United States – Britannic Auctions is pleased to announce its landmark online auction event featuring a previously unseen collection of materials from Alfred Hitchcock’s groundbreaking 1948 film, “Rope.” This significant auction, set for June 8, 2024, offers film historians, collectors, and enthusiasts an unparalleled glimpse into the creative process of one of [Read More]
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With sales totaling $11,187,291, last week’s Hart Davis Hart auction toppled its pre-sale low estimate of $7.9M, selling through 100% of its 3,274 lots over two exciting days. Top lots of the day included multiple vintages of DRC’s Romanée-Conti, alongside a pristine six-pack of 1988 Georges Roumier Bonnes-Mares. The Roumier sold for [Read More]
Names like Marc Chagall, Raoul Dufy, David Hockney, Pablo Picasso, Ludwig Bemelmans, Carlos Nadal and Georges Braque were represented, sometimes multiple times. In all, 201 lots were sold. ATLANTA, Ga. – A signed 1980 tempera on Masonite painting by Marc Chagall soared to $199,700, a 1929 gouache and watercolor on Arches paper [Read More]
The catalog contains more than 200 lots of SJ Auctioneers’ finest selection to date of fine jewelry items, sterling silver estate lots, vintage trains and toys, and collectibles, starting at 6 pm EDT. BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Items ranging from a rare Tiffany & Company gilt sterling silver rose centerpiece bowl (or potpourri) [Read More]
The auctions were packed with toys, historic ephemera, militaria, advertising signs, petroliana, soda advertising, automobilia, breweriana, pinball machines and coin-ops, nautical and marine. NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A Canadian 1940s McColl-Frontenac service station sign, six feet in diameter, soared to $22,420; a Bally’s Gilligan’s Island pinball machine from 1991 went for [Read More]
The 205-lot auction grossed $2.5 million and was over 80 percent sold. Notable prices were achieved for women artists, works on paper, Contemporary art and American Impressionism. MILFORD, Conn. – American Impressionism led strong results at Shannon’s Spring Auction on May 2nd. The 205-lot sale grossed $2.5 million and was over 80 [Read More]
Day 1 featured the fine jewelry collection of Bridget Dobson (lots 1-93), co-writer with her husband Jerome of the hit TV soap operas General Hospital, Santa Barbara, As the World Turns and Guiding Light. TLANTA, Ga. – A handsome Rolex Daytona ‘Paul Newman’ watch in 18k yellow gold slipped onto a new [Read More]
The catalog featured contemporary art glass, contemporary artwork, sculpture and fine objects. The Escher litho was the top lot. Online bidding was via LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. BEACHWOOD, Ohio – Eager bidders blew past high estimates for many of the lots in Neue Auctions’ online-only Art in Bloom sale held on April 27th. [Read More]
It’s the auction of the Bridget and Jerome Dobson collection. The couple collected fine art and wrote episodes for several popular daytime soap operas. The sale will be held online and live in the gallery ATLANTA, Ga. – Some of the brightest stars in the fine art galaxy – names such as [Read More]
The Wednesday auction will begin at 10 am Eastern for the Photographer’s Lens Collection and at 2 pm Eastern for the Various Owner, Photographs sale. Online bidding is on five platforms BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Nye & Company Auctioneers will hold two online-only photography sales on Wednesday, May 15th, starting at 10 am [Read More]
The Rare Signed Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Memorabilia auction will start at 10:30 am Eastern time. All 433 lots are up for viewing and bidding now on the University Archives website. WILTON, Conn. – An 1864 autograph endorsement signed by President Abraham Lincoln celebrating hard work; a 1981 speech draft extensively annotated [Read More]
Paintings include a vibrant figural landscape by Richard Clague, Jr. (1821-1873) and what is believed to be the last portrait painting President Zachary Taylor sat for prior to his 1850 death ABERDEEN, Miss. – Stevens Auction Company’s annual Spring Multi-Estate Auction was originally planned for April 27th, but auctioneer and auction house [Read More]
The auctions are packed with toys, historic ephemera, militaria, advertising signs, petroliana, soda advertising, automobilia, breweriana, pinball machines, coin-ops, nautical and marine. NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. will spring into May with three online-only auctions totaling more than 1,100 diverse and highly collectible lots. These will include [Read More]
The catalog contains just over 200 lots of SJ Auctioneers’ finest selection to date of fine jewelry items, sterling silver estate lots, vintage trains and toys, and collectibles, starting at 6 pm EDT BROOKLYN, N.Y. – SJ Auctioneers is fast gearing up for an important, online-only Spring Silverware, Toys, Figurines & Collectibles [Read More]
The auction featured 414 lots of general store, art glass, Canadiana, advertising signs, Western collectibles, pottery and stoneware, art, lamps and lighting, plus the 3 paintings by Maud Lewis. NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – Three vibrant and colorful paintings by the legendary Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis (1901-1970) sold for a [Read More]
The sale is composed of just over 200 fresh-to-the-market works from important private collectors. American paintings by some of the most famous names will lead the auction. Online bidding is via Invaluable.com. MILFORD, Conn. – Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, an established market leader in the sale of historic American Art, will be [Read More]
Hundreds of lots went up for grabs, featuring many one-of-a-kind discoveries and great rarities. The sale came on the heels of a timed auction held two weeks earlier that also saw lots of action. RENO, Nev. – A large California Gold Rush-era gold and quartz nugget sold for $25,000; an original 1881 [Read More]
The auction will also feature desirable items from prominent local estates and collections, beginning promptly at 11 am Eastern time, at the John McInnis gallery in Amesbury, Mass. AMESBURY, Mass. – An Auction Extravaganza featuring Part 3 of the Burbridge Foundation Collection out of Oklahoma City, plus other desirable items from prominent [Read More]