Previews will be held on days immediately prior to the event at a showroom in West Chester, Pa. (WEST CHESTER, Pa.) – A little over 300 lots of quality merchandise will be sold in a two-session, Internet-only auction slated for Saturday, July 20, at 11 a.m. (EDT), by Gordon S. Converse & Co. Internet bidding […]
Christie’s announce the launch of two online-exclusive sales for a Chinese Works of Art in July 2013, the first internet exclusive opportunities for the collecting category. Blanc de Chine: Dehua Porcelain from the Galster-Ireland Collection will run from July 9-23, offering 57 lots of exquisite Chinese porcelain, while Miniature Treasures: Chinese Snuff Bottles From a […]
The auction will be conducted by Crescent City Auction Gallery, in their New Orleans gallery. (NEW ORLEANS, La.) – An 18th century Chinese Qianlong celadon jade censer with a pre-sale estimate of $15,000-$25,000, items from the living estate of iconic New Orleans artist and photographer George Valentine Dureau (b. 1930) and an untitled glazed ceramic […]
A Bible inscribed by Albert Einstein, in which he refers to the book as an “inexhaustible” source of wisdom and solace that deserves frequent reading, sold at Bonhams for $68,500 in the June 25 Fine Books & Manuscripts auction. Inscribed in German and signed by both Einstein and his wife Elsa in 1932, the Bible […]
The auction was held on the second day of the annual Check the Oil Gas & Oil Show in Ohio. (DUBLIN, Oh.) – A round McColl-Frontenac Products double-sided porcelain petroliana sign with “Red Indian” logo, rated near mint at 9.5 out of 10 for condition, sold for $11,550 at a Check the Oil auction held […]
In its auction sale at September’s Goodwood Revival Meeting (Saturday 14 September 2013), Bonhams is offering one of the most charismatic of all great pre-war Grand Prix racing cars. This is the 1935 supercharged Alfa Romeo 8C-35 which – when campaigned as new by Alfa’s proxy factory team, the celebrated Scuderia Ferrari – was reportedly […]
The Bonhams Motoring Department is pleased to unveil the line-up for its annual auction at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Chichester, UK, which will take place on Friday 12th July. Leading the way is the 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 in which five-time Formula 1 World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio won two grands prix on his […]
A fine and rare pair of 12-bore sidelock ejector over and under guns by London maker James Purdey & Sons will be included in Gavin Gardiner Ltd’s Auction of Fine Modern & Vintage Sporting Guns & Rifles, which will be held at the World Famous Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Perthshire on the evening of Monday, […]
Christie’s announce the launch of two online-exclusive sales for a Chinese Works of Art in July 2013, the first internet exclusive opportunities for the collecting category. Blanc de Chine: Dehua Porcelain from the Galster-Ireland Collection will run from July 9-23, offering 57 lots of exquisite Chinese porcelain, while Miniature Treasures: Chinese Snuff Bottles From a […]
