Bonhams Space History sale on April 8 will feature nearly 300 artifacts related to decades of international space exploration, including genuine spacesuits, critical flight items from the famed Apollo 11 mission, lunar-flown American flags, rare photographs and astronauts’ personal effects. Two top lots in the sale are from Apollo 11, the first [Read More]
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Around 600 lots in an eclectic mix of categories came up for bid. The auction grossed $250,000. (LYNBROOK, N.Y.) – A rare and historic British presentation sword and scabbard from 1813 soared to $27,060 and a 75-million-year-old dinosaur egg nest with seven eggs sold for $17,915 at a 600-lot estate sale held [Read More]
A collection of 56 unseen working proof prints by one of Britain’s most famous artists and sculptors, Henry Moore (1898-1986), will be offered for sale as part of Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions sale of Modern & Contemporary Prints on Thursday 27th March. Collected by Moore’s master printer, Michael Rand, lots 116-172 from [Read More]
Bonhams American Art sale on May 21 will feature a long-lost 1771 portrait of Captain Gabriel Maturin by John Singleton Copley, one of approximately 25 portraits by the artist painted during his six-month sojourn in New York City four years prior to the American Revolution (est. $500,000-700,000). The portrait was recorded in [Read More]
A single bottle of 1934 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Richebourg Vieux Cépages, one of the rarest and most important bottles of wine in the world, may bring more than $50,000 when it crosses the block at Heritage Auctions on March 21. The bottle is being offered as the cover lot of the [Read More]
The only known copy of an almost 7-foot-tall movie poster for the 1947 reissue of Dracula could sell for $40,000 when it crosses the block March 22-23 in Heritage Auctions’ Vintage Movie Poster Signature Auction in Dallas. The fearsome three sheet poster showing a lecherous Bela Lugosi ready to strike his next [Read More]
An early 19th century German Empire mahogany temple-form roll-top desk intricately fitted with hidden drawers and compartments sold for $35,000 to lead Heritage Auctions’ Feb. 21-23 Fine & Decorative Arts Including Estates Signature Auction in Dallas. The $2.3 million sale featured more than 1,700 lots spanning 200 years of design. “We saw [Read More]
Christie’s announce the forthcoming sale of Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints, which will be held on Wednesday, 19 March 2014, and is set to attract buyers and collectors from around the world. The sale offers a vibrant and varied range of works from the late 15th century to the present day [Read More]
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions will be holding a sale of Fine Clocks, Barometers, Scientific Instruments & Horological Books, on Tuesday 11th March. It will include a highly important Charles II small ebonised architectural eight-day longcase clock by Joseph Knibb circa 1655-7, one of the most important early English longcase clocks to come [Read More]
Yesterday’s World Book Day saw Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions sell an extremely rare copy of Christiaan Huygens’ Horologium, 1658, for £54,560 in a sale of Printed Books and Manuscripts, held at their London saleroom. Rupert Powell, Deputy Chairman of Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions said: “It is a fitting celebration for this exceedingly [Read More]
Summer Garden, a sunny and serene painting by the leading Scottish Colourist, Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, is among the major works to be offered at Bonhams Annual Scottish Sale in Edinburgh on April 15. It is estimated at £70,000-90,000. Painted in 1907, Summer Garden reflects many of the influences the artist absorbed [Read More]
The sale will be held at Fontaine’s gallery, at 1485 West Housatonic Street in Pittsfield, Mass. (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – 365 lots of fresh, quality merchandise in a host of diverse categories – musical items, coin-op, advertising, toys, country store, banks, gaming and more – will be sold on Saturday, March 29, by [Read More]
YORK, PA – Hake’s Americana & Collectibles, the auction house that established pop culture as a bona-fide category of historical memorabilia, has opened the bidding on its Auction #211. As always, there’s an immense array of items that fall under one of two headings: either “I had one of those!” or “I’ve [Read More]
A small but perfectly formed collection of 60 fine vintage and modern wristwatches for the collector and connoisseur, ranging from £500 – 12,000, will be offered as part of Dreweatts & Bloomsbury auctions Wednesday 26th March sale of Fine Watches, Pens & Luxury Accessories. The auction, containing the most sought after of [Read More]
Robert Edward Auctions is pleased to announce that one of the featured auction lots in its upcoming blockbuster sale will be the home run ball hit by Boston Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk in the 12th inning of Game 6 during the 1975 World Series. Fisk’s heroics, including his dramatic motioning for [Read More]
Boulder County, CO – Artemis Gallery LIVE is proud to present a spectacular one-day auction of the fine Antiquities, Pre-Columbian, Far Eastern, Native American, and Ethnographic art on Friday, March 14, 2014, the day before the infamous “Ides of March.” “This auction is truly special,” says Teresa Dodge, owner of Artemis Gallery [Read More]
Geneseo, NY: On March 29th, Cottone Auctions will be holding their annual Winter Fine Art and Antiques Auction offering 500+ lots in Cottone’s 6000 square foot gallery at 120 Court Street, Geneseo, NY. This important estate auction will include original paintings by noted listed artists, several Tiffany lamps, silver, sculpture, Asian art, [Read More]
Did you know that St. Patrick’s original signature color was blue? Just maybe, St. Patrick himself was ahead of his time and could have eventually been a collector of Americana where blue is the hottest color around. On Saturday, March 15th beginning at 10 am, Garth’s Auctions will host a one day [Read More]