Bonhams are offering a 1964 Aston Martin DB5 4.2 Litre Sports Saloon owned by Shane Filan of Westlife at the Goodwood Revival on Friday 16th September 2011. The car is expected to fetch £250,000-300,000. Manufactured on 4th May 1964 the car was found in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by marque specialist Desmond J [Read More]
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SOTHEBY’S LONDON 2011 autumn wine season will open with two sales of Finest & Rarest Wines in close succession. The first auction will take place on Wednesday, 14 September 2011 and the second on Wednesday, 5 October 2011. Together, these sales are expected to bring in excess of £1.5 million. Taking centre [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. will host a Discovery auction on September 14th and 15th in its Marlborough gallery. The large sale helps kick-off the autumn auction season, with more than 1,500 lots up for bid. Wednesday’s offerings, which go on the block starting at 2 p.m. include approximately 200 lots of American, British & [Read More]
An exceptionally rare bottle of The Glenlivet, distilled in 1883 and bottled in 1931 by George & John Gordon Smith, is to be auctioned by Bonhams at their whisky sale in Edinburgh on 12 October. It has a pre-sale estimate of £15,000-20,000. The bottle has an impeccable pedigree. It was originally owned [Read More]
One of only a handful of known existing original copies of Benjamin Franklin’s celebrated “Join, or Die” editorial cartoon, from the May 9, 1754 edition of The Pennsylvania Gazette – the single most famous and important American editorial cartoon in existence, and one of the most famous ever printed – will be [Read More]
Auctions America by RM in partnership with RM Auctions announced today it will lift the gavel on one of the Chicago area’s best known treasures, the famous Lee Roy Hartung Collection, during a multi-day sale in Glenview, Illinois, November 3 – 5, 2011. Lee Roy Hartung Collection Photo: Darin Schabel © 2011 [Read More]
Adding to its formidable line-up of events, Heritage Auctions will present its first Estate Auction, Sept. 27, at its Dallas Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum Street, with a wide and eclectic range of antiques and art, including fine French Clocks, Bergman bronzes, a grouping of George Nakashima Mid- Century furniture and Personal [Read More]
Session I will go online Sept. 28 and conclude with a live auction Oct. 8 in Woodstock, Conn. Session II will go online Oct. 5 and conclude Oct. 19. Session III will be held in early 2012. (WOODSTOCK, Conn.) – The lifetime, single-owner bottle and flask collection of Tom McCandless – a [Read More]
Sotheby’s Hong Kong have announced an Important Watches Autumn Sale 2011 taking place on 6 October at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Following the consecutive record-breaking sales in the past three seasons, the upcoming sale promises even greater treasures for watch collectors. With over 470 lots of watches dating from [Read More]
Phillips de Pury & Companyannounces highlights from the September Under the Influence auction. The sale opens the Fall auction season with a fresh selection of contemporary art. AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS Vik Muniz’s Jackie (Pictures of Diamonds), 2005 estimated at $100,000 to $150,000 portrays Jackie Kennedy Onassis shining with vitality. The photograph is fashioned [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York announce their first jewelry auction of the Fall season will take place on 20 September 2011, following a record-breaking spring season for jewels at Sotheby’s. The sale of Important Jewels will be led by an exquisite Cartier “Tutti Frutti” bracelet, one of Cartier’s rarest and most iconic Art Deco [Read More]
Christie’s announced the appointment of Nicholas Eldred as Group General Counsel based in London. In this role he will oversee Christie’s legal affairs globally and advise the company’s executive team and businesses worldwide on matters of governance, risk and compliance. Steven Murphy, Christie’s Chief Executive Officer commented: “We are tremendously pleased that [Read More]
The sale will be conducted in Shannon’s gallery, at 354 Woodmont Road in Milford, Conn. (MILFORD, Conn.) – Original works of art by such renowned painters as Jasper Cropsey, Birge Harrison, Martha Walter, John White Alexander and others – plus a pair of original etchings by Rembrandt and a rare etching by [Read More]
Bonhams has announced the addition of Period Art & Design, a new sale category to its monthly calendar. The inaugural sales will be held in San Francisco and Los Angeles on November 20-21. Bonhams & Butterfields San Francisco The sale, also held in the U.K., will focus on 18th, 19th and 20th [Read More]
Bonhams auction of Salon Jewelry and Watches on September 19 in San Francisco will feature a diverse collection of jewels, sure to appeal to a wide variety of buyers. The sale is simulcast to Los Angeles and is timed to coincide with Bonhams SoMa Estate Auction with Jewelry held the day prior. [Read More]
Christie’s will offer Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, in New York on September 15 and 16 with over 550 objects across many categories and tastes, and many from private collections. Highlighting the sale is a very rare large and finely cast gilt-bronze figure of Vairocana (estimate: $600,000-800,000), which is an [Read More]
On Tuesday, September 27, 2011, Sotheby’s will host the second annual Art of Farming event to celebrate edible heirlooms and the art involved in their creation. Just in time for the fall harvest, this special evening provides a unique platform for local farmers, purveyors, celebrity chefs, and philanthropists to join together to [Read More]
Christie’s New York will offer an extensive selection of over 200 lots of sculpture, paintings, ritual objects, and works of art from India, Tibet, Nepal and Southeast Asia, on September 13. Several notable collections will also be featured in the sale, including The Burkhart Collection, as well as Property from the Dr. [Read More]