One of the most valuable tea services ever assembled, sold for £541,250 at Bonhams, yesterday 5th December 2012. In a busy saleroom, bidders competed for eight items of the legendary ‘Half-Figure Service’-type, a highly important set of Meissen porcelain in the Said and Roswitha Marouf Collection. Meissen porcelain with ‘Half-Figure Service’ decoration [Read More]
Monthly Archives: December 2012
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An oil painting of Saint Peter attributed to Domenikos Theotokopoulos, better known as El Greco, sold for £791,650 against a pre-sale estimate of £40,000 – 60,000 at Bonhams yesterday, 5th December 2012. Saint Peter oil on canvas 68 x 56cm (26 3/4 x 22 1/16in). unframed Attributed to Domenikos Theotokopoulos, called El [Read More]
Bonhams offered Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts on December 3 in Los Angeles. The 450-lot sale brought nearly $2 million and featured an array of works for varied tastes and collecting levels from the 16th through the 20th centuries, with a focus on German, French, Italian and English properties. Highlights from [Read More]
Watchung, New Jersey – One of only ten known 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth cards has been consigned to Robert Edward Auctions’ spring 2013 sale. Many consider the 1914 Babe Ruth to be the single most important and miraculous baseball card in the world. This card features Ruth as an unknown minor [Read More]
Few historic figures command such reverence as Lord Horatio Nelson. Over 200 years after the great British naval hero was mortally wounded in action at the Battle of Trafalgar, his influence is such that items linked to him are highly prized by an international community of collectors. The sword-pistol of Nelson interest [Read More]
The 1928 ‘Playboy Roadster’ that Bonhams will offer for sale at its Grand Palais Sale in Paris from 6th to 7th February was once housed in the collection of millionaire real estate developer Jerry J. Moore In 1966 an American traveling in France became smitten with a mid-19th Century chateau. He bought [Read More]
Bonhams announces the firm’s biannual Fine Watches, Wristwatches & Clocks auction to be held on December 13 at 3pm ET. The sale will be viewed in the Bonhams Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York galleries and the auction will be conducted simultaneously in all three salesrooms. The auction features a wide [Read More]
The sign was the top lot at the three-day event in Raymond, Ill., where 2,000+ lots were sold. (RAYMOND, Ill.) – A rare Oldsmobile double-sided porcelain “Rocket” sign, the one that hung under the regular Oldsmobile sign to advertise the auto maker’s “rocket” engines, sold for $6,050 at an auction held Nov. [Read More]
On Dec. 1st, 2012 Ganeinu – Chabad Early Childhood Development Center will hold an inaugural fundraising event. Coined A Toast to Ganeinu, a grand Chinese Auction along with live music, an open Martini Bar and mouthwatering Hors d’oeuvres is guaranteed to make for an exciting evening. Ganeinu is a non-profit 501c3 Center, [Read More]
The sculpture will be one of many works of art and decorative accessories to cross the block. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – A life-size bronze sculpture of John Lennon, by the Cuban artist Jose Ramon Villa Soberon (b. 1950), showing the former Beatle in a standing position with his hands in his pockets, [Read More]