(Lincoln, UK) Nearly 1,000 items of Antiques, Fine Art and Highly Collectible Items will be sold as part of Unique Auctions (UK) Annual New Years Day Auction on 1st January 2014 at 9am (GMT). The sale will be available worldwide online through several auction platforms and Head of Marketing Darryl Kirk says [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2013
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Motorcycles formerly owned by legendary actor Steve McQueen and restored and customized by famed artist Von Dutch (née Kenny Howard) will be offered at the highly anticipated and fast approaching Bonhams Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction on January 9th. Steve McQueen, legendary not just for being the most famous and highest paid actor [Read More]
Garth’s Auctions will kick off the New Year with an Early Americana Furniture and Decorative Arts auction the weekend of January 3rd & 4th. The Friday session comprises 410 lots from the collection of Ray and Mary Ann Meisberger, Stephentown, New York, while the Saturday session showcases another 470 lots from various [Read More]
Heritage Auctions has announced Barbara Conn has joined its growing Luxury Accessories category as a Consignment Director based in Chicago. Conn is a native Chicagoan and Lincoln Park resident. Her expertise in the luxury handbag market is extensive, with more than a decade in the high-end accessories segment as both a business [Read More]
WESTHAMPTON, N.Y. – Grey Flannel Auctions announced today that it has been commissioned to sell the “Little” Johnny Sylvester collection, a unique family-owned archive related to one of the most famous stories in baseball history. Sylvester was a gravely ill 11-year-old boy who rallied after receiving a baseball signed by Babe Ruth [Read More]
Bonhams is to offer the maritime paintings collection of noted connoisseur Alfred “Fritz” Gold, in the Important Maritime Paintings and Decorative Arts sale to be held on January 24, 2014. A veteran of WWII who received a Purple Heart for his bravery, Gold went on to find success in commercial real estate, [Read More]
From jewellery, watches and silver to corkscrews, ceramics and antique furniture there was something for all tastes in Richard Winterton’s two-day Auction held in Lichfield this week, (18th/19th December). With local, national and international coverage and live internet bidding on all Lots guaranteed a high selling rate with most Lots finding a [Read More]
An astounding trinity of legendary American numismatic rarities — a 1787 Brasher doubloon with hallmark EB on the eagle’s wing, MS63 NGC, CAC, a 1913 Liberty nickel, PR64 NGC, CAC, the Olsen Specimen and a 1927-D double eagle, MS66 NGC — expected to bring millions of dollars when they cross the auction [Read More]
The action begins Jan. 18, with a sale packed with comics, comic art, sports, animation & more. (LYNBROOK, N.Y.) – Philip Weiss Auctions – which took such a fierce pounding from Hurricane Sandy last year it was forced to move from its decimated facility in Oceanside – is still rebuilding from the [Read More]
A book charting the expedition which led to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, sold as part of a set for £14,880 at Dreweatts and Bloomsbury Auctions’ sale of Antiquarian Books, held yesterday, Wednesday 18th December. Darwin was invited to join the second surveying voyage of HMS Beagle, by Captain Robert Fitzroy, to [Read More]
The cataloged auction will be held at Fontaine’s Auction Gallery in Pittsfield, Mass., at 11 a.m. (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Exactly 300 lots of quality fresh-to-the-market items will be sold in a catalogued auction on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery at 1485 West Housatonic Street in Pittsfield. Headlining the auction [Read More]
Built in France in 1929, the Bugatti 37A started life as a four-cylinder Grand Prix model used exclusively for competition. It was first owned by Briton Jack Lemon Burton – founder member of the Bugatti Owners’ Club – whose father gave it to him as a 21st birthday present in 1932 and, [Read More]
A one of a kind Hermès 32cm Matte Geranium Porosus Crocodile & Black Togo Leather Sellier Kelly Bag with Feet set a world record as the most valuable Kelly bag sold at auction when it realized $125,000 in Heritage Auctions’ $3.8+ million Holiday Luxury Signature Auction in Dallas. The Dec. 10-11 designer [Read More]
Christie’s announce that Americana Week 2014, a weeklong series of auctions, viewings, and events, will be held from January 18-27. The week of sales is comprised of Important American Silver on January 23, Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Decorative Arts on January 24, and Chinese Export Art on January 27. Several [Read More]
As average used car values have surged to record levels during 2013, leading vehicle remarketing company, British Car Auctions (BCA) suggests next year could bring more of the same in the used car market as the availability of retail quality used cars is likely to remain limited. Average used car values in [Read More]
The past year (2013) saw a series of art records broken in Bonhams salerooms round the world in London, Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Sydney, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Records were achieved for Old Master Painting, Jewelry, Russian Art, Indian and Islamic Art, Chinese Art, Contemporary African Art and Collectors’ Cars. [Read More]
Christie’s is to offer Property from the Estate of Eric Martin Wunsch in a series of January sales including Silver on January 23, American Furniture on January 24, Chinese Export Art on January 27, and Old Master Paintings Part I on January 29. Eric Martin Wunsch was a New York collector with [Read More]
Yearly auction totals up 37% to $36 Million (Chicago, IL) Hart Davis Hart completed the most successful year in the company’s history, following another strong showing at its two-day December auction. Over the course of seven auctions held in 2013, HDH netted $36.07 million, making Hart Davis Hart the largest seller of [Read More]