On April 5th Leslie Hindman Auctioneers will sell the only known signed photograph of Jesse Woodson James. The albumen print portrait, showing a bust of James as a young man with his hair slicked back and dressed in a suit and tie, is the most iconic image of the outlaw. James’ signature [Read More]
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The Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold a three day auction marathon on April 8, 9, 10, 2011, with two thousand lots in three days and no reserves on lots sold on Friday and Sunday. “It seems that we are offered more and better property to sell without reserve with each [Read More]
A tiny oriental enamel lidded box has just been sold for £6k at a local auction The Japanese cloisonné box known as a ‘kogo’ dating form c.1890/1910 had been discovered on a valuation day at Richard Winterton’s Lichfield Auction Centre. Brought in by a local client along with other pieces of oriental [Read More]
An Italian Giltwood and Fabric bedroom set, attributed to Michelangelo Guggenheim, Venice Italy, circa 1890, and retailed by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co., New York, is expected to bring $40,000 as one of the principal highlights of Heritage Auctions Sunday, March 20 Signature® Decorative Arts Auction, the first Heritage Decorative Arts auction [Read More]
A vast collection of 30,000 toy soldiers accumulated by Dutch collector, Gijs Scholtens, is to be sold at Bonhams, Knowle, as part of its auction of Toys, Dolls and Soldiers on 5 April 2011. Echoing the historic journey of Stadtholder William III of Orange (later King William of England, married to Mary [Read More]
Morphy Auctions will be selling the late Bob Levy’s personal collection of gambling and coin-op machines over Labor Day weekend, 2011. The collection of 350-400 antique and vintage machines will be offered in its entirety in a Sept. 3 session at Morphy’s gallery, with Internet live bidding through Morphy Live and LiveAuctioneers.com. [Read More]
Sotheby’s on 10 May 2011, will offer one of the most important works by Jeff Koons ever to have appeared at auction. Pink Panther from 1988 draws on many of the themes that have come to define Koons’ output and stands as one of the outstanding achievements of his illustrious career. The [Read More]
The three-day event, held March 4-6 in Oceanside, N.Y., grossed more than $500,000. (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – An archive of material pertaining to the famous counterculture cartoonist Robert Crumb – including a pair of original hand-drawn personal greeting cards and a 13-page sketchbook – sold for $16,950 at a multi-estate sale held March [Read More]
SmartAuction, Ally Financial’s online used vehicle auction, received the 2010 “Best Performance – eChannel” award from Avis Budget Group. The award was announced at the 2011 Conference of Automotive Remarketing (CAR). According to Greg Thibault, Avis Budget Group’s vice president of Fleet Disposal, SmartAuction helped Avis Budget Group remarket more vehicles from [Read More]
Following on the great success of the Fine Asian Works of Art auction in December 2010, which brought more than $19 million, Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to showcase decorative Asian Works of Art on March 15, 2011. The San Francisco auction will feature Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Southeast Asian Works of [Read More]
The event was held the day before the popular Chicagoland Petroliana & Advertising Show. (PEOTONE, Ill.) – An exceptionally clean Richlube Motor Oil double-sided porcelain sign (“100% Pure Pennsylvania”) soared to $7,425 at the Spring Petroliana & Advertising Auction held Mar. 4 by Matthews Auctions, LLC. The sale was conducted the day [Read More]
A previously unknown copy of a very rare book of early poems by William Blake is for auction at the Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs sale at Bonhams in London on 22 March. It is estimated at between £60,000-80,000. The poems in Poetical Sketches were written between 1768 and 1777 when [Read More]
Gockel will be at the easel, painting live, at the festival and on The Smooth Jazz Cruise. (PANAMA CITY, Fla.) – World renowned abstract painter Alfred Gockel will be the featured artist at this year’s Seabreeze Jazz Festival, slated for April 13-17 in Panama City’s amphitheater at Pier Park. Mr. Gockel will [Read More]
(BRISTOL, Conn.) – Tim’s, Inc., will hold its 19th annual Cabin Fever Auction on Sunday, March 27, but not in the usual venue. In the past, Tim’s conducted the yearly event at the Litchfield Firehouse in Litchfield. But this year, a combination of factors led to the decision to hold the auction [Read More]
Sotheby’s annual Contemporary Turkish Art Auction will be held in London on Thursday, 7th April, 2011. This year the sale will feature an exceptional collection of paintings by the modern Turkish master, Mubin Orhon. This unique collection comes with impeccable provenance, having been amassed by Daniel Gervis, a French dealer, collector and [Read More]
Boston, MA – Artfact.com partners with Heritage Auctions of Dallas, Texas to offer live online bidding at an exciting auction of historical materials and memorabilia from the state of Texas. Included in the auction is a wide variety of rare and important books, documents, maps, works on paper and more, with a [Read More]
A gold, enamel and garnet bodice brooch from 1830 that belonged to Queen Victoria will be offered in the Jewellery Sale, taking place on April 6th at Bonhams Knightsbridge. The finely detailed brooch is embellished with green and red enamel, set with cabochon garnets that suspend an elongated drop of a similar [Read More]
Sotheby’s London have announced the sale of the greatest collection of 20th-Century British Art ever to come to the market: The Evill/Frost Collection, a stand-alone three-part sale which launches with an Evening Sale on Wednesday 15th June 2011. This incomparable collection comprises outstanding works of the highest calibre by Modern British masters [Read More]