Auction News

RM Auctions, in partnership with the Force India Formula One Team, is proud to offer a unique Force India Formula One ‘Art Car’ as a featured attraction at its highly- anticipated London, UK sale next month (26 October, 2011). Racing chassis VJM1-05 has been wonderfully hand-painted by world-renowned motorsport artist Dexter Brown [Read More]

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, have announced the single-owner auction of the Estate of Dr. Paul J. Vignos, Jr. on November 6-8, 2011. Dr. Vignos, who passed away in June 2010, was an accomplished rheumatologist at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as a generous philanthropist, avid sportsman and art lover. Over the [Read More]

Guoman Hotels is to welcome top London salesroom Dreweatts Bloomsbury to its Cumberland hotel on October 10th for two style-packed auctions.Eight works by legendary graffiti artist Banksy, a vintage Hermes crocodile ’Kelly’ handbag and a collection of costume jewellery that once belonging to the Duchess of Windsor are among the lots on [Read More]

A gem-set gold pendant from the treasury of the legendary Indian ruler, Tipu Sultan, was the star lot in the sale of the contents of Lord Glenconner’s St Lucian home at Bonhams in London on 28 September. The pendant, which is set with a 38 carat emerald surrounded by nine precious stones [Read More]

Sotheby’s fall Photographs auction on 5 October 2011 in New York will offer a varied range of material from the 19th to the 21st centuries — from an early copy of Gardner’s Sketch Book of the War to Contemporary photographs by Peter Beard, Robert Rauschenberg, and Bernd and Hilla Becher. Of particular [Read More]

Phillips de Pury & Company together with the Guggenheim Museum are proud to announce a special auction to benefit the Museum this fall. The Guggenheim auction will be the first of its kind to be held outside of the Museum and will be an evening sale taking place on November 7 at [Read More]

Heritage Auctions will present the official auction of the American Numismatic Association’s inaugural Fall National Money Show in Pittsburgh, PA, with floor sessions scheduled for Oct. 13 and 14 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Highlights include a massive pattern for a $50 coin and some of the rarest Liberty quarter [Read More]

Christie’s New York will mark the start of the fall jewelry auction season with a $35 million sale of Magnificent Jewels on October 18. Over 340 items of jewelry – from sparkling white diamond rings to the finest colored diamonds – will make up the sale. As is now tradition at Christie’s, [Read More]

Following the news of significant two-wheeled machinery sold at Bonhams’ Quail Lodge sale in Carmel, the auction house is pleased to announce that it’s accepting consignments for its anticipated Las Vegas motorcycle sale in January. Last month, in true pioneering spirit, Bonhams offered motorcycles for the very first time during the Pebble [Read More]

Bonhams will feature property from the Estate of songwriter, composer, conductor and playwright Meredith Willson and his wife Rosemary during its fall 2011 auctions. Proceeds of the sales will benefit the Meredith and Rosemary Willson Charitable Foundation, whose goal is to keep the philanthropic legacy of Meredith and Rosemary alive by supporting [Read More]

The sale will feature examples by Winchester, Colt, Savage, Springfield, Spencer and others. (WINDSOR, Conn.) – Around 325 lots of antique arms, firearms, swords and more will cross the block on Sunday, Oct. 9, at Nadeau’s Auction Gallery, in the firm’s showroom facility located at 25 Meadow Road in Windsor, starting promptly [Read More]

The Deccan region of south-central India, where diamonds were first mined and exported to Europe, is little known yet – it is India’s best kept secret. Comprising the modern Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Goa, the Deccan has had a prestigious history and culture which has produced some of [Read More]

A stately residence and antiques barn that together comprise one of Lambertville, N.J.’s most recognizable landmarks will be auctioned in a Saturday, Oct. 1 on-site sale conducted by Stephenson’s Auctioneers. The contents of the residence and remaining goods from the barn’s antiques and lighting businesses will be auctioned on the same day, [Read More]

Further to the success of valuation days in 2009 and 2010 Bonhams Auctioneers in London is mounting a campaign in Southport to unearth important rock and roll and film memorabilia for the forthcoming 15 December 2011 Entertainment Memorabilia sale in their London salerooms. The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix [Read More]

RM are to auction the world’s oldest running motor car, a historic 1884 De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout as part of RM Auctions Hershey, Pennsylvania sale on October 6 – 7, 2011. 1884 De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout Commissioned by French entrepreneur, Count de Dion, and [Read More]

Phillips de Pury & Company will auction auction an extraordinary collection of Swatch watches. One of the most complete collections of its kind, this fascinating assembly of more than 4,350 items includes a large number of prototypes, hybrids and production variants never offered for sale. Many of the rare prototypes date from [Read More]

LEGACY OF A BLACK COUNTRY BOXING LEGEND The Welter-weight Boxer Joe Attwood (1890-1975) is a Black Country sporting legend who could hold his own in any fistic company – from a bar room brawl to the London Sporting Club. He spent his early days in fairground boxing booths before becoming a professional. [Read More]

The Titanic archive will be offered on the first day of the three-day sale, in Oceanside, N.Y. (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – A historically significant, museum-quality archive of material pertaining to the doomed ocean liner the RMS Titanic will be offered on the first day of a three-day multi-estate sale planned for Oct. 21-23 [Read More]