When the British Expeditionary Force of 1901 was sent to lift the siege of the British Legation in Beijing and quell the Boxer Rebellion it is known that they entered the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. As a result of this military initiative Chinese works of art including two monumental screens [Read More]
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Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., the leading hybrid model salvage auto auction company and a wholly owned subsidiary of KAR Auction Services, Inc. (NYSE: KAR), announced their new facility in Anchorage, Alaska. This marks the 14th branch location in IAA’s northwest region and adds to the more than 150 locations throughout North America. [Read More]
On April 28-29, 2010, Cowan’s salesroom in Cincinnati, Ohio, will offer over 1200 lots of relics and weaponry from the Civil War to WWII. Featured in the auction are nearly 500 lots related to the U.S. Cavalry, from the Estate of Thomas Adlon, Visalia, California, the Estate of Richard R. Lea, Ft. [Read More]
On April 27, Dan Morphy Auctions will present a 274-lot specialty sale featuring new, used and antique firearms; edged weapons, military antiques and Civil War memorabilia. “In our past auctions, antique and collectible firearms proved to be a highly popular category, so in response to many, many requests, we decided to add [Read More]
lot 366 at Bonhams next sale of Fine Japanese Art on May 11th, is a superb decorated dish also estimated to sell for £100,000 to £150,000. This is a fine and rare Nabeshima shaku-zara, a large dish, circa 1690-1760, decorated with strange images which represent Buddhist symbols of precious emblems comprising the [Read More]
Masterpieces by Lytras, Poulakas and Maleas Expected to Make Record Prices The biggest work ever to appear at auction by the major Greek expressionist painter Georgios Bouzianis entitled Frau mit Tisch und Stuhl, measuring 138 x 105 cm, is expected to sell for £200,000 – 300,000 at Bonhams 16th Greek Sale at [Read More]
One of Francis Cadell’s iconic Iona pictures is for sale at Bonhams 19th and 20th Century Pictures and Prints sale in Edinburgh on 22 April. It is expected to make between £40,000 – 60,000. FCB Cadell (1883-1937), one of the celebrated Scottish Colourists, visited the tiny island of Iona off the west [Read More]
Bonhams inaugural bi-coastal auction of Modern, Contemporary Art and Latin American Art is to be held in New York and simulcast to the Los Angeles saleroom on May 11, 2010. This season’s sale includes three notable firsts: the first trans-American simulcast auction in the category; the first time Latin American art has [Read More]
Sale also includes a ‘Duck House’ so you can live like an M.P A RARE collection of antique Japanese garden ornament will be offered for sale in the auction of Garden Statuary and Fossil Decoration at Summers Place Auctions (in association with Sotheby’s), which will take place in the landscaped grounds and [Read More]
Heritage Auction Galleries May 4-5 Signature® Fine Timepieces Auction, will be held live at the company’s Dallas Design District Location, 1518 Slocum Street, and online, via Heritage LIVE!, at HA.com. “Among the great names we’ve assembled in this auction standouts include Rolex, Patek Philippe, Martin Braun and Nashua, among the many,” said [Read More]
The 1:12th scale model of Grade-II listed Bourton House at Bourton-on-the-Hill is to be auctioned on on 24 April at a Chorley’s auction at Prinknash Abbey Park, Gloucestershire. Iona Sale, from Chorley’s auction house, said: “It is an opportunity to acquire a Cotswold manor house for a fraction of the price. “It [Read More]
A recent sale at Manheim Auctions, Glasgow raised £2,600 for Marie Curie Cancer Care. The funds raised will go towards a new £16 million Hospice located just 10 minutes from the auction centre. The special sale was attended by a total of 103 buyers, 40 of whom were logged on via Simulcast, [Read More]
200 items belonging to the founder of the fashion house Laura Ashley have been auctioned for £18,000 by Auctioneers McCartneys, in Ludlow, Shropshire. Auctioneer Daniel Fielder said: “I think there were people at the auction with a particular interest in Laura Ashley. There were certainly different faces in the room. We normally [Read More]
Super Yacht Auction, the new auction platform for super yachts (> 24 metres), presents its third global auction. This latest auction is for “Aries”, a 35 metre Classic Sailing Ketch (Camper & Nicholsons). This auction is the perfect opportunity for those looking for a truly beautiful yacht, a fine blend of classic [Read More]
Bonhams, the foremost international auction house of motorcycles and motorcars, announces a truly incredible and diverse roster of motorbikes to be featured at their auction the first weekend of May. Being offered are motorcycles from every era and from around the world, bearing names both obscure and legendary. Highlights include: • 1910 [Read More]
Bonhams is very pleased to announce its appointment in offering the prestigious Michael L. Amalfitano collection of sports and sports-racing cars, including significant competition Porsches. World-class racing cars featured in this well-known collection include a fine example of the mighty Porsche 917. While currently configured as an Interserie racing (European Can-Am) Spyder, [Read More]
Christie’s New York announces the Prints & Multiples Sale on April 26 and 27. The auction features 482 lots including an impressive variety of American, Modern, Post-War, and Contemporary prints estimated in the region of $7 million. Highlights in the sale include works by Edvard Munch, as well as Works from the [Read More]
Two-day sale will be held in the Historic Buford Hall, at 112 East Shadburn Ave. in Buford, Ga. (BUFORD, Ga.) – A two-day sale featuring over 1,000 lots of self-taught art, Southern folk pottery, outsider art, African-American decorative arts, quilts, circus art, new discoveries, major collections and more will be held May [Read More]