The year 2011 proved to be a great one for Heritage Auctions (HA.com), as the company posted a gross total of more than $806 million, a number that represents the company’s best performance ever. “The bottom line is that service and value will always sell, and Heritage specializes in the very best [Read More]
Sotheby’s will open 2012 global wine auctions on 14 January 2012 at Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong with a various owner sale of Finest and Rarest Wines Including the Bordeaux Winebank Collection. Robert Sleigh and Romanee Conti 1990. Photo: Sotheby’s. Highlights include over 200 cases of investment grade Bordeaux from the Bordeaux Winebank [Read More]
Among the highlights of Sotheby’s March 2012 Asia Week sales in New York is one of the most significant paintings by Sayed Haider Raza ever to appear on the market – Village With Church from 1958. The painting was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller III from the landmark 1958-59 [Read More]
A remarkable collection of campaign furniture, which was used by gentleman travellers and army officers in the 19th century, is to be sold by Bonhams in its Period Design sale on 7 February 2012. This portable furniture meant that the men did not have to leave their home comforts behind as they [Read More]
Watching, New Jersey – Robert Edward Auctions is renowned for presenting the most respected baseball card and memorabilia auctions in the world. Occasionally, their sales include an interesting Americana item. In April, REA will be presenting one of the most unusual Americana collectible items they have ever offered: 1929 Al Capone Signed [Read More]
More than 2,000 lots of antique toys, trains, advertising and rare comics are primed and ready to make their appearance Feb. 9-11 in Morphy Auctions’ first sale of 2012. All forms of bidding will be available, including live via the Internet, with start times set for 10 a.m. on Thursday and Friday, [Read More]
Clark’s Fine Art of Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles), Calif., will conduct its first auction of 2012, a 270-lot auction of premier modern and contemporary artworks from three significant collections, plus additional select consignments, on Jan 21. Iva Guerorguiva (Bulgarian/American, 20th century), ‘Gasoline the Sunlight,’ 2004, 77 x 87 inches. Provenance: Karl Berg [Read More]
Sotheby’s annual auction of Important Americana on 20 & 21 January 2012 will feature a group of rare and important 17th, 18th and early-19th century American silver from First Parish Church in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Both the church and the 24 pieces of silver – sold over 17 lots – are steeped in [Read More]
A stunning painting of Notre Dame de Paris by Pablo Picasso highlights Bonhams Impressionist & Modern Art auction on 7th February 2012 at 101 New Bond Street, London. Picasso has taken a subject he knows well, via his walks to, and the view from, his studio, but he chooses to challenge the [Read More]
Over 100 cars and 35 motorcycles, including several high quality French built cars and three private collections, are to be sold at Bonhams’ next motor car and motorcycle sale that will now be held in Paris on Thursday 2 February 2012. 1935 Delage D8 105 S Streamlined Coupé. Estimate €280,000 – 360,000. [Read More]
Christie’s New York announces the sale of The John Townsend Chippendale Block-and-Shell Document Cabinet. A rare survival of colonial Newport’s merchant elite, this cabinet is signed by John Townsend, Newport, Rhode Island, 1755-1765 and will lead the sale of Important American Furniture and Folk Art on January 20. The document cabinet is [Read More]
The secretary desk was the top earner of the 400 or so lots that changed hands New Year’s Eve. (FLOMATON, Ala.) – A rare, museum-quality mechanical rosewood drop-front secretary desk, made around 1860 and attributed to the renowned American furniture maker Thomas Brooks, sold for $21,280 at only the second auction held [Read More]
Christie’s announces its upcoming auctions of Old Master Paintings and Old Master Drawings on January 25-26, 2012, offering a superb selection of rarities, rediscoveries and masterpieces. The sales will be led by a graceful tondo painting of The Virgin Nursing the Christ Child by Hans Memling, one of two works by this [Read More]
Bertoia Auctions in New Jersey will auction the renowned Richard T. “Dick” Claus collection of nautical toys and boats later this year. The collection will be divided into two parts, with part I to be auctioned on May 12. Part II will be offered in the fall. “We’re thrilled to be handling [Read More]
On January 25, 2012 at 2pm, Christie’s will hold a specialized sale, The Art of France, dedicated to 18th century French paintings including a rich selection of works by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, among others. That same afternoon, at 5pm, Christie’s will present a sale of Wines of France. Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Grasse 1732-1806 Paris), [Read More]
Gary Sohmers, in conjunction with Philip Weiss, presents a Music Memorabilia Auction, Friday Jan. 20, 2012 at the Weiss Auction Gallery at 1 Neil Court in Oceanside NY, with phone and online bidding. The selection of approximately 300 lots includes Beatles, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Concert Posters, [Read More]
On January 23, 2012, the Bonhams Entertainment Department will offer Property from the Collection of Dr. Arnold W. Klein in Los Angeles. Klein, the noted Beverly Hills dermatologist, philanthropist, and ultimate Hollywood insider, was for many years a close personal friend and confidant to Michael Jackson and many other celebrities. The Collection [Read More]
Two paintings by the famed canine artist William Henry Hamilton Trood (1860-1899) will be highlights of the ‘Dogs in Show & Field: The Fine Art Sale’ on 15th February 2012 at Bonhams New York. The first of the works is Hounds in a kennel ($60,000-80,000) and shows a pack of hounds in [Read More]