The much anticipated sale of a single-owner collection of ancient Greek and Roman coins discovered in Lichfield has totalled over £40,000 at in a two-day auction held last week, (13th/14th February). Day one – Fittingly, the 400 Lots of classical coins were offered by established Lichfield Auctioneers Richard Winterton Ltd in their [Read More]
Monthly Archives: February 2013
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Bonhams announce the Year of the Snake’s first Asian Decorative Arts auction in San Francisco on Tuesday, March 12. The sale will include 460 lots of Chinese ceramics and decorative arts, and more than 100 lots of artworks from Japan, Korea and other Asian countries and regions, from private collections and estates, [Read More]
The sale is timed so it will be held during Asia Week, a huge event scheduled for Mar. 15-23. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – Approximately 1,200 high-quality lots of Asian antiques, most of them Chinese and all of them highly collectible, will be sold at a mammoth four-day auction planned for Mar. 16-19 [Read More]
The firm, displaced after the storm, is back with a full slate of auctions for February thru April. (LYNBROOK, N.Y.) – Philip Weiss Auctions – down but definitely not out following Hurricane Sandy – has a full slate of auctions planned for the rest of winter and early spring, in its new [Read More]
Bonhams anticipated automobile auction will take place at Florida’s elegant Boca Raton Resort & Club. Held in conjunction with the Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance, the auction will host an impressive line-up of collectors’ automobiles from around the world. In addition to the many headlining European cars, Bonhams has consigned many American cars [Read More]
BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of American Furniture and Decorative Arts on Sunday, March 3rd in its Boston gallery. The auction features the Andy Williams Folk Art Collection and will also present the monumental silver punch bowl that F.W. Woolworth commissioned from Tiffany & Co. for architect Cass [Read More]
Bonhams is to present its Fine European Furniture, Decorative Arts and Garden Ornaments auction, March 18 at Bonhams in San Francisco, with many strong highlights of local provenance among its nearly 450 lots of offerings. The leading highlight of the auction, a Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted grand piano from a [Read More]
Asian objects, oil paintings, bronzes, furniture, Native American items and more will all be sold. (GENESEO, N.Y.) – Approximately 900 quality lots of fine arts and antiques in an array of categories will be sold on Friday, March 22, and Saturday, March 23, at Cottone Auctions, in the firm’s spacious gallery located [Read More]
Bloomsbury Auctions are delighted to announce the Auction of the Beatrix Potter collection of Mark Ottignon, on Wednesday 27th February at 2.00pm precisely. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Est. £20,000-30,000 The collection comprises an extensive selection of first edition books, rare periodical contributions, autograph material, greeting cards, original artwork, photographs, figurines, giftware, [Read More]
Montblanc’s Sir Winston Churchill Limited Edition 53 fountain pen — featuring 18 karat pink gold, tortoiseshell bands and 53 diamonds — is expected to bring $25,000+ as part of a special offering of fine writing instruments in Heritage’s Gentleman Collector Auction event, Feb. 23-24 at the company’s Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum [Read More]
Bonhams announce the appointment of Jennifer Gibson as Head of Fine Furniture, Decorative Arts and Asian Art for Bonhams, Australia. She will be based in the new Melbourne office at Ormond Hall. James Hendy, Bonhams Australia CEO says: “We are delighted to welcome Jennifer to Bonhams. She brings with her an outstanding [Read More]
A Victorian Britannia standard silver-gilt two handled basket, commemorating Field Marshall Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts’ Golden Wedding anniversary to his wife Nora Henrietta Bews, goes under the hammer at Bonhams, Knightsbridge on 20th February (estimate £1,500-£2,500). Sir Frederick was an outstanding military figure. He received the Victoria Cross medal during the Indian [Read More]
An extremely rare blue diamond ring will lead Bonhams Fine Jewelry sale on 24th April 2013. The fancy deep-blue diamond is set in a ‘Trombino’ ring made by Bulgari, the renowned Italian jeweler favored by Hollywood film stars, and the epitome of fashion and innovation during the 1960s. The ring was made [Read More]
In all, nearly 1,500 quality lots will come up for bid at the firm’s gallery on St. Charles Avenue. (NEW ORLEANS, La.) – A silver plate showing an image of a bull’s head by the renowned artist Pablo Picasso (Sp./Fr., 1881-1973), cast by Francois and Peter Hugo of Paris in the mid-1950s, [Read More]
The ‘Herb Seller’ by Vladimir Tretchikoff (1913-2006), a Russian émigré to South Africa, will be sold by Bonhams on March 20th in London. Painted in 1949, it is estimated to sell for £80,000 to £120,000. At one time the painting was owned by Jan Haak, minister of Economic Affairs in the late [Read More]
The Mühleib Collection of European Glass from 1500 -1850, a fantastic selection of rare quality glass, will be sold by Bonhams in London on Thursday 2nd May in New Bond Street at 10.30am. Dr. Horst Mühleib assembled his collection of Venetian, German, Austrian and Dutch glass over a period of forty years. [Read More]
On Monday 18th February Fellows auctioneers will be offering an Oliver Cromwell gold ‘Broad’ in their specialist Coins & Medals sale. Rare Gold Cromwell CoinDue to being in very fine condition the coin is considered an extremely rare example and with an estimate of £7,000-£9,000 it is expected to generate considerable interest [Read More]
On Sunday, January 20th, Grogan and Company Fine Art Auctioneers conducted their long anticipated Fine Oriental Rugs and Carpets Auction, to a standing room only crowd including dealers, discriminating collectors and private home owners, all looking to take home a prized rug. The auction, which included over 300 rugs and carpets achieved [Read More]