An 8.99 carat Kashmir Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum Ring, AGL certified, Kashmir, No heat, is expected to bring more than $250,000 when it comes across the block as the highlight of a deep line-up of more than 1,000 lots in Heritage Auctions’ April 30 Fine Jewelry Auction. The auction will take place at [Read More]
Monthly Archives: April 2012
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Richard Winterton Auctioneers of Lichfield in association with the Lichfield Bower Committee are delighted to announce a special one-off valuation day at the magnificent Guildhall in Lichfield. The event is being held on Friday 27th April from 11am to 2pm for the valuation of antiques and collectables. Adrian Rathbone, Chief Valuer at [Read More]
Sotheby’s annual spring auction of 19th Century European Art in New York will be held on 4 May 2012, featuring 110 exceptional works of art that celebrate the diversity of the period. James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot, The Morning Ride, French, signed J.J. Tissot (lower right), oil on canvas, 26 1/4 x 38 3/8 in., [Read More]
Sotheby’s announced the auction of Edvard Munch’s masterpiece The Scream which will lead its Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in New York on 2 May 2012. The iconic work is one of the most instantly recognizable images in both art history and popular culture, perhaps second only to the Mona Lisa. [Read More]
The auction will be held by Matheson’s AA Auctions, at the firm’s gallery in Melbourne, Fla. (MELBOURNE, Fla.) – The lifetime collection of the late James W. Pihos, formerly of Las Olas Isles, Fla., plus two prominent Miami estates, will be sold at auction the weekend of May 5-6 by Matheson’s AA [Read More]
Christie’s New York will auction works in the Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper and Day Sales, on May 2. With pieces ranging in style, medium, and estimate, the sales present an exciting opportunity for collectors of all levels. Many works of notable provenance will be featured with the sale of private [Read More]
A man of many talents, Geoffrey Randolph Webster – “GR” to his friends – is a retired businessman, author and portrait painter who divides his time between Florida and the idyllic French Riviera. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago with a master’s degree in business and retired as president [Read More]
BOSTON, Mass. – APRIL 11, 2012 – Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of Fine Musical Instruments on Sunday, April 29th in its Boston gallery. The sale offers more than 350 lots of stringed instruments including guitars, violins, cellos, and bows. String players seeking outstanding values from the 18th century will find [Read More]
Sotheby’s London will offer 18 monumental works from the Jerwood Sculpture Collection in its Modern and Post-War British Art Evening and Day Sales on 10th and 11th May 2012. Highlights from the Collection, which has been exhibited in the grounds of Ragley Hall in Warwickshire since 2005, include important works by Antony [Read More]
A stunning selection of diamonds, sapphires, rare pieces with unusual settings and items of royal provenance will be offered in the Fine Jewelry sale taking place at Bonhams on April 25th in London, New Bond Street. A 1987 sapphire and diamond ‘Fuschia’ brooch by Van Cleef and Arpels is one of the [Read More]
Bonhams is pleased offer several artworks from the Serendipity Bookstore in Berkeley, CA on May 21 during its ‘Made in California: Post-War & Contemporary Art’ auction. Highlights from the collection will include “Untitled (Magic Mountain),” 1955 (est. $10,000-15,000) by noted San Francisco artist, Jess (Collins). Peter Howard [1939-2011] of the landmark Bay [Read More]
The Antique Arms and Armor auction at Bonhams, June 11, will feature such highlights as a sword presented to Civil War Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, as well as a cased pair of the earliest known dueling pistols made by the prestigious English gun-maker, James Purdey. The historic figural hilt presentation sword [Read More]
An intricate cameo brooch gifted by Caroline Bonaparte, the younger sister of Napoleon I that was sourced in Scotland is one of the highlights of the Fine Jewellery sale, taking place at Bonhams on April 25th in London, New Bond Street. Designed by the Roman gem-engraver Nicolo Morelli who was patronised by [Read More]
Christie’s announced the forthcoming Antiquities sale and The Groppi Collection, to be held on Thursday, 26 April 2012 at Christie’s South Kensington saleroom. Altogether featuring 397 lots, the auction is expected to realise between £5.8 million and £8.6 million. The April sale follows a successful 2011 for Christie’s Antiquities department, with sales [Read More]
Bonhams is to auction an ex-GTC Gulf Team Davidoff 1997 McLaren F1 GTR ‘Longtail’ FIA GT Endurance Racing Coupe, at it’s Quail Lodge Sale,. The McLaren F1 GTR design is from that pantheon of victors, including the legendary Ford GT40 and Porsche 917K, to wear Gulf Oil’s charismatic pale-blue and orange team [Read More]
MARLBOROUGH, Mass – Skinner, Inc., a leading full-service auctioneer and appraiser of antiques and fine art, today announced a new timed auction platform, which will debut as a part of Skinner’s upcoming Fine Wines auction starting May 3rd. Also known as a ‘timed auction,’ a portion of the upcoming sale will be [Read More]
I.M. Chait’s industry-leading Natural History sales are a showcase for once-in-a-lifetime specimens, like the spectacular meteorite from Mars that headlines the company’s May 6 auction. Extraordinarily rare, the fist-size rock that landed in an African desert last July 18 probably took hundreds of millions of years to travel from Mars to earth. [Read More]
The infamous “Buckner Ball” from the 1986 World Series, Game Six, perhaps the most recognized baseball in the world, is being offered without reserve as the centerpiece of Heritage Auctions’ May 3-5 Vintage Sports Collectibles Signature® Auction. The ball is part of The Seth Swirsky Collection, a grouping of exceptional pieces of [Read More]