Also up for bid — portrait miniatures of President George and First Lady Martha Washington. MILFORD, Conn. – Oil paintings by the celebrated American Impressionist Charles Courtney Curran (N.Y., 1861-1942) will headline Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers’ biannual American and European Fine Art Auction on Thursday, October 27th at 6 pm Eastern time, [Read More]
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The Oct. 7th-9th event, with over 2,000 lots, was held at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds. ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A Buckeye Stages System bus depot sign sold for $52,200 at an auction held October 7th-9th by Showtime Auction Services, at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds. Headlining the event were the advertising [Read More]
(Chicago, IL)-HDH is excited to announce its third annual Bordeaux-only auction, A Celebration of Bordeaux, to be held on November 4th and 5th. The auction is comprised of 1,975 lots across 58 vintages and is estimated to garner $4.3-6.5 Million. In addition to a vast array of selections from private cellars, the [Read More]
The sale will be conducted by The Specialists of the South, in the firm’s Panama City gallery. PANAMA CITY, Fla. – The living estate of Terry and Karen Kelley – an astounding trove of old and rare books (many of them first-editions and/or author-signed), glass and ceramics by many top manufacturers, original [Read More]
They will be part of Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers’ 250-lot Fine Art sale in Milford, Conn. MILFORD, Conn. – Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers will offer two famous portraits of President George Washington and First Lady Martha Washington at an auction scheduled for Thursday, October 27th. . Prized by collectors from the time [Read More]
The auction was held Sept. 23-24 in Cottone’s gallery at 120 Court Street in Geneseo, New York GENESEO, N.Y. – A Kashmir sapphire and diamond ladies’ vintage ring in a platinum and gold setting slipped onto a new finger for $103,500 at a Fine Art & Antiques Auction held Sept. 23-24 by [Read More]
The sale will be held at the Ramada Boca Raton hotel in Boca Raton, Florida, at 1 pm (EST) BOCA RATON, Fla. – A 17th century oil on board painting by the Dutch landscape artist Jan Van Goyen (1596-1656), with an historical provenance, is the expected headliner at a “Twice is Nice” [Read More]
They were the top lot at Fontaine’s Auction Gallery’s Sept. 10 auction, held in Pittsfield, Mass. PITTSFIELD, Mass. – An exceptional set of eight multi-layered glass windows, executed by the Tiffany Studios in New York in 1913 and depicting The 8 Beatitudes of Jesus (from Matthew 5: 3-10), sold for $356,950 to [Read More]
Also sold will be exquisite dresses owned and worn by Princess Diana and Whitney Houston. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Movie props and costumes from the current smash films Don’t Breathe, Blair Witch and Deadpool, dresses owned and worn by Princess Diana and Whitney Houston, and marquettes (pre-production study models) for Freddy vs. [Read More]
The weekend event will be held in Great Gatsby’s Atlanta gallery at 5180 Peachtree Blvd. ATLANTA, Ga. – An outstanding single-owner mechanical music collection, fine decorative arts and furniture from a Palm Beach, Florida philanthropist, original artworks by noted listed artists and fine antique Asian art and objects will be just part [Read More]
An amazing assortment of pieces is up for bid, at price points for novice and veteran collectors. CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – A rare, never-used 1966 Batman parachute toy retail display, an equally scarce example of a clear-body toy Hess truck made exclusively for the John Hess family, tin advertising signs, and dozens of [Read More]
Single-Owner Auction Brings in $800,000 more than Pre-Sale Estimates of $5.1-7.6M This past weekend, Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. held a single-owner auction featuring The Aubrey K. McClendon Collection. 100% of the 1057 lots were sold, bringing in $8.44 million against pre-sale estimates of $5.1-7.6M. Nearly 1,000 bidders from 4 continents, 17 [Read More]
On September 24, buyers at the Selkirk Auctioneers and Appraisers gallery and around the world will vie for works by influential St. Louis-born 20th century artists, in addition to European works as unique as a 15th century pair of wedding portraits, and fine Asian porcelain and jade. Baer O’Byrne Estate Headlines Two [Read More]
W. PALM BEACH, FL – The leaves may be showing off their rich autumn hues in New England and other parts of the country, but in sunny South Florida, fall means palm trees, sunshine and the much-anticipated season opener at Palm Beach Modern Auctions (PBMA). The company’s fully curated Sept. 24 Modern [Read More]
BOULDER, CO – Following a sensational summer with monthly sales achieving house-record prices, Artemis Gallery once again steps into the spotlight with a Sept. 22 Exceptional Antiquities & Ethnographic Art Auction to delight collectors. The 407-lot sale showcases museum-worthy examples of classical antiquities, and ancient and ethnographic art from ancient civilizations dating [Read More]
The 600+-lot auction was held by Philip Weiss Auctions on Merrick Road in Lynbrook, N.Y. LYNBROOK, N.Y. – Original Sunday page artwork for the Flash Gordon comic strip, done by the illustrator known as “the artist’s artist,” Alex Raymond (1909-1956) and dated 1/24/1937, sold for $60,375 at an auction of comics, comic [Read More]
The event was held at the historic Scottish Rite Temple and grossed a little under $500,000. SANTA FE, N.M. – A pair of Sioux beaded war shirts combined to sell for $50,000 and were the top two lots at Best of Santa Fe, an annual auction hosted by Allard Auctions, Inc., based [Read More]
The auction will be held in Cottone’s gallery, located at 120 Court Street in Geneseo, New York. GENESEO, N.Y. – Riding a wave of successful auctions, and following a 30th year anniversary sale in March that grossed $1.7 million, Cottone Auctions is back for a curtain call with another Fine Art & [Read More]