Yearly Archives: 2015

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Christie’s Deep Impact Online Auction

Christie’s is hosting its second annual online auction of historically important meteorites, Oct 27 – Nov 10. The auction includes rare lunar and Martian meteorites, along with a series of asteroidal meteorites and meteorites from notable falls are on offer. From dramatic jewel-like polished slices and spheres to raw natural shapes resembling [Read More]

TWO E. HOWARD & COMPANY (BOSTON) ASTRONOMICAL FLOOR REGULATORS AT FONTAINE’S’ CLOCKS AND ANTIQUE AUCTION

PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Two rare and highly desirable E. Howard & Company (Boston) astronomical floor regulator clocks (a No. 43 and a No. 68) could conceivably combine to sell for $300,000 or more at Fontaine’s Auction Gallery’s big two-session clock and antique auction slated for Saturday, November 14th, in the firm’s gallery [Read More]

Modular Home Insolvency Auction

Four prefab/modular houses are to be auctioned in connection with the insolvency of modular home building firm Schachnerbau of Styria, Austria. Three model homes are already assembled in the Blue Lagoon area in Southern Vienna and in Graz and Salzburg and are being live-auctioned via webcast, with all interior fixtures and installations [Read More]

ORIGINAL ARTWORKS BY RODRIGUE AND VAN HENGEL, PLUS A VERY LARGE STERLING SILVER CENTER BOWL, WILL BE SOLD AT CRESCENT CITY, NOV. 7-8

The auction will be held in the firm’s gallery, at 1330 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, La. NEW ORLEANS, La. – Original artworks by George Rodrigue (Am., 1944-2013) and Herman Frederik Van Hengel (Dutch, 1705-1785), plus a very large American sterling center bowl, are just a few of the featured items [Read More]

Platinum Luxury Auctions and Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty Property Auctions

Platinum Luxury Auctions and Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty have announced their second consecutive sale together. On Saturday, October 10, 2015, the firms sold a large luxury home within the community of Fairbanks Ranch in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Saturday’s auction follows a record-breaking sale generated by Platinum and Pacific Sotheby’s in nearby [Read More]

A GOUACHE AND INK ON PAPER BY ALEXANDER CALDER (AM., 1898-1973), TITLED BUSBIES & UNIFORMS, REALIZES $109,250 AT COTTONE AUCTIONS

The two-day auction was held in Cottone’s gallery, at 120 Court Street in Geneseo, N.Y. GENESEO, N.Y. – A vibrant and colorful painting by the American artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976), a gouache on Canson and Montgolfier wove paper, titled Bosbies & Uniforms, measuring 29 ¾ inches by 43 inches (sight), sold for [Read More]