The May 1, 2012 auction of California and Western Paintings and Sculpture at Bonhams offered a wide array of important Western scenes, Plein Air, Society of Six and land and cityscapes. Simulcast to San Francisco. The highly-anticipated auction featured “Southern Plains Indian Warrior” by Henry F. Farny, which was discovered at an [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2012
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MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. will host a Discovery auction on May 16th and 17th in its Marlborough gallery. The sale presents a varied assortment of antique dolls, vintage toys, collectibles, ephemera, and books, as well as furniture and decorative objects with more than 1200 lots on offer. Antique Dolls Over 200 [Read More]
The weekend auction will be held at the firm’s spacious gallery, located in Boynton Beach, Fla. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – A pair of life-size bronze sculptures by renowned South African artist Dylan Lewis (b. 1954), titled Leopard Crushing Serpent, is the expected top lot at an auction planned for Saturday, May 19, [Read More]
Rago Arts and Auction Center hosts an open house on Tuesday, May 8, featuring a talk by Dr. Robert Cozzolino, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Senior Curator and Curator of Modern Art. Dr. Cozzolino will discuss the distinctive character of Pop in Chicago during the 1960s. In exploring popular culture source [Read More]
Bonhams new Contemporary Art Department announce their inaugural sale on May 10 and May 11, which will include works sold to benefit the Missing Peace Project. The two auctions, Contemporary Part 1 and Contemporary Part 2, both have been finely curated by the two new leaders of the New York department—Jennifer Yum, [Read More]
Historic U.S & Worldwide Banknotes, Stocks and Bonds to be Auctioned (FORT LEE, N.J.) – Archives International Auctions will offer 1,070 lots of U.S. and worldwide banknotes, scripophily (the collecting of stock and bond certificates) and security printing ephemera at auction on Tuesday, May 15, at 10 a.m. (EST), at the firm’s [Read More]
Boston, Mass – May 2, 2012 – Skinner, Inc. will auction prints, photographs, paintings and sculptures on Friday, May 18th in two sessions at its Boston gallery. The prints and photography portion of the sale will begin at 12 p.m.; paintings and sculptures at 4 p.m. Fine Prints Skinner continues to experience [Read More]
All of the stones in the outstanding single-owner lifetime collection will be sold without reserve. (NORTHBROOK, Ill.) – More than 675 gemstones from a single-owner lifetime collection will be offered without reserve (everything sells, regardless of price) in an Internet-only auction now online and slated to begin at 2 p.m. (CST) on [Read More]
BOULDER COUNTY, CO – In a collecting category as highly-specialized as antiquities, the most valuable asset an auction house can possess is not a 2,500-year-old Egyptian statue or a rare Pre-Columbian artifact – its integrity and reputation. And on May 12, 2012, Antiquities-Saleroom.com, a fully-owned subsidiary of Artemis Gallery Ancient Art, will [Read More]
Richard Winterton Auctioneers of Lichfield in association with the Lichfield Bower Committee are delighted to report a successful antiques valuation day last Friday, (27th April). The one-off event held at Lichfield’s historic Guildhall was overseen by Fine Arts Associate Adrian Rathbone who was on hand to give clients valuations on their treasures [Read More]
A 12th century Zangid carved marble basin from Syria, with a fine Kufic inscription sold today (24.4.12) for £193,250 at Bonhams sale of Indian and Islamic art in London. The inscriptions contain references to water and its benefits from the Qur’an, “From it you drink and out of it [grows] the vegetation [Read More]
A selection of important motorcycles from a prominent private collection has been entrusted to Bonhams for their annual Quail Lodge sale held during the famed Pebble Beach Car Week. Consisting of exquisite models from Indian, Harley-Davidson and Crocker, it’s the collection’s Crockers (acquired 12 years ago in the US) that are drawing [Read More]
Freeman’s is to to offer for sale a unique collection of historic and rare naval flags from one of the most revered patrons and collectors of American art, the late H. Richard Dietrich, Jr., on Monday, April 30, 2012 at 6:00 PM. The auction will provide the unique opportunity to own a [Read More]
Freeman’s to offer three fine collections in the April 30, 2012 Americana Sale including Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. William R. Wister, and The Collection of Virginia H. Knauer. Janet Brown, a native of Philadelphia, attended Temple University and had the good fortune to [Read More]
The Asian Art department at Bonhams in San Francisco is pleased to announce it will be holding ongoing weekly Wednesday morning consignment events at its 220 San Bruno Avenue gallery, starting April 25, from 9:30-12:30. The events are being scheduled to meet an increasing demand for Asian art appraisals being felt in [Read More]
Gray’s Auctioneers’ Fine Furniture, Paintings and Decorations auction takes place on May 3rd at 11am in Cleveland, Ohio. Live online bidding for this auction is provided by Live Auctioneers. Comprising of paintings, sculptures, and works on paper, as well as fine furniture, jewelry, rugs, and decorative collectibles, Gray’s May auction promises exceptional [Read More]
An intricate cameo brooch gifted by Caroline Bonaparte, the younger sister of Napoleon I that was sourced in Scotland was one of the highlights of the Fine Jewellery sale that took place at Bonhams on April 25th in London, New Bond Street. Estimated to sell for £6,000-8,000, the brooch realised over six [Read More]
It’s the second auction to be held at the new location — 1330 St. Charles Ave. in New Orleans. (NEW ORLEANS, La.) – Over 1,200 lots of quality merchandise in a wide array of categories will cross the block on May 12-13 at Crescent City Auction Gallery, in just the second auction [Read More]