The Adelaide Bank has announced the appointment of Bonhams & Goodman to conduct the auction of its corporate art collection. The collection, to be auctioned at Bonhams & Goodman’s Adelaide premises in November, includes 238 works valued at $1.3 million. Highlights include Arthur Boyd’s Shoalhaven Landscape (1988) (pictured) estimated to fetch between [Read More]
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Bloomsbury’s first Posters sale was well received by both collectors and dealers who were pleased to have a new player in the market place. The sale had been deftly put together by the renowned expert Richard Barclay. It is both interesting and encouraging that there were at least 5 or 6 private [Read More]
ATLANTA & OMAHA, Neb – Atlanta-based WorthPoint Corporation, a Web site that provides detailed information on art, antiques, and collectibles, has signed a partnership with Omaha-based Proxibid, a Webcasting service that works with auctioneers to bring live Internet bidding to an online audience. Proxibid and WorthPoint will fill the void left by [Read More]
Offerings included photographs once owned by famous American motion picture critic, author and director Pare Lorentz Prints and Photographs from estates, trusts, and private and institutional collections brought more than $2.7-million at Bonhams & Butterfields on May 20-21, 2008, during the two-day auction simulcast to salesrooms in both San Francisco and Los [Read More]
A 1963 Holden EH Special Station Wagon, restored by disadvantaged young people with the encouragement of the late Peter Brock, has turned in one of the more impressive auction results of recent times, and all for charity, at the Shannons Melbourne Winter Classic Auction last night as more than $600,000 of vehicles [Read More]
Wellington, OH – The estate auction of the late Auctioneer Dominick Yerace brings many rare and unique items to the publics view for the first time ever. The inventory is so massive that it will be conducted on two days and in two locations. The first day of the two day event [Read More]
DULUTH, Ga. & PLEASANTON, Calif – AGCO Corporation, a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, and IronPlanet (www.ironplanet.com), the world’s leading online auction company for used construction and agricultural equipment, today announced a partnership to benefit AGCO dealers. The joint initiative provides AGCO’s 1,200 North American dealers a faster and more [Read More]
artnet launches Modern & Contemporary Prints Sale featuring works by Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Banksy, Robert Indiana and Andy Warhol. 100 works by 45 modern and contemporary artists – Price estimates range between US $1,000 and US $55,000 – June 2-20, 2008 New York / Berlin – From June 2-20, [Read More]
Zachys Wine Auctions will hold the last auction of Spring 2008 on Friday, June 20th and Saturday June 21st. After an exciting season that included Zachys’ first Las Vegas and La Paulee auctions as well as the sale of Historic Wines from the Collection of Graham Lyons, Zachys will conclude with two [Read More]
New York, NY – iGavel.com, the online fine art and antiques auction house, is hosting two exciting auctions featuring an array of antiquities, paintings, prints, Asian antiques, silver, furniture, decorative arts, and watches. A highlight of Elder’s Antique’s Late Spring On-line Auction Sensation (running from May 26 – June 5th) is a [Read More]
Bonhams Golfing Sale is being held on the 14 July in Chester to coincide with the 2008 Open Championships at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club. The Sale will also mark the 100th anniversary of Tom Morris’ death and the 150th anniversary of Samuel Ryder’s death. Old Tom Morris (1821 – 1908), as [Read More]
Rolex 1908 – 2008 To celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of Rolex, Bonhams has dedicated a section of its Fine Watches sale to the world famous watchmakers. Over 70 Rolex watches will go under the hammer on 11 June 2008, all of which demonstrate the superb craftsmanship and innovative [Read More]
Bidding has opened for Hake’s Americana & Collectibles Auction #194, which features a diverse and exciting range of items from multiple pedigreed collections, will close June 3-5, 2008. Offerings in the event, which are presently available online at www.hakes.com, include top items from the Tomart Archives, the Disneyana collections of Deak Stagemyer [Read More]
New York – Swann Galleries’ May 15 auction of Photographic Literature & Photographs opened with an excellent selection of photo books, including very desirable Surrealist works. These included the auction’s top-selling lot, a numbered and signed copy of Hans Bellmer’s Les Jeux de la Poupée, one of 142, Paris, 1949, which brought [Read More]
The auction featured important Kremer family heirlooms, including a 1779 land indenture signed by Sarah Mickley, who has a close connection to United States history. During the Revolutionary War, when British troops overtook Philadelphia in 1777, Philadelphia’s Executive Council immediately ordered that eleven bells – the Liberty Bell (then called the State [Read More]
The Pook & Pook, Inc., June 12 and 13, variety sale will include items from a Philadelphia Educational Institution and a Pennsylvania Historical Society. The 1,400 plus lots, to begin being sold at 10 a.m. both days, will showcase American period, formal and painted country furniture, fine porcelains, textiles, silver, pottery, firearms, [Read More]
Since Mastro Auctions introduced its Classic Collector events a couple years ago, the sales have been a bonafide industry hit. Never has that fact been more obvious than when Mastro Auctions prepared for its June Classic Collector event. According to Doug Allen, COO and president of Mastro Auctions, consignments for the June [Read More]
Dallas, TX: Heritage announced today the launch of a new category, 20th-Century Art and Design. Thom Pegg will serve as director of the department and currently is organizing the inaugural auction scheduled for December 11, 2008. Mr. Pegg is a veteran of the auction scene, having spent the last 12 years as [Read More]