Leslie Hindman Auctioneers announce The Anne S. and Robert E. Clay Collection of Native American Art is scheduled to be up for auction in the company’s Denver saleroom on March 11, 2012 beginning at 12 pm MDT. The auction house is located in Denver’s Golden Triangle, 960 Cherokee Street, situated just blocks [Read More]
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Christie’s will auction The Doris Wiener Collection, a sale of nearly 400 lots of sculpture and paintings from Gandhara, the Himalayas, India and Southeast Asia, assembled by the renowned gallerist and collector in New York on March 20. Bronze group of Somaskanda South India, Chola Period, circa 11th century. Estimate: $800,000-1,200,000. Photo: [Read More]
Ms. Polk was the fiancée of the pilot of the Memphis Belle and a relative of Pres. James K. Polk. (ABERDEEN, Miss.) – History, legend and antiquity will all converge on Saturday, March 17, when Stevens Auction Company will offer the living estate of Brenda McCarthy of Tupelo, Miss., at the firm’s [Read More]
Sotheby’s Geneva announce that its sale of Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels on 15 May 2012 will be led by the Beau Sancy, one of the most important historic diamonds ever to come to auction. Passed down through the Royal Families of France, England, Prussia and the House of Orange, the celebrated [Read More]
The absolute auction will be held at the Sedgwick County Extension Center in Wichita, Kansas. (WICHITA, Kan.) – Four fine collections comprising over 500 quality lots of art glass, Royal Bayreuth, furniture pieces and more will be offered without reserve (everything sells, regardless of price) at an auction slated for Saturday, March [Read More]
Heritage Auctions Feb. 22-24 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auction has officially become the single greatest comics auction ever conducted, realizing $8.9+ million over three days, completely obliterating the company’s previous world-record total of $6.03+ million set in May 2011. The auction garnered massive international media attention and captured the imaginations [Read More]
Christie’s announced the sale of The Hugo Collection on April 4th. An important group of nearly 500 books, paintings, drawings, engravings, photographs, furniture and other personal objects, the collection constitutes a remarkable testimony of the lives of Victor Hugo and his descendant, Charles, Georges and Jean. Estimated in the region of €1 [Read More]
Swann Galleries hosts an auction of Fine Photographs & Photobooks on February 28. The sale features a copy of the landmark William Bradford book The Arctic Regions, Illustrated with Photographs Taken on an Art Expedition to Greenland, which contains 141 mounted albumen photographs of icebergs, indigenous people and moored ships. The elaborately [Read More]
Christie’s will present a sale of over 150 exceptional works from the personal collection of Van Cliburn, one of America’s greatest pianists, on May 17. The collection comprises superb examples of English furniture, Russian Art, Silver and Jewels reflecting Mr. Cliburn’s refined taste and the private passion of a sophisticated connoisseur. With [Read More]
Bonhams Asian Decorative Arts auction, March 13 in San Francisco, will feature a variety of fine items at this 600-plus lot session, over 400 of which are Chinese. The sale will include a broad array of late 20th century huanghuali and hardwood furniture from a Los Angeles collection, as well as a [Read More]
A spectacular early 20th Century landscape by Alson Skinner Clark (1876-1949), Shore by the Saint Lawrence (October Bouquet), 1916, is expected to bring $ 175,000+ when it crosses the block as a principal highlight of Heritage Auctions’ inaugural California Art Signature® Auction, March 20, in the company’s Beverly Hills salesroom. “This work [Read More]
Jim Wroda Auctions presents a RS Prussia Auction to be held in Greenville, Ohio on March 31, 2012 at 10am. Over 275 Lots! Items to be auctioned off include Cobalt barnyard pieces, Portrait pieces, Tankards, Portrait Biscuit Jars, Rare Children’s sets in drop down boxes, Scenic Children’s Sets, Reticulated Pieces, Hidden Image, [Read More]
A collection of books by T. E Lawrence, including a first edition of his work, The Mint, goes under the hammer at Bonhams Fine Books, Maps and Manuscripts sale in London on 27 March. In total, the collection could make over £55,000. Each volume is being sold separately. The Mint is Lawrence’s [Read More]
The auction will be held by Elite Decorative Arts at the firm’s gallery facility in Boynton Beach. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – An antique Chinese carved rhinoceros horn libation cup expected to fetch $150,000-$250,000, around a dozen stunning Chinese carved coral group figures and an extremely rare Chinese bronze wine container that could [Read More]
On Saturday 10th March, Bellmans in Billingshurst, West Sussex will offer for sale the antique and modern contents of a luxury and substantial house including an eclectic mix of artwork, furnishings and collectables. Bocca Marilyn Lips Sofa Highlights include a whip from the Indiana Jones film series, the Bocca Marilyn Lips Sofa [Read More]
A black velvet dress that belonged to Whitney Houston and a pair of earrings she wore in the film “The Bodyguard” will be auctioned at Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles on March 31 and Sunday, April 1. The items can be viewed at Julien’s Auctions gallery in Beverly Hills at 9665 Wilshire [Read More]
Morphy Auctions’ March 17, 2012 auction of antique slot, coin-op, gambling and mechanical music machines will offer collectors their choice of more than 415 outstanding lots, including select pieces from the personal collection of the late Frank Zygmunt Sr. Additionally, the auction includes early Coca-Cola items and other types of antique advertising. [Read More]
Fellows auctioneers, based in the heart of the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham, have seen substantial growth from international markets over the last year. These recent developments have urged Fellows to make various changes to the ways in which they communicate with international customers. In January this year the growing auctioneers produced a [Read More]