A pair of 40-Bore pistols owned by accomplished big game hunter Major Dick Cooper, best friend of Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke and friend of Ernest Hemingway, are to be offered at Bonhams, Knightsbridge as part of the Fine Antique Arms and Armour sale on 29th April 2010. The pistols, by John Manton [Read More]
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Out nations great love of dogs was in evidence at Richard Winterton’s Fine Art Sale on 25th March when an oil painting of pug puppies proved ‘best in show’. Dogs in art have always been held in high esteem and images of puppies have a particular appeal. Lot 15 a charming oil [Read More]
Top lot at Swann Galleries March 9th 2010 auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings was Amedeo Modigliani’s pencil drawing of Beatrice Hastings, circa 1915, which brought $84,000. The portrait of the political activist and literary figure, which was once in the celebrated collection of Joseph L Shulman, had a [Read More]
Bonhams seventh sale of South African Art in London on 24.March.12010. Out of a total of 135 works by 42 artists 82% sold making a total of £2.6m (R28.5m) achieved by this sale, the seventh South African Art Sale in five years at Bonhams. Works by Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, Gerard Sekoto and [Read More]
Engines, cabooses, boxcars, barrel loaders, semaphores, and stations, all of which boys and girls of any age dream, will be sold April 10 at Gateway Gallery Auction. “This particular collection of model trains is in excellent condition and has been lovingly cared for, with many of the box sets unopened” said Micah [Read More]
Grey Flannel Auctions Summer Games Auction, with bidding on now through April 14, is packed with desirable game-worn apparel, jewelry, trophies, and game-used equipment autographed by superstars of baseball, football, basketball and hockey. The centerpiece of the nearly 1,100 lots to be sold is the New York Yankees pinstriped uniform Yogi Berra [Read More]
Auction will also include several pieces from Scott of the Antarctic’s Terra Nova A MONUMENTAL model of H.M.S. Leviathan will be offered by Charles Miller Ltd on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 in his sale of Maritime Models, Instruments & Art in London (25, Blythe Road, W14). A dockyard model, this 1st class [Read More]
Sale Features Apollo 13 Emergency Check List Used and Annotated 40 Years Ago Additional Highlights Include an Apollo 11 Patch Consigned Directly by Astronaut Michael Collins and a Diamond Pin from Apollo 1 Widows New York – An annual auction that celebrates space flight, from the earliest experiments to the present day, [Read More]
Bonhams is pleased to announce the joining of forces with the Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) by having been named the organization’s exclusive auctioneers. As stewards of historic automobiles, HMSA is one of the most respected racing organizations in North America, sanctioning the world-famous Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion (formerly known as the [Read More]
A 1960s Cresta Couture black lace dress owned by the celebrated 20th century ballet dancer Dame Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991), which she gave to Sarah Hamilton, her interior designer between 1962 and 1965, is to be offered at Bonhams, Knowle, as part of its Costume and Textiles sale on 20 April 2010. The [Read More]
Christie’s announce that they will offer the first part of an extensive selection of exceptional medieval and renaissance masterpieces on 7 July 2010 in London. The Arcana Collection: Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula Part I is an outstanding private collection which has been assembled over the past 3 decades and which includes [Read More]
Christie’s Auctioneers has announced its three Photographs sales this spring season will be held in New York on April 14 and 15, 2010. The three separate sales include two single owner collections, Three Decades with Irving Penn: Photographs from the Collection of Patricia McCabe, and Selections from the Baio Collection of Photographs [Read More]
As a highlight of its Important American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture auction on May 20 in New York, Christie’s announced it will offer the most significant collection of paintings and illustrations by the beloved American artist Maxfield Parrish ever to be offered at auction. Major works from all periods of Parrish’s long [Read More]
For the first time in its 27-year history, the Annual Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education Benefit for Children will offer about 400 fantastic and innovative Silent and Live Auction items, a record number, to a new world of bidders via the Internet for three weeks beginning Monday, March 29 through Sunday, [Read More]
Grand Estates Auction Co., which specializes in auctioning premier, one-of-a-kind residential real estate, is auctioning two distinctive waterfront properties in Charleston, S.C., and Lake Oconee, Ga. The “absolute” auctions, where there are no minimum bids and no reserves, will be held at the residences at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, and [Read More]
A lifetime’s collection of important Doulton stoneware pottery by the gifted Hannah Barlow and her equally talented sister Florence comes under the hammer at Colwyn Bay, North Wales auctioneers Rogers Jones & Co on Tuesday March 30. Much of the collection was acquired from sources in the Staffordshire Potteries between the years [Read More]
Gray’s Auctioneers announces Auction 28: Fine Jewelry, Gems and Watches, to be held March 31st at 1pm. This diverse sale features over 125 stunning jewelry lots ranging from rings, bracelets and necklaces to brooches, pendants and earrings. Of particular note is a David Webb ladies 18 kt yellow and white gold, diamond [Read More]
On March 14th, 2010, Clars Auction Gallery offered the most extensive collection of Richard MacDonald sculptures as part of their March Fine Estates Sale. This important collection came to auction from a former real estate developer of luxury homes. The collection of seventeen sculptures ranged in size from 14” tall to 54” [Read More]