The flask was the top lot in an auction that also saw some great fresh-to-the-market finds offered. (WOODSTOCK, Conn.) – A rare and early double eagle historical flask, made in Pittsburgh circa 1820-40 and boasting a deep yellow olive color, sold for $53,820 in an Internet and catalog auction held May 16-30 [Read More]
Monthly Archives: July 2012
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A painting of a Hawaiian volcano in full swing has just sold for a cool £5,000 at auction this week, (5th July). The 30cm by 50cm oil painting by American artist Charles Furneaux (1835-1913) shows a lava stream near Hilo, Hawaii in 1881. To the foreground of this baron landscape is a [Read More]
An eclectic range of furniture, clocks, mirrors and paintings from Shelley’s Hotel, once the home of revered English Romantic poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley will be sold at Bonhams Period Design sale on 10th July, in London. The collection formed part of the decoration at Shelley’s Hotel in Lewes, Sussex, where the great [Read More]
A stunning bust with an extraordinary story that moves between the worlds of early African exploration, opera, art and romance sold for £97,250 at Bonhams sale of Fine European Furniture, Sculpture and Works of Art on July 5th in London The striking figure, which depicts the African Queen, Selika, a principal character [Read More]
Saffronart, India’s leading auction house will showcase a significant selection of modern and contemporary Indian artists at their 24-Hour Absolute Auction. An Absolute Auction is defined as an auction with no reserve prices. Initial online bids on each lot will be accepted at US$ 100 or Rs. 5000, no matter the estimate, [Read More]
On Monday, 23rd July Fellows will be auctioning one of only two watches to have been worn on the first ever round-the-world flight in a hot air balloon. Since 1981 there have been 21 failed attempts to make the first uninterrupted circumnavigation of the globe in a hot-air balloon. Richard Branson failed [Read More]
Boulder County, CO – Antiquities-Saleroom will host an online-only auction of Antiquities, Pre-Columbian & Ethnographic Art on Friday, July 13 beginning at noon EDT. The sale features Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Tribal and Spanish Colonial Art. Internet bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com. The first part of the auction [Read More]
An important still life by the Scottish Colourist, Samuel Peploe, leads Bonhams Annual Scottish Pictures Sale on August 20th in Edinburgh. Still Life of Mixed Roses in Chinese Vase(£200,000-300,000) was painted at a pivotal moment in Peploe’s artistic career. In the early 1900s Peploe and his fellow Colourist, George Hunter, explored still [Read More]
Archives International Auctions’ May 15 auction, featuring 1,069 lots of interesting and exciting U.S. and worldwide banknotes resulted in gross sales of $243,000 (including the buyer’s premium). The sale took place in the handsome new Fort Lee offices, where live gallery bidders competed with extremely active telephone and Internet bidding throughout the [Read More]
Richard Winterton Auctioneers of Lichfield, Staffordshire will be offering for sale on 5th July a corporate collection of original artwork. Artists represented will include Peter Kuhfeld, Vida Gabor, Jean Chaleye, Saulin, Sue Ryder, Rex Preston, Charles Wyatt Warren, James Brereton, Dennis Syrett, C.T. Bale, Victor Elford, C.W. Bouter and Byron Howard. Illustrated [Read More]
(Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart closed the first half of the year with a successful two-day auction this weekend, realizing $4,298,523 against a pre-sale estimate of $3,008,470-$4,298,523. Bidders participated from 36 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, as well as Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, [Read More]
Freddie Mercury’s black and white harlequin stage costume sold for £22,500 at Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia sale on Tuesday 3rd July, in London. Bidders competed fiercely for the iconic costume, pushing the final price well above the pre-sale estimate of £8,000 – 12,000. The Queen singer’s memorable costumes reflected his artistic nature and [Read More]
Bonhams is honored to have been chosen to conduct a charity sale in memory of the late son of ex-Formula 1 and 500cc motorcycle world champion John Surtees. Widely tipped as a star of the future, Henry Surtees was tragically killed in a freak accident while driving in the new Formula 2 [Read More]
Three mid-20th century ceramic pitchers by the renowned artist Pablo Picasso, two sterling Communion chalices (one gilt-washed), fine art by noted painters such as Peter Pierobon and Jean Charles Blais, an early 19th century French gilt and patinated bronze mantel clock and more will cross the block July 14-15 at Crescent City [Read More]
Bonhams is presenting a large selection of about 300 lots of Asian art in its Period Art & Design auction, July 22-23 in San Francisco. The sale will also include offerings in the categories of Silver, Pacific Voyages & Hawaiiana, European Paintings, American Art, Modern & Contemporary Art, Prints, Native American Art, [Read More]
A delicate and incisive portrait by one of Britain’s most infamous artists will be on sale at Bonhams 19th Century Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours sale on 11th July, in London. ‘Portrait of Mr. George Bailey’ is a great example of Richard Dadd’s mastery of watercolour. It was painted in the same year [Read More]
Christopher Forbes is to auction his collection of Roycroft furnishings and metal ware, as well as other property from his two houses in Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Mountainss at Rago’s on October 27, 2012. Among the Roycroft property for sale is a one-of-a-kind chair made by Dard Hunter. Illustrated in the 1994 [Read More]
John Moran Auctioneers announce their July 24th antiques auction featuring early to mid – 20th century design, including Art Deco, clocks, 19th and early 20th century Continental furniture and decorative arts, and Americana. Leading the latter category is a Colt ‘Peacemaker’ revolver that was carried in the Battle of San Juan Hill [Read More]