Auction News

On April 20th, bidders will vie on several lots of rare jewelry from a notable private collection going to the Madison Avenue auction block of Bonhams New York. Encompassing all time periods, the collection is of great interest due to the many unusual designs it includes and most particularly for an exceptionally [Read More]

Sotheby’s forthcoming sale of Irish Art, to be held in London on Thursday, 7 May 2009, will showcase works by acclaimed Irish artists including Sir William Orpen, Roderic O’Conor, William Scott, J. B. Yeats and George Barret. 70 works from the sale are to be part of an extensive touring exhibition which [Read More]

Bowers and Merena Auctions, America’s leading rare coin and currency auction house, made an outstanding showing in March with two impressive auction successes. Most recently, Bowers and Merena presented its first Official Auction of the Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention for 2009 on March 26-27, continuing their long tenure as official Baltimore [Read More]

The Rockford IceHogshosted their 10th Annual Jersey Auction for charity on Saturday night following the game against the Milwaukee Admirals. IceHogs fans helped the Hogs raise $40,355. The IceHogs and their generous fans have now helped raise almost $550,000 for charity with the club’s ten auctions. All proceeds from this year’s auction [Read More]

One of Frederick McCubbin’s most significant paintings remaining in private ownership will be auctioned at Bonhams & Goodman’s Australian and International Fine Art auction on 6 May 2009. Frederick McCubbin remains one of Australia’s most beloved and revered artists, whose later landscapes – with their radical palette-knife technique of broken pure colour [Read More]

Christie’s has announced the upcoming sale of Pablo Picasso’s Femme au chapeau from 1971, a monumental portrait from the private collection of acclaimed artist and Oscarnominated director Julian Schnabel. This iconic portrait, the largest Picasso created in his last years, will be a highlight of Christie’s Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern [Read More]

Imagine traveling to Scotland to acquire exceptional paintings, England to collect rare toys, Israel to find fine art, France to buy exquisite jewelry, Germany to discover Russian works of art, and the United States to locate the perfect piece of furniture…all in 14 days! Through Artfact’s industry leading live auction bidding platform, [Read More]

On Tuesday 7th April, Dreweatts Auctioneers will be selling an impressive collection of pictures amassed by keen-eyed collector Alan Proctor during the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties. Now long retired, Alan was a leading figure in the golden age of dance bands. His orchestra played across the world alongside many of the greats, [Read More]

Bonhams next sale of 19th Century Paintings on April 22nd has a number of intriguing paintings that come with stories of their own. They include a painting discovered in a Sussex Working Men’s Club broom cupboard which is set to make £7,000; a watercolour that is clear evidence of John Constable’s admiration [Read More]

After traveling the world to host high profile fine art auction events for major art dealers, Jordan Sitter, CEO of Legacy Benefit Auctions (http://www.legacybenefitauctions.com), is taking his cultivated skill set and valuable relationships with the most sought-after artists and collectables dealers in the world to change the fundraising landscape in San Diego, [Read More]

Clarke’s Monday April 6 Auction features American and European antique furniture, Gilt Bronze candelabra, Midcentury Modern Design, exceptional collections of signed Tiffany and 20th C. Art Glass, Sterling Silver from Tiffany and others; lighting including Tiffany, Pairpoint, Meissen, Murano and more; a wide selection of semi-antique and antique Persian carpets; Fine Art [Read More]

(TEMECULA, Calif.) – An outstanding single-owner collection of 111 rare and vintage cars – ranging from 1920s-era classics to muscle cars from the 1960s, most of them in pristine condition and ready to drive – will be sold at auction this weekend, Apr. 3-4, by Asset Forfeiture & Seizure Auctions. Online bidding [Read More]

The interests of rare U.S. currency collectors, and numismatists across the spectrum, have been piqued by Heritage Auction Galleries with the announcement of the discovery of a previously unseen significant rarity in the form of a 1915 $5 Federal Reserve Bank Note type. The newly listed Fr. 788a $5 1915 FRBN will [Read More]

Rockybid.com announced the launch of its innovative online auction website Wednesday, with the brand new Honda Insight hybrid, floor seats for the opening night of Michael Jackson’s sold-out final concert series in London and tickets to the opening game at the new Yankee stadium among the first items that will be auctioned [Read More]

Christie’s Prints & Multiples sale on April 28 in New York will feature a wonderful selection of works from private collections, many of which will appear for the first time at auction. Rich in quality, the sale presents collectors with opportunities to acquire historically important and rare works such as Wassily Kandinsky [Read More]

Poster Auctions International will offer more than 500 lots of rare, vintage posters in its semi-annual auction of Art Nouveau and Art Deco masterpieces, on Sunday, May 3. Including some of the rarest and best works on paper the auction house has ever seen, this sale is, in a word, unbeatable. One [Read More]

(OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – A full slate of blockbuster sales is planned for the rest of this spring by Philip Weiss Auctions, Long Island’s premier auction house. Two of the sales – April 24-25 and May 8-9 – will be two-day weekend affairs, while the May 30 auction will be a stand-alone event. [Read More]

Maas Companies of Rochester, MN will auction the 179-Unit City Center Hotel – Oshkosh on Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. on-site at One North Main Street in Oshkosh, WI. The City Center Hotel – Oshkosh, formerly the Park Plaza, is a full-service hotel located in downtown Oshkosh adjacent to the [Read More]