Auction News

The LS6 Chevelle was at the pinnacle of GM performance, and stood alone as the only vehicle to take top horse power rating over the Corvette in history. With a factory advertised 450 HP at 5600 RPMs and 500 lb-ft of torque at 3600 RPMs, it was the highest horsepower Chevelle offered [Read More]

RM Auctions, is now on the countdown to its inaugural sale at London’s Salon Privé luxury car show and Concours d’Elegance on 23rd June, 2011. The sale, which is only open to British-built automobiles, has attracted fifty-seven stunning examples of ‘Quintessentially English’ cars including some significant collections of Aston Martin, Jaguar and [Read More]

Heritage Auctions has announced that it will hold a special catalog auction this Sept. 12, 2011, in Beverly Hills, from the estate of pioneering collector, publisher, historian, and scholar Jerry Weist, who passed away on Jan. 7 of this year. The science-fiction and fantasy themed artwork, rare first-edition books, movie posters, fanzines, [Read More]

An Impressive Private Collection of great wines from France, put together by a British collector, is to lead Sotheby’s London sale of Finest and Rarest Wines on Wednesday, 15 and Thursday, 16 June, 2011. The collection, which comprises 710 lots and forms the first day of this two-day auction, is estimated to [Read More]

Amy Cappellazzo has been appointed Chairman, Post-War and Contemporary Development at Christie’s. With a decade at the World’s Leading Art Business, Cappellazzo most recently held the title of International Co-Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art, Deputy Chairman. In her newly created position, Cappellazzo reporters to Steven Murphy, Christie’s Chief Executive Officer. The [Read More]

The on-site auction will be conducted by Stevens Auction Company, based in Aberdeen, Miss. (HAMILTON, Miss.) – The historic antebellum home in Hamilton, Miss., known as Cedarwycke Plantation, plus its lavish furnishings, will be sold at an on-site auction slated for Saturday, June 18. The property is located at 40310 U.S. Highway [Read More]

On the heels of the blockbuster $5.5M auction in March, Spectrum Wine Auctions, one of the world’s leading international fine and rare wine auction houses, will offer three major single-owner collections in the upcoming live auction, to be held at the brand new Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, now the world’s tallest hotel, on [Read More]

Clarke’s June 13th auction will consist of over 450 lots consigned from estates in the greater New York area including two Fifth Ave estates, Englewood, Greenwich, Scarsdale, Larchmont and Rye. Fine art in this auction includes five classic New York snow scenes by Guy C Wiggins and Johann Berthelsen, Judaic art by [Read More]

Brett Gorvy has been named Chairman and International Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s. In an expanded role, will be the sole leader of the Post-War and Contemporary Art business on a worldwide basis and at the highest level. Gorvy continue to report to Chief Executive Officer Steven Murphy and [Read More]

Barrett-Jackson Auction Company has announced 2nd Annual Orange County Auction will return with unparalleled excitement and energy to the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, California, June 24-26. Continuing its year-long 40th anniversary, the three-day automotive lifestyle event will feature one of the most diverse selections of customs, classics, Hot [Read More]

RM Auctions, kicked off its 2011 European calendar in style on the weekend, posting over €23 million** ($33,436,750 USD) at its debut sale at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Cernobbio, Italy. Held in conjunction with the celebrated Italian concorso d’eleganza, the two-hour sale treated a discerning international audience to one of [Read More]

Exotic artefacts from the orient formed the key highlights in the recent International Fine Art & Collectors’ sale held in Lichfield last week, (2nd June). The auction organised and held by Richard Winterton Auctioneers at The Lichfield Auction Centre at Fradley comprised over 500 prize Lots sourced from local clients and deceased [Read More]

Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and other autographed items from the 1940s through the 1980s by many great musicians and performers highlight the Phil Weiss June 11 auction. Also including Nat “King” Cole, Frank SInatra, Illinois Jacquet, Stan Kenton and many more signed on programs and handbills. A Birdland Restaurant menu [Read More]

Bonhams & Butterfields Entertainment Memorabilia auction on June 26, 2011 in Los Angeles will feature a wide variety of items related to Hollywood, Rock ‘n Roll and Animation Art. Highlights will include pieces connected to Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Nightmare Before Christmas and the grand dames of old Hollywood: Barbara [Read More]

The far-reaching and fascinating legacy of George Washington dominated Heritage Auctions’ $1,728,871 Grand Format Americana & Political Memorabilia Auction, May 21, as a 1796 Washington-signed U.S. Patent, issued to Hodgen Holmes for an improvement on Eli Whitney’s cotton gin – effectively extending the life of slavery in the states another 65 years [Read More]

On June 26, 2011, Bonhams & Butterfields’ Entertainment Memorabilia auction in Los Angeles will offer iconic props, concept drawings and storyboards from the award-winning Tim Burton film The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). The sale of these groundbreaking items is timed to coincide with a major retrospective of Burton’s work at the Los [Read More]

Cordier Antiques & Auctions will be holding their Two Day Spring Antique & Fine Art auction in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania on June 11 and 12. Highlights of the sale include a 19th century French tric trac gaming table, a 1920’s Acoma Pueblo olla, and a Ben Franklin 20 shilling Pennsylvania note in [Read More]