Skinner, Inc. will host a Discovery auction on November 14th and 15th in its Marlborough gallery. The two-day sale of 1200 lots presents an excellent assortment of paintings and prints, as well as Americana-style furniture and decorative arts. Oil painting of a ship coming into port by Pietro Fragiacomo Studio Paintings (lots [Read More]
A nineteenth century portrait of the celebrated ‘Badminton Sweep’ William Vizard has recently come to light and is being offered for auction on 1st November. William Vizard of Chipping Sodbury was a chimney sweep by trade and had a keen interest in equestrian sport. In the mid nineteenth century he became a [Read More]
In all, the auctions will comprise more than 1,800 mostly fresh-to-the-market, quality lots. (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) –November will be a busy month for Philip Weiss Auctions. The firm will conduct a two-day auction event on non-consecutive days – Nov. 15 and 17 – then conclude the month with an important estate sale on [Read More]
The archive and library of the legendary Scottish big game hunter, Richard Cuninghame, was sold on 24th October 2012 by Bonhams in Edinburgh as part of the contents of Hensol, an historic Category A listed mansion nestling in the beautiful surroundings of Mossdale, Castle Douglas. Although largely remembered as a hunter-tracker, Cuninghame [Read More]
Boston, MA – Skinner, Inc. will offer almost 300 lots of fine Oriental rugs and carpets – including 50 room-sized carpets – at auction in Boston on Saturday, November 10th. The diverse collection includes Persian, Anatolian, Turkish, Turkeman, Caucasian and Indian rugs and carpets. Caucasian Rugs The pièce de résistance of the [Read More]
Bonhams has appointed international gem specialist and auctioneer, Graeme Thompson, to head the company’s Jewelry Department in Hong Kong. Matthew Girling, Bonhams European and Middle East CEO, comments: “I’m delighted that Graeme Thompson has rejoined Bonhams and will be heading our Jewelry team in Hong Kong. Asia is, without doubt, going to [Read More]
Featured will be magnificent pieces of porcelain, ivory, jade, coral, stone carvings, much more. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – What’s fast shaping up as one of the best, highest-grossing Asian sales ever for Elite Decorative Arts is planned for the weekend of Nov. 10-11. Offered will be nearly 800 lots of magnificent antiques, [Read More]
BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. will hold a live auction of Fine Wines on October 30th in its Boston gallery. Following the event, a second offering of lots will be auctioned on October 31st through November 8th exclusively online with Skinner’s timed auction platform. In partnership with Lower Falls Wine Company of [Read More]
The Coins, Medals and Banknotes Department at Bonhams is pleased to announce the sale of a previously unreported $5 Series 1882 “Brown Back” National Banknote during its auction on December 13. The new discovery was issued on March 29, 1892 in the small city of Creede, Colorado (est. $70,000-90,000). The First National [Read More]
A work titled ‘Red Jacket’, an image by Vladimir Griegorovich Tretchikoff (1913-2006) of his muse and one-time lover in Java, made a world record price of £337,250 (R4.7m) at Bonhams, the international auction house, in London yesterday (17.10.12). Before the sale, the painting had been estimated to sell for £50,000 to £80,000. [Read More]
White Flag Projects announce its Inaugural Gala & Benefit Auction, to be held in the institution’s St. Louis exhibition space on November 3. The auction will include significant contributions from White Flag Projects’ long roster of exhibited artists and others, with artworks by Brandon Anschultz, Uri Aran, Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Michael Bauer, Michael [Read More]
Bonhams featured works from the Betty and Monte Factor Family Collection in a single owner section of its semi-annual “Made in California: Contemporary Art” auction on October 3. The sale brought more than $1.45 million against its 968,000 pre-sale estimate. Highlights included three new world auction records from Factor Family Collection for [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of American Furniture and Decorative Arts on Sunday, October 28th at its Boston gallery. The Patriotic Americana Collection of Marilyn and Michael Gould will be offered, along with selected items from the Collection of Robert Skinner, a fine assortment of Federal furniture from a prominent New [Read More]
Bonhams sale of Fine & Rare Wines on 25th October will feature an eclectic selection of wines including a rare case of 1944 Chateau Latour, estimated at £4,000 – 4,800. This exceptional wine would have been harvested as the allies and French resistance battled to liberate Bordeaux from occupation. The Bordeaux region, [Read More]
Offered will be hundreds of lots of ethnographic items, headgear, art, exotica and special items. (BOUCKVILLE, N.Y.) – Hundreds of military items from multiple wars and generations will be offered Nov. 16-17 by Mohawk Arms in a live and Internet auction billed as Militaria Auction #68. The sale will be held in [Read More]
New York – Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to present Watercolors, a curated selling exhibition featuring a diverse group of contemporary works by artists who have moved beyond using watercolor paint as an auxiliary mode of expression to embracing it as their primary medium. The exhibition will showcase over 80 [Read More]
The two lots were the top achievers in a three-day auction held Oct. 5-7 in Ann Arbor, Mich. (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) – A rare and desirable 1905 Wurlitzer Style 17 PianOrchestra in excellent working condition soared to $120,000, and an equally rare early 1800s Ephraim Thayer hand-drawn, hand-operated fire pump with ties [Read More]
Dr. Paul Stevens first book, ‘The Coins of the Bengal Presidency’ is an essential reference work for anyone interested in this period of Indian history, British colonial history and East India Company coinage. The first of a planned three part series on the coins of the East India Company, this will be [Read More]