A magnificent and massive Casablanca (Warner Brothers, 1942) six sheet (81″ X 81″) large format movie poster, one of just two copies known, is expected to bring $60,000+ when it comes across the auction block as the centerpiece of Heritage Auction’s March 23-24 Vintage Movie Poster Signature® Auction. “There are few films [Read More]
Monthly Archives: March 2013
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Nicholls Auction Marketing Group, Inc., announces the online auction of trucks, trailers, lifts, tools, building supplies and safety equipment from a local building company’s inventory – bidding begins closing on Thursday, March 14, according to John Nicholls, President of the company. The online bidding for this great selection of vehicles, equipment, and [Read More]
The jug was the top lot of the more than 400 examples of ABCG that came up for bid in St. Charles, Mo. (ST. CHARLES, Mo.) – A magnificent 16-inch American Brilliant Cut Glass turquoise cut to clear claret jug attributed to J. Hoare sold for $75,000 at an auction held Mar. [Read More]
The auction was held Feb. 28-Mar. 1, before the start of the Chicagoland Petroliana Show in Ill. (PEOTONE, Ill.) – A Beacon Security Gasoline single-sided porcelain die-cut sign with lighthouse graphics, rated 9.5 out of 10 for condition and measuring 48 inches by 30 inches, sold for $55,000 at an auction held [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of Fine Jewelry in its Boston gallery on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. The sale will feature over 550 lots of antique and period jewelry, as well as contemporary jewelry by Tiffany, Cartier, David Webb, and others. Timepieces The cover lot is an early 20th century fine [Read More]
Two rare Iznik bottles from the golden age of the Ottoman Empire will return to New Bond Street in Mayfair after nearly a century when they are auctioned at Bonhams next Indian and Islamic sale on April 23 for an estimated £150,000. The bottles were previously sold by the well-known antiques dealer [Read More]
ONE NIGHT for ONE DROP is a global philanthropy event that raises awareness and funds to ensure that water is accessible to all, today and forever. Coinciding with World Water Day, ONE DROP will host its inaugural ONE NIGHT for ONE DROP in Las Vegas, NV, USA, on March 22, 2013. For [Read More]
A cataloged antique auction in March will be followed by antique clock and music auctions. (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Fontaine’s Auction Gallery has announced plans for three major sales in 2013, all to be held in the firm’s spacious showroom located at 1485 West Housatonic Street in Pittsfield. A cataloged antique auction on [Read More]
A three-cel set-up from Walt Disney’s classic Lady and the Tramp realized $33,460 and a cel featuring Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice from Fantasia sold for $26,290 during Heritage Auctions’ Animation Art Signature® Auction. The Feb. 21 auction sold 93.9% by value and 97.8% by lot. “Our formula was to auction [Read More]
KAR Auction Services, Inc. announced the commencement of an underwritten offering of 13.0 million shares of its common stock by existing stockholder KAR Holdings II, LLC (the “LLC”), subject to market and other conditions. The LLC is controlled by entities affiliated with Kelso Investment Associates VII, L.P., GS Capital Partners VI, L.P., [Read More]
Eight works from the collection of Anthony Quinn, the late American actor, feature in the next Bonhams sale of South African art on March 20th in New Bond Street, London. Including paintings and sculptures by Cecil Skotnes, Lucky Sibiya, Dumile Feni-Mhlaba and Cyprian Shilakoe, the selection ranges in price from £2,500 to [Read More]
A group of four medals awarded to Horatio Nelson’s personal surgeon, Sir George Magrath, will be offered at Bonhams next sale of Coins and Medals on March 27th in Knightsbridge. Estimated to sell for £9,000-12,000, the medals were awarded for Margrath’s work as Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets for the Royal Navy. [Read More]
Vintage Barbies, rare rock posters, character toys, advertising, toy vehicles of every description, & much more will all be sold without reserve prices (CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Already regarded as one of the leading vintage toy and collectible auction houses in the United States, Serious Toyz™ (serioustoyz.com) will seek to cement its reputation [Read More]
(Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. is pleased to announce “A Celebration of Burgundy,” an auction devoted exclusively to the wines of Burgundy. This special 1469 lot sale will be held on March 23rd in Chicago and is estimated to fetch $2,952,820-$4,422,620. With worldwide demand for Burgundy at an all-time [Read More]
Farmland Network LLC announces it will be publishing farmland sale and auction results for 2013 land transactions. Farmland is a very unique asset and in a market that continues to be very dynamic. The farmland sales results will be shared directly from Farmland Network’s broker partners and updates will be posted monthly. [Read More]
An unusual antique display cabinet has recently totalled more than £2,000 at auction. Lot 1268, a late nineteenth century oak framed display case appeared in Richard Winterton’s three-day Antique & Twentieth Century Sale on 22nd February. Auctioneer and Richard Winterton comments on the sale; ‘We handle vast amounts of antique to modern [Read More]
The manuscript of Charlotte Brontë’s poem, I’ve been wandering in the greenwoods, written when she was just 13, is to be sold on 10 April in Part I of the sale of The Roy Davids Collection Part III: Poetry: Poetical Manuscripts and Portraits of Poets at Bonhams, New Bond Street. It is [Read More]
WATCHUNG, NEW JERSEY. The catalog for Robert Edward Auctions’ 2013 blockbuster sale will ship on April 20, 2013. While most of the auction is baseball-related, also included is the original cover art for Shock SuspenStories #3 (EC, June/July 1952) by legendary artist Wally Wood (1927-1981). The lurid pen and ink drawing (res. [Read More]