Auction News

Bonhams is pleased to announce the joining of forces with the Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) by having been named the organization’s exclusive auctioneers. As stewards of historic automobiles, HMSA is one of the most respected racing organizations in North America, sanctioning the world-famous Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion (formerly known as the [Read More]

A 1960s Cresta Couture black lace dress owned by the celebrated 20th century ballet dancer Dame Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991), which she gave to Sarah Hamilton, her interior designer between 1962 and 1965, is to be offered at Bonhams, Knowle, as part of its Costume and Textiles sale on 20 April 2010. The [Read More]

As a highlight of its Important American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture auction on May 20 in New York, Christie’s announced it will offer the most significant collection of paintings and illustrations by the beloved American artist Maxfield Parrish ever to be offered at auction. Major works from all periods of Parrish’s long [Read More]

A lifetime’s collection of important Doulton stoneware pottery by the gifted Hannah Barlow and her equally talented sister Florence comes under the hammer at Colwyn Bay, North Wales auctioneers Rogers Jones & Co on Tuesday March 30. Much of the collection was acquired from sources in the Staffordshire Potteries between the years [Read More]

Gray’s Auctioneers announces Auction 28: Fine Jewelry, Gems and Watches, to be held March 31st at 1pm. This diverse sale features over 125 stunning jewelry lots ranging from rings, bracelets and necklaces to brooches, pendants and earrings. Of particular note is a David Webb ladies 18 kt yellow and white gold, diamond [Read More]

On March 14th, 2010, Clars Auction Gallery offered the most extensive collection of Richard MacDonald sculptures as part of their March Fine Estates Sale. This important collection came to auction from a former real estate developer of luxury homes. The collection of seventeen sculptures ranged in size from 14” tall to 54” [Read More]

A signed copy of the Wind in the Willows dedicated to the daughter of the man who inspired the character of Ratty has sold at Bonhams Books Maps, and Manuscript sale today (23 Mar) after fierce bidding for an astonishing £32,400 (£3,000 – 5,000). The inscription reads, “To Foy Felicia Quiller Couch [Read More]

Christie’s New York has announced the forthcoming sale of Selections from the Baio Collection of Photographs on April 15 at Rockefeller Center. The Baio Collection embraces many of the photographic techniques and methods used over the last 170 years, with a central theme running through its diverse imagery – children. One can [Read More]

Rare document will be sold by Philip Weiss Auctions on final day of a massive three-day sale (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – Just weeks after successfully selling the original marriage certificate issued to Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley in 1994 (for $70,800), Philip Weiss Auctions is offering yet another blockbusting piece of rock [Read More]

Firm Leads the Market with $8 Million in US Sales Chicago, IL – Hart Davis Hart achieved strong results from their two-day auction of Finest & Rarest Wines in Chicago, IL with 99.9% of lots sold realizing $4,436,497 against a pre-sale estimate of $2,878,770 -$4,299,740. A prominent private collection featuring a comprehensive [Read More]

The bell from HMS Kelly, the ship commanded by Lord Louis Mountbatten from 1939 until it sank at the Battle of Crete in 1941, is to be auctioned at Bonhams, New Bond Street as part of The Marine Sale on 24th March at 2pm. The bell (estimate £2,500 – 3,500) was saved [Read More]

Rock Island Auction strives to meet each individual collector’s desire with every auction it builds. Every auction offers a plethora of opportunities for the firearm enthusiast, the April 30, May 1 & 2 Premiere Auction is no exception. This sale has many high conditioned and unique firearms from antique to modern that [Read More]

The spotlight will be focused on estate jewelry and fine art at John Moran’s two-session Antiques and Decorative Arts Auction to be held on April 27th. The evening session’s many pieces of exquisite jewelry include an abundance of diamond solitaire rings of all cuts and sizes. Among those are a 10.79 ct [Read More]

Russian fine and decorative arts have yielded increasingly strong results at Moran’s for several years, and the March16th sale confirmed this trend. A watercolor portrait of a girl in traditional Russian costume by Konstantin Egorvich Makovsky (1839 – 1915) sold for $12,650 (estimate: $2000 – 3000) to a European phone bidder. A [Read More]

Antiquorum achieved excellent results for its two day sale of Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, Pocket Watches & Clocks on March 10th and 11th in New York resulting in the outstanding sum of $5,000,388. The auction of 467 timepieces including ‘The Arman Collection’ from world renowned artist Arman attracted a record number of 584 [Read More]

Sotheby’s will offer the Collection of Emanuel Schlesinger in its sale of Indian and South East Asian Art on Wednesday 24 March 2010 in New York. Schlesinger lived in Bombay from 1939 to his death in 1968 and was a patron and major influence over many of the most important Indian artists [Read More]

Bonhams announces the sale of a 1917 Curtiss MF Seagull Flying Boat, to be offered at auction on Tuesday April 13 in New York. Sourced from the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio, the flying boat will be the first vintage plane auctioned in Manhattan, and it is expected to realize [Read More]

Sotheby’s spring 2010 sales of Russian Art will be held on April 21 and 22 in New York, and will once again present collectors with a wealth of exciting works from important private collections. Among the auction highlights is a group of paintings by Russian artist Pavel Tchelitchew from the collection of [Read More]