MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of Asian Works of Art on July 26th in its Marlborough gallery. Following the event, a second offering of lots will be open for bidding beginning on July 29th through August 6th exclusively online as a Skinner timed auction. This eclectic sale features [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2013
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Christie’s announces that it will hold its inaugural auction in Mumbai in December 2013, becoming the only international auction house to conduct sales in India. This development follows the recent announcement that Christie’s will hold a sale in Shanghai in September 2013, becoming the first international auction house to operate independently in [Read More]
A scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a magical watercolor fairy painting by John Simmons is offered for sale with an estimate of £40,000-£60,000 at Bonhams 19th Century Paintings Sale on 10th July. The scene depicts Act II Scene II of Shakespeare’s play which sees Oberon, the Fairy King, planning to sprinkle [Read More]
Gray’s Auctioneers’ summer Warehouse Sale features over 300 lots of fun and affordable art, furniture and decorative objects. Scheduled for July 31 beginning at 11am, live bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com A highlight of the sale includes still life paintings by Davis Chiodo. Three vibrant floral still-lifes (Lots 1-3), direct from [Read More]
The Ionian Dance by Sir Edward John Poynter, rediscovered after almost 100 years out of the spotlight, was the highlight of Bonhams’ 19th Century Paintings sale today on 10th July, selling for £301,250 to the successful buyer amongst a multitude of telephone bidders. The re-emergence of The Ionian Dance at auction is [Read More]
Automotive history was made at the Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale today, when the car that took five-time champion Juan Manuel Fangio to the second of his Formula 1 world titles achieved a record-breaking figure of £19,601,500 (US$29,650,095, €22,701,864). The auction as a whole realized £36,072,464 to become the highest-grossing auction [Read More]
The auction will be held at the Cape Codder Resort and Hotel in Hyannis, Mass., on Cape Cod. One of the lots – an early bufflehead drake by A. E. Crowell – should bring $125,000-$175,000. (HYANNIS, Mass.) – Rare and important early 20th century decoys by the renowned carver A. E. (Elmer) [Read More]
An original 1931 Frankenstein movie poster insert will provide a monster payday for the collector who bought it as a teenager for only a few dollars at a local antique store and later kept it in the closet for over 30 years when it crosses the block July 27-28 as part of [Read More]
With his ever-present straw hat and the prettiest swing in the game’s history, Sam Snead carved his name into golf’s Mount Rushmore as one of the most decorated athletes in American sports history. Now, for the first time, his legions of fans have an opportunity to compete for treasures from The Sam [Read More]
Automotive history was made at the Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale today, when the car that took five-time champion Juan Manuel Fangio to the second of his Formula 1 world titles achieved a record-breaking figure of £19,601,500 (US$29,650,095, €22,701,864). The car becomes the most valuable motor vehicle ever sold at auction, [Read More]
In response to the overwhelming growth and success of Watches sales, Christie’s International, the global leader in the world of fine and rare wristwatches, is pleased to announce John Reardon has been appointed to lead its New York Watches Department as Senior Vice President, Head of Department. In this capacity, Mr. Reardon [Read More]
A previously unrecorded architectural table clock made circa 1665 by the famed horologist Samuel Knibb was sold at Bonhams’ Fine Clocks Sale, 9th July, for almost £1/2million. The auction attracted buyers from around the world with 80% of lots finding new homes. Standing crowds watched a lengthy rally between two bidders on [Read More]
Heading Bonhams’ customary eclectic mix of motorcycles consigned to the second of its two annual collectors’ motorcycle sales at Stafford are two unique Royal Enfield racers built by former World Champion, the late Bill Lomas, which are offered for sale by the Lomas family. The first is a circa 1946 350/500cc JAP-engined [Read More]
PALMETTO, FL – Only rarely does a collection come to the auction marketplace that can match for quality and provenance the one Manatee Galleries is offering on July 27th. The Ambassador Ragnar Petri and Mrs. Ingrid Burdin Petri collection of European and Asian fine and decorative art is a testament to the [Read More]
Bonhams announces its July 27 Fine & Rare Wines auction in San Francisco, simulcast in New York and Los Angeles. Highlighting the auction of more than 700 lots will be selections from the large cellar of a California collector, containing a variety of perfectly preserved white Burgundies, German Rieslings and California Cabernets. [Read More]
A rare one sheet from The Three Stooges’ classic film “Playing the Ponies” may bring more than $20,000 to lead the largest collection of pre-1940s Three Stooges movie posters and lobby cards ever offered at auction in Heritages’ Movie Posters Signature® Auction July 27-28. “This is the largest and most diverse vintage [Read More]
Christie’s has auctioned an original Apple computer, now known as the Apple-1, for $387,750 at Christie’s auction of vintage tech products, making it the highest priced item to ever be sold through Christie’s new online-only platform. The Apple-1, one of the first 25 Apple-1’s ever assembled, inscribed with the serial number 01-0025 [Read More]
A Florentine 17th century ‘pietre dure’ panel depicting a coastal scene was the prize piece at Bonhams Fine European Furniture sale yesterday, 4th July, selling for £157,250, five times its pre-sale estimate. It was brought to a Bonhams valuation day in Suffolk earlier this year where it was recognized as something rather [Read More]