W.R. Leigh’s Home, Sweet Home soared to nearly double its pre-auction estimate selling for $1.195 million and setting a new world record price for the artist in Heritage Auctions’ $2.27 million Art of the American West Signature® Auction, Saturday, Nov. 5. The painting came to auction from The Property of Philip Jonsson, [Read More]
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The auction will be conducted by The Specialists of The South., Inc., based in Panama City, Fla. (CHIPLEY, Fla.) – The many and varied collections belonging to the late Mildred Yates Farrior – a long-time resident of Chipley who, along with her late husband Daniel, amassed a number of collections in a [Read More]
Since the launch of the Swiss Art sale in 1979, Sotheby’s Zurich has sold some of Ferdinand Hodler’s most important landscapes to have come to auction – often for record prices*. In its sale of Swiss Art on 28th November 2011 Sotheby’s Zurich will present a major landscape by the celebrated Swiss [Read More]
Christie’s will offer a very rare manuscript Revolutionary War map (estimate: $1,000,000-1,500,000) as part of its autumn Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana sale at Christie’s New York Rockefeller Center saleroom, on November 15,. It is the only known such manuscript in private hands?one of five known versions of this map [Read More]
Sale Also Features Pictures of Salvador Dali, Frank Sinatra and Courtney Love Bonhams is to auction a number of iconic images of celebrities as part of its Photographs Sale on 17 November 2011. One of the highlights is a photograph of Kate Moss, taken at the end of a day’s shoot on [Read More]
The upcoming Gentleman’s Library auction at Bonhams on November 16 will feature an array of furniture, books, art and unusual objects that speak to a gentleman’s lifestyle of leisure, luxury, academic exploration and carefully curated eccentricity. Gregg Dietrich, sales consultant at Bonhams, states about the sale, “In this, our second year with [Read More]
Hollywood’s Elite Star in Julien’s Auctions Annual Icons & Idols Auction With Notable Items from Greta Garbo, John Wayne, Elizabeth Taylor, Steve McQueen and Many More of Today’s Hottest Television Shows Julien’s Auctions, the world’s premiere entertainment and celebrity auction house, announces a star studded four day auction event including items from [Read More]
An Hermès Diamond Birkin, with Diamond and White Gold hardware – a beautiful example of one of the most exceptional handbags made – is expected to bring $80,000+ when it comes across the block on Dec. 6, as part of Heritage Auctions’ Handbags & Luxury Accessories Signature® Auction at the company’s Design [Read More]
Asia Art Archive (AAA), the region’s foremost public platform for research and dialogue, will hold its annual fundraising auction and dinner on 19 November 2011, with a preview of works at Sotheby’s Hong Kong from 14 to 18 November. The annual auction is a major source of support for AAA’s operations and [Read More]
On the heels of the news of vehicles from Fonzie and Elvis to Madonna and ‘k.d. lang’ coming to auction, comes the announcement of two more notable consignments. Two customized Harley-Davidson motorcycles, both from members of prominent rock bands, will be featured at the Classic California Sale at the Petersen Auto Museum [Read More]
An exceptional collection of prints released by the estate of tragic American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat are for sale at Bonhams Print Sale on November 29 in London. Basquiat died of a heroin overdose aged just 27 in 1988, 18 months after his close friend and occasional collaborator, Andy Warhol. The most successful [Read More]
A pair of handwritten and with illustrations by the renowned American artist Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975), are expected to be centerpiece lots in an auction slated for Saturday, Nov. 12, by Dirk Soulis Auctions. The sale will be held in the firm’s Lone Jack gallery, located 30 miles east of Kansas City, [Read More]
A 1960 typed letter signed by Harper Lee elaborates about the fictional Maycomb County in “To Kill a Mockingbird” and includes a hand-drawn map of the state of Alabama with the words “Maycomb County.” The letter will be auctioned at Nate D. Sanders’ Tuesday November 8, 2011 auction. The famed novelist wrote [Read More]
A 1938 Gibson Advance Jumbo Sunburst Acoustic Guitar, also known as “The Bone Crusher” for its legendary sound quality, surpassing the Herringbone Martins of the pre-war era, realized $53,775 to lead the way in Heritage Auctions $1.43 million Vintage Guitar and Stringed Instruments auction on Oct. 21. More than 800 bidders vied [Read More]
Rago Auctions is proud to announce that it will auction the folk art and Americana collection from Fleecydale Cottage in Carversville, PA on December 3, 2011 at Noon. Bidders will find over 160 lots of American painted furniture, whirligigs, carnival shooting targets and prize figurines, signage, hard-to-find paintings by Amos Shontz, outsider [Read More]
Sotheby’s fall sale of Latin American Art in New York on 16 and 17 November 2011 will showcase a range of Latin American painting and sculpture from the continents’ most important artists including exceptional works from important collections that are fresh to the market. A group of Rufino Tamayo paintings that span [Read More]
The whiskeys include some of the finest specimens known; flasks in never-before seen colors. (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – An incredible selection of rare, high-end western whiskey bottles and historical flasks will be sold in an Internet and catalog auction that begins Dec. 9 and will conclude Dec. 18 by American Bottle Auctions (www.americanbottle.com). [Read More]
A first year production 1855 “Root Model” Sidehammer Colt Revolver in the original box realized $2,300 and a World War II Flight Jacket with “Flying Dutchmen” artwork saw $3,100 in Cordier Auctions & Appraisals quarterly Firearms & Military Sale on September 23. The sale featured 300 plus lots in categories spanning Antique [Read More]