Bonhams will auction Important Studio Glass from the Collection of Dr. Anthony Terrana in the June 14 20th Century Decorative Arts auction at the Madison Avenue salesroom. Comprised of 23 impressive works created by some of today’s most gifted, innovative and influential artists in this burgeoning collecting field, this notable group inspires [Read More]
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Former home of Deputy Governor of the Bank of England boasts vase that is a triumph of Chinese expertise The contents of Trelissick House, former home of Leonard Daneham Cunliffe, one of Britain’s most distinguished collectors, will be sold by Bonhams on 23-24 July this year. The sale will comprise approximately 750 [Read More]
An astonishing survivor, a glass Achaemenid bowl from the ancient Persian Empire, circa 5th-early 4th Century B.C. made £481,250 at Bonhams sale of Antiquities in London on May 1st. The bowl’s pre-sale estimate was just £30,000 to £50,000 and it strong price reflects the success of the sale generally which made a [Read More]
The Antique Arms and Armor and Sporting Guns auction at Bonhams, June 10 in San Francisco, is highlighted by Colonial and Revolutionary War-era highlights, the leading lot of which is the Roman Wetmore incised American powder horn, attributed to the ‘Mementos Mori’ carver, estimated at $20,000-30,000. The 12-inch powder horn is inscribed [Read More]
A collection of 400 pieces that will be sold May 4 at Gateway Gallery Auction in Chambersburg, PA. Hoffman, 71, spent the last 50 years collecting things that spoke to him “cool stuff, primitive, factory elements, whatever struck me.” Beginning in the late 1960s, as fun outings with friends, the group went [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]
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]
A rare Ming vase once in the collection of millionaire mining magnate, philanthropist and famed collector Sir Alfred Chester Beatty will be one of the highlights of the Two Day sale at The Canterbury Auction Galleries on April 16-17. The blue and white porcelain Guan vase was made in Jingdezhen, the name [Read More]
Christie’s is to present the two-day sale of A Palladian Villa by Michael S. Smith taking place 23-24 April. Encompassing over 450 lots, the sale will include contemporary art, English furniture, Old Master paintings, Chinese works of art and antiquities from a remarkable private property designed by Michael S. Smith, one of [Read More]
The Walton specimen of the 1913 Liberty nickel, graded PR63 by PCGS and one of only five known, will be sold at public auction for the first time at the Official Auction of the Central States Numismatic Society’s Annual Convention, presented by Heritage Auctions, April 24 — 26, with Platinum Night scheduled [Read More]
A Fr. 379c Series 1891 $1000 Treasury Note and a Fr. 1166c Series 1863 $100 Gold Certificate — the only notes of their kind in private hands known to exist — are in contention to take top lot honors during Heritage Auctions’ second Platinum Night Currency auction, held in conjunction with the [Read More]
Pattern coinage collected by Eric P. Newman, legendary numismatic researcher and founding member of the Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS), will be sold April 25 at the CSNS Annual Convention’s Official Auction, presented by Heritage Auctions in Schaumburg, IL. Items being sold are from the extensive collection of the Eric P. Newman [Read More]
A collection of 58 tiny Japanese netsuke figurines is expected to command big price’s at Bonhams 16 May auction of the Adrienne Barbanson Collection in London. Bonhams achieved a world record for this art form when a single netsuke went for £265,000 at a recent sale. The Japanese are known as masters [Read More]
It was standing room only at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney as the greatly anticipated Laverty Collection of contemporary Australian indigenous and non-indigenous art went under the hammer with Bonhams on Sunday March 24, 2013. The mood was electric as more than 300 people crammed into the MCA’s Foundation Hall, [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of European Furniture and Decorative Arts on Saturday, April 6th in its Boston gallery. This sale will feature The Fletcher Collection of Imperial Russia and over 300 lots of fine silver. The sale will also present Continental and British ceramics, clocks, lighting, textiles, antique furniture and [Read More]
Bonhams will hold a preview of three of its most important upcoming sales in Amsterdam from 7 – 9 March. The preview will feature the Mühleib collection of European Glass, Chinese Works of Art as well as works from the Barbanson Collection of Japanese Art. World authority on Asian Art and Bonhams [Read More]
Two rare Iznik bottles from the golden age of the Ottoman Empire will return to New Bond Street in Mayfair after nearly a century when they are auctioned at Bonhams next Indian and Islamic sale on April 23 for an estimated £150,000. The bottles were previously sold by the well-known antiques dealer [Read More]