The event will be held at Chesapeake Auction House’s gallery in St. Leonard, Md., at 9 a.m. (ST. LEONARD, Md.) – A huge single-owner lifetime collection of Elvis Presley items promises to be the centerpiece offering […]
Monthly Archives: May 2013
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“We are honored to have been chosen to sell via the auction method of marketing this rare grand residence,” according to John Nicholls, president of the company. “This is a beautiful property with unlimited potential, including […]
Works by Russian artists Mihail Chemiakin and M.V. Brusilovsky are expected to draw attention (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – High-quality works of art with impeccable provenance – to include oil paintings by Russian artists Mihail Chemiakin and […]
The bottle, one of only a few known in that color, could change hands for $20,000-$40,000. (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – A St. Drake’s Plantation X Bitters bottle, made circa 1862-1872 and one of only a few known […]
A large end section of a Martian meteorite, packed with olivine and chromite ovoid crystals, is expected to bring $160,000+ as part of Heritage Auctions’ Nature & Science Signature® Auction June 2 in Dallas. The auction […]
Soaring Prices set World Records at Largest US Wine Auction in 2013 (Chicago, IL) – Wine prices were high at Hart Davis Hart’s massive two-day auction this weekend in Chicago. Sale totals reached $6,420,962, surpassing a […]
The signed, dated work (an original, not a lithograph) was impressive at 29 inches by 43 inches. (PALM BEACH, Fla.) – An original gouache (opaque watercolor) painting by renowned artist Alexander Calder (Am./Fr., 1898-1976), titled Red […]
Rago Arts and Auction Center’s Fine Art auctions on May 18 brings an impressive $1.9 million. “Results for the Contemporary Art in the Joshua Smith Collection were strong and the collection exceeded the high estimate,” said […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Great Gatsby would feel quite at home at Palm Beach Modern’s May 25 auction. A free-spending millionaire bootlegger, the fictional Jay Gatsby was the quintessential literary embodiment of Jazz Age […]
Boston, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. announced the launch of its newly designed website: www.skinnerinc.com. Skinner was one of the first auction houses to provide internet services, introducing interactive features and online bidding in the early 2000s. […]
Bonhams looks forward to presenting a 523-lot sale of Native American art, June 3 in San Francisco. The sale will feature historic basketry, fine textiles, jewelry, kachina dolls and pottery from various owners, including more than […]
On Saturday June 8th and Sunday June 9th, the Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold its auctions of Early 20th Century Decorative Arts and Modern Design. “The June action Saturday session features 30 works by […]
The Bonhams auction at the Aston Martin Works in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, UK, on Saturday 18th May set a new world auction record price for an Aston Martin in the marque’s centenary year, with the unique […]
Bonhams has appointed Kathryn L. Steckler as a Director in Trust & Estates, based in the New York office. Ideally equipped for the role, she brings more than 10 years of experience leading cross-functional teams while […]
The event will be held in Bouckville, N.Y., in central New York State, on State Rte. 20. (BOUCKVILLE, N.Y.) – Drivers, start your engines, and classic car enthusiasts, mark your calendars, for the first annual Bouckville […]
Fine watches and clocks are in strong demand according to results from UK auction houses and retailers. There is at present a keen demand not only from private buyers, but also investors and collectors who scour […]
Fourteen Salvador Dali watercolor fruit studies, unseen by collectors until now, will be sold at Bonhams’ Impressionist and Modern Art sale, London on 18th June. Commissioned in 1969, the paintings have been in private hands since […]
Bonhams Hong Kong is to offer Objects of Refined Virtue: A Private Collection of Scholar’s Objects, a single-owner collection of 45 fine and rare Chinese works of arts originally commissioned for the Imperial court and literati […]