Bonhams raised a total of £2.45 million at their annual sale held at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. With the reassuring roar of cars on the famous course in the background, the saleroom was packed with spirited bidders keen to take advantage of some of the outstanding lots on offer with a [Read More]
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More than 2,400 people from 33 countries registered to bid in the unreserved public auction conducted by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers in North East, Maryland on June 24 & 25, 2009. Ritchie Bros. (www.rbauction.com), the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, sold more than 3,200 heavy equipment items and trucks over two days, generating gross [Read More]
Sheldon F. Good, founding chairman and CEO of Chicago-based Sheldon Good & Company, the international real estate auction and brokerage firm which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection April 24, is no longer associated with the company he founded 44 years ago. The industry icon may instead form his own company and [Read More]
The French Boatyard of Henri Amel has been building high quality cruising sailboats for more than 30 years. The Super Maramu 2000 is one of their popular blue water glass reinforced plastic cruising ketches and its features include: Cruising speed of 8 knots under motor or 10/12 knots under sail Winged shaped [Read More]
Shannons has ‘muscled-in’ on Australia’s largest and most prestigious motoring enthusiast event, putting a gym-load of iconic 60’s and 70’s American and Australian performance cars under the hammer at Meguiar’s MotorEx on Sunday July 12. With the Sydney Motor Show taking a sabbatical this year, Shannons is making MotorEx its major New [Read More]
Not Fade Away Gallery and Allan Tannenbaum, Famed SoHo Weekly News Photographer, announced today that the Gallery is holding a silent auction of over 70 rare Artist’s Proofs and Limited Edition photographs from the Allan Tannenbaum exhibition NEW YORK IN THE 70s, and Not Fade Away Gallery’s inaugural exhibition THE BRITISH ARE [Read More]
During a recent auction at Stair Galleries Auction House in Hudson, New York, well-known American artist Donray sold a painting entitled Butterfly #20 for a price exceeding the artist’s existing record. The painting, measuring 15.5 inches by 19 inches, was one of three top sellers among the 240 lots of fine art [Read More]
Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction realised £19,063,350 / $31,778,604 / €22,513,816 selling 88% by lot and 86% by value. Francis Outred, International Director and Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art, Christie’s Europe: ‘We are delighted with the results of our sales tonight which continued the trend of strong sold rates [Read More]
Washington, DC-based Sloans & Kenyon Auctioneers and Appraisers is to present at auction on July 26th the entire estate of Jeane Dixon (1904-1997), one of the pre-eminent astrologers and psychics of the 20th century best known for predicting John F. Kennedy’s assassination. The July 26th auction includes: *Mrs. Dixon’s crystal ball and [Read More]
Bonhams is delighted to have been instructed to handle the dispersal sale of reserve vehicles from The Ward Brothers’ Collection – one of Europe’s foremost groups of early automobiles – at 2pm on Saturday 18th July at Henley-on-Thames. The brothers, Toby and Daniel, have a motoring heritage and both have gone on [Read More]
Bonhams next sale of Old Master paintings on July 8th in New Bond Street, offers stunning views of some of the highlights of The Grand Tour by some of the masters of the time. Today, when the capturing of images by cameras, phone, video and film have become commonplace we forget the [Read More]
Legends of TV and film will surrender the Hollywood spotlight for a night when a different kind of American star takes to the podium at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Beverly Hills: A historic 1854-S quarter eagle, graded VF35 NGC, will lead the Platinum Night offerings of Heritage Auction Galleries’ August [Read More]
Rocky Mountain Estate Brokers Realty LLC (www.whitleyauction.com) announces the public auction of 25 mountain home sites at Little River Ranch near Salida, on Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 1:10 pm MDT, according to auctioneer David P. Whitley. “Lots in this community have sold for up to $212,000,” said Whitley. “Five of these [Read More]
A 15th century gold pendant that lain buried beneath Hertfordshire farmland since the time of Henry VIII until it was discovered by an amateur metal detector is to be offered for sale at Sotheby’s Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art auction in London on Thursday 9 July 2009. The remarkable gold [Read More]
An Auction of Finest and Rarest Wines Including an Outstanding Selection from a Prominent Restaurant brought the attention of bidders from all over the world to Chicago this weekend. The room was nearly full with active bidders from around the world including strong participation on the Internet and telephones. The competition was [Read More]
WWA Group, Inc. (OTCBB: WWAG) today announced the conclusion of its most recent auction held at WWA Group’s Dubai facility over the period June 22, 23 and 24, 2009. Gross auction sales exceeded US$18.29 million and involved more than 360 registered bidders from 20 countries. Equipment consigned by 145 consignors from 11 [Read More]
The Charles Martignette Collection of Illustration Art will make its public debut on Wednesday, July 15, as the focus of Heritage Auction Galleries’ Signature® Illustration Art Auction; it’s safe to say that the world of illustration art collecting – and Fine Art collecting – will be forever changed once the rare and [Read More]
Fine Jewellery continues to weather the financial storm with solid results acheived at a Bonhams and Goodman auction in Sydney on June 30th. The day began with a 415 lot Affordable Jewellery auction which sold a remarkable 91.5% by volume and 108% by value, followed by the 248 lot Fine Jewellery auction [Read More]