A small but perfectly formed collection of 60 fine vintage and modern wristwatches for the collector and connoisseur, ranging from £500 – 12,000, will be offered as part of Dreweatts & Bloomsbury auctions Wednesday 26th March sale of Fine Watches, Pens & Luxury Accessories. The auction, containing the most sought after of [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2014
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Robert Edward Auctions is pleased to announce that one of the featured auction lots in its upcoming blockbuster sale will be the home run ball hit by Boston Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk in the 12th inning of Game 6 during the 1975 World Series. Fisk’s heroics, including his dramatic motioning for [Read More]
Boulder County, CO – Artemis Gallery LIVE is proud to present a spectacular one-day auction of the fine Antiquities, Pre-Columbian, Far Eastern, Native American, and Ethnographic art on Friday, March 14, 2014, the day before the infamous “Ides of March.” “This auction is truly special,” says Teresa Dodge, owner of Artemis Gallery [Read More]
Geneseo, NY: On March 29th, Cottone Auctions will be holding their annual Winter Fine Art and Antiques Auction offering 500+ lots in Cottone’s 6000 square foot gallery at 120 Court Street, Geneseo, NY. This important estate auction will include original paintings by noted listed artists, several Tiffany lamps, silver, sculpture, Asian art, [Read More]
Did you know that St. Patrick’s original signature color was blue? Just maybe, St. Patrick himself was ahead of his time and could have eventually been a collector of Americana where blue is the hottest color around. On Saturday, March 15th beginning at 10 am, Garth’s Auctions will host a one day [Read More]
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions present the opportunity to sparkle like an Oscar winning starlet with their sale of Fine Jewellery on Wednesday 26th March 2014, to be held at the auctioneers Donnington Priory Saleroom in Newbury, Berkshire. This outstanding sale features an array of divine diamonds, and other stunning stones, to seduce [Read More]
The original artwork featuring the first ever appearance of Wolverine, by artist Herb Trimpe, 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, has surfaced from the private hands where it has resided for more than [Read More]
Also sold will be ice cream and soda fountain memorabilia, motorcycle memorabilia and more. (LYNBROOK, N.Y.) – An extremely rare 1891 Coca-Cola wall calendar – the first year Coke began making calendars and possibly the only surviving example in existence – plus other turn-of-the-century Coca-Cola items, will be part of an eclectic [Read More]
Two books are believed to have set record auction prices yesterday at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ sale of the Library of a Gentleman. One of these was Jacob Christian Schaeffer’s early work on fungi that sold for £24,180. Overall, the single owner collection of natural history books was eagerly received by bidders, [Read More]
The Fine Japanese Works of Art sale on March 19 at Bonhams will feature a variety of elegantly painted screens. The iconic art form, which is both decorative and functional, has been extant in Japan since the 8th century. A splendid example from the circle of Iwasa Matabei serves as a window [Read More]
Fine English, Continental and Chinese Export Silver was in high demand at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ sale of Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu, held yesterday Tuesday 26th February, with many pieces eclipsing their pre-sale estimates. The closing section of Chinese Export Silver ended the sale on a high, with a pair [Read More]
A 2 inch scale model of a Shand Mason horse drawn fire engine will see Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ steam ahead to their first transport sale of 2014, due to be held in Donnington Priory on Tuesday 18th March. A precursor to the motorised fire engine, introduced in the early 20th century, [Read More]
As the world’s art market prepares to indulge in Asia Week New York, Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions will offer collectors an amuse bouche, in the form of their Wednesday 12th March Interiors sale, featuring Asian Art from private UK collections, alongside English delftware and a stunning selection of carpets to suit all [Read More]
The auction will be held March 15th in Elite’s gallery at 1034 Gateway Blvd., Boynton Beach (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – Original works by major listed artists such as Willem de Kooning, Chaim Soutine and Angel Botello, plus Chinese objects and other Asian antiques, will headline an estates auction slated for Saturday, March [Read More]
The right to settle in Britain should be auctioned off to wealthy foreign investors, government advisers say, reports the BBC. “At present migrants can gain entry by investing £1m or more in the UK. But the Migration Advisory Committee says ordinary British citizens gain little from this. It recommends doubling the minimum [Read More]
A group of medals awarded to an outstanding WWII RAF pilot, Squadron Leader Billy Drake, heads the sale of military medals at Bonhams on March 12th in Knightsbridge. The most valuable group of medals in the sale – a Second World War D.S.O. and D.F.C. and bar group – awarded to Squadron [Read More]
A piece of the backdrop from The Ed Sullivan Show, signed by the Beatles when they played the program on Feb. 9, 1964 — the beginning of Beatlemania and The British Invasion — adorned with individual drawings from each member of the band and a note from John Lennon reading, “The ‘Beatles’ [Read More]
BCA, is reporting a record number of entries for the forthcoming motorbike auction at BCA Peterborough. Starting at 1pm on Friday February 28th 2014, James Rowberry, Head of Bike Sales at BCA Peterborough suggests the event could light the blue touchpaper for bike sales in 2014. More than 100 bikes are expected [Read More]