b. 1932), Farbschlieren. Signed, [Read More]
Christie’s and Mealy’s of Kilkenny announce the two part sale of property from Mount Congreve, Kilmeaden, County Waterford, Ireland in summer 2012. Mount Congreve: The London Sale will comprise a carefully curated selection of approximately 120 lots of furniture, paintings, silver and Chinese and European porcelain from the collection which will be [Read More]
2011 marked an unprecedented year for the category of 20th Century British and Irish Art, with Christie’s realising the highest sale total for the category at the inaugural Evening Sale in November (£23.6 million), and setting the two highest prices for any work in the category when both Piccadilly Circus, London, 1960, [Read More]
Sotheby’s Geneva will present over 700 lots in its sale of Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels, on 14 and 15 May 2012. The two?day sale will be spearheaded by one of the most important historic diamonds ever to come to auction: The Beau Sancy. Commenting on the forthcoming sale, David Bennett, Chairman [Read More]
Christie’s fine art auctioneers will offer an acclaimed masterpiece by Cindy Sherman consigned by the Akron Art Museum, Ohio. All proceeds from the sale will be directed to the museum’s acquisition fund to allow for future strategic purchases that will augment the core of the Akron Art Museum’s strong Contemporary collection. Cindy [Read More]
Christie’s International, announced the online launch of the Third Annual Green Auction: BID to Save the Earth, with hundreds of once-in-a-lifetime packages spanning the realms of fashion, travel, sport, design, art, entertainment and more. The highly anticipated online auction, powered by Charitybuzz, will be open through April 19, 2012, with the total [Read More]
The next sale of the old books and manuscripts at Christie’s will be held May 11, 2012 and will present nearly 220 ancient books, artist books and manuscripts estimated between 1.7 million and € 2.5 million. Among the star pieces from the sale retain an outstanding illuminated manuscript of a Machzor (prayer [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 will sell the Beedham Collection of early oak and works of art on 24th May at Chester, offering the most outstanding oak items to international collectors of this increasingly sought after furniture. The reason for the sale is that oak experts, Herbert and Norma Beedham, are retiring. However, Beedham Antiques will [Read More]
The sale will be conducted by Meissner’s Auction Service, based in New Lebanon, at 11 a.m. (NEW LEBANON, N.Y.) – The estate of the late Albert “Al” Cassavant — a longtime and dedicated collector who owned two local antiques shops over the course of his long and fruitful life – will be [Read More]
Maynards Industries has been selected as a General Motors (GM) Supplier of the Year for 2011, placing it among the best global automotive suppliers. GM praised the award winners, including Maynards, for their “exceptional” client service and “outstanding performance”. GM began its global Supplier of the Year award in 1992. Winners are [Read More]