Tanya Tucker’s Pants, Marty Stuart’s jacket, autographed memorabilia, RIAA Record Awards and more are part of the great selection of Country Music History curated by Pop Culture expert Gary Sohmers to be auctioned April 21 by Philip Weiss Auctions. The event will take place at Philip Weiss Auctions’ spacious gallery, located at [Read More]
A large selection of movie posters and memorabilia curated by Pop Culture expert Gary Sohmers will be sold at auction April 21 including bulk lots of genres by the decade. The event will take place at Philip Weiss Auctions’ spacious gallery, located at #1 Neil Court in Oceanside. Over 300 fresh-to-the market [Read More]
Sotheby’s are to auction Francis Bacon Figure Writing Reflected In Mirror on 9 May 2012 in their Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York Francis Bacon Figure Writing Reflected In Mirror Photo Sothebys Figure Writing Reflected In Mirror, is among the most powerful and sophisticated paintings by Francis Bacon. The work incorporates [Read More]
BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, Inc., one of the world’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host an auction of Asian Works of Art on April 20th and 21st in its Boston gallery. The sale will feature more than 950 lots of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese artwork and antiques. Cloisonné [Read More]
One of the most historic coins struck by the early U.S. Mint, a 1792 Judd-1 Silver Center cent pattern, MS61 Brown PCGS, headlines the Heritage Auctions April 2012 Central States Signature® U.S. Coin Auction, April 18-20, with Platinum Night™ offerings on April 19. “Our long-running relationship with the Central States Numismatic Society [Read More]
The event will be held at Ms. Howell’s residence, at 413 South Franklin Street in Aberdeen. (ABERDEEN, Miss.) — The living estate of Ms. Nell Howell – a longtime resident of Aberdeen and a true Southern lady who accumulated many antique treasures over the course of her rich and interesting life – [Read More]
Christie’s announced the upcoming auction of Yves Klein’s legendary Fire-Color Painting FC 1, as the highlight of the Post War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 8. Yves Klein (1928-1962), FC 1 (Fire-Color 1) detail, dry pigment and synthetic resin on panel. Executed in 1962. Estimate: $30 – 40 million. Photo: [Read More]
Sotheby’s London presents its sale of Arts of the Islamic World on 25th April, 2012. The auction, which comprises 290 lots and is expected to realise £7 – 10 million, will include distinguished Islamic works of art including magnificent examples of weaponry; rare and important manuscripts; fine ceramic wares; jewellery and fine [Read More]
Hermès and Christie’s are delighted to announce a collaboration providing an exciting opportunity to acquire four exceptional handbags. In celebration of its ‘Leather Forever’ exhibition which opens in London on 8th May 2012, Hermès has created four one-of-a-kind versions of its Passe-Guide handbag representing England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales; a tribute to [Read More]
A sheet of Monkey Stamps (1980), Disney items and Hollywood memorabilia will also be sold. (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – The original black leather jacket worn by the late Brooklyn rap artist Biggie Smalls (aka ‘The Notorious B.I.G.’), plus a full-year sheet of Chinese Year of the Monkey stamps from 1980 (est. $100,000+), Disney [Read More]
Sotheby’s Hong Kong Fine Chinese Paintings Spring Sale 2012 achieved HK$468 million / US$60 million more than doubling the pre=sale estimate (in excess of HK$200 million / US$25.6 million*). The top lot of the sale was an exceptionally rare, large pair of gold screens by Qi Baishi, Willows At The Riverside; Begonias [Read More]
Christie’s will present the spring sale of Fine Musical Instruments, on April 26. Comprised of 109 lots, the sale will focus on classical instruments, with a particular emphasis on impressive bows, including examples created by master craftsmen, François Xavier Tourte and Jean Baptiste Vuillaume. Highlighting the selection of bows is a gold [Read More]
Sotheby’s announce sale of Important Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art to be held at Paris on April 20 The auction comprises some 220 lots, including lacquered furniture; a rare carpet from the Manufacture de la Savonnerie; superb furniture from the Empire period; ivories; and exceptional medieval and Renaissance stained glass. Rare [Read More]
The event will be held in the Historic Buford Hall, located at 112 East Shadburn Ave. in Buford. (BUFORD, Ga.) – A weekend sale featuring 1,500 lots of folk art in a wide array of genres will be held April 21-22 by Slotin Auction in the Historic Buford Hall, located at 112 [Read More]
Richmond Hill, ON – 888 Auctions will conduct an Asian Antiques & Estates auction on Thursday, April 26th. The 450 lot sale will be held at 888 Auctions’ saleroom gallery and will begin at 2 p.m. Eastern. The auction will showcase an enticing collection of Asian art and antiques including but not [Read More]
Dedham , MA- Never before has the Dedham gallery of Grogan and Company Fine Art Auctioneers and Appraisers been so alive and filled to capacity, as it was for the March 24th auction of property from the Estate of the Reverend Peter J. Gomes. The large collection of fine art, antiques furniture [Read More]
Chinese ceramics provided some of the highest prices at a recent Fine Art & Silver Auction held in Lichfield last week. The craze for all things oriental continues with demand largely from new wealth in China prompted by a desire to buy back heritage. Richard Winterton’s Fine Art Sale (29th March) comprised [Read More]
Sotheby’s Orientalist Sale in London on 24 April 2012 presents important works depicting Turkey, The Middle East and North Africa, the auction will be led by masterpieces by the Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky and the Turkish painter and polymath Osman Hamdy Bey. The Scholar by Osman Hamdy Bey, oil on canvas, 1878, [Read More]