Bonhams Madison Avenue salesroom was buzzing on April 15 with two highly anticipated auctions, A Prominent Collection of Fine Jewelry consisting of eighty-two exquisite pieces from a private collector, and a subsequent auction of Fine Jewelry consisting of 182 fashionable pieces sourced from various owners. A record number of international telephone bidders [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2013
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A rare Confederate Officer inscribed Civil War revolver realized $4,750 and a World War II Colt 1911A1 pistol saw $3,000 in Cordier Auction’s Firearms & Militaria auction held on March 24, 2013. Approximately 164 bidders were registered in the room. Additionally, more than 1,150 bidders were pre-registered to bid via the internet. [Read More]
A rare Ming vase once in the collection of millionaire mining magnate, philanthropist and famed collector Sir Alfred Chester Beatty will be one of the highlights of the Two Day sale at The Canterbury Auction Galleries on April 16-17. The blue and white porcelain Guan vase was made in Jingdezhen, the name [Read More]
Bonhams is to offer a selection of pens, in its Fine Writing Instruments auction to be held June 11. The leading lot of the auction is a Montegrappa “The Dragon 2010 Bruce Lee 18 Karat Yellow Gold Limited Edition 88 Fountain Pen,” estimated at $30,000-50,000. The pen, which honors one of the [Read More]
Christie’s is to present the two-day sale of A Palladian Villa by Michael S. Smith taking place 23-24 April. Encompassing over 450 lots, the sale will include contemporary art, English furniture, Old Master paintings, Chinese works of art and antiquities from a remarkable private property designed by Michael S. Smith, one of [Read More]
The latest Used Car report from leading vehicle auction company, British Car Auctions (BCA) shows that year-on-year values were up by over 17% in March, although prices declined marginally – by 0.7% – when compared to February 2013. For the fourth month running, average used car values remained at £7,000 or more [Read More]
With 2013 marking the 60th Anniversary of “America’s Sports Car” and the debut of its seventh-generation models, we are extremely pleased to offer an outstanding example from the Corvette’s landmark introductory year at our upcoming Newport Beach auction, which is set to take place on June 20 – 22. Groundbreaking in every [Read More]
The Walton specimen of the 1913 Liberty nickel, graded PR63 by PCGS and one of only five known, will be sold at public auction for the first time at the Official Auction of the Central States Numismatic Society’s Annual Convention, presented by Heritage Auctions, April 24 — 26, with Platinum Night scheduled [Read More]
A rare Hermès Extraordinary Collection 18cm Diamond Blue Jean Porosus Crocodile Double-Gusset Constance Bag with 18K White Gold Hardware (starting bid $40,000) — among the most exotic handbags available in the world — along with two Hermès finds from the collection of fashion Kim Kardashian, will debut in Heritage Auctions’ Spring Handbags [Read More]
A Fr. 379c Series 1891 $1000 Treasury Note and a Fr. 1166c Series 1863 $100 Gold Certificate — the only notes of their kind in private hands known to exist — are in contention to take top lot honors during Heritage Auctions’ second Platinum Night Currency auction, held in conjunction with the [Read More]
Pattern coinage collected by Eric P. Newman, legendary numismatic researcher and founding member of the Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS), will be sold April 25 at the CSNS Annual Convention’s Official Auction, presented by Heritage Auctions in Schaumburg, IL. Items being sold are from the extensive collection of the Eric P. Newman [Read More]
The 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine awarded to Dr. Francis Harry Compton Crick, along with Drs. James Dewey Watson and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, for “…their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material,” or what would become known as DNA, [Read More]
Heritage Auctions, has announced the addition of Luxury Real Estate auctions to its growing portfolio of 30+ Auction categories. Unlike traditional real estate listings, sellers with Heritage Luxury Real Estate Auctions work with experts to maintain control over the entire sale, setting the date, marketing strategy, and terms of the auction. Selling [Read More]
A collection of 58 tiny Japanese netsuke figurines is expected to command big price’s at Bonhams 16 May auction of the Adrienne Barbanson Collection in London. Bonhams achieved a world record for this art form when a single netsuke went for £265,000 at a recent sale. The Japanese are known as masters [Read More]
French and Italian masters will take center stage in Bonhams upcoming May 8 European Paintings auction at the Madison Avenue salesroom. The offerings will include several notable Costume Paintings from the 19th century – a time when industry and technology were storming forward at a thunderous pace in Europe, leading artists to [Read More]
In all, 156 pieces will come under the gavel in Milford, Conn. Internet bidding by Artfact.com. (MILFORD, Conn.) – An exceptional painting by the renowned American Impressionist Childe Hassam (1859-1935) is just one in a last-minute flurry of important consignments slated for auction on Thursday, April 25th, by Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, [Read More]
Bonhams announce its California and Western Paintings and Sculpture auction, April 30 in Los Angeles, and simulcast in San Francisco. It will be led by Granville Redmond’s “Spring in Southern California” (est. $400,000-600,000). The work serves as an iconic example of California plein air painting, depicting flowers, oaks and mountains in Redmond’s [Read More]
The warehouse style auction was a much loved Cleveland tradition and Gray’s aims to bring it back to life this spring. Every lot in the auction has a reserve at or under $500, with the majority of items starting well below $100. First-time auction goers, young professionals, students with new digs to [Read More]