Auction News

Heritage Auction Galleries has announced that Nicholas Dawes, longtime Antiques Roadshow personality and renowned expert in Lalique, art glass and decorative arts, has accepted a position with the company as a Consignment Director. “I am extremely happy to be part of the Heritage team,” said Dawes. “This is an exciting company, one [Read More]

The Charterhouse auction on Friday 26th June will provide collectors with a once in a lifetime opportunity to buy items owned by the Second World War hero Rear Admiral Godfrey Place VC CB CVO DSC, including his medal ribbons featuring a Victoria Cross ribbon when they go under the auctioneers hammer along [Read More]

Over 60 homes will be sold absolute without reserve to the highest bidders during a live, televised auction conducted by Auction Network (http://www.auctionnetwork.com) in partnership with Williams & Williams (http://www.williamsauction.com) on Saturday, June 20, from 3:00p – 7:00p EDT. Interested buyers from around the globe can bid in person, online or over [Read More]

A historic 1952 Jaguar C-Type Sports Racing Car that was driven to victory in 1952 by the legendary Phil Hill to claim the Jaguar C-Type’s first North American racing victory has joined the starting line-up for RM Auctions Sports & Classics of Monterey event, to be held August 13th – 15th in [Read More]

Rock Island Auction Company realizes strong sales during their April Premiere Auction. Peaked interest in the gun market, particularly collectable firearms has Rock Island defying the faltering economy. Strong bidding participation drove total sales to over $8.5 million; coupled with spectacular results from their Spring regional auction RIAC is set to break [Read More]

Artfact’s staff highlights key sales from the more than 120 auctions hosted on Artfact Live! between April 30, 2009 – May 31, 2009. All sales and prices have been confirmed by Artfact’s auction house partners. I.M. Chait, “Asian and International Fine Arts Auction” –May 3, 2009 Imperial-Style Silk Kesi Suit Realized Price: [Read More]

The National Museum of Anthropology Board conducted on June 9th 2009 the first silent art auction, with the aim of raising funds to modernize infrastructure and conserve collections. Marcos Fastlicht, president of the board, inaugurated the modern and contemporary art auction and declared that MNA is a transcendental precinct that gives us [Read More]

Central Florida prospective homebuyers get ready to set your own price during Lennar’s Sealed Bid Home Auction event going on from Saturday, June 13 through Saturday, June 20 at seven of Lennar’s Central Florida division Orlando area communities. Forget about foreclosures and short sales. They can take months to close on and [Read More]

Bonhams has unveiled a stellar list of lots for its forthcoming Entertainment Memorabilia Sale, to be held in Knightsbridge on Tuesday 16 June. One of the headline attractions is a rare poster from the iconic Sex Pistols concert held in Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall on 20 July 1976. An intimate gig [Read More]

The place to pick up collectible minerals, fossils, meteorites and dinosaur bones is I.M. Chait’s Natural History auction coming on Sunday, June 28. The auction, 1:00 PDT at the I.M. Chait Gallery in Beverly Hills and on-line at www.chait.com, features more than 300 specimens from both the ancient realm and the natural [Read More]

It has been announced that Iron Horse Auction Company, Inc. has been chosen to conduct a 5 million dollar inventory reduction auction for North Point Watersports of Mooresville, NC. North Point Watersports sells the very popular MasterCraft Ski Boats, Manitou Pontoons, Rinker and Formula Yachts. North Point Watersports is one of the [Read More]

(ATLANTA, Ga.) – Over 2,500 rare and amazing treasures will cross the block the weekend of June 20-21 when Red Baron — the Southeast’s premier auction house — holds its annual summer auction extravaganza. Items will include a rare collection of three museum-quality heads from different parts of the world; a 1958 [Read More]

Russo and Steele’s much anticipated 9th Annual ‘Sports & Muscle at the Marriott’ auction event has earned a reputation for providing superior customer service and unparalleled quality automobiles. It presents a range of the most luxurious and collectable European sports, American muscle, Hot rods and custom automobiles, but will also provide every [Read More]

Kaminski Auctions’ May Auction, which took place May 30-31, 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 diverse selection of maritime antiques and memorabilia. Consignments hailed from [Read More]

Sotheby’s forthcoming sales of Old Master Paintings and Drawings to take place in London on Wednesday, July 8 and Thursday, July 9, 2009 will bring to the market a superb selection of rare works by renowned French, Spanish, Dutch, Flemish, Italian and British Old Masters as well as a single-owner sale of [Read More]

Yesterday’s sale of Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts in London achieved the highest price at auction for a printed book this year – £623,650/ $1,022,973/ €726,616 – with the sale of the most sought-after of all atlases, a first edition of Claudius Ptolemaeus’s 15th century colour atlas of the world. The [Read More]

Bonhams & Goodman announce that an exceptionally rare natural fancy blue and pink diamond ring will be the highlight of the June Fine Jewellery auction in Sydney. Weighing in at 1.24ct, a natural blue diamond of this size and calibre has never before been offered at auction in Australia and only a [Read More]

Bonhams New York is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Deborah Coy as Director European Paintings. Being the only auction house to offer European Paintings specialists in New York, Los Angeles, as well as San Francisco, Coy’s role is dynamic as well as vital to Bonhams’ continued expansion in the US [Read More]