Auction News

SongVest, the company that reinvented music memorabilia by auctioning song rights directly to fans, has announced the first-ever online auction of book rights by offering access to the royalty stream of the forthcoming re-issue ‘An Education in Rebellion: The Biography of Nikki Sixx.’ The auction will take place exclusively at songvest.com from [Read More]

Bonhams sixth sale of South African Art in London on 14 October made a total of £2.5m (R29m) in a buoyant auction which saw new world record prices achieved for six artists. But as usual it was works by Pierneef, Stern, Laubser and Sekoto which dominated, with one or two lesser known [Read More]

Maas Companies of Rochester, MN will auction the Altra Nebraska, LLC 110 MGY partially-completed ethanol plant on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10 a.m. onsite at 2182 Road 5600, Carleton, Nebraska. The plant was available for an entirety purchase through Tuesday, October 13, 2009. No party completed the entirety purchase protocol; therefore [Read More]

Christie’s announced Le Quai Malaquais et l’Institut, 1903 by Camille Pissarro (estimate: $1.5-2.5 million), an important work that has been restituted to a member of the Fischer estate after its confiscation over 70 years ago, will be offered for sale this November. Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Le Quai Malaquais et l’Institut, signed and [Read More]

A number of rare pieces and notable collections mark Bonhams’ upcoming 20th Century auction. Taking place on December 9th the sale will offer a diverse and meticulously chosen selection of furniture and decorative arts representing all styles of 20th Century design. Cause for excitement is the offer of the renowned Matt Wyse [Read More]

Kentucky operators of industrial and manufacturing facilities are encouraged to participate in one of the region’s largest auctions of industrial/manufacturing equipment and office furniture, scheduled for October 17 in Louisville. More than 150 individual pieces of equipment – including punch presses, plate roll, press brakes, manual brakes, drill presses, fork lifts, welders, [Read More]

For the first time ever in London, a major work by Jean-Michel Basquiat, “Brother Sausage” (estimate: $9-12 million) and two seminal works from Andy Warhol’s pivotal Death and Disaster series, “Most Wanted Men #3, Ellis Ruiz B.” (estimate: $5.5-6.5 million) and “Tunafish Disaster” (estimate: $6-8 million), will be exhibited to the public. [Read More]

Collectors with a fondness for the stylish, fun and whimsical Bakelite jewelry of the 1930s are eagerly awaiting Bonhams New York’s December 16th sale of the Susan Kelner Freeman collection of the Bakelite jewelry. Discovered in the early 1900s, bakelite was the first completely synthetic plastic thatcould be produced in almost any [Read More]

(NORTHPORT, Ala.) – An extremely rare 1940 Gabel Kuro jukebox – nicknamed “the last jukebox” and one of only six known – sold for $120,750 at the sale of the world-famous jukebox and advertising collection of the late John Gurrech of Houston, Tex., held Oct. 3 by Hal Hunt Auctions. It was [Read More]

Spectrum Wine Auctions, the world’s newest live and online auction house of fine collectible wine, announced today that its premiere live auction scheduled for 5:00PM PST November 21, 2009, will be anchored by a selection of wines from “The Aubrey McClendon Collection.” The auction will be held at The St. Regis Monarch [Read More]

Despite the current gloomy economic situation, the 2nd Annual Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) (www.accg.us) Benefit Auction managed to raise more than $32,000 this year. The entire proceeds of this sale will support ACCG operations, primarily the guild’s legal fund. The ACCG is presently engaged in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) [Read More]

(ST. CHARLES, Mo.) – The contents of the antique shop and items from the personal collection of Brad and Eunice Witt, formerly of Missouri, will be sold without reserve on Saturday, Nov. 14, in the grand ballroom (upper level) of the St. Charles Convention Center, located at exit 229 of I-70. The [Read More]

Abercrombie Auctions International, located in Oakland Park, FL, will host its Autumn Auction live online with Artfact Live! On October 18, 2009,. In this sale, Abercrombie Auctions International will offer more than 50 lots of fine jewelry, netsuke and collectibles. An Emerald & Diamond Ring is the top estimated lot, requiring a [Read More]

Rare and important works by Pablo Picasso, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Rodin, Henri Matisse, and Piet Mondrian are among the highlights of Christie’s upcoming Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on November 3, in New York Forty exceptional works will be offered, including paintings, drawings, and sculpture. The [Read More]

Bonhams specialists in London have announced that they have identified a magnificent Roman cameo glass vase which may, they say, be the most important of its kind in the world. Chantelle Rountree, head of antiquities at Bonhams, said: “It is of major international importance. Academically and artistically it is priceless. Scholars will [Read More]

In a joint announcement today, privately owned Russo and Steele Collector Automobile Auctions (“Russo and Steele”) and China Auto Logistics Inc. (“CALI”) (OTCBB: CALI) said they have signed a memorandum of understanding for a joint venture to develop the Russo and Steele Collector Automobile Auction business in China. In connection with the [Read More]

The opening session of the four-day Romano sale series, featuring 291 lots of Sculpture and Works of Art, ran to over 5 hours, with multiple bids extending the sale proceedings. The total raised was €4,704,700 ($6,941,785), comfortably within the pre-sale estimate of €3,741,550 – 5,589,970 for this first session, with significant activity [Read More]

(ATLANTA, GA.) – Red Baron’s Antiques, the Southeast’s premier auction house, will be liquidating about $8 million and 11 tractor trailers’ worth of the finest and most fantastic furnishings from the world-famous Yellowstone Club in Montana, the only private ski resort in the world. The Yellowstone inventory is the expected highlight of [Read More]