Christie’s Hong Kong Evening and Day sales of Asian Contemporary Art on 29 May and 30 May in Hong Kong will bring together the dynamic worlds of contemporary art from China, Japan, Korea and India. Christie’s continues to offer a platform showcasing the best in contemporary and Chinese 20th Century art from [Read More]
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A former Dallas/Fort Worth business that specialized in terrazzo tile for industrial buildings will auction its assets Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 11 a.m. The Santa Regina International 48,530 sq. ft. industrial terrazzo tile building, located on I-45 in Palmer, TX will be auctioned live and online along with its patented Breton [Read More]
Collectors are eagerly awaiting Bonhams New York’s June 16th sale of fine jewelry. Comprised of nearly 130 lots, the sale offers several excellent collecting opportunities. An impressive diamond solitaire ring (pictured) will be of great interest to bidders. The cover lot of the sale it features a rectangular-cut diamond, weighing 10.32 carats. [Read More]
Major Indianapolis Collector Selling 70 Muscle, Classic Cars from 1950s, 60s and 70s Marengo, IL – Ray Skillman, one of the Indianapolis-area’s largest and longest-operating automobile retailers, has chosen Dana Mecum’s 23rd Original Spring Classic Auction, held May 19-23 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, to sell 70 vehicles from his impressive collection [Read More]
Collectors are eagerly awaiting Bonhams New York’s May 18th Fine Photographs sale. Consisting of just over 130 lots, the upcoming auction offers work spanning from the early 19th century to today and will feature images by such legendary photographers as Richard Avedon, Edward Weston, Helmut Newton, and Ansel Adams. Of great interest [Read More]
Keno Auctions, inaugural sale, which took place May 1-2 at the Marriott Stamford Hotel in Connecticut, achieved $5,818,460 in sales, over its pre-sale high estimate ($2.8 – 5.4 million)* with 87.5% of the 741 lots finding buyers, and established three world sales records. Keno Auctions’ president Leigh Keno announced on Wednesday May [Read More]
(ORLANDO, Fla.) – More than 300 original and reprographic works of art by some of the most prominent names in fine art (like Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro and Marc Chagall) and contemporary art (like Peter Max, LeRoy Neiman, Charles Fazzino and Nicola Simbari) will be sold at two live and [Read More]
Richard Winterton Auctioneers and their clients have raised £1,000 for Help for Heroes. The Lichfield based Auctioneers do not charge for their sales catalogues, instead ask for a voluntary donation to go to the Help for Heroes Charity. Proprietor Richard Winterton is pictured handing the cheque over to Jeremy Hobbs, (Volunteer County [Read More]
Super Auctions and Hollywood Entertainment Museum (HEM) today announced the return of the Max Factor Collection to their upcoming Online Auction with Live Auctioneer Audio Streaming on Saturday, May 15. In 1992 the Historic Collection had been generously donated to HEM by Max Factor & Co., a subsidiary of The Proctor & [Read More]
Christie’s London Interiors sale goes retro, on 22 June 2010, embracing mid-century modern lifestyle and design, with estimates from £300. Christie’s Interiors sales offer the ultimate opportunity to source a diverse and eclectic selection of home furnishings with an extensive selection of lots in each sale including everything from ceramics and textiles [Read More]
Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., the leading hybrid model salvage auto auction company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of KAR Auction Services, Inc. , today announced 14 locations that will host the 2010 IAA Big Bad Bike Sales throughout the U.S. The national campaign is geared toward motorcycle buyers and enthusiasts looking for large [Read More]
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – A little over 300 rare and vintage bottles, most of them dating to the mid-to-late 19th century, will be offered in an Internet and catalog auction that will go online May 24 and end June 1. It will be the 50th sale to date for American Bottle Auctions (AmericanBottle.com), [Read More]
Bonhams announce that ‘Spitting Image’ puppets of former Prime Minister John Major and his wife Norma are to go on sale at the Bonhams Entertainment auction on 23rd June. Why not snap up your own piece of political memorabilia? Estimated at £3,000-3,500 these puppets appeared in the British satirical puppet show during [Read More]
An exceptionally rare bottle of Glenfiddich distilled in 1937 is for sale at Bonhams Whisky sale in Edinburgh on 16 June. It is one of only 11 bottles of the 1937 produced by the distillery and is the first to appear at auction. Having matured for 64 years it is also one [Read More]
On Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 11 AM and 2 PM, the Rago Arts and Auction Center holds a two session auction of fine art, the vast majority new to the market, fresh from private collections secured in the US and abroad. Auction Saturday, May 15 at 11 am: 19th/20th C. American [Read More]
The auction takes place Saturday and Sunday, May 22-23, 2010 under the tent at Kaminski Auctions, 564 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA. Bidding commences at 10am on Saturday and 11am on Sunday and auction previews are scheduled Tuesday-Friday, May 18-21 from 11am-5pm and on the mornings of the sale beginning at 8am. Live [Read More]
On Thursday, May 20, Swann Galleries will conduct a two-part auction of Photographic Literature & Important Photographs that features many scarce and significant works – both individual photographic images and books. The auction opens with nearly 200 lots of Photographic Literature, including many sought-after monographs such as a first edition of Berenice [Read More]
On May 27th Bonhams New York will present their highly anticipated Natural History auction. Consisting of over 443 lots, the sale includes fossils, meteorites, amber, zoology, lapidary arts, minerals and exotic gemstone jewelry. “Sales of fossils at our October 2009 auction in Las Vegas broke multiple world auction records,” co-director of Bonhams’ [Read More]