Forty stunning jewels from the collection of worldwide best-selling author Barbara Taylor Bradford were sold as part of the Fine Jewelry Sale at Bonhams, New Bond Street on 5th December. The collection made a total of £980,600. Her collection consisted of 40 breathtaking pieces given to the author during her 49-year-long marriage [Read More]
Monthly Archives: December 2013
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“We are honored to have been chosen to sell via the auction method of marketing this unique property,” said John Nicholls, president of the company. “The well built home has an excellent address and offers tons of potential both residentially and commercially. Make this opportunity yours.” “The property is well located in [Read More]
High-end decorative merchandise pulled from lavish interiors will make for a spectacular sale. (ATLANTA, Ga.) – About 1,200 quality lots from prominent local estates and collections will come up for bid in a two-day New Year’s Extravaganza Auction slated for the weekend of Jan. 4-5 by Ahlers & Ogletree. The event will [Read More]
The clock shattered the previous record of $230,000, also set by Fontaine’s, last November. (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – An E. Howard & Company No. 68 floor standing astronomical regulator clock descending over the course of many decades from the original family sold for $277,300 at an antique clock auction held Nov. 23 by [Read More]
More than 400 lots of Chinese works of art from American collections will be offered on the first day of a two-day auction dedicated to Asian art in San Francisco, December 17-18. Featuring fresh-to-the market private collections of jade, scholar’s objects, textile works of art, ceramics and paintings – many collected in [Read More]
A circular silk badge of the type worn by a Ming dynasty emperor, discovered by chance during a free valuation day at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, sold for £16,120 on Monday 2nd December. Known as a kesi or ‘cut silk’, the embroidery was among items taken to a valuation day at Dreweatts [Read More]
A book that could be the first example of a publication containing images, words and music sold for £21,080 on Thursday 28th November, at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions sale of Important Books and Manuscripts. German physician, alchemist and amateur composer Michael Maier published work Atalanta Fugiens, in 1617. Between 1587 and 1596 [Read More]
Handcuffs and other props belonging to one of the world’s most famous illusionists and escape artists, Harry Houdini, are among a selection of 260 lots of conjuring books, prints, memorabilia, decorative objects and apparatus in Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions Bibliophile sale on Thursday 12th December. Known at the beginning of his career [Read More]
Bonhams next sale of Sporting Guns on December 4th at Knightsbridge features a selection of guns once owned by leading establishment and military figures well known during the WW1 and WW2 period. Lot 192, a fine 12-bore single-trigger over-and-under sidelock ejector gun by J. Woodward and Sons, estimated to sell for £18,000-25,000 [Read More]