Auction News

Saffronart, India’s leading online auction house, will be hosting its first auction of Indian Folk and Tribal Art and Objects on August 21-22, 2012. This auction, the latest in Saffronart’s series of 24-hour sales, will showcase a selection of unique artworks and artefacts representative of the contemporary visual culture and artistic practices [Read More]

Bonhams is to host its third annual Arts and Artifacts of the Americas auction, September 10 in San Francisco, featuring items from the Robert “Trader Bob” Bayuk Collection and the Nancy Sue and Judson C. Ball Collection. The auction will be comprised of approximately 500 lots of desirable art and artifacts for [Read More]

A 1907 Ultra High Relief double eagle sold for $1,057,500 to lead Heritage Auctions’ $27.5+ million US Coins Signature® Auction, held in Philadelphia, Aug. 2-5. All prices include 17.5% Buyer’s Premium. “More than $21 million in rare coins sold altogether in Aug. 3’s Platinum Night,” said Greg Rohan, President of Heritage Auctions. [Read More]

Bonhams announce the October 1 20th Century Decorative Arts auction featuring a unique offering of approximately 20 pieces of jewelry crafted by noted artists and designers. Created out of an appreciation for modernist architecture and design, this section of the auction represents a transformation from the standard view of jewelry as body [Read More]

A set of ten scripts dating from the early days of the world’s longest-running soap opera, BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Archers’ is set to come under the hammer at a West Midlands auction house in September. Of the scripts, five relate to the first few episodes of the show which started in [Read More]

Bonhams announce its quarterly Salon Jewelry & Watches auction on September 24 in Los Angeles, simulcast to San Francisco. The sale features an impressive selection of retro and vintage bracelets, necklaces, accessories and brooches as well as a strong selection of signed pieces by noted makers. Larsen, Jewelry Specialist at Bonhams, says [Read More]

Fairfield, ME ~ August 21-24, 2012. For over two decades James D. Julia, Inc. has marked the end of summer with the biggest and best antique & fine art auction in the state of Maine. Numbering over 3,000 lots with an expected gross of approximately $5 million, this will be their largest [Read More]

Heritage Auctions announced that Caroline Ashleigh, former Antiques Roadshow and current HGTV appraiser, has accepted a position with the auction house as consignment director. Ashleigh will continue operating Caroline Ashleigh Associates, LLC from her home base in Birmingham, Michigan, using her internationally recognized expertise to bring in consignors and buyers from all [Read More]

Christie’s Hong Kong will present two sales of rare and important wines on Saturday, September 8, just in time for the Chinese Mid-Autumn festival. Offering over 750 lots, these sales will present both new and experienced collectors with the opportunity to purchase some of the finest wines to be offered in Asia. [Read More]

The auction was conducted the day after the very popular Iowa Gas Show in Des Moines, Iowa. (DES MOINES, Iowa) – An Empire Gasoline double-sided porcelain sign with great color and gloss, 30 inches in diameter, sold for $10,450 at an auction held Aug. 3 by Matthews Auctions, LLC, based in Nokomis, [Read More]

Christies is to auction a collection of furnishings from the Casa Cattaneo designed by Carlo Mollino, the most sought-after Italian designer of the twentieth century, in the sale of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design on 23 October 2012. Constructed on the foothills of the Alps, and benefitting from majestic views over [Read More]

The Summer Decoy Auction was held in conjunction with the firm’s annual Swap & Sell event. (HYANNIS, Mass.) – An extremely rare miniature great blue heron made by renowned American carver A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) sold for $31,050 at a Summer Decoy Auction held July 15-16 by Decoys Unlimited, Inc., at the [Read More]

On August 17th in Carmel, California, an extremely rare, landmark automobile will be presented at auction by Bonhams. The 1895 Buffum 4-Cylinder Stanhope is the first Buffum automobile produced, the oldest four-cylinder car in the world, the oldest American car ever offered at auction, and the oldest gasoline-powered American car in private [Read More]

Bonhams announce the consignment of an important collection of Maseratis for its Goodwood Revival Sale. The four cars, some of which have not been seen at market for six decades, come from the collection of the Hartley family, from the Home Counties. They are expected to realize several million pounds in total [Read More]

Bonhams has announced a new partnership with the foremost organisers of classic car rallies internationally, the Endurance Rally Association. Established in 1987, the Oxfordshire-based ERA is one of the longest-established and most experienced organisers of international rallies in the world. It has held more than 60 events over the past 25 years, [Read More]

An exquisite and very rare rifle engraved for the Australian market with scenes of kangaroos and emus in the Outback is among 240 of the Finest Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns and Rifles which will be offered for sale in Gavin Gardiner’s annual auction which will be held in association with Sotheby’s. [Read More]

Saffronart, India’s leading auction house will showcase a significant selection of 24-hour auction, Words & Lines III on August 8-9, 2012. This will be the third in a series of successful sales of modern Indian drawings and art related books, catalogues, out-of-print editions, and early Indian and international publications on classical and [Read More]

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Matthew S. Wilcox has been appointed Director of Trusts and Estates at Weschler’s Auctioneers & Appraisers in Washington, D.C. In his new position Wilcox will work with estate planners, attorneys and executors to appraise, manage and sell tangible estate assets: fine art, antiques, jewelry and other collectibles. A member [Read More]