Auction brings $4.4 million with “A Private Library of Extraordinary Bordeaux” exceeding the high estimate with heavy international bidding (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart, the leading wine auction house in America, opened 2013 with a highly-charged auction of finest and rarest wines, selling 99.9% of lots offered and posting $4.4 million [Read More]
Monthly Archives: February 2013
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Bonhams March 18 auction of Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art will feature a remarkable selection of fresh to the market narrative panels from the ancient region of Gandhara. Gandhara, the last outpost of Alexander the Great, was a flourishing kingdom where Eastern and Western culture combined to form a distinct artistic [Read More]
A rare four piece collector’s edition Browning Centennial set realized $7,500 and a name inscribed Remington New Model Army Conversion saw $5,500 in Cordier Auctions & Appraisals’ Firearms & Militaria auction held on December 2, 2012. S.E. Stilwell Inscribed $5,500 Approximately 150 bidders were registered in the room. Additionally, more than 725 [Read More]
A newly discovered painting by artist Paul Feiler (German/English, B 1918) sold for $31,000 in Cordier Auctions’ Fall Two Day Antique & Fine Art Auction on November 10 and 11. Other highlights of the sale included a 48 light Baccarat chandelier at $26,000, an 1891 English sterling nef at $12,000 and an [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. will host a one-day Discovery auction on February 14th in its Marlborough gallery. The sale presents a variety of prints, rugs, furniture, and other decorative objects, as well as an excellent selection of books and manuscripts. Books, Historical Manuscripts & Ephemera From modern firsts to early printing, the February auction [Read More]
Headlining the sale will be significant estate items from Bloomington, Ill., and Montclair, N.J. (ABERDEEN, Miss.) – A mammoth two day multi-estate sale consisting of around 800 quality lots of merchandise will be held the weekend of Feb. 15-16 by Stevens Auction Company in the firm’s gallery located at 609 North Meridian [Read More]
A bottle of Hine Grande Champagne Cognac from 1952 is among several lots of exceptional cognac to feature in Bonhams Fine & Rare Wines sale on 14th February at New Bond Street, London. Accompanied by a bottle of Hine Grande Champagne from 1904, the two bottles are estimated to sell for £400 [Read More]
The online bidding for this amazing property is now open, but will begin to close on 1 pm on Friday, February 22, according to John Nicholls, president of the company. “We are honored to have been selected to auction this home located in one of Fredericksburg’s most desirable communities. This luxurious home [Read More]
The stamps were by far the top achiever of the nearly 500 lots in the auction, held Dec. 29. (WAYNE, Pa.) A group of about 50 People’s Republic of China stamps – including a rare block of four Golden Monkey stamps – sold for $126,000 in an Internet-only auction held Dec. 29 [Read More]