A number of Rolex wristwatches have achieved top prices in the Fine Watches and Wristwatches sale that took place on the 13th June at Bonhams, New Bond Street. The top lot of the sale, a rare manual wind chronograph Rolex wristwatch circa 1971 received much international interest and after enthusiastic bidding sold [Read More]
Daily Archives: June 15, 2012
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What could be one of the largest single owner collections of model trains is to be auctioned in Lichfield on the 28th June. The private collection of a deceased gentleman had been sourced from a Warwickshire home is a train lovers’ dream come true. The collection amounting to thousands of model 00 [Read More]
Annie Oakley’s historic Parker Brothers 12-gauge shotgun, consigned for sale by her great-grandnieces and offered to the public for the first time by Heritage Auctions in Dallas, brought $143,400 on Sunday, June 10, during the company’s $2.47+ million “Legends of the Wild West” auction. Oakley’s iconic Stetson hat, also consigned by the [Read More]
Christie’s Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale on 3 July 2012 features 64 works which present international collectors and institutions with landmark rediscoveries and works of exceptional quality, spanning 500 years of European art history. Leading the sale is John Constable’s (1776-1837) celebrated British landscape The Lock (estimate: £20 million to [Read More]
The helmets were the top lots of the 1,700 items of militaria that came up for bid June 1-2. (BOUCKVILLE, N.Y.) – A pair of helmets once owned and worn by Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) sold for a combined $30,250 at a militaria auction held June 1-2 by Mohawk Arms, Inc. [Read More]
BOSTON, Mass – Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of 20th Century Design in its Boston gallery on Saturday, June 23, 2012. The upcoming sale features works by Tiffany, Georg Jensen, George Nakashima, and Paul Evans along with excellent collections of French and English cameo glass. Modern Furniture – George Nakashima and [Read More]