Skinner, Inc. today announced that its European Furniture and Decorative Arts auction grossed $1,572,219.00, exceeding the pre-sale estimate high. Held on Saturday, April 6th, the results demonstrate strong demand for quality pieces and were bolstered by record levels of participation on the new SkinnerLive! online bidding platform. “The chemistry in this sale [Read More]
Monthly Archives: April 2013
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Two rare Iznik bottles from the golden age of the Ottoman Empire sold at Bonhams Indian and Islamic sale today, April 23, for a total of £748,500 – with one making £447,250 a new world record for an Iznnik bottle and the second bottle selling for £301,250. The sale made a total [Read More]
BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. will hold a live auction of Fine Wines on May 2nd in its Boston gallery. Following the event, a second offering of lots will be open for bidding beginning May 3rd through May 11th exclusively online with Skinner’s timed auction platform. In partnership with Lower Falls Wine [Read More]
The finest known example of a saber-tooth tiger skeleton is up for auction in I.M. Chait’s May 4 Important Natural History Auction in Beverly Hills. The 67-inch-long tiger skeleton (Lot 326) represents a fearsome predator that once menaced the animal kingdom of South Dakota’s White River Badlands. It heads the zoological portion [Read More]
Bonhams, the international fine art auction house announce the opening this week of its new office on the ground floor at 154 De Lairessestraat in Amsterdam. The office provides greater space for viewing art and for meeting to provide valuations. It will act as the company’s hub for northern Europe and an [Read More]
Over 450 lots, all of them fresh to the market, will come under the gavel in two sessions. (PALM BEACH, Fla.) – The partial contents of a prominent Palm Beach oceanfront estate, fine Asian works of art and Persian carpets from a private Delray Beach collection and many other quality consignments will [Read More]
Works by three of India’s greatest painters Tyeb Mehta, Maqbool Husain and Sayed Haider Raza – are set to make record prices at Bonhams Indian and Islamic Sale on April 23 in London. What is particularly pleasing about these three works, is that they are all fresh to the market. It is [Read More]
ffering a distinguished collection of some of the finest natural history items available on the international market, Bonhams spring 2013 Natural History auction, May 22 in Los Angeles, is particularly strong with notable American fossils, including dinosauria and a selection of vertebrates and invertebrates. A special offering of historic glass from the [Read More]
This is the highly prized memento of one lucky 15 year old girl from Sutton Coldfield back in the 1960’s. It is a crayon portrait of her idol and cultural icon Elvis Presley (1935-1977) otherwise known as the ‘king of Rock and Roll’ or just ‘The King’. The fan in question drew [Read More]
The event will be held in the firm’s gallery at the Quantum Town Center in Boynton Beach, Fla. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – A magnificent selection of estate jewelry, fine artwork, bronzes, sterling silver and Chinese works will cross the auction block on Saturday, May 11, at Elite Decorative Arts, in the firm’s [Read More]
(Lincoln, UK) Unique Auctions Fine Antiques & Collectors sale on Sunday 28t April (9am GMT) includes a rare film of Paul von Hindenburg, Prussian-German field marshal who later became the second President of Germany. The film was discovered along with other film footage in a collection of German ephemera mainly from the [Read More]
Five paintings by the world renowned Scottish colourist Samuel Peploe made just short of £1,000,0000 at Bonhams Scottish Art sale in Edinburgh on 17 April. Still Life, Roses and Chinese Blue, made £349, 250, ‘Blue & White Vase, Roses, Melon and Orange sold for £277,250 and Stlll Life was bought for £181,250. [Read More]
The Bonhams Hong Kong 2013 Spring Fine & Rare Wines, Cognac and Whisky Auction offers an exceptional selection of fine and rare wines and spirits from around the world. A total of 450 lots with an estimate of HK$12 million will go to block on 23 May at the Island Shangri-La Hotel. [Read More]
The Bonhams Hong Kong 2013 Spring Fine Jewelry & Jadeite Auction held on 25 May at the Island Ballroom of the Island Shangri-La Hotel offers sparks of marvels that will entice collectors and aficionados alike. Headlining the sale is Lot 1092, a magnificent art deco ruby and diamond necklace, by Cartier, circa [Read More]
Bonhams Madison Avenue salesroom was buzzing on April 15 with two highly anticipated auctions, A Prominent Collection of Fine Jewelry consisting of eighty-two exquisite pieces from a private collector, and a subsequent auction of Fine Jewelry consisting of 182 fashionable pieces sourced from various owners. A record number of international telephone bidders [Read More]
A rare Confederate Officer inscribed Civil War revolver realized $4,750 and a World War II Colt 1911A1 pistol saw $3,000 in Cordier Auction’s Firearms & Militaria auction held on March 24, 2013. Approximately 164 bidders were registered in the room. Additionally, more than 1,150 bidders were pre-registered to bid via the internet. [Read More]
A rare Ming vase once in the collection of millionaire mining magnate, philanthropist and famed collector Sir Alfred Chester Beatty will be one of the highlights of the Two Day sale at The Canterbury Auction Galleries on April 16-17. The blue and white porcelain Guan vase was made in Jingdezhen, the name [Read More]
Bonhams is to offer a selection of pens, in its Fine Writing Instruments auction to be held June 11. The leading lot of the auction is a Montegrappa “The Dragon 2010 Bruce Lee 18 Karat Yellow Gold Limited Edition 88 Fountain Pen,” estimated at $30,000-50,000. The pen, which honors one of the [Read More]