Auction News

Bonhams will hold its winter auction of Natural History on December 11, 2011. The sale will feature a diverse group of high quality and distinctive mineral specimens, gold nuggets, lapidary works of art and gemstones, as well as exceptional examples of fossils, unusual jewelry and “phenomenal gems.” The winter auction will also [Read More]

The naval jacket worn by James Bond author, Ian Fleming, throughout World War II, when the character of ‘007’ was first taking shape in his mind, is to be auctioned at Bonhams Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Historical Photographs sale in London on November 22. For a serving officer in Naval Intelligence such [Read More]

Museum quality paintings by Vasilii Polenov, Jewellery albums belonging to Grand Duchess Ksenia Alexandrovna and stunning examples of Fabergé, offer much to excite buyers at the Bonhams Russian Sale, taking place on November 30th in New Bond Street, London. Following a successful and well-attended two-week exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, [Read More]

The date of the final semi-annual action of the year held by Gene Shapiro Auctions LLC, a firm specializing in Russian fine and decorative arts has been set for 10 am, November 19, 2011. Russian + International Art & Antiques will be the fourth auction to take place at the house’s new [Read More]

Mid-Hudson Auction Galleries will present Liberace The Auction on December 3, 2011 featuring the magnificent jewelry and personal posessions of the famed pianist! ‘Liberace The Auction’ will be held on Saturday, Dec. 3, commencing at 3 p.m. Eastern Time. All forms of bidding will be available, including live at the auction venue, [Read More]

Discovered only weeks ago, in the late summer of 2011 in Garfield County, Mont., is one of the largest T. rex teeth ever found that will be offered by Bonhams at its December 11 Natural History auction. Estimated to bring $25,000–30,000, the magnificent piece has been meticulously prepared. Thomas Lindgren, Co-Consulting Director [Read More]

Auctions America by RM concluded its first full auction season on a strong note this past weekend, achieving over $3.95 million in total sales with 100% of lots sold at its highly-anticipated Lee Roy Hartung Collection sale in Glenview, Illinois (Nov. 3 – 5). Top-seller: 1911 Flying Merkel Twin Belt Drive attracts [Read More]

Model train enthusiasts from around the Cumberland Valley, as well as MD, VA, WVA, OH, NY and NJ will be gathering Saturday, Nov. 19 for the model train auction from the Estate of the late Mr. W. Edward Goodhart. “Model train collectors as a whole are an enthusiastic group, generous with their [Read More]

China Guardian Auctions Co, Ltd., presents its eighteenth annual Autumn Auction, a series of sales held in Beijing from November 12-16, 2011. Featuring over 4,500 lots of Chinese paintings and calligraphy, Porcelain, furniture, works of art, oil paintings, sculpture, rare books, watches and jewelry. The most anticipated items for sale include Qi [Read More]

Christie’s announces the sale of The Collection of Will Fisher; founder of Jamb to be held on 2 February 2012 at Christie’s South Kensington. All lots to be offered at the auction will be on view to the public at an exhibition at Jamb’s premises at 107a Pimlico Road (from 28th January [Read More]

Headlining the Hong Kong Bonhams 2011 Autumn Rarest Single Malt Whisky Auction on 24 November, at the Island Shangri-La Hotel, is the Macallan Master Lalique Collection, the only set produced and available in the world. Enthusiastic bidding is expected for this top lot which consists of the rare Macallan Lalique 50, 55 [Read More]

Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) December 11, 2011 Important Modern Art & Design Auction will present the most important selection of California Design to ever be offered at auction. Examples include prototypes and personally commissioned,unique works each with strong provenance and rarity. Highlights include exceptionally important examples from nearly every major movement [Read More]

Sotheby’s biannual sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art brought a total of £12.3 million /$19.8 million / €14.4 million, within estimate. Headlining the sale was a large ‘famille rose’ ‘landscape’ dish, Yongzheng mark. The elaborately enamelled dish sold after a dramatic four-way telephone bidding battle, for £1,049,250 / $1.2 [Read More]

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers auctioned the personal collection of accomplished Cleveland rheumatologist Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr. to a packed room of bidders and thousands of others on the telephones and internet. The November 6-8, 2011 auction included American and European paintings and prints, English, French and American 18th and 19th century furniture, [Read More]

The Bonhams Hong Kong 2011 Autumn Fine & Rare Wines Auction offers an exceptional selection of fine and rare wines from around the world ranging from legendary French Burgundy and Bordeaux to iconic Californian cult wines carefully sourced from pristine private collections. A total of 700 lots with an estimate of HK$16 [Read More]

Bonhams announce its Modern Wristwatches Autumn Auction to be held on November 27, 2011, at the Island Shangri-La Hotel in Hong Kong. The auction offers over 180 lots of rare vintage time pieces as well as limited edition, modern models from the finest watch brands; estimates total over HK$14 million. This beguiling [Read More]

As part of their Fine Watch and Wristwatch auction Bonhams will offer 35 Patek Philippe watches – the most significant selection ever offered in a London auction. The sale will take place on Wednesday 14 December at Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London. Patek Philippe made the first wrist watch in 1868 [Read More]

This original 427 Cobra built at Shelby American in 1965 was the fourth of just 260 original 427 Street Cobras produced by Shelby. While most Cobras were shipped by boat to the States, the importance of 3127 is demonstrated by the fact that it was not only shipped by air, but also [Read More]