Auction News

With English afternoon tea making a comeback the sale of 2,000 pieces of Spode porcelain service – at Bonhams sale on July 23 and 24 – offers a once in a lifetime opportunity for anyone wishing to purchase the ultimate tea set. This is without doubt the best collection of Spode to [Read More]

This watch has just broken an auction record by selling for over £6,000 at a Collectors’ Auction. It is a WWII German pilot’s Navigator or Observer’s wristwatch made for the Luftwaffe in c.1939 and used throughout the war. Measuring 5cm in diameter it needed to be large in size to allow for [Read More]

BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of Fine Books & Manuscripts on June 1st in its Boston gallery. The sale will feature a large group of Audubon imperial folio prints of North American quadrupeds, literary firsts, modern first editions, theological works, presidential documents, and a group of fine maps. [Read More]

With an overall result of EUR 3,4 million* in the April auctions, the season made a promising start, especially as this result tops that of last year’s spring auction by EUR 1 million. “Besides the high quality on offer, it is particularly the crisis-proof form of investment that is most convincing. Some [Read More]

The event will be held at Chesapeake Auction House’s gallery in St. Leonard, Md., at 9 a.m. (ST. LEONARD, Md.) – A huge single-owner lifetime collection of Elvis Presley items promises to be the centerpiece offering in a Memorial Day antiques and collectibles auction slated for Monday, May 27, at Chesapeake Auction [Read More]

Works by Russian artists Mihail Chemiakin and M.V. Brusilovsky are expected to draw attention (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – High-quality works of art with impeccable provenance – to include oil paintings by Russian artists Mihail Chemiakin and M.V. Brusilovsky – will headline a Fine Artwork & Decorative Arts Auction on Saturday, June 8, [Read More]

The bottle, one of only a few known in that color, could change hands for $20,000-$40,000. (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – A St. Drake’s Plantation X Bitters bottle, made circa 1862-1872 and one of only a few known in the very rare blue-green color, is expected to sell for $20,000-$40,000 at American Bottle Auctions’ [Read More]

A large end section of a Martian meteorite, packed with olivine and chromite ovoid crystals, is expected to bring $160,000+ as part of Heritage Auctions’ Nature & Science Signature® Auction June 2 in Dallas. The auction includes a strong selection of fossils, insects preserved in amber and meteorites in addition to the [Read More]

Soaring Prices set World Records at Largest US Wine Auction in 2013 (Chicago, IL) – Wine prices were high at Hart Davis Hart’s massive two-day auction this weekend in Chicago. Sale totals reached $6,420,962, surpassing a pre-sale auction estimate of $4,299,500-$6,415,440. Collections of Burgundy, Bordeaux, and California wines brought intense bidding and [Read More]

The signed, dated work (an original, not a lithograph) was impressive at 29 inches by 43 inches. (PALM BEACH, Fla.) – An original gouache (opaque watercolor) painting by renowned artist Alexander Calder (Am./Fr., 1898-1976), titled Red and Blue Egg, signed in the artist’s hand and dated 1969, sold for $114,000 at a [Read More]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Great Gatsby would feel quite at home at Palm Beach Modern’s May 25 auction. A free-spending millionaire bootlegger, the fictional Jay Gatsby was the quintessential literary embodiment of Jazz Age extravagance. Living a life of unbridled excess, Gatsby decorated his spectacular Long Island mansion with the [Read More]

Boston, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. announced the launch of its newly designed website: www.skinnerinc.com. Skinner was one of the first auction houses to provide internet services, introducing interactive features and online bidding in the early 2000s. This site redesign introduces a completely new and modern look-and-feel, as well as enhanced features for [Read More]

On Saturday June 8th and Sunday June 9th, the Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold its auctions of Early 20th Century Decorative Arts and Modern Design. “The June action Saturday session features 30 works by George Ohr from the Ellison collection plus some extraordinary Martin ware from the same source,” says [Read More]

The Bonhams auction at the Aston Martin Works in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, UK, on Saturday 18th May set a new world auction record price for an Aston Martin in the marque’s centenary year, with the unique 1960 DB4GT ‘Jet’ Coupe selling for £3,249,500 ($4,928,679). The 14th annual sale of Aston Martin and [Read More]

Bonhams has appointed Kathryn L. Steckler as a Director in Trust & Estates, based in the New York office. Ideally equipped for the role, she brings more than 10 years of experience leading cross-functional teams while working at both renowned art museums and international finance firms. Ms Steckler’s in-depth understanding of institutions [Read More]

The event will be held in Bouckville, N.Y., in central New York State, on State Rte. 20. (BOUCKVILLE, N.Y.) – Drivers, start your engines, and classic car enthusiasts, mark your calendars, for the first annual Bouckville Classic Car Show and Swap Meet, a four-day mega-event planned for June 27-30 in Bouckville, home [Read More]

Fine watches and clocks are in strong demand according to results from UK auction houses and retailers. There is at present a keen demand not only from private buyers, but also investors and collectors who scour the market to find that gem which will complete their collection. Fashion also plays a major [Read More]

The Bonhams Hong Kong upcoming Modern Wristwatches Auction to be held on 25 May at the Island Shangri-La Hotel offers the horological aficionado a tempting selection of modern horological models. From the much-venerated Rolex Paul Newman Daytona (HK$380,000 – 500,000) to the sleek Urwerk Mexican Fireleg (HK$220,000 – 320,000), Bonhams Hong Kong [Read More]