Yearly Archives: 2016

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PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED PAINTING BY LOUIS REMY MIGNOT (AM., 1831-1870) SOARS TO $120,000 AT SHANNON’S FINE ART AUCTIONEERS APRIL 28th AUCTION

The auction featured 275 lots. Overall, sales were $2 million. MILFORD, Conn. – A previously unrecorded oil on canvas painting by the renowned American artist Louis Remy Mignot (N.Y./S.C., 1831-1870), titled Tropical Scene, soared to $120,000 at an auction held April 28th by Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, in the firm’s gallery located [Read More]

ITEMS PERTAINING TO GERMANY’S LEGENDARY ‘RED BARON’ WWI FLYING ACE – BARON VON RICHTOFEN – ARE UP FOR BID AT MOHAWK ARMS’ AUCTION #75

The auction is being held online as well as at Mohawk Arms’ gallery, located in Bouckville, N.Y. BOUCKVILLE, N.Y. – Items pertaining to (and even signed by) the legendary German World War I flying ace Baron Manfred von Richtofen, known as ‘The Red Baron’ – are just part of Mohawk Arms’ Auction [Read More]

ANTIQUE CHINESE ANIMATED TRIPLE FUSEE BRACKET CLOCK EXPECTED TO CHIME ON TIME FOR $500,000-$750,000 AT FONTAINE’S NEXT AUCTION

It’s a cataloged antique and clock auction, being held at Fontaine’s gallery, in Pittsfield, Mass. PITTSFIELD, Mass. – A rare antique Chinese animated triple fusee bracket clock, running and striking with all animated mechanisms working, is expected to sell for between $500,000 and $750,000 at a cataloged antique auction planned for Saturday, [Read More]

AN ASTOUNDING WARDROBE COLLECTION FEATURING THE FINEST NAMES IN COUTURE WILL BE SOLD SATURDAY, MAY 14, BY NADEAU’S AUCTION GALLERY

The auction will be held at Nadeau’s gallery in Windsor, Conn., starting at 10 am Eastern time. Christian Dior, Arnold Scaasi, Chanel, Mary McFadden, many others will all be represented. WINDSOR, Conn. – A remarkable wardrobe collection assembled by a prominent New York socialite, with an estimated retail value of around $2 [Read More]

RARE CHINESE FOREIGN BANKNOTE – A DEUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK, 1907 PEKING ISSUE BANKNOTE RARITY – BRINGS A RECORD $30,000 AT ARCHIVES INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONS

The auction was held April 11th, 12th and 13th at Archives International Auctions’ offices in Fort Lee, N.J., featuring Part 3 of the Alexander I. Pogrebetsky family archives of rare Chinese and Asian banknotes, and the first offering from the Silicon Valley collection of worldwide banknotes FORT LEE, N.J – A high-grade [Read More]

THE ATLANTA COLLECTION, IMPORTANT ITEMS PULLED FROM PROMINENT ATLANTA ESTATES, WILL BE SOLD APRIL 30-MAY 1 BY AHLERS & OGLETREE

The auction will be held in the firm’s gallery at 715 Miami Circle (Suite 210) in Atlanta, Ga. ATLANTA, Ga. – A 15th century English Nottingham alabaster relief depicting the Resurrection of Christ, a rare 16th century hand-woven German Gothic figural tapestry panel, a 12th century French carved limestone sculpture of St. [Read More]

Artemis Gallery to auction ancient weapons, antiquities, ethnographic & Asian art on April 20

BOULDER, CO – Fresh collections with impeccable provenance and an ironclad guarantee of authenticity and legality form the core of Artemis Gallery’s Wednesday, April 20 auction. The expertly curated 400-lot selection includes ancient weapons, Asian and ethnographic art; and other cultural rarities. The sale will open with prized ancient weapons from the [Read More]

PAINTINGS BY GUY CARLETON WIGGINS, THOMAS COLE, LUIS REMY MIGNOT AND CHARLES WEBSTER HAWTHORNE WILL LEAD SHANNON’S APRIL 28 SALE

The auction, offering 275 lots, will be held in Shannon’s Milford showroom, as well as online. MILFORD, Conn. – Two exemplary Manhattan snow scenes by Guy Carleton Wiggins (Am., 1883-1962), a newly rediscovered work by New York painter Thomas Cole (1801-1848), and a previously unrecorded work by Luis Remy Mignot (N.Y./S.C., 1831-1870) [Read More]