They’re part of Ahlers & Ogletree’s 1,204-lot Notable Private Collections Auction in Atlanta ATLANTA, Ga. – A 1,204-lot, two-session auction featuring items from the collection of Saudi Arabian Prince Faisal M. Saud al Kabir, plus an important collection of African-American fine art, as well as Mid-Century Modern furniture, Asian objects, antique furniture [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2016
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The magnificent Greek Revival antebellum home is at 301 North Meridian Street in Aberdeen. ABERDEEN, Miss. – The magnificent 7,000-square-foot Greek Revival antebellum home at 301 North Meridian Street in Aberdeen known as the Adams-French Mansion is up for sale. The owner and seller is Dwight Stevens, the longtime auctioneer and owner [Read More]
The auction will be held on-site – in Wenham,Mass. – by John McInnis Auctioneers of Amesbury WENHAM, Mass. – The 12,000-square-foot, 30-room Georgian mansion known as Seven Pines, located on Boston’s North Shore, plus its entire contents of European antiques and other fine items, will be sold without reserve on Friday, July [Read More]
Over 600 lots of movie props, costumes and memorabilia will come up for bid. The auction will be held by Premiere Props, based in El Segundo, Calif., along with Hollywood Live Auctions. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – The actual costume the late actor Christopher Reeve wore in the first two Superman movies – [Read More]
CHISWICK AUCTIONS is delighted to offer a private collection of Star Wars memorabilia in a special auction on Tuesday, June 14, 2016. The sale, which includes figures and posters from the 1970s, 80s and 90s consists of a total of more than 100 pieces grouped into 34 lots, with estimates ranging from [Read More]
CHISWICK AUCTIONS FASHION department announced today that it had been appointed to sell an exciting private collection of one of the best known figures in the legal industry. The single-owner sale of more than 162 lots, will take place on June 15, 2016. It comprises of women’s handbags, scarves, clothes, shoes and [Read More]
MILFORD, Conn. – Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers is hosting a two-session Online Discovery Auction of Fine Art, including paintings, prints and sculptures, on Thursday, June 16th, with Session I starting at 12 o’clock noon Eastern time. Session II will start at 3 pm. All lots will be offered at little or no [Read More]
June 12, 2016, at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, TX; replete with German bullet hole; held for more than 60 years by Lt. Howard Vander Beek, who captained LCC 60, the boat that led the first troops onto Utah Beach DALLAS – The 48-Star U.S. flag that led the first American troops to [Read More]
Featuring First-Growth Bordeaux, Rare Whiskeys and Plénitude 3 Direct from Dom Pérignon (Chicago, IL)-Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. will hold its final auction of the season on June 24th and 25th at Chicago’s TRU restaurant. The sale is comprised of an impressive 2,561 lots estimated to garner between $3.8M and $5.6M in [Read More]
The 300+-lot event will be held in the firm’s gallery at 809 Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Wonderful Mid-Century Modern furniture creations by the father-son team of Philip and Kelvin LaVerne and the German-born New York designer Karl Springer, porcelains, sterling silver, bronzes, art glass, sculptures, [Read More]
BOULDER, CO – While predicting the future is an exercise that fascinates all ages, looking back on various early civilizations and imagining how they lived, evolved and blended is just as intriguing. “It’s like assembling a giant, global jigsaw puzzle,” said Bob Dodge, co-owner of Artemis Gallery in Boulder, Colorado. “With every [Read More]
The Board of Directors of Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. announced today that John H. Hart, Co-Founder and Chairman, will become Chairman Emeritus at the Chicago-based wine auction and retail firm, effective at the Annual Shareholders Meeting on July 1, 2016. Hart will continue to provide counsel to Hart Davis Hart. “The [Read More]
The clock was the top lot in a sale that grossed $2.5 million and had more than 4,300 online bidders. PITTSFIELD, Mass. – A rare antique Chinese animated triple fusee bracket clock roared past its pre-sale estimate of $500,000-$750,000 to sell for $1.27 million at Fontaine’s Auction Gallery’s cataloged antique and clock [Read More]
The 1,058-lot auction will be held in the firm’s New Orleans showroom on St. Charles Avenue. NEW ORLEANS, La. – A “prostitute’s box” from Dodge City, Kansas dating to around 1900, a fine collection of 20th century Meissen figures, a handsome 19th century English George II-style inlaid carved walnut chest-on-chest, and a [Read More]
The auction will be held in the company gallery at 76 Main Street in Amesbury, Massachusetts. AMESBURY, Mass. – A three-session Memorial Day weekend auction featuring a vast array of items from prominent estates in the Boston area – to include the Hoes family of Wayland, direct descendants of President James Monroe, [Read More]
At Heritage Auctions, June 2, 2016; featuring a wide array of Natural History and Scientific rarities aimed at designers and collectors across the spectrum DALLAS – A truly incredible specimen of Crystallized Gold on Quartz, hailing from the renowned Sixteen to One Gold Mine in California – America’s most famous gold mine, [Read More]
The 550-lot auction will be held in the firm’s gallery at 74 Merrick Road in Lynbrook, New York LYNBROOK, N.Y. – Original illustrations and paintings by the renowned science fiction artist Chesley Bonestell (Am., 1888-1986), original cover art from the legendary comic book artist Joe Kubert (Am., 1926-2012), rare and highly desirable [Read More]
#1 Wine Auction House in the U.S. Achieves 100% Sell Through Rate so far in 2016 Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., the internationally renowned wine auction house and retailer, continued its success in 2016 with a tremendous May auction that brought in a total $5.9 million against pre-sale estimates of $4-$6 million. [Read More]