The lamp was the top earner of the nearly 400 lots offered at the auction, held in Windsor, Conn. (WINDSOR, Conn.) – A vintage 1950s brass floor lamp designed by legendary Italian lighting designer Gino Sarfatti (1912-1984) for Arteluce, the manufacturing firm he founded in 1939, sold for $15,930 at an auction [Read More]
Monthly Archives: May 2013
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The waterfront park in Greenwich, Connecticut, Bonhams will host its sixth annual motorcar auction in conjunction with the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance. Led by some extremely noteworthy highlights from Bugatti, Aston Martin and Rolls-Royce, the 100 car-strong roster – the event’s largest ever offering – will present an extraordinary line-up of automobiles fresh [Read More]
Nicholls Auction Marketing Group, Inc., (www.nichollsauction.com) announces the auction of a 4 bedroom Jack Webb built home in Bowling Green, VA – on Thursday, June 6, at 6 pm. “We are honored to have been chosen to sell via the auction method of marketing this magnificent residence,” according to John Nicholls, president [Read More]
The auction will be held on the second day of this year’s Check the Oil, Gas & Oil Show in Ohio. (DUBLIN, Oh.) – More than 450 lots of highly collectible examples of petroliana (gas station) and automobilia (cars) will be offered at a Check the Oil auction planned for Saturday, June [Read More]
Some of the fastest production cars of the 1960s and 1970s went under the hammer at the inaugural Bonhams auction during the Spa Classic weekend on Saturday 25th May, realizing a total of almost €3.4 million. Leading the way was Lot 20, a 1964 Ferrari 275GTB Berlinetta offered with well-documented period competition [Read More]
With just a day and a half left of PFC’s May auction, competition is heating up for the stunning items of Marilyn Monroe memorabilia being offered. We have her very own worn burgundy wool bathing suit, pre-1950s and therefore owned by her before she became a star. Bids are currently at £2,000. [Read More]
Defying a widespread concern that the art market might continue the uncertainty visible at auctions of Chinese art in the later months of 2012, Bonhams wrapped up its impressive series of auctions in Hong Kong from 22 to 26 May 2013. Bonhams achieved a very substantial sold total of HK$172 million, large [Read More]
Peering out from under an old sheet, Clarke Auction art specialist Nelia Moore and owner Ronan Clarke then discovered what would turn out to be a long lost and magnificent oil on canvas by the German surrealist artist Richard Oelze. The large and intricate painting entitled Archaic Fragment was executed in 1935 [Read More]
Bonhams Hong Kong’s first sale of exceptional Japanese Single Malt Whisky during the Fine and Rare Wines, Cognac & Single Malt Whisky Auction held on 23 May at the Island Shangri-La Hotel was a roaring success with all 30 bottles sold at a few times their pre-sale estimates. Spirited bidding saw connoisseurs [Read More]
The Amazing Spider-Man proved himself the top hero over the three-day span of Heritage Auctions’ $4+ million May 16-18 Comics Signature® Auction as John Romita, Sr.’s The Amazing Spider-Man #85 Kingpin and the Schemer Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1970) and a CGC-certified 8.0 copy of Amazing Fantasy #15 (Spider-Man’s first appearance) realized [Read More]
(CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Serious Toyz’ Auction #55, twice delayed, is online now (at SeriousToyz.com) and will end May 30 (for Character and Classic Collectibles) and May 31 (for Toy Vehicles). Auction #55 is a nearly 1,300-lot colossus that features antique and vintage items in many collecting categories, not just toys. “We are [Read More]
Bonhams May 22 American Art auction at the Madison Avenue salesroom saw success across categories, particularly for 19th century paintings as well as sculpture from a variety of periods. Interest came overwhelmingly from the US, with discerning bidders from the UK and Europe also represented. Bidding by telephone proved to be the [Read More]
With English afternoon tea making a comeback the sale of 2,000 pieces of Spode porcelain service – at Bonhams sale on July 23 and 24 – offers a once in a lifetime opportunity for anyone wishing to purchase the ultimate tea set. This is without doubt the best collection of Spode to [Read More]
This watch has just broken an auction record by selling for over £6,000 at a Collectors’ Auction. It is a WWII German pilot’s Navigator or Observer’s wristwatch made for the Luftwaffe in c.1939 and used throughout the war. Measuring 5cm in diameter it needed to be large in size to allow for [Read More]
A Tyrannosaurus rex maxilla (upper jaw) from Montana achieved the top-selling spot in Bonhams auction of Natural History, May 22 in Los Angeles. The maxilla, featuring seven teeth – with five mature teeth and two emerging teeth seen, sold well within its $70,000-90,000 estimate, bringing $86,500. Highlights of the 145-lot sale went [Read More]
With Derby Day fast approaching on 1st June, Bonhams offers an insight into a bustling Derby, almost two hundred years ago. A full size copy by a 19th century artist of the masterpiece Derby Day by William Powell Frith RA, estimated at £10,000-£15,000 will be offered for sale at the Bonhams 19th [Read More]
BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of Fine Books & Manuscripts on June 1st in its Boston gallery. The sale will feature a large group of Audubon imperial folio prints of North American quadrupeds, literary firsts, modern first editions, theological works, presidential documents, and a group of fine maps. [Read More]
With an overall result of EUR 3,4 million* in the April auctions, the season made a promising start, especially as this result tops that of last year’s spring auction by EUR 1 million. “Besides the high quality on offer, it is particularly the crisis-proof form of investment that is most convincing. Some [Read More]