Auction News

Bonhams Fine & Rare wine sale on 6th December at New Bond Street, London will feature some exceptional wines from private European cellars. The sale will include several outstanding European collections, with a remarkable range of rare Spanish wines from 1925 to 1982, top Italian wines and 12 vintages of Lebanese Chateau [Read More]

A San Ildefonso etched redware jar by famed potter Tony Da took top lot honors Nov. 10 when it brought $32,500 in Heritage’s American Indian Art Signature® Auction. Bidders recognized the value in a trio of Sioux beaded hide objects and the work of several contemporary potters. Delia Sullivan, American Indian Art [Read More]

A magnificent 9.26 carat GIA D/IF Type IIa unmounted diamond is expected to bring at least $1 million to lead Heritage Auction’s Dec. 3 Jewelry Signature® Auction. It joins more than 1,500 lots in an auction expected to break $7.9 million. “The exceptionally rare Type IIa diamond is about as perfect as [Read More]

Romanée-Conti led Bonhams Fine & Rare Wines, Cognac and Single Malt Whisky Auction on 21 November at the Island Shangri-La in Hong Kong with seven of the top eight lots coming from this iconic Burgundy domaine. A case of the 1988 vintage made HK$1,047,200 (£84,686) and six bottles of the 1995 vintage [Read More]

What was supposed to be a one-day event ended up spanning two weekends and over 24 hrs. (BRISTOL, Conn.) – A 1970 Pontiac GTO (“The Judge” – one of the most iconic muscle cars of the muscle car era) sped off for $25,875 at the first-ever Fall Sizzler Estate Extravaganza Auction held [Read More]

Featured will be a rare Russian icon, three Chinese rhinoceros horn libation cups, a rare 17kt yellow gold ceremonial cup crafted circa 1000 A.D., and artwork by noted regional painters. (NEW ORLEANS, La.) – An rare 19th century framed Russian icon of St. Nicholas, a rare 17K yellow gold Chimu Kero (ceremonial [Read More]

The Kitchen presents a Benefit Art Auction on Monday, November 26, 2012. 7–9pm Cocktails and Silent Auction. 8pm Live Auction with Gabriela Palmieri of Sotheby’s. Always essential for The Kitchen’s continuing programming, this annual benefit is especially significant in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which severely damaged our building. The fundraiser will [Read More]

Bonhams, will be offering Steve McQueen’s Husqvarna at its 3rd annual Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction in January. 1970 Husqvarna 400 Cross owned and ridden by Steve McQueen Through best friend Bud Ekins, McQueen became associated with Triumph in the 1960s. But when the lightweight, powerful and nimble Swedish-made Husqvarna was introduced to [Read More]

After a time gap of over thirty years, Richard Winterton is delighted to announce that his family auction business ‘Richard Winterton Auctioneers Ltd’ is relocating their head office and main salerooms back to its home town of Lichfield City Centre this December. The move from the Fradley site into the heart of [Read More]

Pre-Auction Dinner Hosted By Jack Daniels, President and Founder of Wilson Daniels, on December 7th (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., the internationally renowned wine auction house and retailer, will hold an exciting auction of Finest and Rarest Wines on December 8th at award-winning restaurant Tru, located at 676 North [Read More]

The table was found by a contractor renovating a home outside Newark. It was the sale’s top lot. (REPAUPO, N.J.) – A rare and important chess table designed by Isamu Noguchi for Herman Miller in the 1940s and discovered by a contractor renovating a home outside Newark, sold for $109,250 at a [Read More]

Bonhams announce the November 18 auction of Entertainment Memorabilia in Los Angeles, where early designs, props, drawings and models from Walt Disney World will be featured. Located in Lake Buena Vista, FL, the celebrated park is one of the world’s most visited thematic attractions. Walt Disney World opened in 1971 and covers [Read More]

Also sold was a stunning work by Austrian artist Franz Unterberger that fetched $180,000. Oil on canvas by Franz Richard Unterberger (Austrian, 1838-1902), titled Canal in Venice (est. $150,000-$250,000). (MILFORD, Conn.) – A gorgeous marine rendering of boats in the early morning haze, with shad fishermen in rowboats, by American artist Edward [Read More]

Also, two Edison stock tickers, circa 1900-1910, sold for $8,260 and $5,900 at the three-session event, held Oct. 20th at the Museum of American Finance and Oct. 21st and 23rd in Fort Lee, N.J. (FORT LEE, N.J.) – A high-grade example of the Peter Force 1843 printing of the Declaration of Independence, [Read More]

The two-day sale featured American antiques Oct. 20th and firearms and fishing reels Oct. 21st (WINDSOR, Conn.) – A lovely Federal mahogany Pembroke drop-leaf table, probably made in New York sometime between 1790-1810, sold for $36,800 at a two-day, two-session sale held Oct. 20-21 by Nadeau’s Auction Gallery. The auction was held [Read More]

BOSTON, Mass. – November 5, 2012 – Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of Fine Books & Manuscripts on November 18th in its Boston gallery. Devon Gray’s debut, as the newly appointed department director, features exceptionally rare books, first editions, presidential memorabilia, and important historical documents. Presidential Letters and Documents The auction [Read More]

HONG KONG – Joyce Gallery Auction will present Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art II on Nov. 10. The auction will be composed of more than 287 lots and featurw a broad range of art and objects – jade, porcelain, ceramics, and archaic and later bronzes. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding. [Read More]

Albert Bierstadt’s 1872 masterpiece Mount Brewer from King’s River Canyon, California is expected to bring $700,000+ as the centerpiece of Heritage Auctions Nov. 10 Western & California Art Signature® Auction, an event that is expected to bring in more than $10 million at the company’s Fine Arts Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum [Read More]