Auction News

Leading briefcase manufacturer MEZZI has launched an auction system on its Website, allowing consumers to purchase its reasonably-priced products for significantly less than the company’s regular retail pricing. Shoppers can capitalize on the live product auctions on mezzi.com to place bids on various aluminum cases just as they do at eBay or [Read More]

A 1978 Ferrari 512BB Berlinetta Boxer owned by British Formula One driver, Jenson Button, is to be sold by Bonhams at its sale of Collectors’ Motor Cars at the RAF Museum, Hendon, on 11 April 2011. The car, which was bought last year by Button, the then reigning Formula One World Champion, [Read More]

Sotheby’s auction of Russian Art in New York will feature paintings and works of art with exceptional provenance and art-historical importance. The paintings on offer are highlighted by works from iconic Russian artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Ivan Aivazovsky, Isaac Levitan, Nicholas Roerich, Boris Grigoriev, and Yuri Pimenov, whose [Read More]

REA Presents Baseball Card and Memorabilia Treasures 1859-2009 WATCHUNG, NEW JERSEY. The catalog for Robert Edward Auctions’ 2011 blockbuster sale will ship on April 12, 2011. As always, the first copy off the presses will be presented to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York for their [Read More]

The sale of a £13,000 bottle of Gordon & MacPhail Generations Glenlivet 70 Years Old, launched earlier this month, is to be auctioned at a special evening at Bonhams, Edinburgh on 29 March in aid of the victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Family owned whisky specialists Gordon & [Read More]

Highlights include James D. Julia’s Winter Antiques & Fine Art Auction with over 600 online bidders from 17 countries; Doyle New York’s sale of the Estate of Lena Horne with more than a thousand online bids and National Book Auctions’ February 27th auction with over 73% of the lots sold online. Gorringes, [Read More]

The Largest Selection of Lafite Ever Offered at Auction Portion of Proceeds Donated to Japanese Relief Efforts Hart Davis Hart, America’s largest wine auction house, conducted a highly successful auction over the weekend devoted exclusively to the wines of Château Lafite-Rothschild. The sale comprised the largest selection of Lafite ever offered at [Read More]

The most important collection of papers & Portraits to come to the market in 30 years – which includes two American discoveries- will be sold at Bonhams in London on March 29th as the Roy Davids Collection. Roy Davids was for many years the Head of Books at Sotheby’s. He is a [Read More]

Christie’s will hold their second series of „Elegance? auctions – presenting a range of luxury items from stunning jewels and classic watches through to exotic Hermès handbags and even dog accessories, as well as highly sought after Lalique glass mascots and vessels. The sales will take place on 25 and 26 May [Read More]

In light of recent events, Hart Davis Hart will be donating 3% of all buyers premium collected in The Lafite Auction to humanitarian organizations providing medical support and relief efforts directly to the people of Japan. Many of the consignors in this auction will be matching our donation. Our thoughts and prayers [Read More]

Collectors can look forward to Antiquorum’s upcoming auction “Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces” to be held on Sunday 27 March at the Mandarin Oriental Geneva. Among the 564 exclusive modern and vintage timepieces, Antiquorum experts are pleased to offer an extremely rare minute-repeating and tourbillon Patek Philippe Ref. 3939 as well as [Read More]

As the devastating events continue to unfold in Japan, the need for assistance is great. In light of this need, Colin Sheaf, Chairman of Bonhams Asia, says: “At this time of unprecedented personal tragedy in one of the world’s greatest cultures, we think it is appropriate to draw funds from culture of [Read More]

The Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold a three day auction marathon on April 8, 9, 10, 2011, with two thousand lots in three days and no reserves on lots sold on Friday and Sunday. “It seems that we are offered more and better property to sell without reserve with each [Read More]

The event was held the day before the popular Chicagoland Petroliana & Advertising Show. (PEOTONE, Ill.) – An exceptionally clean Richlube Motor Oil double-sided porcelain sign (“100% Pure Pennsylvania”) soared to $7,425 at the Spring Petroliana & Advertising Auction held Mar. 4 by Matthews Auctions, LLC. The sale was conducted the day [Read More]

(BRISTOL, Conn.) – Tim’s, Inc., will hold its 19th annual Cabin Fever Auction on Sunday, March 27, but not in the usual venue. In the past, Tim’s conducted the yearly event at the Litchfield Firehouse in Litchfield. But this year, a combination of factors led to the decision to hold the auction [Read More]

Boston, MA – Artfact.com partners with Heritage Auctions of Dallas, Texas to offer live online bidding at an exciting auction of historical materials and memorabilia from the state of Texas. Included in the auction is a wide variety of rare and important books, documents, maps, works on paper and more, with a [Read More]

WATCHUNG, NJ – Robert Edward Auctions announced Monday that a trio of historic and valuable items tied to the legendary life and career of baseball icon Lou Gehrig have been consigned to the company’s upcoming annual catalog auction. They include a 1925-29 Gehrig pro model bat with strong use once personally gifted [Read More]

Christie’s Hong Kong started the Spring season with its sale of Finest and Rarest Wines (Part I ) on Friday, 4th March 2011, with 91% of its lots sold, totalling HK$53,023,000/US$6,808,179. The two top lots of the day were both La Tâche – Vintage 1961 (6 magnums), each of which sold for [Read More]