One of the most valuable tea services ever assembled, sold for £541,250 at Bonhams, yesterday 5th December 2012. In a busy saleroom, bidders competed for eight items of the legendary ‘Half-Figure Service’-type, a highly important set of Meissen porcelain in the Said and Roswitha Marouf Collection. Meissen porcelain with ‘Half-Figure Service’ decoration [Read More]
An oil painting of Saint Peter attributed to Domenikos Theotokopoulos, better known as El Greco, sold for £791,650 against a pre-sale estimate of £40,000 – 60,000 at Bonhams yesterday, 5th December 2012. Saint Peter oil on canvas 68 x 56cm (26 3/4 x 22 1/16in). unframed Attributed to Domenikos Theotokopoulos, called El [Read More]
Bonhams offered Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts on December 3 in Los Angeles. The 450-lot sale brought nearly $2 million and featured an array of works for varied tastes and collecting levels from the 16th through the 20th centuries, with a focus on German, French, Italian and English properties. Highlights from [Read More]
Watchung, New Jersey – One of only ten known 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth cards has been consigned to Robert Edward Auctions’ spring 2013 sale. Many consider the 1914 Babe Ruth to be the single most important and miraculous baseball card in the world. This card features Ruth as an unknown minor [Read More]
Few historic figures command such reverence as Lord Horatio Nelson. Over 200 years after the great British naval hero was mortally wounded in action at the Battle of Trafalgar, his influence is such that items linked to him are highly prized by an international community of collectors. The sword-pistol of Nelson interest [Read More]
The 1928 ‘Playboy Roadster’ that Bonhams will offer for sale at its Grand Palais Sale in Paris from 6th to 7th February was once housed in the collection of millionaire real estate developer Jerry J. Moore In 1966 an American traveling in France became smitten with a mid-19th Century chateau. He bought [Read More]
Bonhams announces the firm’s biannual Fine Watches, Wristwatches & Clocks auction to be held on December 13 at 3pm ET. The sale will be viewed in the Bonhams Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York galleries and the auction will be conducted simultaneously in all three salesrooms. The auction features a wide [Read More]
The sign was the top lot at the three-day event in Raymond, Ill., where 2,000+ lots were sold. (RAYMOND, Ill.) – A rare Oldsmobile double-sided porcelain “Rocket” sign, the one that hung under the regular Oldsmobile sign to advertise the auto maker’s “rocket” engines, sold for $6,050 at an auction held Nov. [Read More]
On Dec. 1st, 2012 Ganeinu – Chabad Early Childhood Development Center will hold an inaugural fundraising event. Coined A Toast to Ganeinu, a grand Chinese Auction along with live music, an open Martini Bar and mouthwatering Hors d’oeuvres is guaranteed to make for an exciting evening. Ganeinu is a non-profit 501c3 Center, [Read More]
The sculpture will be one of many works of art and decorative accessories to cross the block. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – A life-size bronze sculpture of John Lennon, by the Cuban artist Jose Ramon Villa Soberon (b. 1950), showing the former Beatle in a standing position with his hands in his pockets, [Read More]
The clock was the top earner in a two-session auction that featured 535 lots and grossed $1.4M (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – An E. Howard & Co. astronomical regulator No. 46 clock in fine condition, with clean running movement and a walnut case with the original finish, 126 inches tall, chimed on time for [Read More]
A collection of some of the most important pieces of George Harrison and Beatles memorabilia ever to be offered at auction will be included in Bonhams forthcoming Entertainment Memorabilia sale on 12th December 2012. The collection, which has never been available to the general public, was gifted by George Harrison to his [Read More]
A trove of letters from an officer among the first on the scene to identify bodies following Gen. George Armstrong Custer’s crushing 1876 defeat at Little Big Horn is expected to bring $75,000+ in Heritage’s $2.2 million Political, Western Legends & Americana Memorabilia Signature® Auction on Dec. 11. The lot is just [Read More]
The 1929 De Havilland DH 60GMW Gipsy Moth bi-plane was flown by character Denys Finch Hatton (played by Robert Redford) in the seven-time Oscar-winning 1985 film. It will go on sale at the Bonhams auction at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, from 6th to 7th February 2013, where bidding is expected [Read More]
Bonhams Whisky Sale on December 4th in Edinburgh provides the ideal place to stock up for Christmas on something that will have your guests talking for years – no fewer than 263 lots of distinguished bottles and decanters of the good stuff are listed in this sale. One of the top lots [Read More]
A sapphire and diamond ring by Van Cleef & Arpels featuring a rectangular-cut sapphire weighing 43.16 carats set a new world record, selling for US$1,560,000 (HK$12,084,000; £979,000) on 23rd November at the sale of ‘Eight Exceptional Jewels from a Private Collection’ at Bonhams in Hong Kong. Bidders competed fiercely for the striking [Read More]
Bonhams Fine & Rare wine sale on 6th December at New Bond Street, London will feature some exceptional wines from private European cellars. The sale will include several outstanding European collections, with a remarkable range of rare Spanish wines from 1925 to 1982, top Italian wines and 12 vintages of Lebanese Chateau [Read More]
Flashpoint president Kevin Carvell announced that he and Project Flashpoint would be teaming up with his friend, actor and fellow animal welfare supporter Jon Provost (Timmy, “Lassie”), for two separate online auctions to raise money for the organizations Canine Companions for Independence and The Humane League of Lancaster County. Both auctions will [Read More]