Auction News

Sotheby’s New York Americana Week concluded with a 3-day auction total of $14.4 million, comfortably above the cumulative low estimate of $11.5 million. The sales brought significant prices for American furniture, silver and folk art, led by An Important Searls Family Chippendale Highly Inlaid Cherrywood and Mahogany Chest of Drawers that achieved [Read More]

Bonhams is offering for sale at auction two Ducatis associated with four-time World Superbike Champion, Carl Fogarty, both of which are owned by the same private collector in Northern Ireland. The first is the Ducati 888 Corsa on which Carl won both the Superbike race and the headline event at the North [Read More]

RM Auctions, enjoyed a strong start to its 2011 auction season this week, posting a record $30.8 million in sales at its annual Arizona event, with an impressive 96% of lots sold and four automobiles exceeding the magic million dollar mark. Held at the prestigious Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, the two-day [Read More]

(WATCHUNG, NJ) – His stature in the game remains almost mythical as if his career was something created by a novelist or Hollywood scriptwriter. But Shoeless Joe Jackson was quite real… and quite human as two items recently consigned to auction reveal. An ultra-rare Jackson signed document, one of the few and [Read More]

On Sat. Jan. 22, 2011, Phil Weiss will auction off some great Beatles Memorabilia including some incredible autographed items. Items include (copy and paste the links into your browser): Lot 1393 – 1973 Important Content John Lennon & Yoko Ono Typed Signed Letter, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hand signed by both. [Read More]

The Virginia-based auctioneer will call the Ladies’ Luncheon & Auction on Saturday, Feb. 19. (CULLEN, Va.) – Jimmy Carwile, owner and auctioneer of Carwile Auctions, Inc., has been tapped to conduct an auction at the 35th annual Convention and Sport Show of the National Wild Turkey Federation, slated for Feb. 17-20 at [Read More]

Associate Seller Nye & Company sale is now live until Monday January 31st on www.iGavelAuctions.com. Born in Idaho, Michael Sweeley lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for approximately fifty years after attending Juilliard. He was a lifelong devotee of the arts and music. Following employment with Sol Hurok, Sweeley first [Read More]

(ORLANDO, Fla.) – Proceeds from next month’s 2011 Winter Auction slated for Feb. 19 and 26 by Baterbys Art Auction Gallery will go to benefit United Cerebral Palsy of Central Florida, an organization that serves children with disabilities and developmental delays in the Orlando area. But it won’t be the first time [Read More]

The unique 1961 Cadillac ‘Jacqueline’ Coupé, which was created by the Italian coachbuilder Pininfarina in honour of America’s First Lady, Jackie Kennedy, the year that her husband, John F Kennedy, was elected President of the United States, is to be sold in Bonhams’ Paris sale of Motor Cars at the Grand Palais [Read More]

John Moran Auctioneers is delighted to announce the first of their 2011 California and American Art Auctions, a sale of 150 works by leading artists spanning the mid-19th to mid- 20th centuries with an emphasis on plein air landscapes. The event will take place Tuesday, February 15th at the Pasadena Convention Center [Read More]

Alex Lyon and Son is preparing for its largest auction of the year and notably one of the largest Kissimmee auctions to date. With a large number of predicted attendees and a live webcast feature that welcomes bidders from around the world, this is sure to be an auction that you do [Read More]

This week Bonhams announced that Fergus Lyons will be joining the company in May as Head of Furniture after a distinguished 30-year career at Sotheby’s. His name is closely associated with some of the most important furniture sales in Britain. Fergus Lyons joined Sotheby’s in 1979, working initially at their Pulborough saleroom, [Read More]

One of the keys for a successful conference is to lure visitors to your booth and exhibitors are always looking for creative ways to accomplish that goal. NAFA Fleet Management Association is helping exhibitors at its 2011 Institute & Expo by holding a silent auction that will increase an exhibitor’s exposure while [Read More]

Gray’s Auctioneers kick off 2011 with a Furniture, Paintings and Decorative Arts Auction on January 25. This auction features paintings & drawings from the 17th century to the 20th century, furniture from Charles II to mid-century modern, antique rugs, runners and carpets and a number of delightful decorative lots including a collection [Read More]

An astonishing mid 19th century design for what would have been the world’s first skyscraper is for auction at Bonhams Gentleman’s Library Sale in London on 19 January. After the Great Exhibition of 1851, it was decided to move the Crystal Palace from Hyde Park and proposals were invited to redesign the [Read More]

On Friday, February 4 and Saturday, February 5, 2011 at noon, the Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold a 1,100+ lot auction of 20th C. Decorative Arts and furnishings. The sale includes high-end pieces from private collections accepted from the U.S. and abroad. Included are early 20th Century pieces such as [Read More]

An oil painting of Sharp, Queen Victoria’s favourite dog is to feature in ‘Dogs in Show & Field: The Fine Art Sale’ on 16th February 2011 at Bonhams New York. The painting, by the Norfolk artist Charles Burton Barber, has attracted a pre-sale estimate of $4,000-6,000. Once in the personal collection of [Read More]

On Wednesday, 26 January, 2011, Sotheby’s London will offer a Magnificent Private Collection of Château Lafite, Château Mouton Rothschild 1959, Château Latour 1959 and Château Haut Brion 1961. The 51 lots will open the sale of Finest and Rarest Wines & Vintage Port, and all come with impeccable provenance. Described by Serena [Read More]