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]
Yearly Archives: 2015
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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]
From a private UK collection, the signature work will lead Roseberys auction of Modern & Contemporary Prints, Multiples & Editions on Saturday 25 April 2015 at 10am, London London – Roseberys London are pleased to announce that the Andy Warhol masterpiece, “The Shadow”, will highlight their second specialist sale of Modern & [Read More]
Hart Davis Hart Witnesses Passionate Global Demand for Region’s Top Wines (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart, America’s top wine auction house, continued its strong performance thus far in 2015 with a 98.4% sold March sale, posting $4.05 million in sales against a pre-auction estimate of $2.7-4.1 million. The sale was the [Read More]
The auction will be held April 18-19 in the firm’s gallery at 1330 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans NEW ORLEANS, La. – More than 1,150 premium lots – many of then pulled from prominent estates in Mobile, Ala., Jackson, Miss., New Orleans and elsewhere throughout the South – will be sold at [Read More]
Long considered one of the most beautiful women of the time and also the mother of future British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, Lady Randolph Churchill (1854-1921) was the American born English wife of Lord Randolph Churchill. A scarce 28-bore side lever hammer gun by H. Holland that was made for her [Read More]
The winning bidder traveled all the way from mainland China to claim his 6 ¾ inch tall prize. ATLANTA, Ga. – It’s a long way from mainland China to Miami Circle in Atlanta, but that’s exactly how far one determined bidder traveled to vie for a Chinese porcelain hand-painted wall pocket from [Read More]
The dresses will be shown by Historical Estates Auctions, which will sell them later in the year. CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. – Fifteen stunning gowns and dresses previously owned by the late singing legend Whitney Houston, some worn on-stage and others at events and galas, will be exhibited (but not sold) at an auction [Read More]
A striking abstract oil painting by one of the leading pioneers of modern Arabian art has just been discovered in the Midlands. The painting by celebrated Iraqi artist Dia Azzawi measuring approximately 70cm by 90cm was discovered on a routine home visit to a property in Sutton Coldfield. Hansons Auctioneers’ art expert [Read More]
The auction was conducted by Allard Auctions at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites in Mesa, Ariz. MESA, Ariz. – A circa 1900 Sioux dentalium (tooth shell) and tradecloth dress that was featured on an episode of the PBS series Antiques Roadshow just prior to auction (where it was appraised for $5,000-$7,000), [Read More]