Yearly Archives: 2014

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18th Century Bilston Enamels Auction

London – An exceptional private single owner collection of Bilston and other English enamels will be offered in Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions sale of Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu on Thursday 27th November. The collection dates from mid-18th century during the most prolific period of enamel production in Bilston. David Rees, [Read More]

Stanley William Hayter Painter-Printmaker

London – With works spanning all media, Bloomsbury Auctions are delighted to be celebrating the career of pioneering British Surrealist Stanley William Hayter (1901-1988), with the collection, Stanley William Hayter Painter-Printmaker on Wednesday 26th November during the sale of Modern & Contemporary British Art. In one the largest and most extensive assemblages [Read More]

Recently authenticated works by War artist and unusual transitional work by Hitchens lead the Modern & Contemporary British Art Sale at Bloomsbury Auctions

London – A group of early drawings by Walter Richard Sickert will join one of his last ever paintings in a sale of Modern & Contemporary British Art at Bloomsbury Auctions on Wednesday 26th November. Paintings by War Artist David Bomberg, Ivon Hitchens, Graham Sutherland and others will follow the Stanley William [Read More]

VINTAGE AND ORIGINAL CIRCA-1950s MACHINE MAN ROBOT TOY, MADE IN JAPAN, GAVELS FOR $44,850 AT PHILIP WEISS AUCTIONS’ NOV. 4th AUCTION

The robot was the top lot in a sale dedicated mainly to toys, trains, toy soldiers and die-casts. LYNBROOK, N.Y. – A vintage, original, battery-operated “Machine Man” toy robot, made in Japan in the 1950s by Modern Toys and standing 14 ¾ inches tall, sailed past its pre-auction estimate of $15,000-$25,000 to [Read More]

CRESCENT CITY AUCTION EXCHANGE – A SISTER FACILITY TO CRESCENT CITY AUCTION GALLERY IN NEW ORLEANS – WILL DEBUT WITH A NOV. 22nd AUCTION

The annex facility is located across the street from the main gallery, at 1401 St. Charles Avenue. NEW ORLEANS, La. – The global demand for antiquities at auction has increased and New Orleans is no exception. Crescent City Auction Gallery, one of the top three auction companies in New Orleans, has opened [Read More]

RARE ANTIQUE AND COLLECTOR CLOCKS, PLUS WATCHES, WILL BE SOLD IN A 2-DAY AUCTION, NOV. 22nd & 23rd, AT FONTAINE’S AUCTION GALLERY IN PITTSFIELD, MASS

500+ clocks will be offered Saturday, Nov. 22. Watches, fobs and chains will be sold Sunday, Nov. 23. PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Time will be of the essence the weekend of Nov. 22nd and 23rd when Fontaine’s Auction Gallery will offer over 500 antique and collector clocks (on Saturday, Nov. 22) and watches, [Read More]

WINTER LANDSCAPE PAINTING BY WALTER LAUNT PALMER (AM., 1854-1932) BRINGS $132,000 AT SHANNON’S FINE ART AUCTIONEERS’ OCT. 23rd AUCTION

The painting was the top achiever of 315 artworks offered in a sale that grossed $2.1 million. MILFORD, Conn. – A sun-dappled winter landscape painting showing a snow covered brook by Walter Launt Palmer (Am., 1854-1932) titled Winter Shadows, rose to $132,000 at Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers’ fall auction held Oct. 23rd [Read More]

MULTI-ESTATES AUCTION FEATURING ORIGINAL ARTWORK, ESTATE JEWELRY, ANTIQUES, DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES WILL BE HELD NOV. 22 BY MATHESON’S

The auction, starting at 11 a.m., will be held at Matheson’s gallery, located in Melbourne, Fla. MELBOURNE, Fla. – Around 250 lots of quality items from prominent south Florida estates and collections will be sold on Saturday, Nov. 22nd, by Matheson’s Auctions, in the firm’s gallery located at 600 East New Haven [Read More]

TWO PROMINENT NEW JERSEY ESTATES WILL HEADLINE A 2-DAY, 750+-LOT AUCTION SLATED FOR NOV. 16-17 AT S & S AUCTION, INC., IN REPAUPO, N.J.

Items from a deceased physician from Ventnor and a retired auctioneer will come up for bid. REPAUPO, N.J. – A rare and magnificent Black Forest hall rack featuring a life-size carved dog, an 1824 Robert Gainsford sterling figural-handled wine cooler, an Emile Galle crystal vase with blue and green veins and signed [Read More]