Swann Galleries Tuesday, October 18 auction of Fine Photographs features classical and iconic images that range from contemporary artworks, to masterpieces of 20th-century modernism and photojournalism, to exquisite daguerreotypes, cased images, and majestic scenes of the American West. Featured examples of Contemporary Art are Cindy Sherman As Marilyn Monroe, chromogenic print, 1982 [Read More]
Heritage Auctions will present the official auction of the American Numismatic Association’s inaugural Fall National Money Show in Pittsburgh, PA, with floor sessions scheduled for Oct. 13 and 14 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Highlights include a massive pattern for a $50 coin and some of the rarest Liberty quarter [Read More]
Works by leading American and California artists spanning the mid-19th to mid- 20th centuries will be offered at John Moran Auctioneers’ third California and American Art Auction of 2011. The sale represents a broad survey of the American experience, with 210 oils and watercolors including Impressionist landscapes, still lifes, Westerns, American Scene [Read More]
Doyle New York announced the auction the Arthur Rothstein Photograph Collection on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 10am. The auction offers almost two thousand prints, vintage through 1980s, from the collection of his wife, Grace Rothstein. The images span Rothstein’s long career as an award-winning photojournalist, and feature iconic Depression-era images including [Read More]
Christie’s New York will mark the start of the fall jewelry auction season with a $35 million sale of Magnificent Jewels on October 18. Over 340 items of jewelry – from sparkling white diamond rings to the finest colored diamonds – will make up the sale. As is now tradition at Christie’s, [Read More]
A fascinating and valuable collection of over 80 historic maps of Cornwall and the Scilly Isles sold for £46,000 at Bonhams Printed Maps and Books sale in Oxford today, 27 September. Among the highlights was the first printed map of Cornwall from the first county atlas of England and Wales produced in [Read More]
One of the finest ever collections of Suffolk School paintings is coming up for auction when the contents of Reydon Hall, Suffolk go under the hammer at Bonhams in Knightsbridge, London on 6th December 2011. The stars of the collection are two monumental works by Edward Smythe who, with his younger brother [Read More]
Following the news of significant two-wheeled machinery sold at Bonhams’ Quail Lodge sale in Carmel, the auction house is pleased to announce that it’s accepting consignments for its anticipated Las Vegas motorcycle sale in January. Last month, in true pioneering spirit, Bonhams offered motorcycles for the very first time during the Pebble [Read More]
A famous “Ides of March” silver denarius of Marcus Brutus fetched a record-shattering $546,250 on Sept. 7 at Heritage Auctions’ World & Ancient Coins event, part of Heritage’s $34 million total Long Beach Numismatic Auctions, at the Long Beach Convention Center. The price realized, which includes the 15% Buyer’s Fee, is the [Read More]
Including ‘Italian Identity’, An Exceptional Private Collection of 20th Century Italian Art, and Property From an Important New York Collection SOTHEBY’S LONDON announce that its forthcoming 20th Century Italian Art Sale on Thursday, October 13, 2011 will be the company’s strongest ever, both in number of lots offered and the quality of [Read More]
New York City’s Salmagundi Club – an artists’ organization founded in 1871 – is planning a major fundraiser during the month of October that comprises three auctions of juried artworks submitted by its artist-members. The auctions will be held at the Salmagundi Club on Friday, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m., Sunday, Oct. [Read More]
Bonhams will feature property from the Estate of songwriter, composer, conductor and playwright Meredith Willson and his wife Rosemary during its fall 2011 auctions. Proceeds of the sales will benefit the Meredith and Rosemary Willson Charitable Foundation, whose goal is to keep the philanthropic legacy of Meredith and Rosemary alive by supporting [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York will hold its first-ever evening sale of prints on 27 October 2011. Important Contemporary Prints from an American Private Collection will offer a stunning selection of 37 works by artists including Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg, which are notable for their wonderful condition. Andy Warhol, [Read More]
The sale will feature examples by Winchester, Colt, Savage, Springfield, Spencer and others. (WINDSOR, Conn.) – Around 325 lots of antique arms, firearms, swords and more will cross the block on Sunday, Oct. 9, at Nadeau’s Auction Gallery, in the firm’s showroom facility located at 25 Meadow Road in Windsor, starting promptly [Read More]
The Deccan region of south-central India, where diamonds were first mined and exported to Europe, is little known yet – it is India’s best kept secret. Comprising the modern Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Goa, the Deccan has had a prestigious history and culture which has produced some of [Read More]
This unique auction milestone offered by Bonhams in Sydney, Australia on November 21, will be the first time a single-artist Aboriginal art sale has been held anywhere. The carefully selected 26 works, hand-picked by the specialist team from Bonhams in consultation with the Estate have also never been offered on the secondary [Read More]
Furniture, Lighting, Clocks & Accessories: Period Drop Leaf Table w/Inlaid Legs & Faux Drawer, Tall Case Period Clock marked Robert Smith North Berwick, 8’ Mahogany Butler’s Desk, Vintage Watchmakers Bench J.H. Rosberg w/Tools, Drop Leaf Table w/Ball & Talon Feet, 3 Stack Barristers Bookcase, Walnut Burl Drop Top Desk w/Inlaid Drawers, Walnut [Read More]
A stately residence and antiques barn that together comprise one of Lambertville, N.J.’s most recognizable landmarks will be auctioned in a Saturday, Oct. 1 on-site sale conducted by Stephenson’s Auctioneers. The contents of the residence and remaining goods from the barn’s antiques and lighting businesses will be auctioned on the same day, [Read More]