Antiques

Christie’s will offer international works of art from the former collection of the Scheringa Museum, as agreed by the Administrator of DS Art B.V., part of the DSB Group, and Deutsche Bank. In total, 221 works of art will be offered at a series of auctions in Amsterdam, London, New York and [Read More]

An eclectic range of furniture, clocks, mirrors and paintings from Shelley’s Hotel, once the home of revered English Romantic poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley will be sold at Bonhams Period Design sale on 10th July, in London. The collection formed part of the decoration at Shelley’s Hotel in Lewes, Sussex, where the great [Read More]

Boulder County, CO – Antiquities-Saleroom will host an online-only auction of Antiquities, Pre-Columbian & Ethnographic Art on Friday, July 13 beginning at noon EDT. The sale features Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Tribal and Spanish Colonial Art. Internet bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com. The first part of the auction [Read More]

John Moran Auctioneers announce their July 24th antiques auction featuring early to mid – 20th century design, including Art Deco, clocks, 19th and early 20th century Continental furniture and decorative arts, and Americana. Leading the latter category is a Colt ‘Peacemaker’ revolver that was carried in the Battle of San Juan Hill [Read More]

888 Auctions concluded a successful auction with a rare and genuine antique French Gilt-Bronze and Champlevé Enamel Clock bringing in an astounding $15,600, far exceeding the high estimate (est. $5,000-10,000). The June 21 sale comprising 450 lots, experienced robust participation from around the world with bidders from over 25 countries. From the [Read More]

A stunning bust with an extraordinary story that moves between the worlds of early African exploration, opera, art and romance is one of the top items in Bonhams sale of Fine European Furniture, Sculpture and Works of Art on July 5th in London. This marble and bronze bust of an African Queen [Read More]

Bonhams held a successful two-day auction of Asian Works of Art, June 19-20 in San Francisco, achieving over $ 5.5 million in sales. The auctions’ over 700 lots of predominantly Chinese art attracted a strong international bidding audience and brought strong prices in all categories. The first of the two sale days [Read More]

Annie Oakley’s historic Parker Brothers 12-gauge shotgun, consigned for sale by her great-grandnieces and offered to the public for the first time by Heritage Auctions in Dallas, brought $143,400 on Sunday, June 10, during the company’s $2.47+ million “Legends of the Wild West” auction. Oakley’s iconic Stetson hat, also consigned by the [Read More]

A copy of one of the largest and most sought after books of photographs ever published is for sale at Bonhams Book, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs in London on 12 June. It is estimated at £50,000-70,000. The book is made up of 20 photographic views of Egypt, Sinai and Jerusalem by [Read More]

Christie’s is to host a two-part series of sales of furniture and works of art from Steinitz, the renowned Parisian antiques gallery, in Paris (20 June) and then in New York (21 June). Following the three international sales of Le Goût Steinitz from Fall 2007, this sale of over 160 lots will [Read More]

The most colourful selection of Lalique vases ever assembled for auction is to be sold at Bonhams The Colours of René Lalique and Design from 1860 Sale in London on 12 June 2012. René Lalique (1860-1945) was a celebrated figure of the Art Deco movement. His work was highly fashionable during his [Read More]

Christie’s are to auction a 9,000 year old limestone mask from the Judean desert on June 8 in New York. The mask is among the earliest sculptural types to survive from the ancient Near East. Additional highlights among the 260 lots in the sale are an extremely rare Egyptian painted votive linen [Read More]

Bonhams is to auction a private letter the on Anne of Cleves Henry VIII marriage by Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s chief minister from 1532-40, and the central figure in Hilary Mantel’s latest novel, Bring up the Bodies, in the Book, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs Sale in London on 12 June. It [Read More]

Bonhams is to present a strong selection of works by Tiffany Studios as part of its 20th Century Decorative Arts auction, June 12. Tiffany Studios, founded by Louis Comfort Tiffany in 1885, has continually set the standard for creating beautiful, intricate and imaginative art glass, windows, metalwork and leaded glass lamps. The [Read More]

The world record for inro (traditional Japanese medicine cases consisting of nested boxes) sold at auction has been broken yet again by Bonhams in the third part of the Edward Wrangham sale that took place on the 15th May. With a sale total of £1.7 million, 82% sold by lot and 93% [Read More]

On June 23, 2012, Potter & Potter Auctions will conduct its second annual auction of gambling memorabilia. A highlight of the sale will be a recently discovered set of duplicate books from El Patio, an illegal mob-run casino from Cicero Illinois. Louis Campagna, one of Al Capone’s closest bodyguards, owned a piece [Read More]

Sotheby’s London sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art brought a total of £12.9 million / $20.5 million / €16.1 million, more than doubling the pre-sale low estimate for the entire auction (est. £6,405,000-9,289,000). White and Russett Jade ‘Immortal’ Brushpot. Estimate: £250,000 – 350,000. Sold for: £1,553,250 ($2,479,453). Photo: Sotheby’s [Read More]

Tthe Antiques Rockshow will take place at the Amsterdam cafe on Saturday 19th May. Two Bonhams specialists in the world of memorabilia, Stephanie Connell and Stephen Maycock, will be present at Hard Rock Cafe (Max Euweplein 57- 61, 1017 MA Amsterdam) between 10am and 2pm and will give a appraisal to any [Read More]