Auction News

Bonhams will auction the “Montana Dueling Dinosaurs” on November 19, with an estimate of $7,000,000-9,000,000. The two virtually complete dinosaur skeletons, a carnivore and a herbivore, were found fossilized together in Hell Creek, Montana in 2006. Dubbed the “Dueling Dinos,” the specimens are preserved in a sensational pre-historic death match between predator [Read More]

Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of American Furniture and Decorative Arts on August 11th at its Marlborough gallery. Skinner’s “August Americana” sale continues to be a highlight of the summer auction calendar, and this year Skinner is pleased to introduce a 9-day, online-only component to this annual event. From August 5th [Read More]

A 1541 English Great Bible sold for $9,500 while an 18th century verge watch with chatelaine realized $7,500 in Cordier Auctions’ Spring Two Day Antique & Fine Art Auction on May 18 and 19. Other highlights of the sale included an enameled and jeweled padlock watch at $5,500, a 1.97 carat diamond [Read More]

The hockey stick that Wayne Gretzky used in 1974, at the tender age of 13, to score the 1,000th goal of his lifetime is expected to bring $20,000+ when it crosses the auction block in Chicago on Thursday, Aug. 1 as part of Heritage Auctions’ Platinum Night Sports event. A contemporary account [Read More]

The Aug. 10 event will feature fine porcelain, silver, bronzes, estate jewelry, art glass and more. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – Around 150 lots from the estate of Count and Countess Claes-Eric de Lewenhaupt of Sweden will headline a multi-estate auction planned for Saturday, Aug. 10, at 1 p.m. (EDT), at the gallery [Read More]

Bonhams announce its impressive assembly of Italian sports cars for its fast approaching 16th annual Carmel motorcar auction on August 16th. After announcing earlier this spring the consignment of some truly exceptional and noteworthy Italian cars – most notably the one-off 1954 New York Auto Show, 1953 Ferrari 250 Europa Coupé Vignale [Read More]

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. – Antiquities-Saleroom unveils their second Ancient / Ethnographic Art Discovery auction of the year, slated for Wednesday, July 31, 2013. LiveAuctioneers.com and Artfact.com will provide Internet live bidding. The sale will be patterned after their successful April Discovery auction, which was conceived as a “house-cleaning” auction for their sister [Read More]

The lowest possible numbered cover of The Beatles’ famous The White Album, No. A0000001 — given to a top Capitol Records executive in 1968 — is expected to realize $20,000+ to lead a trove of important Beatles albums and memorabilia in Heritage Auctions’ Entertainment & Music Memorabilia auction Aug. 10 in Dallas. [Read More]

Cordier Auctions will hold their Summer Firearms and Militaria Auction in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on July 28. Highlights of the sale include a name inscribed 1894 Winchester from the Gold Rush era, a superb Civil War hand painted chevron and hand calligraphed Civil War Record, and a nice selection of edged weapons from [Read More]

They were the top lots at the sale of the contents of Green Gables, a mansion in Jackson, Tenn. (JACKSON, Tenn.) – A mahogany half tester youth-size bed made around 1860 by C. Lee gaveled for $29,900, and a fine R.J. Horner carved oak nine-tube grandfather clock from about 1890 chimed on [Read More]

The auction will be conducted by Matthews Auctions at the Clarion Hotel in Davenport, Ia. (DAVENPORT, Ia.) – A single-owner lifetime collection of motorcycle memorabilia – much of it Harley-Davidson and to include vintage clothing, posters, accessories, parts, signs and even three operational Servi-Car three-wheelers – will be sold at an auction [Read More]

Bonhams looks forward to fall with fine highlights of a David Park oil painting on board, Portrait of Imogen Cunningham, 1952 (est. $70,000-90,000) and a Bruce Conner mixed-media work, CHERRIES, 1960 (est. $40,000-60,000) in its Made In California: Contemporary Art auction, October 21 in Los Angeles and simulcast in San Francisco. Bonhams [Read More]

The insignia, showing a gargoyle clutching a bomb, was applied to the fabric of Green’s plane. The auction was conducted June 8-9 at Mohawk Arms’ gallery in Bouckville, N.Y., plus online. (BOUCKVILLE, N.Y.) – A World War I squadron insignia and archive pertaining to American pilot Lt. Paul Green soared to $13,200 [Read More]

Billed as the Best of Santa Fe 2013, the event will be held at the Scottish Rites Hall in Santa Fe. (SANTA FE, N.M.) – A full-size, all-original Native American Kiowa cradleboard, with beaded accents and original boards, is expected to sail past its pre-sale estimate of $20,000-$40,000 and possibly into the [Read More]

Lincoln (UK) Unique Auctions Fine Antiques & Collectors Sale on the 28th July 9am (GMT) features 100 Lots of Asian and Middle Eastern Art and Antiquities. The bulk of items are from collector and items range from the 4th Century to the 19th Century, and include Chinese, Persian, Annamese, Japanese, Korean and [Read More]

The sculpture carried a pre-sale estimate of just $300-$500. All jade pieces did extremely well. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – A beautiful Chinese hand-carved white jade sculpture depicting a chariot with horses and riders galloped past its pre-sale estimate of $300-$500 to sell for $40,120 – about 100 times what it was expected [Read More]

We all love our gadgets, from our mp3 players to our androids and iphones. Take yourself back 200 years or so and this would be the gadget of choice for any up and coming gentleman of leisure. Measuring just 5cm high, it is made of ivory and although resembling nothing more than [Read More]

Bonhams announces that it has been selected to auction one of the greatest vintage supercharged Bentleys in existence at its annual Quail Lodge auction in Carmel. Conceived by passionate racer and “Bentley Boy” Sir Henry “Tim” Birkin, his desire to create a more successful racing Bentley by supercharging the existing 4½ liter [Read More]