Sotheby’s sale of American Indian Art in New York on 18 May 2011, will include major pieces from a number of distinguished private collections including The Bruce and Nancy Berman Collection of Navajo Blankets, paintings from the Hascoe Family Collection and the Davies-Cooke Collection. The standout highlight from the various owner section [Read More]
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An Imperial of Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1982 brought $28,680 as the top lot of Heritage Auctions’ $1.65+ million Inaugural Signature® Wine Auction, April 1, held at the company’s Beverly Hills location, 9478, West Olympic Boulevard. All prices include 19.5% buyer’s Premium. “This auction was a great launch for us, and it was [Read More]
Bonhams & Butterfields announce the summer Wine auction on June 18, 2011 in San Francisco, simulcast to Los Angeles. The sale, consisting of numerous fine and rare wines, will feature several collections of important Bordeaux and Burgundy vintages as well as the first wine produced by Inglenook following Prohibition in 1933. Highlights [Read More]
A very rare and handsome 1954 Aston Martin DB2/4 Cabriolet, which was previously owned by the legendary Grand Prix and sports-racing driver, Innes Ireland, is one of the highlights of Bonhams’ annual sale of Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed on 1 July 2011. Recently restored [Read More]
In addition to Steve McQueen’s well-documented 1971 Husqvarna 400 motorcycle, Bonhams will be auctioning the iconic actor’s collection of racing trophies in Carmel, California, on May 14th. Consisting of awards from McQueen’s long history of both motorcar and motorcycle racing, the nearly two-dozen pieces in the collection will be sold individually and [Read More]
WATCHUNG, NEW JERSEY – The catalog for Robert Edward Auctions’ 2011 blockbuster sale was shipped on April 12, 2011. While most of the auction is baseball-related, also included is a remarkable, unique and extremely historic 1964 Ed Sullivan show schedule signed by all four members of the Beatles. The catalog description follows: [Read More]
WESTHAMPTON, N.Y. – The iconic jacket worn for decades by UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, Julius “Dr. J” Erving’s 1972-73 game-used Virginia Squires ABA road jersey, and the largest selection of players’ Championship rings ever seen in one auction lead the lineup in Grey Flannel’s 2011 Summer Games event. The May 11 [Read More]
Rago Arts and Auction Center’s 2000+ lot three-day weekend marathon auction brought home a whopping $1,552,977 for the auction house and its consignors. The top lot was a Chinese embroidered dragon robe worn by its former owner to local basketball games, which sold for $49,600. Miriam Tucker, Rago partner, agreed. “This sale [Read More]
The trap, sporting some wicked-looking teeth, was the second-top lot of the 1,700 items offered. (MATTHEWS, N.C.) – A vintage Oneida Newhouse No. 6 bear trap, made in the 1880s and weighing a whopping 43 pounds, with three wicked-looking teeth mounted on each massive jaw, sold for $3,491 in an Internet and [Read More]
John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics for Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds are expected to fetch more than $200,000 (£122,000) at a Profiles in History, Los Angeles auction on 14 and 15 May, reports the BBC. The sheet, features the song’s third verse and the opening words to She’s Leaving Home. [Read More]
Baldwin’s bi-annual London auctions are always a highlight of the numismatic calendar but this, the first of the year, will be a Great British spectacular! The 2-day auction will be held over the 3rd and 4th May and comprises a sensational array of British rarities, together with a selection of Russian numismatic [Read More]
The sign was the top achiever of the approximately 1,900 lots that crossed the block April 1-3. (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) – A magnificent Rock Island Railroad reverse glass sign, made in 1890 by an employee of the firm who fashioned reverse glass lamp shades for the Pullman cars, sold for $165,000 at [Read More]
The Vostok 3KA-2 Space Capsule that paved the way for Yuri Gagarin historic space mission sold for $2,882,500 to Evgeny Yurchenko, chairman of the investment fund AS Popov. Mr. Yurchenko purchased the icon of space history with the intention of returning it to his homeland, Russia. “The Vostok 3KA-2 space capsule is [Read More]
The event will be held in the Historic Buford Hall, located at 112 East Shadburn Ave. in Buford. (BUFORD, Ga.) – A weekend sale featuring over 1,000 lots of folk art in a wide array of genres will be held April 30-May 1 by Slotin Auction at the Historic Buford Hall, located [Read More]
Includes over one hundred full cases of First Growth Bordeaux from the great modern vintages, nearly all in original wood, and a vast offering of Château Pétrus (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. today announced the highlights of their upcoming auction of Finest and Rarest Wines, which will take place [Read More]
Around 600 quality lots changed hands in a successful sale that grossed more than $400,000. (WINDSOR, Conn.) – A large Chinese bronze statue of a standing figure, possibly a god of war or other deity and made during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), sold for $27,600 at the annual Spring Asian Antiques & [Read More]
Auction to Feature Thomas Binkley Collection of Historical Musical Instruments, Guitars from the Pinkburst Project, Selmer saxophone of Steve Lacy and fine fretted instruments and violins Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of Fine Musical Instruments on May 1st at noon in its Boston gallery. The sale will feature over 450 lots [Read More]
Nearly 100 Classics Will Be Sold Without Reserve Bonhams has announced the sale of the Wallace “Wally” Lewis Collection of classic American cars in Portland, Oregon, on June 11th. This remarkable automobile collection, offered for sale for the first time, consists of a huge variety of American models, with a focus on [Read More]