Auction News

OCEANSIDE, N.Y. – Hundreds of mostly fresh-to-the-market lots in a number of categories will change hands at a weekend multi-estate sale Jan. 21-23 by Philip Weiss Auctions. The sale will be held in the Philip Weiss Auctions showroom, at #1 Neil Court in Oceanside. Online bidding will be facilitated by Proxibid.com. Phone [Read More]

Building on their successes of 2010, John Moran Auctioneers will start 2011 with an Antiques Auction of decorative art, fine art and eclectic items from estates and private collections. The two-session sale of more than 200 lots, scheduled for January 11th, will feature European and American painting, British furniture and an abundance [Read More]

The two-session weekend multi-estate sale was conducted December 3-4 in Hillsborough, N.C. (HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.) – A gorgeous 19th century Chinese pagoda form wood and ivory display cabinet in overall good condition breezed to $34,500 at a two-session weekend cataloged auction held Dec. 3-4 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. The [Read More]

Christie’s International, has announced the availability of its new, free App designed specifically for users of the Apple iPad. With special features and functions that are optimized for the iPad’s rich interface, the new App takes users on a tour of Christie’s upcoming auctions and enables “at a glance” browsing of hundreds [Read More]

On Wednesday 15 December Bonhams will auction a fantastic collection of watches belonging to Dr George Fisher in their New Bond Street saleroom. This will be the second single-owner collection for sale on that day – the first being the world-renowned Haslinger Collection of Heuer watches. Over the years Dr George Fisher [Read More]

Brisk bidding and strong prices paced Heritage Auctions’ Nov. 12 Vintage Movie Poster Auction, realizing a total of $1.486 million in its impressive debut at the company’s Beverly Hills location. All prices include a 19.5% Buyer’s Premium. “Beverly Hills and vintage movie posters are a perfect fit,” said Grey Smith, Director of [Read More]

Bonhams is pleased to announce the December 11, 2010 three-city wine auction. The sale follows on from the successful October auction that totaled more than $1-million. Session 1 of the sale will be held in Bonhams’ New York sale room and simulcast to San Francisco and Los Angeles, and session 2 will [Read More]

It was just the 51st auction for the young firm, and it may have been their best sale ever. SACRAMENTO, Calif. – An outstanding, mint condition Brown’s Celebrated Indian Herb bitters bottle, patented Feb. 11, 1868, sold for $36,960 in an Internet and catalog auction held Oct. 29-Nov. 13 by American Bottle [Read More]

One of the most famous and sombre images of the 20th century is for auction at Bonhams Madison Avenue New York on 9 December. Hours after the assassination of John Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B Johnson raises his hand to be sworn in as the 36th President of the USA. Alongside him [Read More]

Children all over the world will be looking forward to opening their presents on Christmas day in a few weeks time. One such lucky child back in the 1920’s/30’s would have been in awe finding this little toy glistening under the Christmas tree. It is a realistic model of an early monoplane [Read More]

With an overall result of EUR 1,9* million, the two day auction of Rare Books at Ketterer Kunst made for the best result in this section for the last twenty years. The evening auction alone realized a stunning 74 percent sold lots and a quota of 128 percent*. The reason for this [Read More]

Gray’s Auctioneers’ Oriental Rugs, Runners and Carpet Auction features an assortment of 109 beautiful lots. Included in this auction is a rare and important Silver and Silver-Gilt Thread Embroidered Calligraphic Panel measuring 48 x 66 inches (Lot 40) that depicts the Tomb of Mohammed surrounded by calligraphic inscriptions that translate to “May [Read More]

An extremely rare Patek Philippe Advanced Research Ref. 5250 timepiece, one of only 100 ever made by the legendary watchmaker, is the hotly anticipated lead lot of the Heritage Auctions’ Saturday, Dec. 4 Signature® Fine Timepieces Auction, taking place at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion (Ukrainian Institute), 2 East 79th Street (at 5th Ave). [Read More]

Clars Auction Gallery will host their final sale for 2010 on Saturday and Sunday, December 4th and 5th marking the end of what will have been a landmark year for the 62 year old firm. The November sale was the largest in their history with sales exceeding $1.6 million. American Decorative Arts [Read More]

Two important Cartier pieces are among the top lots of the Bonhams Art of Jewels: Fine Jewellery and Iconic Gems sale on December 9th at New Bond Street. An impressive Art-Deco diamond necklace by Cartier, 1936 demonstrates the pioneering nature of the French jewellery house during a time when they were attempting [Read More]

Christie’s have sold an exceptional example of the first Apple computer ‘ the Apple 1’ for £133,250 / $212,267 / €156,169. The first personal computer with a fully assembled motherboard, the Apple 1 heralded the home computer revolution. Only about 200 examples are believed to have been produced, and the present example [Read More]

The auction will be conducted by Tim’s, Inc., based in Bristol, Conn., starting promptly at 1 p.m. BRISTOL, Conn. – The contents of numerous safety deposit boxes, filled with treasures accumulated over the course of a lifetime by a single-family estate, will be sold on Saturday, Dec. 4, by Tim’s, Inc. The [Read More]

RAYMOND, Ill. – An outstanding Texaco Marine Lubricants single-sided porcelain sign, made in 1959 and rated 9.25 out of 10 for overall condition, sold for $6,325 at a two-day, three-session sale held Nov. 6-7 by Matthews Auctions, LLC, based in Nokomis, Ill. The auction was held at the gallery of Gavin Pope [Read More]