2015 marks the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta, and a copy of the first engraved version, published by John Pine some 500 years later could sell for £15,000 when it goes under the hammer at Bloomsbury Auctions on Thursday 21st May in the auctioneer’s bi-annual Important Books, Manuscripts and [Read More]
Monthly Archives: April 2015
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London – Roseberys London inaugural sale of Islamic & Indian Arts saw 370 items from the Islamic and Indian worlds go under the hammer at their London saleroom. Roseberys Managing Director Ian Cadzow said: “As part of the continued expansion of Roseberys London we are very pleased to have held our first [Read More]
The étagère was the top lot in an on-site auction held at 2011 35th Avenue in Meridian, Miss. MERIDIAN, Miss. – A rare, museum-quality rosewood rococo étagère with a bonnet top, made by the renowned 19th century American furniture maker Thomas Brooks, sold for $63,250 to take top lot honors at Stevens [Read More]
A pair of Peters items were the top lots in a sale held at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds. ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A rare, antique Peters Ammunition poster with a bold, imposing graphic of a bear on a mountain clawed its way to $12,540, while a 1912 Peters Cartridge Company die-cut [Read More]
Featuring Highly-Sought California Cult Wines, Classic Bordeaux & Champagne Direct from the Cellars of Krug (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., the internationally renowned wine auction house and retailer, will hold an auction of finest and rarest wines on May 15-16 at the award-winning TRU Restaurant in Chicago. This exceptional [Read More]
Dreweatts present the first Chinese Ceramics & Asian Works of Art sale of 2015. Featuring 170 lots from Yuan through Ming, Qing and the other Imperial dynasties to 20th century, the auction features textiles, ceramics, works of art and artworks from a number of private collections. The auction will be held on [Read More]
The two-day auction, slated for May 2-3, will be held at Ahlers & Ogletree’s gallery in Atlanta. ATLANTA, Ga. – An original pastel and mixed media on paper by renowned Dutch-American artist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), titled Woman (Study for Marilyn Monroe), signed, is the expected top lot at a Spring Salon [Read More]
Chiswick Auctions is pleased to announce their upcoming 300 lot Asian Art auction on 5 May 2015. The sale will offer a range of works of pieces from China, Japan, India and South East Asia and continues Chiswick Auction’s reputation for important new discoveries. Our present offering is particularly strong in the [Read More]
Chinese jade and Tiffany jewelry pieces dominated in an auction that grossed $325,000. BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – An impressive and striking Chinese late Qing Dynasty-period carved multi-color jadeite figural cabbage vase, 6 ¾ inches tall and perched on a reticulated fitted wooden base, sold for $59,520 at a Fine Decorative Arts & [Read More]
It will be held our Litchfield Gallery, in space adjacent to DiFranco’s Restaurant in Litchfield. LITCHFIELD, Conn. – Tim’s Inc. Auctions will be kicking off our 23rd Annual Cabin Fever Auction with Tim’s 55th Birthday Celebrating St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, by marching into Spring with the Mattatuck Drum Band. In a [Read More]
The auction will be held at the firm’s offices in Fort Lee, NJ, starting at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time. FORT LEE, N.J. – Archives International Auctions will offer more than 800 lots of rare U.S and worldwide banknotes and scripophily (stock and bond certificates) in an auction scheduled for Thursday, May 7th, [Read More]
The portraits headlined an auction held in West Palm Beach, Florida by Louis J. Dianni, LLC WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Nine oval miniature on ivory portrait paintings of prominent men and woman from colonial-era America, all of them rendered by Charles Willson Peale (Md./Pa., 1741-1827), sold for a combined $94,163 to [Read More]
The auction will be held in the firm’s gallery at 544 East 6th Street in Panama City, Florida. PANAMA CITY, Fla. – A pair of prominent Florida estates comprising hundreds of quality items in many categories, plus select merchandise from other consignors, will be sold at auction on Saturday, April 25th , [Read More]
MILFORD, Conn. – Original oil paintings by Daniel Ridgway Knight, Edward Moran, Thomas Hill and Hans Hofmann could all conceivably reach or pass the $100,000 mark at a spring sale slated for Thursday, April 23rd at Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, in the firm’s gallery at 354 Woodmont Road in Milford, at 6 [Read More]
It is the partial collection of Preston Evans, a dedicated collector and renowned auctioneer. Ten of the bikes had previously been owned by Arthur Sigal, a legend in the motorcycle community. AUBURN, Ind. – A single-owner trove of 30 rare antique motorcycles – a few of them dating back to the very [Read More]
The auction will be conducted by Stevens Auction Company, at 2011 35th Ave. in Meridian, Miss. MERIDIAN, Miss. – A monumental 19th century bonnet-top etagere made by Thomas Brooks, 9 feet 4 inches tall and identical to two other examples that each sold at auction for more than $100,000, plus a magnificent, [Read More]
The flask was the top lot in an internet auction that ended on March 18th and grossed $335,669. WOODSTOCK, Conn. – An early Pittsburgh district double eagle historical flask, made between 1820 and 1840 in Pittsburgh, Pa., and boasting a bright yellow green color with an olive tone, sold for $57,330 at [Read More]
The auction, starting at 11 a.m., will be held at Matheson’s gallery, located in Melbourne, Fla MELBOURNE, Fla. – Original works of art by renowned painters such as Edouard Leon Cortes, Jules Moigniez, Paul Fischer, Robert Lebron and Eugene Galien-Lalou (and an unsigned work from the School of Rubens), plus estate jewelry [Read More]