Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, a UK ‘top 5’ auctioneer, have followed a long tradition of philanthropic endeavour and brought a Welsh ruby hero’s Triple Crown medal back home to Wales. The long-forgotten medal, presented to Algernon Frank Hill, celebrated forward and rugby captain for Wales in 1893, has been tucked away in [Read More]
Daily Archives: September 12, 2013
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A 1953 Alfa Romeo 1900C 1st Series Sprint Coupé was sold on Saturday, 7 September, for £152,700 at Bonhams Beaulieu auction having been estimated to fetch £60,000-80,000. Following the success of last year’s £2.6 million sale at the National Motor Museum during the Beaulieu Autojumble, Bonhams Motoring team returned to Hampshire where [Read More]
The event will be held at Cottone’s spacious gallery, at 120 Court Street in Geneseo, N.Y. (GENESEO, N.Y.) – Over 700 lots of fine paintings, sculptures, Asian art, antique lamps, antiquities, art glass, fine estate jewelry, Persian rugs, period furniture and, for good measure, a vintage 1954 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith automobile, will [Read More]
Bonhams will offer Alexander Calder’s (1898-1976) 1960 sculpture Maripose in the November 12 Contemporary Art auction (est. $1,200,000-1,600,000). This stunning example of Calder’s large scale mobiles has been in private American hands for nearly 40 years in Wisconsin-based collections. A native of Pennsylvania, Calder was born into a family of sculptors. His [Read More]
A unique collection of memorabilia relating to the iconic footballer Billy Wright CBE (1924-1994) has recently come to light at a valuation event at in Wolverhampton. The haul of paperwork and documents includes a signed Civic Banquet programme from April 1959 celebrating his 100 full internationals for England. There is another Civic [Read More]
BCA’s Dealer Part-Exchange sale at the Glasgow centre every Wednesday has been attracting hundreds of buyers. Up to 300 cars are offered every week from a variety of Blue Chip sources including Peter Vardy, Lookers, UKCGR and Macklin Motors, with many cars offered under the BCA Assured scheme which provides an independent [Read More]