Auction News

Kaminski Auctions’ Early Summer Estates Auction, which took place July 25-26, 2009, attracted bidders both locally in Massachusetts and internationally via phone and live online bidding. Day one of this two-day sale featured general fine art, antiques and collectibles, while day two highlighted a wide selection of fine antique frames. Consignments hailed [Read More]

Hal Hunt Auctions will conduct the on-site sale, to be held under a circus tent on the mansion grounds (EUTAW, Ala.) – The contents of the Kirkwood mansion – one of the most famous and stately privately-owned antebellum homes in the South – will be auctioned on Saturday, Sept. 5, by Hal [Read More]

BidBridge, an eProcurement services provider for the public and private sectors, announced today that it worked with the City of Chicago to save nearly $1 million in a recent reverse auction. With the help of BidBridge, the City of Chicago successfully implemented an eProcurement system in place of the traditional sealed bid [Read More]

Antiques, camaraderie, tradition, and plain, old fun – that is focus of Garth’s Auctions’ Annual Labor Day Weekend Americana Auction scheduled to take place on September 4 and 5, 2009. Before you break out the barbeques on Monday, jump in your car Friday and follow the road to Ohio’s oldest premier auction [Read More]

(SEDONA, Ariz.) – One of the most important Colonial maps of North America – Henry Popple’s Map of the British Empire in North America, published in 1734 – will be the highlight of an online sale slated for Sept. 4-16 by Old World Auctions (www.OldWorldAuctions.com). The map is just one of hundreds [Read More]

Bonhams Celebrates 250th Anniversary of Robert Burns at Upcoming Scottish Sale This year’s tenth anniversary of Bonhams annual Scottish Sale will include an outstanding relic of Scottish heritage – a bible once owned by famous Scottish poet, Robert Burns. This somewhat antiquated small pocket Bible has evidently been well-used over the years, [Read More]

A painting by Thomas Daniell, R.A. (British, 1749-1840) titled ‘Carved rocks at Sultaungunge, Bihar’, an oil on canvas, estimated to sell for £70,000- £90,000, is one of the star lots at Bonhams Travel and Exploration Sale in London on 16th of September. The painting which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in [Read More]

Following a successful first two quarters of 2009, the Dorotheum now looks ahead to the autumn season and this year’s third major auction week. At the auction of old master paintings on 6th October 2009, Georg Flegel presents us with an exquisite bouquet, a still life of flowers with a vase decorated [Read More]

Preeminent international auction house, RM Auctions, is delighted to announce the consignment of a highly-desirable 1955 Aston Martin DB3S and a multiple-race winning 1937 Talbot-Lago T150C SS Teardrop Roadster to its Sports & Classics of Monterey auction event, August 13th to 15th in Monterey, California. One of just 20 customer DB3Ss built [Read More]

(ST. CHARLES, Mo.) – Several prominent lifetime collections of American Brilliant Cut Glass – known as ABCG and hugely popular with collectors – will be sold at auction on Saturday, Sept. 5, beginning promptly at 9:30 a.m. The sale will be held in the junior ballroom of the St. Charles Convention Center [Read More]

Within the Fine Books & Manuscripts auction at Bonhams & Butterfields on October 19, 2009 is an archive of rare correspondence and black and white photographs related to the personal life of Winnie-the-Pooh author A. A. Milne, his wife, and his son Christopher Robin. “The Milne family archive provides a rare look [Read More]

Sotheby’s today announced results for the second quarter and first six months ended June 30, 2009. For the quarter ended June 30, 2009, the Company reported operating revenues of $167.3 million, a $152.8 million, or 48%, decrease from the prior period. This decrease is primarily due to a 66% decline in net [Read More]

Capitalizing on decades of individual experience and combined capabilities, a top-level team of real estate development, auction, sales and marketing specialists has formed Dreyer Real Estate Auctions. The new firm specializes in the auction sale of exceptional properties valued above $5 million. Leading the DREA team are Charles S. Dreyer, CEO and [Read More]

The success of John Moran’s July 28th, 2009 Fine Antiques and Estate Sale proved that even in a difficult economy buyers are seeking exceptional items with undiminished enthusiasm. The two-session sale featured an intriguing mix of estate property, encompassing silver, porcelain, Western and Native American, Continental paintings, modern art, jewelry and Russian [Read More]

(ANN ARBOR, Mich.) – After skipping its customary live spring sale to conduct a catalog auction, Showtime Auction Services will return this fall to stage a remarkable three day event with the entire collection of Ron Wallace, a dedicated collector for over 30 years and former president of shipping giant UPS. Mr. [Read More]

Christie’s announces an important two day auction of The Manuel March Collection from Son Galcerán, Mallorca, which will take place in London on 28 and 29 October. This connoisseur’s collection embraces over 500 lots of Old Master and 19th Century Pictures, European Furniture, Silver, Russian works of art and European Sculpture, the [Read More]

On Saturday, August 22, 58 oceanfront Holiday Sands condominiums on Myrtle Beach will sell at real estate auction. J. P. King Auction Company, the nation’s leading real estate auction marketing firm, will manage the sale. The Holiday Sands condominiums at South Beach auction will take place at 1 p.m. at the Myrtle [Read More]

Sotheby’s London announced that it will offer for sale a group of Pictures from the Collection of Lord and Lady Attenborough on Wednesday, November 11, 2009. A Life In Pictures: The Collection of Lord and Lady Attenborough will comprise a fine representative selection of 20th Century British Paintings, including works by leading [Read More]