Auction News

Christie’s South Kensington presents THE LONDON SALE, themed exhibition and auction. The special extended exhibition, which will run for six-weeks throughout the Olympic Summer from 27 July through to the auction on 3 September 2012, is sure to prove popular with visitors to the buzzing cultural hub of South Kensington. Comprising a [Read More]

Bonhams will be once again be holding an auction of Collectors’ Motor cars, motorcycles and automobilia at the world famous Beaulieu Autojumble. Held at the Beaulieu National Motor Museum, the Autojumble is the biggest outdoor sale of motoring items and paraphernalia in Europe. Already consigned are many interesting and eclectic cars, including [Read More]

Christie’s announces a selection of works of art from the Collection of Hubert de Givenchy will be displayed in an exhibition in Paris from 11 September to 3 October 2012, during the Biennale des Antiquaires. The décor of the exhibition will be inspired by the 1708 series of engravings representing the Galerie [Read More]

One of the best sword collections to come to the market in recent years ? 150 Victorian and Georgian swords including one once owned by a British Prime Minister, Lord Grenville who was PM from 1806 -1807 ? will be sold on July 31st at Bonhams in Oxford. A particularly interesting weapon [Read More]

RM Auctions is to auction the Aalholm Collection during a single-day sale, 12 August 2012 in Denmark. Featuring more than 175 motor cars, formerly part of the renowned Aalholm Automobil Museum, all lots will be presented without reserve, presenting a unique range of ownership opportunities. Representing nearly a century of automobile manufacturing [Read More]

The auction was held on the second day of the annual Check the Oil Gas & Oil Show in Ohio. (DUBLIN, Ohio) – A Texaco Gasoline single-sided porcelain filling station sign in a hanger, rated 9 out of 10 for condition and boasting excellent color, gloss and shine, sold for $11,550 at [Read More]

The auction is already online, via LiveAuctioneers.com, and through the Converse website. (WAYNE, Pa.) – Over 470 lots comprising a diverse and interesting worldwide collection of items – to include signed prints by Louis Icart, antique clocks and pocket watches, Chinese scrolls, other Asian objects, art glass vases and more — will [Read More]

The clock was the top lot of the 461 items sold in Stevens Auction’s most successful sale of 2012. (ABERDEEN, Miss.) – A magnificent grandfather clock that was a grand prize winner at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904 chimed on time for $17,825 at a multi-estate auction held June 23 [Read More]

Burgundy topped the bill at Bonhams sale of Fine & Rare Wines in London yesterday, with Romanée-Conti making the top five lots – a dozen 1985 vintage made £92,000 with two cases of 1988 vintage both reaching £69,000 and a case of six bottles of 1993 vintage selling for £29,900. Whilst prices [Read More]

The flask was the top lot in an auction that also saw some great fresh-to-the-market finds offered. (WOODSTOCK, Conn.) – A rare and early double eagle historical flask, made in Pittsburgh circa 1820-40 and boasting a deep yellow olive color, sold for $53,820 in an Internet and catalog auction held May 16-30 [Read More]

A painting of a Hawaiian volcano in full swing has just sold for a cool £5,000 at auction this week, (5th July). The 30cm by 50cm oil painting by American artist Charles Furneaux (1835-1913) shows a lava stream near Hilo, Hawaii in 1881. To the foreground of this baron landscape is a [Read More]

A stunning bust with an extraordinary story that moves between the worlds of early African exploration, opera, art and romance sold for £97,250 at Bonhams sale of Fine European Furniture, Sculpture and Works of Art on July 5th in London The striking figure, which depicts the African Queen, Selika, a principal character [Read More]

On Monday, 23rd July Fellows will be auctioning one of only two watches to have been worn on the first ever round-the-world flight in a hot air balloon. Since 1981 there have been 21 failed attempts to make the first uninterrupted circumnavigation of the globe in a hot-air balloon. Richard Branson failed [Read More]

Archives International Auctions’ May 15 auction, featuring 1,069 lots of interesting and exciting U.S. and worldwide banknotes resulted in gross sales of $243,000 (including the buyer’s premium). The sale took place in the handsome new Fort Lee offices, where live gallery bidders competed with extremely active telephone and Internet bidding throughout the [Read More]

Richard Winterton Auctioneers of Lichfield, Staffordshire will be offering for sale on 5th July a corporate collection of original artwork. Artists represented will include Peter Kuhfeld, Vida Gabor, Jean Chaleye, Saulin, Sue Ryder, Rex Preston, Charles Wyatt Warren, James Brereton, Dennis Syrett, C.T. Bale, Victor Elford, C.W. Bouter and Byron Howard. Illustrated [Read More]

(Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart closed the first half of the year with a successful two-day auction this weekend, realizing $4,298,523 against a pre-sale estimate of $3,008,470-$4,298,523. Bidders participated from 36 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, as well as Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, [Read More]

Freddie Mercury’s black and white harlequin stage costume sold for £22,500 at Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia sale on Tuesday 3rd July, in London. Bidders competed fiercely for the iconic costume, pushing the final price well above the pre-sale estimate of £8,000 – 12,000. The Queen singer’s memorable costumes reflected his artistic nature and [Read More]

Bonhams is honored to have been chosen to conduct a charity sale in memory of the late son of ex-Formula 1 and 500cc motorcycle world champion John Surtees. Widely tipped as a star of the future, Henry Surtees was tragically killed in a freak accident while driving in the new Formula 2 [Read More]