Bonhams first wine sale of 2012 will be held on 9th February. Whilst the prestigious first growths of Bordeaux have been largely responsible for driving the market up, there has been a significant correction in this area over the last six months. It is therefore very encouraging to be able to produce [Read More]
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Bonhamspresents its quarterly Salon Jewelry & Watches auction on March 26 in San Francisco, featuring an impressive selection of rings, bracelets and accessories. One of the auction’s star lots will be a Cartier, French, cultured pearl and emerald “Panthère” bracelet, composed of five strands of cultured pearls, measuring approx. 3.9 to 3.5mm, [Read More]
The auction will be held in the firm’s gallery, located at 1034 Gateway Blvd. in Boynton Beach. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – Around 400 quality lots of fine artwork, decorative art and Russian works will cross the block on Saturday, Feb. 25, at Elite Decorative Arts. The auction will be held in the [Read More]
This important estate sale will be conducted at Alderfer Auction Center in Hatfield, Pa. (HATFIELD, Pa.) – Stephen L. Flood could never be referred to as a “low key” person. He was a man that lived life “large”. He knew what he wanted out of life in the way he lived and [Read More]
Bidding will open on February 7th, 2012 at 12pm CST. When bidding opens, individuals will be able to click on a helmet and enter a bid. The placement of a bid will start a 24 hour timer. If the individual is outbid within that 24 hours, the timer will start again and [Read More]
Christie’s announces 2011 sales of £3.6 billion / US$5.7 billion, up 9% by £ (14% by US$) compared with 2010 (figures include buyer’s premium). This includes private sales of £502 million / US$808.6 million, an increase of 44% by £ (50% by US$) on 2010. Francis Bacon’s “Three Studies for a Self-Portrait”. [Read More]
A beautiful watercolour of Kirkby Lonsdale Churchyard by Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (1775-1851), that had not been seen at auction since 1884, sold yesterday (Wednesday 25th January 2012) for £217,250 as part of the 19th Century Paintings Sale at Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London. The sale total was £1,871,925. Turner [Read More]
The event will be held in the firm’s spacious gallery located at #1 Neil Court in Oceanside, N.Y. (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – A massive three-day sale that will feature as many as 2,000 quality, fresh-to-the-market lots in a host of categories will be held the weekend of March 1-3 by Philip Weiss Auctions, [Read More]
Phillips de Pury & Company announced it has become the London market leader in the sale of Photographs following on from the success of the last auction in November 2011 which achieved £1,664,750; selling 74% by lot and 86% by value. The Phillips de Pury photographs department in London maintains its position [Read More]
The Billy Wright Collection, a newly CGC-pedigreed collection – featuring five of the top six comic books in the hobby, all unrestored and all offered without reserves – leads the way in Heritage’s Feb. 22-24 Vintage Comics and Comic Art Signature® Auction, taking place at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion (Ukrainian Institute of America) [Read More]
The sale will be conducted at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) – The 35-year collection of Al and Peg Araiza, collectors in many categories, will headline a massive, three-day auction slated for Mar. 30-Apr. 1 by Showtime Auction Services, at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds [Read More]
A 1961 Ferrari 250GTE 2+2 ‘Series 1′ Coupé that belonged to the famous Italian producer Agostino De Laurentiis will be on of the highlights of the Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia sale, taking place at Bonhams Oxford on March 3rd 2012. With coachwork by Pininfarina, the brief had been to produce a [Read More]
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers announce that Property from the Estate of Cole Porter will be included in the February 12-14, 2012 Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts auction. The forty-one lots include Continental and Asian furniture, Chinese ceramics, English silver, Baccarat and Steuben stemware, and other fine table wares. A pair of Italian bergères [Read More]
How do you raise nearly $1 million dollars in a single night…? Through the tremendous generosity of distinguished artists, private galleries and top collectors across Canada and the United States, who have donated more than 70 outstanding works of art for DESIRE: Art Auction 2012. Internationally renowned artists Roy Arden, Edward Burtynsky, [Read More]
Mystery surrounds a letter written by world famous ‘Lord of the Rings’ author J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) which sold for £1.5K at auction in Lichfield this week. The single page letter dated 1963 on headed paper was addressed to ‘My Dear People’. Tolkien goes on describe his and his wife’s health a ‘disastrous [Read More]
Bonhams Fine Wine Department, report an increase of sales of 50% for the second year running. The first Fine and Rare Wine sale of 2012 will be held on the 9th February at Bonhams, New Bond Street. Chateau Latour 1982 (12). Photo: Bonhams. Whilst the prestigious first growths of Bordeaux have been [Read More]
The Tonka toy was the top lot of the more than 800 rare and desirable vintage toys auctioned. (CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.) – A rare, 1950s-era Tonka “Suburban Pumper” toy fire truck, in near-mint condition and still in the box, hammered for $1,932 in an Internet and catalog auction that went online in December [Read More]
Heritage Auctions has announced that longtime dealer, gallery owner and private collection curator Brian Roughton has joined the company as Director American and European Art. He has been an important fixture in the art business for more than four decades, and will bring that extensive experience, across all markets, to bear on [Read More]