Over 600 lots in an array of categories will be sold at the firm’s spacious Miami Circle gallery. (ATLANTA, Ga.) – A star ruby and diamond spiritual ring owned and worn by Elvis Presley, a four-string banjo owned and played by former Beatle George Harrison and a rare Civil War 36-star “General’s [Read More]
Monthly Archives: September 2013
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The international auctioneer Bonhams is to join forces again with the Pakistan educational charity, Pakistan Rising, to help raise much needed funds for primary schools in Pakistan. Eleven of Pakistan’s finest artists have donated work for the auction which takes place at 7.00pm on Monday 7th October at Bonhams, 101 New Bond [Read More]
Christie’s is proud to announce the rediscovery of an important Japanese hanging scroll-painting, Jigoku dayu [Hell Courtesan] by the eccentric yet brilliant artist Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-89) (estimate: £300,000-500,000). Believed lost for over half a century and known only from two black and white images taken in 1911 and 1942, the painting has [Read More]
“We are honored to have been entrusted by the Estate to auction this solid 2 bedroom home with a basement on 5+ acres,” according to John Nicholls, president of the company. “This property offers its new owner a rare opportunity to purchase a private residence or an investment property.” “The properties’ highlights [Read More]
Rago Arts and Auction Center seeks works by Bucks County, Pennsylvania Impressionist and Modernist Artists for its Fine Art Auction. Consignments are being accepted now through September 24 for the sale, which will take place on Saturday, November 16. Each Fine Art sale offers works from well-known Bucks County, Pennsylvania artists, sought [Read More]
“We are honored to have been selected to auction this solid 3 bedroom home on 2.4+/- acres,” according to John Nicholls, president of the company. “This property offers its new owner the potential of a private residence or an income producing property.” “The properties’ highlights include a 3 bedroom 1 bath 1,456 [Read More]
The contents of ‘The Decorator Source’, the well known antique shop in the heart of the Cotswold town of Tetbury, will be sold in a single owner sale of antiques and decorative furniture at Bonhams Knightsbridge on 8th October. The sale will include over 500 lots made up of the contents of [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. is pleased to offer its first online-only Musical Instruments auction, taking place from September 18th through September 26th on the Skinner website. The auction will offer 250 lots of violins, violas, cellos, and bows for students, restoration, and the trade. Books and framed works of musical interest will also be [Read More]
A fine and rare gilt bronze figure of Shadakshari Lokeshvara from the Yongle period has sold for $1,370,500 at Bonhams Chinese Art from the Scholar’s Studio auction, realizing more than six times its pre-auction estimate. The elegantly posed 15th century figure was produced by the imperial workshops, to be brought to Tibet [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. is proud to announce its sponsorship of Four Centuries of Massachusetts Furniture. Through the sponsorship, Skinner is providing financial underwriting as well as in-kind support for the exhibitions presented by the participating institutions in the Four Centuries project, including the Concord Museum, the Fuller Craft Museum, Historic Deerfield, the Massachusetts [Read More]
The auction will be held Oct. 4th at the People’s Light & Theater Company in Malvern, Pa. (MALVERN, Pa.) – Asian objects (such as Chinese furniture, fine arts and porcelains) will be sold alongside items from the Western culture (like traditional artwork, antique clocks and period furniture) at an “East Meets West” [Read More]
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]
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]
The last of the 2013 Official Coinex Auctions will see Baldwin’s hold the first auction of coins from The Arielle Collection, one of the most impressive British Colonial coin collections to be sold by public auction. Part One will be sold on 26 September at the CIPFA Conference Centre, and explores the [Read More]