Ketterer Kunst are to auction 28 objects from a private collection from Luxembourg on 14 May, 2013. Most works originate from the 19th century and those who think these days were dull and dreary will be surprised and astonished by the sight of this collection. Their lucent colors can even compete with [Read More]
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Vintage Affaire 2013 will take place on Saturday, June 22, 2013 in Woodside. It is one of the premiere wine auctions in California and benefits Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Palo Alto and Santa Cruz. Over the past 30 years, Vintage Affaire has raised nearly $8 million for [Read More]
Christie’s announce the sale of Three Generations of Wyeth: The Collection of Eric and Cynthia Sambol at the New York sale of American Art on 23 May. Comprised of thirteen works by N.C., Andrew, and Jamie Wyeth, the collection includes important and notable works from three generations of perhaps the most remarkable [Read More]
One the world’s rarest colored diamonds, a 3.50 carat natural fancy blue VS1 diamond is expected to bring $1+ million at Heritage Auctions’ Jewelry Signature® Auction April 29. Highly sought after for its rare coloration, placing it in the same class that includes the famous Hope Diamond, the diamond is the largest [Read More]
The insignia, showing a gargoyle clutching a bomb, was applied to the fabric of Green’s plane. The auction will be held June 8th-9th at Mohawk Arms’ gallery in Bouckville, N.Y., plus online. (BOUCKVILLE, N.Y.) – A World War I squadron insignia and archive pertaining to American pilot Lt. Paul E. Green is [Read More]
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – April 26, 2013 – Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments on Saturday, May 4th in its Marlborough gallery. The sale features an eclectic variety of French, English and American clocks, early watches and science material. In conjunction with this sale, Skinner is proud [Read More]
Baseball cards, coins, comic books and wine are common things to collect; but they just didn’t do it for Howard Hoffman. He focused on items that he saw as “icons of the age we live in” – advertising signs, architectural pieces, art pottery, and Americana; a collection of 400 pieces that will [Read More]
It was one of the first sales held in the Lynbrook, N.Y., gallery as the firm rebuilds from Sandy. (LYNBROOK, N.Y.) – The Wild West came charging into Long Island when a group of five Buffalo Bill posters fetched a combined $59,398 at an auction held Apr. 20 by Philip Weiss Auctions, [Read More]
ROCK ISLAND, IL (April 24, 2013)- Rock Island Auction Company set the firearms market ablaze once again at their inaugural 2013 Premiere Firearms auction held April 19, 20 & 21. “In the auction business we know each sale is different. Every auction has different challenges and uncertainties and this sale was no [Read More]
Includes over two hundred full cases of First Growth Bordeaux from the great modern vintages, nearly all in original wood; Château Latour Dinner to take place on May 17th (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., the internationally renowned wine auction house and retailer, will hold an exciting two-day auction of [Read More]
An extremely rare fancy deep-blue diamond weighing 5.30 carats sold at Bonhams Fine Jewelry sale in London’s New Bond Street today, April 24th for a record price of $1.8m per carat. The previous world record price per carat for a blue diamond was $1.68m. This rare gem was bought by Graff Diamonds, [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. today announced that its European Furniture and Decorative Arts auction grossed $1,572,219.00, exceeding the pre-sale estimate high. Held on Saturday, April 6th, the results demonstrate strong demand for quality pieces and were bolstered by record levels of participation on the new SkinnerLive! online bidding platform. “The chemistry in this sale [Read More]
Two rare Iznik bottles from the golden age of the Ottoman Empire sold at Bonhams Indian and Islamic sale today, April 23, for a total of £748,500 – with one making £447,250 a new world record for an Iznnik bottle and the second bottle selling for £301,250. The sale made a total [Read More]
BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. will hold a live auction of Fine Wines on May 2nd in its Boston gallery. Following the event, a second offering of lots will be open for bidding beginning May 3rd through May 11th exclusively online with Skinner’s timed auction platform. In partnership with Lower Falls Wine [Read More]
The finest known example of a saber-tooth tiger skeleton is up for auction in I.M. Chait’s May 4 Important Natural History Auction in Beverly Hills. The 67-inch-long tiger skeleton (Lot 326) represents a fearsome predator that once menaced the animal kingdom of South Dakota’s White River Badlands. It heads the zoological portion [Read More]
Bonhams, the international fine art auction house announce the opening this week of its new office on the ground floor at 154 De Lairessestraat in Amsterdam. The office provides greater space for viewing art and for meeting to provide valuations. It will act as the company’s hub for northern Europe and an [Read More]
Over 450 lots, all of them fresh to the market, will come under the gavel in two sessions. (PALM BEACH, Fla.) – The partial contents of a prominent Palm Beach oceanfront estate, fine Asian works of art and Persian carpets from a private Delray Beach collection and many other quality consignments will [Read More]
Works by three of India’s greatest painters Tyeb Mehta, Maqbool Husain and Sayed Haider Raza – are set to make record prices at Bonhams Indian and Islamic Sale on April 23 in London. What is particularly pleasing about these three works, is that they are all fresh to the market. It is [Read More]