Auction News

On May 18, Garth’s Auctions in Delaware, Ohio will host the Sixth Annual Ohio Valley Auction which features an extraordinary combination of all the best Ohio has to offer, alongside Americana and accessories including fine painted and formal furniture, stoneware, fine art, firearms, textiles and more. Rare Ohio stoneware churn, Summit County, [Read More]

With a special section in its auction of Modern Art and Post War/Contemporary Art on 9 June, Ketterer Kunst honors the works of renowned representatives of the New Leipzig School. “The works are of a remarkably high quality and impress the observer through their complexity executed with artistic perfection”, said Robert Ketterer. [Read More]

Hatfield, PA – Alderfer Auction & Appraisal is proud to present the Americana Collection from the estate of Charles H. Hoeflich. Mr. Hoeflich was a well-regarded financier and philanthropist from Southeastern Pennsylvania. He began his banking career at Philadelphia National Bank before becoming the president of Union National Bank and Trust Company, [Read More]

Christie’s will present more than 500 of the world’s finest and rarest timepieces on 30 May with its Spring auction of Important Watches. DualTow Night Eagle lot 4731, estimate HKD 960,000 – 1,400,000/USD 120,000 – 180,000) offered for first-time at auction. Photo: Christie’s Images Ltd 2012 Valued in excess of HK$120 million/US$16 [Read More]

The lifetime collection of prominent Washington, DC lawyer and art connoisseur Sam Stern will be offered immediately following the spring auction of Modern & Contemporary art on the afternoon of May 22, 2012. “It is rare to find a collection of such variety and depth with consistency in quality and appeal,” said [Read More]

The Year of the Dragon, the most auspicious year to be born in according to Chinese culture, has come around again and Bonhams next auction of Fine Chinese Art on May 17 in London includes a number of dragon-linked items. Asaph Hyman, Department Director of Chinese Art at Bonhams, says: “The dragon [Read More]

The sheet was by far the top lot of the nearly 2,000 fresh-to-the-market lots that came up for bid. (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – A full sheet of 80 post office-fresh Chinese Year of the Monkey stamps, purchased in 1980 by the consignor at a post office inside the People’s Republic of China, sold [Read More]

Dedham , MA – A large collection of European decorative works of art and an impressive selection of Fine Oriental Rugs and Carpets will be featured at Grogan and Company’s upcoming May auction. The auction, which will begin at 12 noon on Sunday, May 20th, will be comprised of over 600 lots [Read More]

The auction will be held at the Peoples Light & Theater Company in Malvern, Pa., at 10:30 a.m. (MALVERN, Pa.) – Over 400 quality lots of important antique clocks, Asian objects, fine art, toys and toy trains, period furniture, Native American and African objects, decorative accessories and porcelain will be sold at [Read More]

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. will host a Discovery auction on May 16th and 17th in its Marlborough gallery. The sale presents a varied assortment of antique dolls, vintage toys, collectibles, ephemera, and books, as well as furniture and decorative objects with more than 1200 lots on offer. Antique Dolls Over 200 [Read More]

The weekend auction will be held at the firm’s spacious gallery, located in Boynton Beach, Fla. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – A pair of life-size bronze sculptures by renowned South African artist Dylan Lewis (b. 1954), titled Leopard Crushing Serpent, is the expected top lot at an auction planned for Saturday, May 19, [Read More]

Rago Arts and Auction Center hosts an open house on Tuesday, May 8, featuring a talk by Dr. Robert Cozzolino, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Senior Curator and Curator of Modern Art. Dr. Cozzolino will discuss the distinctive character of Pop in Chicago during the 1960s. In exploring popular culture source [Read More]

Historic U.S & Worldwide Banknotes, Stocks and Bonds to be Auctioned (FORT LEE, N.J.) – Archives International Auctions will offer 1,070 lots of U.S. and worldwide banknotes, scripophily (the collecting of stock and bond certificates) and security printing ephemera at auction on Tuesday, May 15, at 10 a.m. (EST), at the firm’s [Read More]

Boston, Mass – May 2, 2012 – Skinner, Inc. will auction prints, photographs, paintings and sculptures on Friday, May 18th in two sessions at its Boston gallery. The prints and photography portion of the sale will begin at 12 p.m.; paintings and sculptures at 4 p.m. Fine Prints Skinner continues to experience [Read More]

All of the stones in the outstanding single-owner lifetime collection will be sold without reserve. (NORTHBROOK, Ill.) – More than 675 gemstones from a single-owner lifetime collection will be offered without reserve (everything sells, regardless of price) in an Internet-only auction now online and slated to begin at 2 p.m. (CST) on [Read More]

BOULDER COUNTY, CO – In a collecting category as highly-specialized as antiquities, the most valuable asset an auction house can possess is not a 2,500-year-old Egyptian statue or a rare Pre-Columbian artifact – its integrity and reputation. And on May 12, 2012, Antiquities-Saleroom.com, a fully-owned subsidiary of Artemis Gallery Ancient Art, will [Read More]

Richard Winterton Auctioneers of Lichfield in association with the Lichfield Bower Committee are delighted to report a successful antiques valuation day last Friday, (27th April). The one-off event held at Lichfield’s historic Guildhall was overseen by Fine Arts Associate Adrian Rathbone who was on hand to give clients valuations on their treasures [Read More]

A selection of important motorcycles from a prominent private collection has been entrusted to Bonhams for their annual Quail Lodge sale held during the famed Pebble Beach Car Week. Consisting of exquisite models from Indian, Harley-Davidson and Crocker, it’s the collection’s Crockers (acquired 12 years ago in the US) that are drawing [Read More]