Auction News

A bidding frenzy erupted at a recent auction where buyers flew in from China to purchase rare Chinese artefacts. Richard Winterton Auctioneers of Lichfield Fine & Decorative Arts Auction yesterday (1st November) included a private consignment of Chinese Jade, Porcelain and works of art discovered amongst the contents of a deceased estate. [Read More]

Bonhams, announce that it has been invited to host a sale of important collector cars at the prestigious Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance next February. The 7th annual Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance will be held on the lawns of the internationally renowned Boca Raton Resort & Club (a Waldorf Astoria property), located seaside [Read More]

Cordier Auctions will hold their Fall Antique & Fine Art auction in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on November 10 and 11. Highlights of the sale include paintings by Paul Feiler (German/English, B. 1918) and John Clymer (American, 1907-1989), a Chinese Qing Dynasty dragon robe and a 1925 Ford Model T pickup truck as well [Read More]

Chateau Trotanoy Collection Sets World Records with Soaring Prices; Strongest Bidding of the Year Seen Across All Categories (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart held a record-setting auction this weekend in Chicago, realizing $3,668,745 against a pre-sale auction estimate of $2,320,510-$3,470,730. The dining room at Chicago’s TRU Restaurant was filled to capacity [Read More]

The three-day event will be conducted at the gallery of Pope Auction Center on Illinois Rte. 48. (RAYMOND, Ill). – Nearly 2,000 quality lots of antique and collectible toys, vintage and modern firearms, petroliana, soda, breweriana, country store and more will be sold at a massive three-day event planned for Nov. 23-25 [Read More]

Due to conditions following the storm in New York both auctions will be led from Bonhams San Francisco gallery: Photographs November 1, 2012 at 10am Pacific, 1pm Eastern San Francisco & New York European Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture November 1, 2012 at 12pm Pacific, 3pm Eastern San Francisco & New York Both [Read More]

Tune in to North American Auction Company for our November 10th Western & Native Americana Auction. Native American Shell, Silver, and Turquoise Flask Our Auction Contains Items from Private Collectors, Frontier Pies Owners, and Edra Blixseth of the Yellowstone Club Scandal. Go to our Online Catalog and have a chance to bid [Read More]

Skinner, Inc. will host a Discovery auction on November 14th and 15th in its Marlborough gallery. The two-day sale of 1200 lots presents an excellent assortment of paintings and prints, as well as Americana-style furniture and decorative arts. Oil painting of a ship coming into port by Pietro Fragiacomo Studio Paintings (lots [Read More]

A nineteenth century portrait of the celebrated ‘Badminton Sweep’ William Vizard has recently come to light and is being offered for auction on 1st November. William Vizard of Chipping Sodbury was a chimney sweep by trade and had a keen interest in equestrian sport. In the mid nineteenth century he became a [Read More]

In all, the auctions will comprise more than 1,800 mostly fresh-to-the-market, quality lots. (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) –November will be a busy month for Philip Weiss Auctions. The firm will conduct a two-day auction event on non-consecutive days – Nov. 15 and 17 – then conclude the month with an important estate sale on [Read More]

Boston, MA – Skinner, Inc. will offer almost 300 lots of fine Oriental rugs and carpets – including 50 room-sized carpets – at auction in Boston on Saturday, November 10th. The diverse collection includes Persian, Anatolian, Turkish, Turkeman, Caucasian and Indian rugs and carpets. Caucasian Rugs The pièce de résistance of the [Read More]

Bonhams has appointed international gem specialist and auctioneer, Graeme Thompson, to head the company’s Jewelry Department in Hong Kong. Matthew Girling, Bonhams European and Middle East CEO, comments: “I’m delighted that Graeme Thompson has rejoined Bonhams and will be heading our Jewelry team in Hong Kong. Asia is, without doubt, going to [Read More]

Featured will be magnificent pieces of porcelain, ivory, jade, coral, stone carvings, much more. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – What’s fast shaping up as one of the best, highest-grossing Asian sales ever for Elite Decorative Arts is planned for the weekend of Nov. 10-11. Offered will be nearly 800 lots of magnificent antiques, [Read More]

BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. will hold a live auction of Fine Wines on October 30th in its Boston gallery. Following the event, a second offering of lots will be auctioned on October 31st through November 8th exclusively online with Skinner’s timed auction platform. In partnership with Lower Falls Wine Company of [Read More]

Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of American Furniture and Decorative Arts on Sunday, October 28th at its Boston gallery. The Patriotic Americana Collection of Marilyn and Michael Gould will be offered, along with selected items from the Collection of Robert Skinner, a fine assortment of Federal furniture from a prominent New [Read More]

Bonhams sale of Fine & Rare Wines on 25th October will feature an eclectic selection of wines including a rare case of 1944 Chateau Latour, estimated at £4,000 – 4,800. This exceptional wine would have been harvested as the allies and French resistance battled to liberate Bordeaux from occupation. The Bordeaux region, [Read More]

Offered will be hundreds of lots of ethnographic items, headgear, art, exotica and special items. (BOUCKVILLE, N.Y.) – Hundreds of military items from multiple wars and generations will be offered Nov. 16-17 by Mohawk Arms in a live and Internet auction billed as Militaria Auction #68. The sale will be held in [Read More]

New York – Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to present Watercolors, a curated selling exhibition featuring a diverse group of contemporary works by artists who have moved beyond using watercolor paint as an auxiliary mode of expression to embracing it as their primary medium. The exhibition will showcase over 80 [Read More]