The portrait painting was the top lot in an on-site sale conducted Aug. 8 by Stevens Auction Co. ABERDEEN, Miss. – An original oil on canvas rendering of the iconic French fashion designer Coco Chanel, done by the equally iconic pop artist Andy Warhol, sold for $247,000 at a sale of the [Read More]
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The venerable city institution is now in bankruptcy. A court has ordered that everything be sold. KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The assets and historical artifacts at the Kansas City Club – a longtime city institution that is in bankruptcy now but in its heyday counted among its members Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower [Read More]
MILFORD, Conn. – Quality consignments are currently being accepted for what is shaping up to be a banner fine art auction slated for Thursday, Oct. 29, at Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, in the firm’s gallery located at 354 Woodmont Road in Milford. Consignments will be accepted through September 15th. Already, numerous important [Read More]
Renowned local Staffordshire company Richard Winterton Auctioneers Ltd has today announced plans to expand their business with the opening of a second site at Fradley. Over the coming months, the vast 18,500sq ft site at Fradley will undergo major improvement works to offer 5 state of the art salerooms together with on-site [Read More]
They’re part of a huge multi-estate auction planned by Great Gatsby’s in their Atlanta gallery. ATLANTA, Ga. – A highly detailed, palace-size Chinese enamel cloisonné and gilt metal censor, two Chinese sculptures of finely carved soapstone and applied agate (both depicting mountainous landscapes, one with the famous Juyong Guan entrance to the [Read More]
The event will be held in Cottone’s gallery, located at 120 Court Street in Geneseo, New York. GENESEO, N.Y. – Original artworks by Alexander Calder, Stephen Scott Young and Pablo Picasso will be just a few of the more than 700 premier lots expected to excite bidders at a Fine Art & [Read More]
Some years have passed since Woody Auction conducted Part 1; Part 2 should be even better. DOUGLASS, Kan. – Woody Auction has saved the very best for last with Part 2 of the lifetime collections of Dr. Harold and Audrey Eklund of Iowa, whose many fine antiques will be sold at public [Read More]
One of the biggest movie stars of the world, actor, writer and director Sylvester Stallone — the only actor with the distinction of opening a number one film across five decades — will offer fans a chance to bid on more than a thousand iconic costumes and props from his famous action [Read More]
The auction will be conducted by Louis J. Dianni, LLC, and will partially benefit two groups. GARRISON, N.Y. – A rare portrait painting of famed Civil War photographer Mathew Brady by the renowned 19th century portrait artist Charles Loring Elliott, a large pre-Columbiam statue of a pregnant woman nearly 17 inches tall [Read More]
The annual 2-day auction event is hosted by Allard Auctions, at the historic Scottish Rite Temple SANTA FE, N.M. – Just over 700 lots of American Indian artifacts, art and related collectibles, many of them pulled from several major private collections, will come up for bid at the Best of Santa Fe, [Read More]
The three-day event will be held at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor, Mich. ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The outstanding lifetime collections of Richard and Diane Goldman and Gordon W. Fosburg will be auctioned the weekend of Oct. 2-4 by Showtime Auction Services, at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in [Read More]
The contents of Lauri Mundi, built in 1847, will feature some items passed down over 167 years. The auction will be conducted by Stevens Auction Company, on-site, in Aberdeen, Mississippi. ABERDEEN, Miss. – Original artworks by Andy Warhol and Marc Chagall – two of the most famous and highly sought after names [Read More]
The sale, packed with 1,050+ lots, will be held in the A&O gallery at 715 Miami Circle, Atlanta. ATLANTA, Ga. – Two signed lithographs by famed American Pop Art icon Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), three works by the noted Mexican artist Leonardo Nierman (b. 1932), and a signed lithograph by renowned Colombian artist [Read More]
The auction – the first one conducted at Woody Auction’s new gallery – was held on July 11th DOUGLASS, Kan. – A monumental and gorgeous signed Daum Nancy French cameo art glass vase, 19 ½ inches tall and with a winter scene, in superb condition, sold for $12,000 at a sale of [Read More]
The sale will be conducted by The Specialists of the South, Inc., in the firm’s spacious gallery. PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Over 300 mostly fresh to the market lots from prominent local estates, in a wide range of categories, will come up for bid in an auction slated for Saturday, Aug. 1st, [Read More]
Both started out at Butterfield & Butterfield and both went to George Washington University. CHICAGO, Ill. – Allyson Bradley of Michaan’s Auctions in California and Matthew S. Wilcox of Freeman’s Auctions & Appraisal in Philadelphia have been elected to the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Appraisal Education, the Chicago-based organization [Read More]
The vase was the top achiever in the Asian objects category; in all, over 600 lots changed hands. ATLANTA, Ga. – A rare Chinese Ming Dynasty porcelain vase dating to the Chenghua period (1465-1487), 8 ½ inches tall and with a milky white glaze, sold for $6,500 at a Summer Estates Auction [Read More]
In the 20th Century and Contemporary Art sale taking place on Tuesday 7th July we have some great Danish and Italian furniture, with British representation from Liberty, and a number of Georg Jensen silver pieces from full canteens to individual items. So for studios, offices, the home or the collector the catalogue [Read More]