Auction News

Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art at in New York was a resounding success, surpassing the high estimate and bringing a total of $181,760,000 (est. $115.3/163 million). The sale was 84.8% sold by lot and 93.4% sold by value. Five works sold for more than $10 million and two artist [Read More]

The best of 20th Century British Art comes to Bonhams New Bond Street on 18th November, showcasing an impressive array of paintings and sculptures, including The Art of Newlyn and St Ives. The upcoming 20th Century British Art sale encapsulates a range of works from vibrant coastal scenes and character studies to [Read More]

United Country Bonnette Auction Company (www.BonnetteAuctions.com) announces the auction Thursday, November 12, 2009, at 10a.m. of two commercial properties, according to Barbara Bonnette, auctioneer. The first property is a warehouse/office space located at 2905 Evangeline Street in Baton Rouge. Gross building area is 51,000 square feet, with 11,000 square foot of office [Read More]

Two remarkable items – an 1860 John C. Breckenridge portrait campaign flag and the 1864 Rose Percy Doll, the most famous Civil War benefit doll of them all – both of them singular in the annals of Political & Americana memorabilia, will be featured as part of Heritage Auctions’ Nov. 17 Grand [Read More]

Estimated to bring $3-$4.5 million, it is the largest single cellar wine auction offered in the United States in 2009 to date (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., the internationally renowned wine auction house and retailer, will hold an exciting single-owner sale, “An Important Private Collection, Including Finest Bordeaux and [Read More]

eBay, the world’s largest online marketplace, today announced the launch of The Inside Source (theinsidesource.com), a new digital magazine for inspired shoppers featuring insights and stories based on what more than 89 million active users are searching for, buying and selling on eBay. The Inside Source will offer fresh daily content with [Read More]

Kaminski Auctions’ October Fine Art and Estates Auction, which took place October 24, 2009, attracted bidders both locally in Massachusetts and internationally via phone and live online bidding. The auction featured general antiques and fine art alongside a premier collection of fine antique rugs and carpets. Consignments hailed from estates spanning Massachusetts [Read More]

AJ Karas Auctioneers announces an Absolute Real Estate Auction, of a luxury home in Longmont. The auction will take place Friday, November 13, at 11:07 a.m. at 8557 Summerlin Drive, Longmont, CO. Bidders are encouraged to visit the open house for the auction on Saturday, November 7, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 [Read More]

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, will conduct a large, multi-million dollar unreserved public auction at its Las Vegas auction site on Friday, November 6, 2009 starting at 7:00 a.m. More than 1,300 equipment items and trucks from close to 160 owners will be sold unreserved to the highest [Read More]

On November 19th, collectors will have the opportunity to bid on several notable lots during an auction of European Furniture and Decorative arts set to take place at Bonhams New York. Consisting of over 200 lots the auction encompasses a well-rounded selection of English, French and Continental furniture; 19th century bronze and [Read More]

Winterthur Museum and Country Estate’s Brock Jobe will lecture at Garth’s Auctions of Delaware, Ohio on Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 4:00 pm. Jobe, a professor of decorative arts in the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, will speak on his landmark exhibition and book, Harbor and Home: The Furniture of Southeastern [Read More]

Simulcast between Los Angeles and New York, the October 19, 2009 auction of Fine Books and manuscripts garnered international attention with competitive bidding both on the telephone and via absentee bid. “It was an energetic sale reflecting the strength and continuing interest in Hollywood history, Hawaiiana and historical documents. We saw strong [Read More]

A Self-Portrait by Andy Warhol that was given by the artist to a young receptionist at The Factory in 1967 will be offered by Sotheby’s on the evening of November 11, 2009 in a sale of Contemporary Art. A high school assignment to write an article for a student newspaper led seventeen [Read More]

Contemporary Art collectors are eagerly awaiting the November 10th sale set to take place at Bonhams New York. The concise and meticulously assembled sale includes key work by legendary Contemporary and Modern figures such as Willem de Kooning, James Rosenquist, Henry Matisse, Lynn Chadwick, Alexander Calder and James Turrell. Amongst the most [Read More]

Numerous collector cars slated to be sold at the 39th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale are on display this week at the 2009 Specialty Equipment Market Association Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The vehicles include five muscle cars — a Richard Petty 2009 Dodge Challenger, a WD-40/SEMA Cares [Read More]

Zetabid, the pioneering firm redefining home auctions in the U.S., today announced it will auction approximately 155 bank-owned homes in Troy, Michigan on Sat., Nov. 14. Zetabid is auctioning single-family, multi-family homes, and condominiums with starting prices from $13,000 to $62,000. Many of the properties are located in Battle Creek, Detroit, Flint, [Read More]

The LFC Group of Companies, the leaders in online real estate auction marketing, is pleased to announce the latest campaign on their commercial property auction website LFC.com: the former Elk Meadows Ski Resort in southwestern Utah’s Beaver County. The property, comprising more than 1,100 acres of beautiful recreational land, is surrounded by [Read More]

In 1937, Max Beckmann, while living in exile in Amsterdam, painted the radiant landscape Blick auf Vorstädte am Meer bei Marseille (View of the Outskirts at the Sea near Marseille) in memory of happier days. Coming from Stephan Lackner’s (California) prestigious Beckmann collection and estimated at 1,400,000 – 1,800,000 EUR, the painting [Read More]