ST HELENA, Calif – Postcard-perfect weather welcomed revelers to the Napa Valley Vintners’ (NVV) annual community fundraiser Auction Napa Valley (ANV) where despite a challenging economic climate, $10.35 million was raised for the area’s charities, a 5% increase over 2007. Guests from across the country and around the globe gathered for the [Read More]
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Bloomsbury’s Bibliophile sales are a firm favourite with the cognoscenti. The Bibliophile Sale including Performing Arts on 11-12 June boasts an eclectic mix, from English and Continental literature and children’s books to Private Press, Science, Travel and Topography. One of the more unusual offerings is The Acts of the Witnesses of the [Read More]
Economic caution in the high-end baseball card and memorabilia market was nowhere in sight at Robert Edward’s record-setting May 3 auction in Watchung, New Jersey. The most anticipated baseball card and memorabilia auction in the world always generates great excitement and strong prices, but nothing could have prepared collectors, dealers, and market [Read More]
LONDON – This year, between June and October, Sotheby’s will sell some 63 works from the collection of Haaken A. Christensen (1924-2008), one of Norway’s most influential art dealers and connoisseurs. Spanning a range of media, including paintings, drawings and prints, this important and extremely focused collection of Modern and Contemporary Art [Read More]
Paris, Il – The bold autographs of the bold men caught up in America’s most turbulent era leap from the pages of an autograph book assembled at the time. Standing in mute testimony, these autographs are a direct link to the great historical events these men not only witnessed but helped shape. [Read More]
Dallas – An important Chinese Sui Dynasty brown limestone triad stele with calligraphic inscription dated 613 A.D. to be sold at auction at Dallas Auction Gallery on June 18 – Mandarin speaking Asian arts expert on staff. – High resolution images of stele and documentation available upon request. – Preview catalogs available [Read More]
IRVINE, Calif. – Teletrade, America’s largest fully automated Internet auction company for certified coins and currency, will auction “The Kovach Collection of Period One & Two California Fractional Gold” on Sunday, June 22, 2008, in online Auction 2546. Two coins from the “The Kovach Collection of Period One & Two California Fractional [Read More]
Wilson Street Gallery: Fundraiser for Medecins Sans Frontieres. Competition and Silent Auction. Auction from 28 May – 21 June. Wilson Street Gallery Artists have generously donated a number of fine art works to support the work of Medecins sans Frontieres. The competition will be drawn and the auction will close on Saturday [Read More]
The much-anticipated Sports & Classic Cars of Monterey event, presented by RM Auctions, offers one of the most diverse collections of legendary sports and racing cars. The two-day event is Monterey’s original auction event and will be highlighted by over 180 important motor cars for sale. MONROVIA, California – RM Auctions will [Read More]
Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches hosted three major sales this Spring with impressive results including the biennial Chess Collectors International sale. (WEST PALM BEACH, FL) Brian Kogan, owner of Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches, certainly met his goal of the skillful merger of art and commerce in the three sales [Read More]
The 23rd Tamarkin Photographica Rare Camera Auction will be held on Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 1:00 PM at their showroom in Woodbridge, Connecticut. The company also has a must-see New York showroom crammed with collectible cameras in the Gramercy Park/Union Square neighborhood. Their auction catalog lists more than 500 items including [Read More]
Estate Auction makes available famed Navajo artist’s personal art collection and distinctive items from a lifetime of collecting TAOS, NEW MEXICO – It is already being called one of the most exciting auctions to take place in Northern New Mexico. The personal estate of famed Navajo artist and long-time Taos resident R.C. [Read More]
On Wednesday, June 17, Spink Smythe will hold its first Autograph Auction, bringing the finest in historical autographs to a truly international market. Manhattan, New York – On Wednesday, June 17, Spink Smythe will hold its first Autograph Auction, bringing the finest in historical autographs to a truly international market after the [Read More]
Web Wilson will present a short, sweet, antique doorknob auction that opens on Saturday, June 7, at 10 a.m. EDT. The auction is posted at AntiquesYes.com and bidding will stay open for a week, until Saturday, June 14. This is Web Wilson’s 57th antiques hardware auction, which over the years have offered [Read More]
LONDON – Christie’s has announced that they will offer The Peter Meyer Collection at the auction of 20th Century British Art on 6 June 2008 at Christie’s London. The finest and most comprehensive selection of 20th Century British Art to be offered at auction for a generation, the collection was assembled during [Read More]
Fuquay Varina, NC – Blue Hound Auctions, LLC has announced that it signed on to proxy bids on-line listing service in order to facilitate customers’ needs for an on-line venue for their consignment goods. Proxybid, which is immersed is a premier provider for live auctions Broadcasting Services allows buyers to continue in [Read More]
Pasadena, CA – On Tuesday evening, July 22nd, 2008, John Moran Auctioneers is very proud to offer “Die Teufelssonate,” an ink on paper by renowned German/American artist Lionel Feininger (1871-1956), as part of their Antique and Fine Furnishings Estate Sale. Lionel Feininger is best known for his work which fused Cubism with [Read More]
Fine arts auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields present Native American and pre-Columbian art from trusts, estates and private and institutional collections on Monday, June 9, 2008 in San Francisco. Highlights include pottery and baskets, weavings and jewelry, as well as kachinas and desirable collectibles of the Southwest, California and the Northwest Coast. The [Read More]