Auction News

The event will be held at Ms. Howell’s residence, at 413 South Franklin Street in Aberdeen. (ABERDEEN, Miss.) — The living estate of Ms. Nell Howell – a longtime resident of Aberdeen and a true Southern lady who accumulated many antique treasures over the course of her rich and interesting life – [Read More]

Christie’s announced the upcoming auction of Yves Klein’s legendary Fire-Color Painting FC 1, as the highlight of the Post War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 8. Yves Klein (1928-1962), FC 1 (Fire-Color 1) detail, dry pigment and synthetic resin on panel. Executed in 1962. Estimate: $30 – 40 million. Photo: [Read More]

A sheet of Monkey Stamps (1980), Disney items and Hollywood memorabilia will also be sold. (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – The original black leather jacket worn by the late Brooklyn rap artist Biggie Smalls (aka ‘The Notorious B.I.G.’), plus a full-year sheet of Chinese Year of the Monkey stamps from 1980 (est. $100,000+), Disney [Read More]

Sotheby’s Hong Kong Fine Chinese Paintings Spring Sale 2012 achieved HK$468 million / US$60 million more than doubling the pre=sale estimate (in excess of HK$200 million / US$25.6 million*). The top lot of the sale was an exceptionally rare, large pair of gold screens by Qi Baishi, Willows At The Riverside; Begonias [Read More]

Christie’s will present the spring sale of Fine Musical Instruments, on April 26. Comprised of 109 lots, the sale will focus on classical instruments, with a particular emphasis on impressive bows, including examples created by master craftsmen, François Xavier Tourte and Jean Baptiste Vuillaume. Highlighting the selection of bows is a gold [Read More]

Sotheby’s announce sale of Important Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art to be held at Paris on April 20 The auction comprises some 220 lots, including lacquered furniture; a rare carpet from the Manufacture de la Savonnerie; superb furniture from the Empire period; ivories; and exceptional medieval and Renaissance stained glass. Rare [Read More]

The event will be held in the Historic Buford Hall, located at 112 East Shadburn Ave. in Buford. (BUFORD, Ga.) – A weekend sale featuring 1,500 lots of folk art in a wide array of genres will be held April 21-22 by Slotin Auction in the Historic Buford Hall, located at 112 [Read More]

Richmond Hill, ON – 888 Auctions will conduct an Asian Antiques & Estates auction on Thursday, April 26th. The 450 lot sale will be held at 888 Auctions’ saleroom gallery and will begin at 2 p.m. Eastern. The auction will showcase an enticing collection of Asian art and antiques including but not [Read More]

Dedham , MA- Never before has the Dedham gallery of Grogan and Company Fine Art Auctioneers and Appraisers been so alive and filled to capacity, as it was for the March 24th auction of property from the Estate of the Reverend Peter J. Gomes. The large collection of fine art, antiques furniture [Read More]

Chinese ceramics provided some of the highest prices at a recent Fine Art & Silver Auction held in Lichfield last week. The craze for all things oriental continues with demand largely from new wealth in China prompted by a desire to buy back heritage. Richard Winterton’s Fine Art Sale (29th March) comprised [Read More]

The auction event will be held online, as well as at Shannon’s gallery, located in Milford, Conn. (MILFORD, Conn.) – Over 150 examples of high-quality fine American and European paintings, drawings, sculpture and prints will cross the block on Thursday, April 26, at Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, in the firm’s gallery located [Read More]

Sotheby’s Hong Kong two-day Spring wine sale series concluded with a combined total of HK$63.6 million / US$8.2 million. The two sales – The Classic Cellar From A Great American Collector IX and Finest & Rarest Wines, Including The Bordeaux Winebank Collection and Wines Direct From Château Angélus, Louis Roederer and Colgin [Read More]

Mosby & Co. Presents two exciting Spring sales on Saturday April 28th, 2012 and Saturday May 26th, 2012. April’s sale has a great mix and variety of Posters, porcelain, paintings and prints along with toys, advertising, folk art and Americana. Over 100 pieces of carved Soapstone, Porcelain from KPM, Rosenthal and others. [Read More]

Auction Systems Auctioneers & Appraisers, Inc., will host a police marathon auction featuring vehicles, jewelry, tools, city surplus, school district supplies and equipment, electronics, appliances, computers, commercial equipment, restaurant equipment, sporting goods, household items, furniture and much more on Saturday, March 31, 2012. Items of interest for this Arizona auction include: king [Read More]

The Berwick Discovery of Lost Movie Posters – a trove of 33 classic and incredibly rare posters dating back as far as 1930 – many examples of which were thought to be lost for all time, realized $503,035 total, more than double its pre-auction estimate of $250,000+ to lead Heritage Auctions’ $1.93+ [Read More]

Skinner, Inc. will host a Discovery auction on April 11th and 12th in its Marlborough gallery. The sale presents an excellent assortment of artwork, with more than 900 pieces on offer. The sale also features furniture and decorative objects that will appeal to both professional decorators and anyone looking for unique home [Read More]

A 1950 Pontiac Chieftain Silver Streak Convertible, which was owned by Keith Richards while The Rolling Stones were based on the Cote d’Azur in the 1970s, is to be sold in Bonhams Sale of Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia at the RAF Museum, Hendon on 30 April 2012. 1950 Pontiac Chieftain Silver [Read More]

Christie’s New York presents its spring Photographs sale, on Thursday, April 5. featuring 350 lots, the sale contains exceptional breadth, reaching from the most emblematic images of the 20th and 21st centuries to those that have rarely been seen. The sale also offers an exceptional opportunity for beginning and seasoned collectors alike [Read More]