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Two paintings by Texas Impressionist Julian Onderdonk anchor the Texas Art side of Heritage Auctions’ Dec. 16 Signature® Art of the American West &Texas Auction, an auction featuring a host of the best names in Texas art, taking place live at Heritage’s Design District Annex at 1518 Slocum Street and online at [Read More]

On 17 December 2009 at 2pm, Sotheby’s New York will hold its bi-annual sale of Important 20th Century Design beginning with works from the Art & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and American Modern movements, and concluding with Mid-Century and Contemporary design. Highlighting the sale is an offering of 25 lots collected [Read More]

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – Over 325 rare and vintage bottles – most of them made between 1850 and 1900, the period most desired by collectors, when superior embossing techniques were employed – will be sold in an Internet and catalog auction slated for Jan. 8-18 by American Bottle Auctions (www.AmericanBottle.com). Phone and absentee [Read More]

Gray’s Auctioneers is pleased to announce its Holiday Auction, to be held Sunday, December 13th at 1 pm. The Holiday Auction marks Gray’s 26th sale, and further proves Gray’s position as Northeast Ohio ’s leading auction and appraisal facility. Of particular note is this sale’s remarkable selection of jewelry, including a stunning [Read More]

The story of the Titanic, says Dr. Charles Pellegrino, is like a “tragedy written by God with Shakespeare as his muse.” Dr. Pellegrino, one of only 6 people to enter the submerged Titanic (albeit it accidentally), is a scientist whose collection of Titanic expedition artifacts will be featured in I.M. Chait’s December [Read More]

Miller Land and Livestock (www.milleronlineauctions.com) announces the public auction of The Gobbler Supper Club according to Ray Miller, auctioneer. Designed by architect Helmut Ajango in 1966 for local turkey farmer Clarence Hartwig, this 16,544 square-foot building on up to nine acres includes a revolving bar, restaurant and banquet facility that seats 350 [Read More]

United Country Lippard Auctioneers, Inc., (www.lippardauctions.com) announces the public auction of the former Kingfisher Regional Hospital, according to Troy Lippard, auctioneer. “Kingfisher Regional Hospital recently built a new facility on the South end of town,” explained Lippard. “Therefore we will be offering the old building at absolute public auction which means it [Read More]

About 250 lots – including many rare and important early American shelf clocks – will cross the block (WAYNE, Pa.) – A two-part auction featuring around 250 lots of vintage clocks and horology-related items will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 29, at the Italian-American Club in Wayne, beginning at 3:15 p.m. The [Read More]

Bonhams masters pre-nineteenth century art market at upcoming Old Master Paintings Sale Bonhams will be offering an impressive array of important works in their upcoming 9th December Old Master Paintings Sale at their New Bond Street saleroom. Amongst some of the marvellous paintings on offer is a pair of captivating still life [Read More]

The two day Russian Art sale at Christie’s in London realized a total of £8,889,025 / $14,746,892 and was sold 82% by value and 70% by lot overall. The sale was highlighted by Nicholas Roerich’s (1874-1947) painting “Legend, From the Series Messiah”, painted in 1923 which sold for £993,250 / $1,647,802. Nicholas [Read More]

Rare and important works by two Flemish old masters, Sir Anthony van Dyck and Sir Peter Paul Rubens, will form the cornerstone of this year’s December Evening Sale of Old Master & British Paintings at Sotheby’s in London. The sale, which is scheduled to take place on the evening of Wednesday, December [Read More]

Max Beckmann’s painting “View of the Outskirts at the Sea near Marseille”, formerly in the possession of the famous collector and friend of the artist Stephan Lackner (California), surpassed all expectations at auction in Berlin; it sold for 2,618,000 Euros, the new world record auction price for a landscape by Max Beckmann. [Read More]

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest auctioneer of industrial equipment, will be conducting the World of Concrete benefit auction in Las Vegas, Nevada on Thursday, February 4, 2010 starting at 1:00 p.m. All proceeds support the Concrete Industry Management (CIM) post-secondary education program, developed by its National Steering Committee (NSC). Ritchie [Read More]

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – E. Howard & Company has been producing high-grade watches, regulators and marine clocks since its inception in 1842, and today E. Howard & Company clocks have evolved into the Holy Grail of manufacturers among the rapidly burgeoning genre of vintage clock and watch collecting. The firm still exists today, [Read More]

Manion’s the international online auction company is partnering with Proxibid to offer an early American stoneware collection. The auction begins December 6 and closed December 20 – the collection is currently online for preview at www.proxibid.com. “We will offer nearly 100 pieces in the initial auction with more to come in the [Read More]

Penny Worley Auctioneers (www.worleyauctioneers.com) announces the online auction of furniture, fixtures and equipment from a failed bank in Corona, Ca., according to Jerry Jenkins. “We have over 3,500 square feet of good IT equipment in this auction,” Jenkins said. “Plus this bank was close to Disneyland, and the executives were big fans. [Read More]

Serious collectors are eagerly awaiting the December 17th sale of Fine Watches and Wristwatches scheduled to take place at Bonhams New York. Consisting of just over 100 lots, the sale includes pieces by the most desirable names in watch design including Ulysse Nardin, Cartier, and Patek Philippe. In fact, it is a [Read More]

Bonhams is pleased to announce the inclusion of Larry Adler’s silver Hohner concerto harmonica in its 16th December Entertainment Memorabilia auction in London. This is the instrument the virtuoso owned from the 1980s until his death in 2001. It travelled the globe with Adler, and was played by him on the 1994 [Read More]