The sign was the top achiever of the approximately 1,900 lots that crossed the block April 1-3. (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) – A magnificent Rock Island Railroad reverse glass sign, made in 1890 by an employee of the firm who fashioned reverse glass lamp shades for the Pullman cars, sold for $165,000 at [Read More]
The Vostok 3KA-2 Space Capsule that paved the way for Yuri Gagarin historic space mission sold for $2,882,500 to Evgeny Yurchenko, chairman of the investment fund AS Popov. Mr. Yurchenko purchased the icon of space history with the intention of returning it to his homeland, Russia. “The Vostok 3KA-2 space capsule is [Read More]
On Sunday, April 17th at 12:00 Noon, Clarke Auction will sell 400 lots drawn from estates on Central Park West and Sutton Place and from Great Neck, Scarsdale, Greenwich, and Brooklyn Heights. Fine Art includes Americo Di Franza, Christina Morton, John Burr, Clifford Alexander, Mary Townsend Mason, John Clifford Huffington, Ivan Olinsky(2), [Read More]
A work by Marcel Janco, the Rumanian-born artist, one of the founders of the Dadaist (anti-artists) movement, and a contemporary of Pablo Picasso, is the top lot in Bonhams Israeli Art & Judaica in London on May 24th. The painting titled ‘Marseille Port’, 1933, an oil on canvas, 100 x 133cm (39 [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 over 1,000 lots of folk art in a wide array of genres will be held April 30-May 1 by Slotin Auction at the Historic Buford Hall, located [Read More]
Irving Penn’s Harlequin Dress, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, 1950, a Platinum-Palladium print from 1979, an acknowledged masterpiece from one of the greatest fashion photographers to ever pick up a camera, is expected to bring $150,000+ to lead Heritage Auctions’ May 2 Signature Vintage & Contemporary Photography Auction, taking place at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion, 2 [Read More]
Includes over one hundred full cases of First Growth Bordeaux from the great modern vintages, nearly all in original wood, and a vast offering of Château Pétrus (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. today announced the highlights of their upcoming auction of Finest and Rarest Wines, which will take place [Read More]
Morphy Auctions will present a colorful array of fresh to the market antique toys, banks, advertising and figural cast-iron novelties in a 1,645-lot auction titled A Spring Selection, on April 29-30, 2011. Both the Friday and Saturday sessions include extremely rare items from long-held collections, with highlights including early Dr Pepper advertising [Read More]
Around 600 quality lots changed hands in a successful sale that grossed more than $400,000. (WINDSOR, Conn.) – A large Chinese bronze statue of a standing figure, possibly a god of war or other deity and made during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), sold for $27,600 at the annual Spring Asian Antiques & [Read More]
An important and rare work on paper of Glasgow street children by Joan Eardley which has not been seen since it was bought direct from the artist in the mid 1950s is to be auctioned at Bonhams sale of Scottish Art in Edinburgh on 21 April. It is estimated at between £50,000-70,000. [Read More]
WORLD RECORDS SET FOR DESIREE DOLRON, BARRY FRYDLENDER, A DAVID HOCKNEY PHOTOCOLLAGE, PIETER HUGO, AHMET ERTUG, CINTHYA SOTO, EUGENE VON BRUENCHENHEIN, SEBASTIÄO SALGADO, STEVE MCCURRY, MELANIE SCHIFF, MONA KUHN, GAVIN BOND, THE ULTRAVELVET COLLECTION, SANDY SKOGLUND, VEE SPEERS & MATTHEW PILLSBURY Phillips de Pury & Company’s Photographs sale in New York, sold [Read More]
The stable and reliable market situation will attract customers just as much as the the range of top-class offerings that Robert Ketterer will come up with in his art auction of POST WAR/ Contemporary Art in Munich on May 7. George Rickey provides one of the top objects. With his kinetic sculpture [Read More]
Bolton-based online parcel delivery specialist Parcel2Go already helps eBay sellers ship auction items and Buy-it-Now instant purchases out to buyers, and the firm’s new eBay Quick Quote tool will help speed the process up even more. When it comes to international auctions, sellers can often find themselves having to answer a mountain [Read More]
The stellar collection of antique toys, banks and Americana amassed by the late Donal Markey surpassed the $2-million mark on March 25-26 at Bertoia’s in Vineland, New Jersey. The 1,034-lot auction inventory added a full spectrum of colors to the shelves of Bertoia’s gleaming glass showcases, with scores of early American folk-art [Read More]
Auction to Feature Thomas Binkley Collection of Historical Musical Instruments, Guitars from the Pinkburst Project, Selmer saxophone of Steve Lacy and fine fretted instruments and violins Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of Fine Musical Instruments on May 1st at noon in its Boston gallery. The sale will feature over 450 lots [Read More]
Nearly 100 Classics Will Be Sold Without Reserve Bonhams has announced the sale of the Wallace “Wally” Lewis Collection of classic American cars in Portland, Oregon, on June 11th. This remarkable automobile collection, offered for sale for the first time, consists of a huge variety of American models, with a focus on [Read More]
Christie’s auctioneers will offer a beautiful rectangular-cut diamond ring weighing 5.1 carats (estimate: €70,000-100,000) in Paris on May 23rd. This ring belonged to Gloria Swanson, the American actress, who was a superstar of the silent movies and critically acclaimed for her role in the Hollywood classic Sunset Boulevard (1950). By the mid-1920s [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York auction of 19th Century European Art on 5 May 2011–timed to coincide with the May sales of Impressionist & Modern Art–is distinguished by important and rare works, as well as a number of major discoveries. The select and highly-curated sale offers the best works of each artist represented, and [Read More]