A picture by world renowned Welsh artist Sir Kyffin Williams has been discovered in a local property. The 35cm by 48cm image in ink/wash by Sir John ‘Kyffin’ Williams (1918-2006) is titled ‘Carmel’. It shows a churchyard to the foreground with classic Welsh terraces and mountainous landscape beyond. Provenance with it states [Read More]
On February 5, 2011, Cowan’s will host its Winter Fine and Decorative Art Auction, featuring a wonderful collection of furniture, paintings, sculpture, and folk art from the 15th to the 20th centuries. The 347-lot auction will be held in Cincinnati at Cowan’s auction salesroom and promises to be an exciting event for [Read More]
A splendid 19th century oil painting portrait of a prize Derbyshire bull by the artist Thomas Roebuck is for sale at Bonhams Gentleman’s Library Sale in London on 19 January. It is estimated at between £6,000 and £8,000. The picture is signed and inscribed ‘Mr Thomas Roebuck, artist, Wirksworth.” The Wirksworth Parish [Read More]
A fine painting of historic Gosport with view across to Portsmouth Harbour is for auction at Bonhams Gentleman’s Library Sale in London on 19 January. The 19th century picture features well known local landmarks including the Semaphore Tower in the Dockyard – Head Office of the Naval Base Commander and Queen’s Harbour [Read More]
Irma Stern’s pre-eminent place in South African Art will be clearer than ever at Bonhams next sale in London on March 23, at which pictures estimated to sell for millions of pounds are on offer. Giles Peppiatt, Director of South African Art, comments: “You could say that the world record beating sale [Read More]
An oil painting of Sharp, Queen Victoria’s favourite dog is to feature in ‘Dogs in Show & Field: The Fine Art Sale’ on 16th February 2011 at Bonhams New York. The painting, by the Norfolk artist Charles Burton Barber, has attracted a pre-sale estimate of $4,000-6,000. Once in the personal collection of [Read More]
On Wednesday, 26 January, 2011, Sotheby’s London will offer a Magnificent Private Collection of Château Lafite, Château Mouton Rothschild 1959, Château Latour 1959 and Château Haut Brion 1961. The 51 lots will open the sale of Finest and Rarest Wines & Vintage Port, and all come with impeccable provenance. Described by Serena [Read More]
A 1965 Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 Coupe, which was the first car that John Lennon bought on passing his driving test in 1965, is to be sold at Bonhams’ Paris sale of Motor Cars at the Grand Palais on 5 February 2011. It has attracted a pre-sale estimate of €120,000 – 170,000. [Read More]
The Photographers’ Gallery will stage a charity auction at Christie’s South Kensington on Thursday 17 February 2011. Designed to raise the final portion of funds to transform its Ramillies Street Gallery, the event will comprise a Live and Silent Auction, offering nearly 70 lots. With estimates ranging from £600 to £10,000, this [Read More]
Raleigh-based software company NextLot, Inc. continues to break records. In a recent timed-online auction, the sales figures went through the roof when over $10 million of equipment was sold in twenty-one lots. The auction, which featured cigarette manufacturing and packing equipment, brought in bidders from all over the world. Online bidders logged [Read More]
On January 27, 2011, Sotheby’s Auction of Important Old Master Paintings & Sculpture in New York will feature significant works by artists from across Europe. The morning session of Important Old Master Paintings is led by Titian’s monumental Sacra Conversazione, a rare work by the artist still in private hands (est. $15/20 [Read More]
A racing legend and a race-inspired car will team up to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) at the 40th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction at WestWorld in Scottsdale, Ariz. A spectacular, one-of-a-kind factory-painted Grabber Blue 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca will be sold to the highest [Read More]
Two Day Auction Estimated at $2.9-$4.4 Million USD Chicago, IL – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., the internationally renowned wine auction house and retailer, will hold an auction of Finest and Rarest Wines on January 28th and 29th at award-winning restaurant Tru, located at 676 North St. Clair Street in Chicago. The [Read More]
A trio of Hermès handbags, two Birkins and one Kelly, were the shining stars in Heritage Auctions’ $708,200+ inaugural Luxury Accessories Auction, held Dec. 13, 2010. The auction saw a 92% sell-through rate on lots sold and saw more than 70 bidders take home handbags and accessories from the more than 160 [Read More]
On January 6th Bonhams will present it’s first annual Las Vegas Motorcycle Sale. Rarely has a new auction for motorcycles been as anticipated as this with over 200 makes and models from every era being represented. Of course, there’s the single-owner collection of 50 Hondas all in original condition and all offered [Read More]
RM Auctions, the official auction house of the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, is set to continue its strong track record in Florida, March 12, when it returns to the prestigious Ritz-Carlton Hotel for its annual Amelia Island sale. Now in its 13th year, the well-established auction will showcase over 100 quality motor [Read More]
Most of the items in the Forbes collection will be sold Jan. 29; other estates will be sold Jan. 30. (ATLANTA, Ga.) – The staggering lifetime collection of ship models, important nautical art and maritime collectibles of the late publishing magnate Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) will be sold the weekend of Jan. 29-30 [Read More]
Fine art auctioneers Phillips de Pury & Company present Tectonic Shift: Contemporary Art from Chile at Phillips de Pury & Company on view through January 28, 2011. Featuring artists including; Magdalena Atria, Catalina Bauer, Cristóbal Lehyt, Livia Marin, Josefina Guilisasti, Alvaro Oyarzún, Gerardo Pulido, Tomás Rivas, Pablo Rivera, Cristián Silva, Malu Stewart, [Read More]