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]
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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]
Bonhams will offer a rare bird-shaped pestle pommel from the Central Highlands of Papua, New Guinea, made between circa 4000-1000 BC in the African, Oceanic & Pre-Columbian Art auction on November 14 (est. $15,000-20,000). Confirmed by petrographic study as one of the earliest works of Oceanic art ever to come to auction, [Read More]
An extremely rare handwritten letter from war hero Guy Gibson to a friend in India written just five weeks after the famous Dam Busters raid which he led is to be sold at Bonhams sale of Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs in London on 12 November. It seems to be the [Read More]
Keno Auctions is pleased to announce its upcoming sale of Fine and Decorative Arts on Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at 127 East 69th Street at 12 Noon. A total of 81 lots will be offered, featuring works drawn from a cross-section of styles and genres, from the 17th to 20th centuries. “Sometimes, [Read More]
An Apollo 11 flown Commemorative Cover, signed by the crew directly from the collection of Mission Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, could sell for $40,000+ leads a stellar line up of space-flown objects and important private collections in Heritage Auctions’ Nov. 1 Space Exploration Signature® Auction in Dallas. One of the more [Read More]
Bonhams Asian Decorative Arts auction on October 9 followed directly on the heels of the firm’s Samurai auction which successfully concluded in the New York sales room the prior day. The San Francisco auction was a solid success, achieving a result of more than $2.15 million with 84% of the lots sold. [Read More]
Headlining Bonhams Cameras, Scientific Instruments and Mechanical Music sale in London’s Knightsbridge on October 29th is a rare three-rotor German Enigma enciphering machine (1944) by Heimsoeth & Rinke, Serial No. 19088. It is expected to fetch between £30,000 and £50,000. The Enigma comes complete with its original I, III and V rotors [Read More]
Alberto Giacometti’s (1901-1966) Diego en chemise écossaise, estimated at $30—50 million, will lead Christie’s November 5 Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art in New York. This painting is among the most compelling renderings Alberto ever produced of his brother Diego, his most frequent and by now signature subject. Diego en chemise [Read More]
The two-day event will be held at the St. Charles Convention Center in St. Charles, Missouri. (ST. CHARLES, Mo.) – More than 650 lots in a wide range of collecting categories – art glass, French cameo, Royal Bayreuth and quality antiques – will come up for bid on Friday and Saturday, Nov. [Read More]
A small but rare memento of the modern Olympic Games has come to light after many years languishing in a loft. It is a Judge’s badge and accompanying Participation medal from the 1908 London Olympic Games, (together with the associated event programme). The medal and badge were both struck by Vaughton of [Read More]
The auction was held in Cottone Auctions’ gallery, located at 120 Court Street in Geneseo, N.Y. (GENESEO, N.Y.) – A spectacular pair of antique Meissen armorial covered urns sailed past their pre-sale high estimate of $15,000 to gavel for $201,250 at a Fall Fine Art & Antiques Auction held Oct. 4-5 by [Read More]
Other fabulous consignments will also be sold. Over 400 lots will be offered, all without reserve. (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The David Marshall Collection – a massive compilation of fine, museum-quality, 19th century American antiques gathered over the course of more than 30 years – will headline a cataloged antique auction slated for [Read More]
New York: Keno Auctions is pleased to announce that the last work painted by Willem de Kooning will be sold at its October 30 auction, 127 East 69th Street. Hidden for 25 years, the oil –on- canvas is conservatively estimated at $80,000- 120,000 and has been consigned by Grace Tafe, the artist’s [Read More]
An impressive iron kawari kubuto, or “eccentrically shaped helmet,” was the top lot at Bonhams Arts of the Samurai auction held on October 8, realizing $377,000 after a lengthy telephone bidding war. Shaped like a conch shell, this Edo period (18th century) gem is likely an allusion to the traditional battle call [Read More]
Around 700 lots will come up for bid in the auction, to be held at the Lynbrook, N.Y., gallery. (LYNBROOK, N.Y.) – A handwritten letter by JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, a copy of LIFE Magazine from 1949 signed by the artist Jackson Pollock and an 1848 Peter Force printing of the [Read More]