Bonhams 16th annual Carmel automotive auction – the longest running sale during the Monterey Peninsula Car Week – was a resounding success with a nearly 90 per cent sale-through rate and nearly $33 million realized. The Bonhams pavilion, situated on the spacious western lawns of Quail Lodge in sunny Carmel Valley, hosted [Read More]
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The auction will be held on-site, at the restaurant, by Ahlers & Ogletree, Inc., based in Atlanta. (ATLANTA, Ga.) – Items and equipment from Dante’s Down the Hatch – the iconic Atlanta restaurant and nightclub that stood for more than 30 years in the fashionable Buckhead section of town – will be [Read More]
On September 16, Bonhams will present “Chinese Art from the Scholar’s Studio,” a select group of fine Chinese furniture, paintings, snuff bottles, scholar’s objects and devotional pieces. Bringing together a variety of collecting categories, art from the scholar’s studio focuses on Chinese artworks of exceptional quality that are fresh to the market. [Read More]
The unreserved auction will be headlined by a fine pair of 35-year collections, plus other items. (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Two outstanding 35-year collections to be sold without reserve, featuring items in many categories, will be included in a specialty auction slated for Saturday, Sept. 21, at 11 a.m. (EST), by Fontaine’s Auction [Read More]
Prestige dealer group, Harwoods, has signed an exclusive deal with BCA, the UK’s leading vehicle remarketing company, for a weekly sale of high-quality prestige part-exchange cars. From Aston Martins and Audis to MINIs and Jaguars, motorists looking for a luxury or sports model will be able to browse a range of high-end [Read More]
Bonhams auction of Collectors’ Motor Cars, Motorcycles and Automobilia at the Beaulieu Autojumble takes place this year on Saturday 8th September. Leading motor car consignments for the auction are two Sunbeams – a 1926 3-liter twin-cam Super Sports (estimate £130,000-£160,000) and a 1912 Coupe de l’Auto replica (£90,000-£120,000). The sale will also [Read More]
Rago Unreserved: September 20 and 21, 2013, sale includes early 20th c. design, original and vintage art, traditional furnishings, tableware, Asian, collectibles, books and ephemera, ethnographic property and coins. Saturday’s sale is all 20th century: modern design, including furniture, lighting rugs, pottery, glass, sculpture, painting, prints and photography. (Previews begin September 14) [Read More]
The auction was timed to coincide with the very popular Iowa Gas Show in Des Moines, Iowa. (DES MOINES, Ia.) – A rare General Gasoline double-sided porcelain transitional sign – showing the iconic Mobil Pegasus logo, signaling Mobil’s acquisition of General Gasoline and establishing its presence in the Western United States – [Read More]
Bonhams New York announce 2013/2014 Season Lecture Series. Timed to coincide with most major auctions held in the New York Galleries, Bonhams will be hosting relevant lectures presented by well-known and highly regarded authors and specialists in specific fields. To kick off the Fall season of lectures, we are pleased to announce [Read More]
As many as 250 works of fine art in many genres will be offered. The sale will start at 6 p.m. (MILFORD, Conn.) – Quality consignments are currently being accepted for a fine art auction slated for Thursday, Oct. 24, at Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, in the firm’s gallery located at 354 [Read More]
The sale will be held in the 4H Hall of the Sedgwick County Extension Center in Wichita, Kan. (WICHITA, Kan.) – The single-owner lifetime collection of Richard and Linda Popp of Hutchinson, Kansas – serious collectors of Native American artifacts and antiques in many other categories – will be sold on Saturday, [Read More]
The Sam Snead Collection, consigned to auction by the son of the golf legend, electrified the audience at Heritage’s Aug. 1 Platinum Night Sports Auction from the first drop of the gavel, as Snead’s 1946 British Open Claret Jug soared out of the gate with a $262,900 price realized to lead the [Read More]
The piece – titled Of Thee I Sing, Nico (Christa Paffgen) – will be offered on Sept. 2nd (MILLVILLE, Pa.) – A previously unknown and never before offered silkscreen by Pop Art icon Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is the expected headliner at a Labor Day sale planned for Monday, Sept. 2, by Col. [Read More]
The auction will be held by Showtime Auction Services, based in Woodhaven, Mich. (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) – The lifetime collection of Don and Diane Sayrizi – advanced collectors in many categories, but especially antique advertising – plus consignments from over 100 other advanced collectors from all over the country will be offered [Read More]
The auction was held July 28-29 at the Cape Codder Resort & Hotel in Hyannis (on Cape Cod). (HYANNIS, Mass.) – An early bufflehead drake decoy, made around 1910-1912 by the renowned carver A.E. (Elmer) Crowell (Mass., 1862-1952), the highest-graded bufflehead drake by Crowell ever offered, and one of only two known [Read More]
Video shows an auction in progress through the LiveAuctioneers bidding platform. NEW YORK (LAPRS) – LiveAuctioneers, a Manhattan-based company that provides Internet live bidding services to more than 1,800 auction houses worldwide, entered its second decade of operation in Q1 2013 with a substantial increase in both international auction-house clients and new [Read More]
This summer, embark on a vinous journey with Christie’s one-day auction of wines from Dr Ku’s Apothecary Collection. Taking place on August 31 with a primary focus on Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhône and Champagne, the sale offers over 720 lots and is estimated to realize in excess of HK$21 million. A fine wine [Read More]
The live and Internet auction was held in the firm’s gallery on Lemoine Ave. in Fort Lee, N.J. (FORT LEE, N.J.) – One lot consisting of five 1970s-era banknotes from the United Arab Emirates, with Serial Number “000002” in denominations ranging from 1-to-100 Dirhams, sold for $29,500 at a live and Internet [Read More]