(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Over 1,000 lots of vintage antique clocks and watches – many of them exceedingly rare and highly collectible timepieces – will be sold at a two-day, four-session sale planned for May 30-31 by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery. The centerpiece lot promises to be a rare and fine E. Howard Model [Read More]
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Bloomsbury Auctions announces its third New York auction dedicated to 20th Century Prints and Works of Art on Paper, to be held on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 2:00 pm. 20th Century Prints and Works of Art on Paper features a stellar collection of American works, including Edward Hopper, Martin Lewis, John [Read More]
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., creator of the world’s most exclusive super sport cars, donated the proceeds from the first U.S.-bound Gallardo LP 560-4 Spyder to support the Nancy Davis Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) at the 16(th) Annual Race to Erase MS charity event at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles [Read More]
Celebrating the beauty of exceptional British craftsmanship, and nurturing the powerful international appeal which it possesses, Mallett have long held a revered position as one of London’s top destinations for important English furniture. Christie’s are pleased to announce that on Thursday, 4 June 2009 a selection of 66 works from Mallett will [Read More]
Sotheby’s spring sale of American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture will take place on May 21, 2009. The sale will feature a selection of works from private collections by prominent American artists spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, and will be exhibited to the public at Sotheby’s New York galleries beginning May 16. [Read More]
Masterpiece from Damien Hirst’s Butterfly Series to appear at auction in Asia for the first time Important art works by renowned Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Indonesian and Indian artists Hong Kong, – Seoul Auction, Korea’s leading art auction house, will present an exceptional array of Western and Asian art in the Modern and [Read More]
Great American Group, an auction, liquidation and asset management firm have announced they have appointed Laura Wayman as the new Vice President of Marketing & Brand Management. Laura will be leading the Marketing initiatives for all divisions of the company. Tom Pabst, Chief Operating Officer, is quoted as saying “Laura rounds out [Read More]
Thomas Schwenke, owner of the newly launched Woodbury Auction LLC, has announced that ex-Sotheby’s auctioneer and antiques expert Sarah Shinn Pratt will call the first sale on Saturday, May 30. Previews begin May 17. Shinn Pratt’s 25-year career in antiques began at Sotheby’s New York, where she first gained experience in cataloguing [Read More]
Four and a half years after selling the auction company he co-founded, Dan Morphy has come full circle and bought back the operating assets of auctions.com Morphy auctions from Geppi’s Entertainment. The Geppi family of companies is headed by Baltimore businessman Stephen A. Geppi. In a deal finalized on May 8, 2009, [Read More]
(MATTHEWS. N.C.) – A rare, original watercolor painting by Adolf Hitler, signed and dated 1912, when the former German leader was living in Austria, will be sold in an online auction ending May 30-31 by SoldUSA.com. The still life rendering of a vase with flowers was done on period rag paper and [Read More]
BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, Inc., one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host an auction of Fine Wines on May 21st at 5 p.m. in its Boston gallery. In partnership with Lower Falls Wine Company, Skinner will offer stellar consignments of Bordeaux, Burgundy and Napa and [Read More]
Wright Widely Recognized as Prominent Doll Expert and Discerning Collector BOSTON, Mass. – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, today announced that it has been chosen as the sole auction house to handle the sale of the Estate of Richard Wright, one of [Read More]
Single Owner Auction Added to Schedule Krug Dinner with Olivier Krug to Take Place June 4 at L2O; Château Lafleur Dinner at Avenues in The Peninsula Hotel on June 5 (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart is preparing for an extremely active season of wine auctions, as it announces three impressive wine [Read More]
The May Fine Art & Antiques online auction by Aspire Auctions, Inc., starts Friday, May 8th and 1200 lots close over three days, May 14, 15 and 16. Many of the fine paintings in this auction are from a large bankruptcy case, so approximately 60 paintings are offered without reserve. There are [Read More]
Two exceptional drawings by Georges Seurat, consigned from a private Parisian collector, will head the Impressionist Modern Art sale at Sotheby’s in Paris on May 28th. After the record €5 million ($6.3 million) achieved by Seurat’s extraordinary drawing Au Divan japonais last December, Sotheby’s Paris will again highlight Seurat’s work by offering [Read More]
Sotheby’s London biannual auction of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art will take place on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 and will present more than 250 lots of ceramics, textiles, paintings and works of art (ivory, soapstone, jade and bronze), which span from the Han and Tang Dynasties through to Qing. The [Read More]
At the Prahran salerooms several hundred people watched Bonhams & Goodman sell over $2.88million of Australian and International Art with record results. This is the first time Bonhams & Goodman has achieved this level of sales by value at an art auction and a surprising result in the current economic climate. Despite [Read More]
Halo Notch Vineyard, the largest vineyard in the state of Tennessee, will sell at real estate auction in 13 parcels with 8 selling absolute to the highest bidder and 5 parcels selling at reserve. The real estate auction will take place on site on Saturday, May 16th at 11 a.m. J.P. King [Read More]