InterAsia Auctions’ upcoming sale will take place on September 23-26. As you will notice, the sale will now take place over 4 days – September 23-26-because of the sheer volume of lots, again at the Park Lane Hotel in Hong Kong. The over 3,500 lots are their largest offering ever and represent [Read More]
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An audience eager for antique jewels helped make the September Fine Jewelry and Timepieces auction at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers a resounding success, realizing over $3 million. Fine jade jewelry, in particular, was in high demand from an international group of collectors. A pair of platinum, sapphire, diamond and carved jade pendant earrings [Read More]
Christie’s New York has announced fashion and accessories highlights from the four-day series of landmark sales devoted to the iconic Collection of Elizabeth Taylor, the celebrated film star, fashion icon, and humanitarian. Collected over five decades, Elizabeth Taylor’s fashion wardrobe features scores of museum-quality ensembles fashioned by Chanel, Christian Dior, Gianfranco Ferré, [Read More]
A Blockbuster Auction in Chicago Launches Fall Season (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart launched its Fall season with great aplomb on Saturday, September 17th in Chicago, selling 100% of the lots offered and achieving $5.3 million, well above the pre-auction estimate of $3,430,990 to $5,139,310. There was a full house of [Read More]
Bonhams Scotland is to establish two new departments at its Edinburgh flagship Headquarters in Queen Street. Asian Art and Books will join Paintings, Jewellery, Silver, Furniture, Clocks and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass, Sporting, Whisky and Arms and Armour bringing the number of specialist departments to ten. The setting up [Read More]
The same bottle in an amber coloration would probably sell for $1,800, as color is everything. (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – A Wormser Brothers barrel bitters bottle, made between 1867 and 1871 and quite possibly the only green example in existence (most are amber in color), soared to $18,480 in an Internet and catalog [Read More]
Following the record-breaking £17 million auction of Chinese art, and the unprecedented auctions of Japanese art, held at New Bond Street in May, director of Asian Art Colin Sheaf has rapidly enhanced the Group’s specialist Chinese and Japanese specialist staff in Europe mainly but also in China and Australia. In New Bond [Read More]
On Sunday, September 11th, Clars Auction Gallery featured an important collection of Amelia Earhart memorabilia as part of their September 10th and 11th Antiques and Art Auction. This collection gained worldwide media attention with special features on local, regional and national TV shows including Today on NBC. The importance of the collection, [Read More]
The auctions – on Oct. 1 and Oct. 22 – will be held in St. Charles, Missouri and Wichita, Kansas (DOUGLASS, Kan.) – A pair of auctions with crossover appeal are planned for Oct. 1 and Oct. 22 by Woody Auction. The first, featuring the antique collection of Eugene Sandler of Florida, [Read More]
Bonhams Offers Rare Brooch by Imperial Jeweller, Given the Legion D’Honour for Services to Jewellery A rare peacock brooch set with diamonds and gems by the French Imperial jeweller Gustave Baugrand circa 1867is one of the highlights of the Fine Jewellery sale, taking place on the 21st September at Bonhams, New Bond [Read More]
Arts & Crafts Company announce, that due to closure of their storage facility the entire stock is to be sold at Dreweatts,Donnington priory, Donnington, Newbury, Berkshire. RG14 2JE, UK on 18th October 2011. Included in the sale will be 30 items of Yorkshire Oak including, Mouseman,Beeverman,Eagleman,Fishman,Gnomeman,Mr Kent(Grassington) Knightman, Lizardman(Derek Slater) Lizardman (Martin [Read More]
Keno Auctions announces the sale of silver from the Estate of Elisabeth Christensen, wife of the Master Silversmith Hans Christensen, will be included in its upcoming sale of Important Paintings, Furniture, Decorative Arts and Jewelry, which takes place on Saturday, September 24, 2011, at the Marriott Hotel (243 Tresser Boulevard) in Stamford, [Read More]
Guernsey’s Auction House will be conducting an auction of remarkable items relating to the history of Rock & Roll, on September 24th and 25th The event will be held at 82 Mercer Street in the heart of trendy Soho in Manhattan, while absentee bidders can participate on liveauctioneers.com. Included in the treasures [Read More]
Stevens Auction Company will conduct the sale, at 609 No. Meridian Street in Aberdeen, Miss. (ABERDEEN, Miss.) – An extraordinary arsenal of vintage weapons, militaria and rare antiquities belonging to the late James Larry Bragg – a direct descendant of Civil War General Braxton Bragg – will be sold Saturday, Oct. 8, [Read More]
The auction will be conducted Sept. 24 in the firm’s gallery facility in Boynton Beach, Florida. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – Over 400 lots of original artwork, porcelain, fine estate jewelry, cut glass, silver, bronze and furniture will be sold at a multi-estate sale planned for Saturday, Sept. 24, by Elite Decorative Arts. [Read More]
Circa 1925, 20” x 9 ½” high vase painted in the traditional style of artist Wang Shigu of finely painted mountains sells for $152,100 as the top lot in the three day sale. Of many items on offer was an excellent collection of snuff bottles from a private collector in Florida. In [Read More]
Cowan’s Fall Fine and Decorative Art Auction will take place on October 8, 2011. The 364-lot sale, to be held at Cowan’s salesroom, will offer fine and decorative art items from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The sale features American folk art, furniture, decorative arts, and Cowan’s Fall Fine and Decorative [Read More]
Sotheby’s auctioneers has announced the appointment of Marc Michel-Amadry as Managing Director of Sotheby’s Switzerland. Mr Michel-Amadry will divide his time between Sotheby’s Zurich and Geneva and will strengthen Sotheby’s existing team in Switzerland with his international experience in the luxury sector and strong record of general management across Switzerland. The re-establishment [Read More]