Quality, fresh-to-the-market consignments from Massachusetts and other states will be offered. (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Fontaine’s Auction Gallery’s second event of the new year will be an aptly named Exceptional Antique Auction, with 400 quality cataloged lots slated to cross the block on Saturday, Feb. 11, in the firm’s gallery located at 1485 [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2012
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To adjust to the new economic realities in the RV industry, http://www.RVauctionsonline.com, is being launched to serve both the needs of retail RV buyers and lenders who are trying to more efficiently clear out their inventory of repossessed RV’s. The goal of RV auctions online is to create a win-win marketplace where [Read More]
A Sheffield-plated silver wine cooler, ordered by George Washington in 1789, and given to Alexander Hamilton in 1797, sold at Christie’s during Americana Week for $782,500, exceeding its estimate of $400,000-600,000. This four-bottle wine cooler is an exceptionally well documented historical object, symbolizing the famous partnership between Washington and Hamilton in the [Read More]
Sotheby’s 27 January 2012 sale of Old Master & 19th Century European Art will feature a group of 13 works from The Forbes Collection that depict the Battle of Champigny, one of the final engagements of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. The group comprises Édouard Detaille’s celebrated composition Champigny; décembre 1870 (est. [Read More]
A private collection of Morgans, dating from 1935 to 1967, will be sold at Bonhams’ motor car and motorcycle sale in Paris on Thursday 2 February 2012. Assembled over the last 16 years by motor enthusiast, Frolian Gisbert, the collection features seven examples of the marque, including a race prepared model and [Read More]
Consignments are now being accepted for the April 26, 2012 auction, which might top them all. (MILFORD, Conn.) – Shannon Fine Art Auctioneers enjoyed a banner year in 2011, grossing over $7.6 million in just two sales. It was a record year for the firm, which conducts two auctions per year (in [Read More]
Bonhams Contemporary One Sale will be held in London on Monday 13 February 2012, 7pm. The highlights will be on view 9-13 February 2012, at101 New Bond Street, London. Gabriel Orozco – Atomists: Evasive Action, 1996 Frank Auerbach’s only original portrait of Lucian Freud features alongside other highlights, including major works by [Read More]
From Abba to Zeppelin, the collection of original prints will be sold in lots by performer including Bob Marley, George Harrison, Aerosmith, David Bowie, Robbie Robertson of The Band, Jeff Beck, Boston, The Cars, Alice Cooper, Elvis Costello, Peter Frampton, Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson, Iggy Pop, Elton John, Journey, The Kinks, [Read More]
In the wake of the strong prices achieved for works on paper by Lucian Freud in 2011, including the auction record which was established by Sotheby’s London in June 2011**, Sotheby’s announced that it will offer for sale an outstanding group of works on paper by Lucian Freud in the forthcoming Evening [Read More]
The finest of three known $20 Nevada Red Seal notes, a $20 1902 Red Seal Fr. 641 The Nixon NB Ch. # (P)8424, by far the greatest note to emerge from The Platte River Cash Hoard, brought $66,125 as the top note in Heritage Auctions Jan. 5-10 Signature® Orlando FUN Currency Auction, [Read More]
A unique South African bronze 1928 pattern sovereign, graded Matte Proof 64 by NGC, brought $184,000 as the top lot in Heritage Auctions’ $10.7+ million Jan. 2-3 World & Ancient Coins Signature® Auction at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel held as part of the New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC). All prices include 19.5% [Read More]
Bonhams to be sell the oldest known cricket artefact outside the British Isles, a belt buckle featuring an Afro-European slave playing cricket in Barbados, in its Sporting Memorabilia sale on 30 May 2012 in Chester. The buckle, which has attracted a pre-sale estimate of £100,000 – 150,000, was discovered by Clive Williams, [Read More]
RM Auctions is to auction a 1929 Cord L-29 Hayes Coupe in it’s Amelia Island sale on March 10 in Northeast Florida. 1929 Cord L-29 Hayes Coupe. Photo: Darin Schnabel ©2011 RM Auctions. Returning to the prestigious Ritz-Carlton Hotel, the well-established sale – now in its 14th year – will present a [Read More]
888 Auctions concluded its first auction of the year January 12th, featuring sales of fine Chinese Paintings & Asian Works of Art with a triumphant total of $717,180. The sale, comprising 598 lots, witnessed robust participation from around the world. Collectors bid enthusiastically for works by Zhang Daqian and Li Kuchan, as [Read More]
In December 2011 the landmark auction of The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor at Christie’s New York from December 3 – 17 far exceeded Christie’s pre-sale expectations realising a combined total of $156,756,576 (£100,324,209/€120,702,563). Vincent van Gogh Vue de l’Asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy, Christie’s image Drawing unprecedented interest from bidders [Read More]
Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art and The Art of the Surreal Evening Auctions will take place on 7 February 2012 at 7pm with a pre-sale estimate of £86,205,000 -127,090,000 (corresponding estimate in 2011: £73.8-109 million). Combined with the Impressionist, Modern and Surrealist works which will be offered in Living with Art – [Read More]
Two outstanding portraits by Irish artist Sir William Orpen will headline Sotheby’s sale of British and Irish Art in London on Thursday, 10 May 2012. The company is redesigning its traditional auctions of Victorian and Edwardian Art, and Irish Art and these sales will be retitled British and Irish Art: Victorian/Early 20th [Read More]
Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, will showcase a significant selection of Contemporary Indian artists at their 24-Hour Absolute Auction. The Absolute Auction is defined as an auction with no reserve prices. Initial online bids on each lot will be accepted at US$ 100 or Rs. 5000, no matter the [Read More]