Yearly Archives: 2015

Spoils of WWI Mesopotamian campaign set to sell in museum armouries auction Taken from a Middle Eastern battlefield nearly a century ago during the British army’s struggle against Ottoman forces in WWI, a unique piece of military history is due to go under the hammer during a museum sale on Saturday 28th [Read More]

The auction was held at Levy’s showroom at the Flamingo Building in West Palm Beach, Fla. PALM BEACH, Fla. – Stunning creations by Rene Jules Lalique (1860-1945), the French glass designer world-renowned for his vases, jewelry, chandeliers, clocks and car hood ornaments, all highly sought after by collectors today, took center stage [Read More]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Asia Week in New York attracts a global contingent of art buyers who travel many thousands of miles – primarily from China – to immerse themselves in a frenzied schedule of specialty shows, exhibitions and other activities around Manhattan. But a new West Coast tradition embraced by Asian [Read More]

The auction — already online and ending March 24th — is being held by Mayo Auction & Realty. BELTON, Mo. – A large, single-owner lifetime collection of significant artwork and other items dating from the Belle Epoque era up through World Wars I and II and the mid-20th century, to include original [Read More]

The sale will be held in Panama City by The Specialists of the South, in the firm’s gallery. PANAMA CITY, Fla. – A single-owner lifetime collection of Depression glassware – one of the largest collections in the Southeastern United States, comprising around 175 boxes full and in all the major patterns and [Read More]

The auction will be held Saturday, April 11th, at the firm’s gallery located in Windsor, Conn. WINDSOR, Conn. – Original artworks by Grandma Moses, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Charles Marion Russell and Charles Ethan Porter, plus outstanding period furniture pieces and items in many other categories, will be sold at Nadeau’s Auction Gallery’s [Read More]

The table was the top achiever out of 750 or so lots offered. The sale grossed around $2 million. GENESEO, N.Y. – A lovely 18th century Virginia Queen Anne tray-top tea table, having a scalloped skirt, pad feet and a fine old refinish, sold for $299,000 at a two-day Fine Art & [Read More]

Chicago, IL – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. is pleased to announce our annual “Celebration of Burgundy,” an auction devoted exclusively to the wines of Burgundy. This special 1,440 lot sale will be held on March 28th in Chicago and is estimated to fetch $2,747,040-$4,103,630. With worldwide demand for Burgundy at an [Read More]

Military buffs and those with an appreciation of the art of chivalric combat will be keen to hear that several suits of armour – including two fine equestrian examples – hailing from a single, private collection will be coming up for auction at a museum sale on Saturday, 28th March. Until recently [Read More]

Some interesting items of taxidermy look set to cause a stir amongst collectors when they go under the hammer later this month as part of an auction of former exhibits of the Stratford Armouries Museum. West Midlands’ auctioneers, Cuttlestones, has been commissioned to sell the collection based on the continued success of [Read More]

A Tiffany Studios hall lantern was the top lot in an auction that had stunning items in many categories. PITTSFIELD, Mass. – A Tiffany Studios Moorish-style hall lantern, 34 inches tall and with an excellent original overall gilt finish, lit up the room when it finished at $133,100 at a cataloged auction [Read More]

London – A unique and impressive 18 carat gold and diamond gentleman’s skeleton wristwatch by the Swiss luxury watchmaker Corum is estimated to sell for £100,000-150,000 as part of Roseberys Fine Art auction on Tuesday 24 March. Commissioned and designed exclusively as a one-off timepiece for Middle Eastern nobility in 1982, the [Read More]

Donnington Priory – Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions are pleased to announce their first Luxury Accessories event of 2015. The auctions of Fine Jewellery, Watches, Pens & Luxury Accessories will be held at Donnington Priory on Thursday 26th March 2015. Jewellery Highlights This early Victorian turquoise, garnet and diamond serpent necklace, circa 1840, [Read More]

London – The February Fine Wine sale saw yet another big step forward for the wine department at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, with a sale that far surpassed any previous wine sale for the firm. With the sale totalling £279,000 over 402 lots, it highlighted the benefits of the company’s joint venture [Read More]

Donnington Priory – The March 25th Fine Pictures sale is James Harvey’s first at the helm following his appointment in 2014, as International Head of Fine Art and Private Treaty sales for the recently enlarged Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions. Featuring artists that include John Frederick Herring the Elder, George Morland, E. W. [Read More]

Paintings by Thomas Hill, Daniel Ridgway Knight and Hans Hoffmann have already been consigned. MILFORD, Conn. – Quality consignments are currently being accepted for a fine art auction slated for Thursday, April 23rd, at Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, in the firm’s gallery located at 354 Woodmont Road in Milford. Around 250 works [Read More]

London – Bloomsbury Auctions are delighted to present their sale of Continental, English & Middle Eastern Books & Manuscripts on Thursday 19th March in London at their saleroom in Mayfair. The sale charts the development of printing on the continent and in England, with works dating from the 1470s up until the [Read More]

On March 12th, Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraisers will auction the distinctive Lifetime Collection of American Indian Jewelry of an Ohio Lady. DELAWARE , Ohio – The collection is comprised of over 200 lots of Native American jewelry including necklaces, cuffs, rings, pendants, and belt buckles. Gemstones such as turquoise from Battle Mountain, [Read More]