Bonhams, announce the company’s ninth offering of exceptional writing instruments in the US on December 6, 2011. The auction contains more than 200 lots and offers a diverse selection of excellent fountain pens from all of the top makers, including a Dupont James Bond limited edition set inspired by 007’s firearm of [Read More]
Sotheby’s London Evening and Day Sales of Modern and Post-War British Art concluded with a combined total of £8.5/$13.5 million. The top lot of the Evening Sale was L.S. Lowry’s Railway Platform of 1953 which sold for £1.1/$1.8 million (est. £1-1.5 million, further details on the painting below). A highlight of the [Read More]
Christie’s Latin American Evening Sale on November 15 achieved $15,333,750/ £9,660,263/ € 11,346,975 and was 83% sold by value and 76% sold by lot. Fernando Botero (Colombian b. 1932), Dancers, bronze with dark brown patina, executed in 2007. Estimate: $1,500,000 – 2,000,000, Price Realized: $1,762,500. Photo: Christie’s Images Ltd 2011. The Head [Read More]
The Dec. 3 sale will include personal jewelry, stage apparel and mementos. NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. – Before Elton John, Madonna or Lady Gaga dominated the world stage with their outrageous costumes and over-the-top performances, there was Liberace – a charismatic showman whose onstage presence combined the glitz of Las Vegas with a [Read More]
The Detroit Tigers uniform worn by Hall of Fame outfielder Ty Cobb during the 1922 season sold for $358,500 on Nov. 11 in Heritage Auctions’ Vintage Sports Collectibles Signature® Auction, notching the fourth six-figure price commanded by the category for a game worn jersey in 2011. A rare “Shoeless Joe” Jackson signed [Read More]
Sotheby’s sale of European Sculpture and Works of Art: Medieval to Modern on Tuesday, 6 December 2011 will showcase 800 extraordinary years of artworks that form a continuous history from the twelfth century through to the mid-twentieth century. The auction comprises medieval, Old Master, eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century sculpture and works [Read More]
Sotheby’s London announce that its sale of Continental Books and Musical Manuscripts will include rare and important manuscripts by Robert Schumann, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Benjamin Britten. Comprised of 181 lots, the sale on Wednesday 30th November 2011 is estimated to fetch in excess of £2 million. The auction will be headlined [Read More]
Christie’s announces that important pieces from The BillyBoy* Collection of Dior and Yves Saint Laurent are to be offered as part of the upcoming Fashion sale on 1 December 2011 at Christie’s South Kensington. Selected from the collection of BillyBoy* – one of the largest private collections of vintage haute couture in [Read More]
RR Auction, an Amherst, NH-based company, presents some of the finest examples of the true history, lore & culture of the great American frontier from its early beginnings , in a Texas & Western Artifacts auction that closes November 17. 2011. This special offering will feature nearly 250 items that are a [Read More]
Sotheby’s Paris next sale of African & Oceanic Art in Paris on December 14 will include a highly selective ensemble of 100 lots. Some have remarkable provenance, whilst others are appearing on the market for the first time. Yoruba, Nago Horse-Rider, Benin. Haut. 47,5 cm., 18 1/2 in. Estimate: 400 000-600 000 [Read More]
Bonhams is pleased to announce its Fine Watches, Wristwatches and Clocks auction taking place December 8 in New York, simulcast to San Francisco. Jonathan Snellenburg, Bonhams US Director of Watches and Clocks, states about the sale, “The watches and clocks in this sale span three centuries—from the earliest pendulum clock of the [Read More]
Sotheby’s Geneva set a world auction record for yellow diamond when it sold the Sun?Drop Diamond for CHF 11,282,500 ($12,361,558). Weighing 110.03 carats, this exceptional stone ranks as the largest known pear?shaped fancy vivid yellow diamond in the world. Tonight’s sale concluded with a total of CHF 64,048,000 ($70,173,551), against the pre?sale [Read More]
From 5 to 9 December, Koller, the leading Swiss auction house, will present its 12th auction of Swiss art and many further highlights. After the exceptionally successful auction of Swiss Art in June, which, with a total turnover of CHF 14 million and a record result of CHF 7.3 million for two [Read More]
Five architectural drawing tools once belonging to President Thomas Jefferson – framer of America’s Constitution and its third President – are expected to bring $45,000+ altogether on Dec. 1, as the top lots in Heritage Auctions’ 800+ lot Americana & Political Memorabilia Signature(r) Auction. The Jefferson items are just the tip of [Read More]
A FINE and rare Scottish Backsword, dating from the mid 18th century is among the highlights of the auction of Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria in London on Wednesday, December 7, 2011. The sale will be held at midday by Thomas Del Mar Ltd (in association with Sotheby’s) at their saleroom at [Read More]
The event will be held in the firm’s showroom, located at #1 Neil Court in Oceanside, N.Y. (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – A monstrous three-day estate auction, featuring important Disney items (to include the complete and original 1953 Disneyland prospectus, drafted by Walt Disney himself and outlining his ideas for the iconic theme park [Read More]
Two trial proofs for Andy Warhol’s iconic image of a dollar sign are for sale at Bonhams Print sale on 29 November in London. The signed prints, estimated at between £15,000- 20,000, date from 1982 – just five years before the artist untimely death – and are based on paintings executed the [Read More]
Sotheby’s London announce its sale of Continental Books and Musical Manuscripts will include rare and important manuscripts by Robert Schumann, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Benjamin Britten. Comprised of 181 lots, the sale on Wednesday 30th November 2011 is estimated to fetch in excess of £2 million. The auction will be headlined by [Read More]