Richard Winterton Auctioneers of Lichfield are delighted to announce the full-time appointment of jewellery expert Heather Rimmer DGA GIA Pearl. Heather who is originally from the Isle of Man brings her experience of valuing all types of jewellery from antique to modern. She studied silversmithing and jewellery design at Birmingham BCU to [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2014
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One of the paintings – titled The Gambling Set, brought $162,000. The sale grossed $2.5 million. MILFORD, Conn. – Four vibrant and colorful paintings by the renowned American Pop artist LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012) sold for a combined $279,600 at a sale of fine American and European paintings, drawings and sculptures held May [Read More]
HDH Further Cements its Lead in 2014, Smashing Records and Welcoming Fervent Bidding for Top Burgundian Wines (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart, America’s #1 Wine Auction House in 2012 and 2013, continues its strong lead through the first half of 2014 with a 100% sold May sale, posting $4.1 million in [Read More]
Untitled (Blue-Purple Painting), 1952, Ad Reinhardt’s minimalist masterwork, is expected to bring $1 million as part of a 370-lot Modern & Contemporary Art Signature Auction May 31 at Heritage. Works by giants ranging from Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, and Robert Rauschenberg and sculpture by Fernando Botero, Joan Miró and François-Xavier Lalanne, among [Read More]
The original artwork featuring the first ever appearance of Wolverine, by artists Herb Trimpe and Jack Abel, on the final page of The Incredible Hulk #180 (1974), arguably the most important debut of a comic book character in the last 40 years, realized a world record price for any page of American [Read More]
Two magnificent pairs of late 17th century Giltwood lions that originally adorned the Speaker’s Pew at St Margaret’s Westminster – along with a pair of Giltwood Crowns will be offered for sale Matthew Barton Ltd’s bi-annual auction of Decorative Works of Art which will take place on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 in [Read More]
MIAMI – Two choice, original Picasso drawings and one of Francisco Botero’s most sought-after sculptures are among the 95 prized artworks featured in Beaux Auctions’ May 27 absentee and online-only sale. Every piece included in the fine art and antiques auction has been personally chosen and carefully curated by Beaux Auctions, and [Read More]
The event was held at Historic Buford Hall in Buford, Ga., located just north of Atlanta. The auction that preceded it, a Masterpiece Sale held Nov. 8-9, was also a huge success. BUFORD, GA. – A 28 inch by 50 inch folk art rendering by the renowned self-taught artist Sam Doyle (1906-1985), [Read More]
The event will be held online, as well as at Mohawk Arms’ gallery, located in Bouckville, N.Y. BOUCKVILLE, N.Y. – A spectacular German World War II tapestry that probably hung in the Reichstag building in Berlin, a Civil War felt fez hat worn by a member of the 11th New York Fire [Read More]
Mickey Mantle Jersey Hammered Down at $201,450; Carlton Fisk Home Run Ball Sells for $142,200; Countless Baseball Card Auction Records Set At REA!!! Watchung, New Jersey. Collectors of high-end baseball cards and memorabilia were glued to Robert Edward Auctions as prices soared to astounding levels across the board during the record-setting April [Read More]
Watchung, New Jersey. Collectors of vintage “Three Stooges” posters and lobby cards were responsible for an insane frenzy of spirited bidding at Robert Edward Auctions during the record-setting April 26, 2014 auction. Eyes were poked. Pies were thrown. Fortunately, no one got hurt! (OK. There really were no Stooge-like physical antics. We’ve [Read More]
Lincoln,UK. Unique Auctions are delighted to present their inaugural Record & Memorabilia Auction on Monday 12th May 6pm. The evening sale will feature some 240 lots of records, vintage music items, quad posters, movie posters, autographs and concert posters. Highlighting the auction will be a 1st pressing of The Beatles Please, Please [Read More]
The porcelain items below will be included in Day 1 of the sale, an evening auction on June 6th, focusing on Asian Art & Decorative Arts Objects. The fine paintings mentioned below are by British artists John Frederick Herring, Sr. (1795-1865) and George Lambert (1700-1765). ATLANTA, Ga. – Ahlers & Ogletree’s June [Read More]
Britain’s Most Valuable Coin Edward VIII Gold Proof Sovereign Sells for Record Breaking £516,000 at A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd An Edward VIII, 1937, Gold Proof Sovereign sold for £516,000 today achieving a world record price for any Royal Mint Coin ever produced in the UK. It was sold as part of [Read More]
A painting belonging to Enid Blyton will go under the hammer in a two day Interiors sale at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ Donnington Priory saleroom in Berkshire on 20th-21st May alongside a diverse and eclectic mix of furniture and works of art. Day One will include Asian & European Ceramics, Clocks and [Read More]
First Edition Set of Brontë Sisters’ Works Estimated to Sell for £60,000 – 80,000 In the week following the 198th birthday of Charlotte Brontë, a complete first edition set of the novels by the three Brontë Sisters will be offered for sale for the first time in a sale of Important Books [Read More]
A fully-equipped, 24-foot Ahrens-Fox N-S-4 fire truck, originally ordered by the Biddeford, Maine, Fire Department in 1928, and then restored to original state by Glenn Reid, is expected to bring more than $110,000, on May 28, as the highlight of the Reid Museum Collection of Mechanical Models, offered as a Heritage Gentleman [Read More]
Very old and ultra-rare cognacs led the successful sale of the Whisky, Cognac & Rare Spirits Auction on April 30 at Bonhams, the third largest international fine art auction house. The auction’s top lot and front cover catalog highlight, a 1762 vintage Gautier that is one of the oldest authenticated cognac vintages [Read More]