Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions will be taking part in Asian Art London for the first time this year and have marked this prestigious occasion with a sale of some of the finest Chinese Ceramics and Asian Works of Art. The sale will be the final auction of the event and will take [Read More]
Monthly Archives: October 2013
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Top lots will include a Mandan warshirt set, a Germantown rug and a Woodlands cradleboard. (MESA, Ariz.) – A full-sized smoked moose hide and rawhide Woodlands cradleboard (Native American baby carrier), a Mandan warshirt set complete with painted hide warshirt with quilled strips and shields, and an extra-fine Navajo Germantown weave rug [Read More]
The event was held prior to the start of the popular Chicagoland Petroleum & Advertising Show. (PEOTONE, Ill.) – A rare Beacon Ethyl Gasoline single-sided porcelain sign with a die-cut lighthouse-shaped design, made around 1940 and in remarkable condition (rated 9 on a scale of 1 to 10), gaveled for $55,000 at [Read More]
An antique ladies dressing box has just totalled £5,000 in an Antiques, Homes & Interiors auction in Lichfield, (23rd October). The Victorian box made of rosewood and bound in brass boasts the luxury retailer mark of Asprey, London, (jewellers to Queen Victoria). The interior comprises everything an affluent Victorian lady could want [Read More]
CHINESE JADE & ASIAN WORKS OF ART on Thursday, November 7, 2013 auction at 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time featuring fine jade boulders, jadeite bangles pendants, paintings, porcelains, jewellery, precious stones, metal ware, natural history collection and more. 533 lots in total featuring Lot 175: Important Chinese Emerald Green Jadeite Bangle Exquisite [Read More]
Is it a longing for the rugged, authentic lifestyle of days gone by or a luxury indulgence of today that tempts collectors? Either way, Garth’s of Delaware, Ohio will offer a taste of it all during A Gentleman’s Auction featuring Sporting Firearms, Rare Wine & Spirits, Advertising, Taxidermy & more on Friday, [Read More]
A 2012-registered McLaren MP4-12C sportscar sold for £127,000 at BCA Blackbushe on Wednesday, 23 October, after some very competitive bidding from a large crowd of buyers. The Carbon Black, British-assembled supercar was fitted with the optional Stealth Pack – a Carbon Black finish to the exterior trim and wheels – and had [Read More]
Dreweatts and Bloomsbury Auctions have great pleasure in presenting an auction of works by some of the most celebrated book illustrators, including Henry Alken, George Cruikshank, James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson, as well as illustrators Joseph Crawhall and Edward Gordon Craig. This single-owner collection comprises over 340 rare and wonderful fine colour [Read More]
The auction will feature Bakelite and Lalique pieces, Chinese antiques, estate jewelry and more. (MELBOURNE, Fla.) – Over 350 fresh-to-the-market items, carefully selected from several fine Florida estates and collections, will be sold on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 11 a.m. (EST). The sale is being held by Matheson’s Auctions, based in Melbourne, [Read More]
6th November 2013 sees Baldwin’s and Dreweatts hold the second of their bi-annual Military Sales, comprising 320 lots of Medals, Militaria and Military ephemera. The sale will be held at Dreweatts London saleroom in Mayfair and contains a plethora of historically important material for collectors. In amongst a fine selection of medals [Read More]
The Master Distillers Unity Set, a blend of seven different Kentucky Bourbons made in support of Parker Beam’s fight against ALS, sold for $10,115 on October 13 at Bonhams Whisky, Cognac & Rare Spirits auction in New York. The set consisted of two bottles of the exceptional spirit in crystal decanters, and [Read More]
There is no such thing as an average sale at Palm Beach Modern Auctions (PBMA). Each of the company’s events is carefully curated, with the tastes of today’s sophisticated art buyers kept firmly in mind as consignments are gathered. Palm Beach Modern’s November 2nd auction will reveal just how broad the contemporary [Read More]
Eskimo Curlew (3X) by Frank Stella could bring $200,000+ to lead Heritage Auctions’ Modern & Contemporary Art Signature® Auction. More than 200 works of painting, sculpture and prints from important private collections nationwide make up the sale, which will be held Nov. 2 in Dallas. Highlights include Maria Helena Vieira da Silva’s [Read More]
Bonhams announce the complete line-up for the highly anticipated November 19 auction, The Montana Dueling Dinosaurs & Distinguished Fossils. The spectacular Montana Dueling Dinosaurs, a Nanotyrannus and ceratopsian which experts believe died together in a prehistoric death match, will headline the auction (est. $7,000,000-9,000,000). One of the most important North American fossils [Read More]
An exceptional and very rare Imperial gilt-bronze ‘elephant’ hat stand estimated to sell for £80,000 to £120,000 in Bonhams Fine Chinese Art sale on November 7, was made by the Imperial workshops in Guangzhou as tribute to the Qing Court. The 49cm (19 inch) tall gilt-bronze hat stand embellished with semi-precious stones [Read More]
Thursday 31st October brings the second dedicated live spirits sale from Dreweatts, Donnington Priory Saleroom. Vintage Cognac, Armagnac and Malt Whisky with local, national and international heritage are on offer to excite collectors, alongside a range of more unusual spirits as well as a small collection of very high quality Cuban cigars. [Read More]
The on-site sale was held jointly in Decatur, Alabama by Stevens Auction and Empire Auction. (DECATUR, Ala.) – An authentic Civil War cannon, fired by Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg, dated 1855 and complete with documented provenance, sold for $86,250 at an on-site sale of the contents of the Dancy-Polk [Read More]
The first sale of a large dinosaur skeleton at auction in the UK will take place at Summers Place Auctions in Billingshurst, West Sussex on Wednesday, 27th November 2013 as part of their Evolution Sale. The massive 17 metre specimen is a Diplodocus longus, one of the most iconic of dinosaurs and [Read More]