Christies Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale will take place on 20 June 2012 at 7pm and will offer 71 lots with a pre-sale estimate of £86,525,000 to £126,740,000. Representing many of the most celebrated artists of the late 19th and 20th centuries, the auction is led by Baigneuse, 1888, a sumptuous [Read More]
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RICHMOND HILL, Ontario – 888 Auctions is proud to announce its June auction by featuring a fine collection of Asian arts and antiques with its Asian Antiques & Fine Art sale Thursday, June 21st, 2012. The 448-lot auction features several unique items headlined by a rare 19th/20th Century Chinese Qing Dynasty Imperial [Read More]
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. will host a Discovery auction on June 13th and 14th in its Marlborough gallery. The sale presents a broad assortment of estate silver, antique jewelry, designer and vintage clothing, contemporary and antique accessories, and textiles. Set of Eight Watson World War I-related Sterling Silver Mint Julep Cups, [Read More]
The original painting for one of the most famous British Victorian images is for sale at Bonhams 19th Century Paintings sale in London on 11 July. ‘Captain of the Eleven’ painted in 1882 became a lasting and much loved symbol of childhood innocence in late Victorian England and is still instantly recognisable [Read More]
Sale Features First Growth Bordeaux, Top Vintages of DRC and an Encyclopedic Selection of Guigal’s Amazing Single-Vineyard Côte Rôties (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., the internationally renowned wine auction house and retailer, will hold an exciting two day auction of Finest and Rarest Wines on June 22nd and 23rd [Read More]
Sir Henry Cooper’s Gold Heavyweight Lonsdale Belt went under the hammer at Bonhams Sporting & Golfing Memorabilia sale in Chester, selling for an outstanding price of £49,250. Bidders fought competitively for the belt, which is an impressive trophy first awarded by the 5th Earl of Lonsdale, an avid sportsman who was heavily [Read More]
Dedham , MA- On Sunday, May 20th, Grogan and Company Fine Art Auctioneers’ Dedham gallery was teeming with collectors of fine art and antiques from across the globe. The six hundred lot auction comprised of Paintings, Sculpture, Old Master drawings, Furniture, Decorative Works of Art, Oriental rugs, Jewelry and Silver from various [Read More]
In a standing room only sale, frenzied bidding activity occurred within the auction room, by telephone and online. Bonhams Contemporary Art Department’s first dedicated sale in Hong Kong reached the superb total today of 90.6 million HKD/ 11.6 million USD, more than doubling the pre-sale estimate of 26.5 – 37.4 million HKD/ [Read More]
BOSTON, Mass – May 30, 2012 – Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of Fine Jewelry in its Boston gallery on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. The sale will feature over 550 lots of fine jewelry, including diamonds, natural pearls, colored stones and signed pieces by makers such as Buccellati, David Webb, Angela [Read More]
Bonhams is pleased to announce a strong result for its Memorial Day auction of Rare Coins and Medals that took place on May 27. The 730-lot sale brought more than $1.353 million and offered a diverse group of fresh to market rarities from various owners, as well as coinage from the Estate [Read More]
A rare trial proof copy of Andy Warhol’s 1985 portrait of The Queen is to be auctioned at Bonhams Print Sale in London on 11 July. It is estimated at £40,000-60,000. The signed and numbered print, Queen Elizabeth II, is from the Reigning Queens series which also includes the Queens of Denmark, [Read More]
In the upcoming BASSENGE Modern Art Spring Auction 99 on June 2 in Berlin the contemporary goes forward and initiates cultural processes. Visitors can encounter two paintings and three charcoal drawings by artist and donor Isabella Gabriel Niang from Berlin. The charcoal drawings titled “Joy. Pain. Passion. Vulnerability.“ are part of a [Read More]
Christie’s are to auction a 9,000 year old limestone mask from the Judean desert on June 8 in New York. The mask is among the earliest sculptural types to survive from the ancient Near East. Additional highlights among the 260 lots in the sale are an extremely rare Egyptian painted votive linen [Read More]
Heritage Auctions June 10 Legends of the Wild West Signature® Auction is shaping up as the most important auction of its kind ever put together, featuring more than 300 artifacts from the biggest and most important names in the history of the American West. The grouping includes The very 12 Gauge Parker [Read More]
Bonhams Hong Kong are to auction an Imperial Portrait of Consort Chunhui as part of the Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art sale to be held on 27 May at the Island Ballroom of the Island Shangri-La Hotel. Attributed to the Italian missionary-artist Giuseppe Castiglione, who served at the Qing Court [Read More]
Christie’s auction of Important Jewels on 13 June, 2012 comprises 368 lots, including stunning royal and aristocratic jewels formerly from both The Collection of Her Imperial Highness Princess Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiary and The Property of Beatrice Countess of Granard OBE, as well as from The Collection of The Late Countess of Dudley [Read More]
On June 6th 2012 at 6:30pm in Houston, Texas, Maria Mozgova Action will conduct an “American & European Paintings, Lalique, Silver & collectibles” estate auction of the fine living estate of Mrs. Wilma Bruyere from New Ulm, Texas. She is an avid art collector, and with the support of the very best [Read More]
The auction coincides with the popular Check the Oil Show in Dublin, Ohio, near Columbus. (DUBLIN, Ohio) – Hundreds of examples of petroliana (gas station collectibles) and automobilia – to include porcelain and tin signs, countertop displays, cardboard advertising, globes and more – will come up for bid on Saturday, June 23, [Read More]