The auction will be held in the firm’s new gallery, at 57 Lancaster Ave., Malvern, Pa. 19355. MALVERN, Pa. – Around 425 lots of quality estate merchandise in a broad mix of categories will come under the gavel on Friday, May 23rd, when Gordon S. Converse & Company holds a Spring Roundup Gallery Sale, in […]
U.S. & Worldwide Banknotes, Autographs and Scripophily to be auctioned. (FORT LEE, N.J.) – More than 600 lots of rare and highly collectible U.S. and worldwide banknotes, scripophily and security printing ephemera will be sold at public auction Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 by Archives International Auctions at their offices in Fort Lee, New Jersey, with […]
A map by Charles Louis Minard, sold for £5,208 in Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions sale of Maps & Atlases alongside a private collection of cartographic curiosities on Friday 25th April 2014 at their saleroom, in London’s Mayfair. Carte Figurative et Approximative des Tonnage des Merchandies qui ont circulé en 1855, was a schematic map of […]
As London prepares for a week of Asian art auctions in May, Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions are delighted to present an extremely rare 17th century transitional hanging from the Ming/Qing dynasty, which will headline their spectacular sale of Chinese Ceramics and Asian Works of Art, including an extensive selection of Tibetan art, and Asian textiles. […]
Bonhams, offers an exceptional selection of fine mineral specimens from estate sources in its upcoming Gems, Minerals, Lapidary Works of Art and Natural History auction on May 20th. Once regarded as a relatively unknown and hidden collector’s hobby, the steady rise in demand for mineral specimens has elevated the status of this collecting category to […]
(Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. is pleased to announce “A Celebration of Burgundy,” an auction devoted exclusively to the wines of Burgundy. This special 1,358 lot sale will be held on May 17th in Chicago and is estimated to fetch $2,619,270-$3,928,150. With worldwide demand for Burgundy at an all-time high, the scope […]
Bonhams, will sell the largest single owner collection of paintings by Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) ever to be offered – some 15 oil paintings produced over three decades on May 28th in New Bond Street, London. The collection is estimated in excess of half a million pounds. Bonhams is the third largest international fine art auction […]
Bonhams, is to auction nearly 200 lots of African, Oceanic & Pre-Columbian Art on May 15 in New York. An important and rare wooden Maori Handclub ‘wahaika’ from New Zealand, formerly in the James Hooper Collection, leads the sale (est. $50,000-70,000). Maori handclubs were historically used by warriors in hand to hand combat. This particular […]
Specialist Musical Instrument Auctioneers Ingles & Hayday are delighted to announce they will be selling a violin after the ‘Lafont’ Guarneri of 1736 to benefit charity Luthiers Sans Frontières, in their auction on Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at 2pm at Sotheby’s, New Bond Street, London, W1A 2AA. Made in 2012 at the J&A Beare Workshop […]
