During the last decade of his life, Edward Bawden CBE (1903-1989) carefully put together an archive of some three thousand items which he donated to the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford. Now Bawden’s friend and Executor Peyton Skipwith has instigated and curated a unique sale to be held at Bloomsbury Auctions in [Read More]
Two oil on canvas paintings by the official artist of the Coronation of Elizabeth II, Terence Cuneo (1907-1996), commissioned by the Ford Motor Company in 1947, are to be sold at Bonhams’ sale of Important Motor Cars and Fine Automobilia on 6 December. This year the annual end of year sale will [Read More]
Heritage Auctions has announced that Kathleen Guzman has been appointed as Managing Director of the company’s recently opened Manhattan office, located at 445 Park Avenue (at 57th Street) , where she will oversee day-to-day operations. “Kathleen is one of the best known auction professionals in the business,” said Greg Rohan, President of [Read More]
Impressive fine wine sale includes wide range of choices from prized Lafite Rothschild to varied dinner party lots and selection of champagne, just in time for the holidays BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. will host its fall auction of Fine Wines on November 2nd at 4 p.m. in its Boston gallery at [Read More]
Bonhams & Butterfields, will hold its annual holiday auction of Natural History on December 12, 2010. The sale will feature a diverse group of distinctive and high quality mineral specimens, exceptional fossils, gold nuggets and unusual jewelry including a selection of “phenomenal” gems as well as lapidary works of art. Leading the [Read More]
Cordier Antiques & Auctions will be offering a rare and important Herter Brothers cabinet as well as a monumental 19th century French enamel and brass automaton singing bird clock and important silver in their Two Day Fall Antique & Fine Art auction in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. Other highlights include a Steinway baby [Read More]
Christie’s Hong Kong will hold its Fall sales of Fine Chinese Modern Paintings and Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy on 30 November at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. These sales will showcase over 350 rare and exceptional works from the Chinese masters, valued in excess of HK$260 million (US$34 [Read More]
FLAT ROCK, N.C. – A pair of remarkable estates, plus hundreds of other fresh-to-the-market consignments, will cross the block at a weekend antique auction slated for Nov. 19-20 by Richard D. Hatch & Associates. The sale will be conducted in the firm’s spacious gallery, located at 913 Upward Road in Flat Rock. [Read More]
A COLLECTION of stones from the world-famous Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland sold for £19,112-50 Today (Tuesday, October 19, 2010) in an auction of Garden Statuary and Fossil Decoration at Summers Place Auctions (in association with Sotheby’s) in Billingshurst, West Sussex. Following significant interest in both the room and on the telephone, [Read More]
MATTHEWS, N.C. – As many as 2,000 quality lots of militaria, guns, ammo and hunting and fishing collectibles are being offered in an online auction that ends Nov. 20 by SoldUSA.com, the premier Internet collectibles auction site. The figure may even exceed 2,000 lots, as additional items were being added practically on [Read More]
On October 27th, 2010, Cowan’s will host its Fall Antique and Modern Firearms auction. This 1663 lot sale features a great selection of firearms and firearms accessories from the 16th century through the 21st century, including a fantastic first model Henry rifle, a comprehensive collection of German Schuetzen rifles, and a 16th [Read More]
The auction will be conducted on High Street in Terryville, by Tim’s, Inc., based in Bristol. TERRYVILLE, Conn. – An on-site auction featuring the lifetime collections of the late Ambrose Zoni will be held Sunday, Oct. 24, at Mr. Zoni’s former residence on High Street in Terryville. Mr. Zoni was born in [Read More]
Following the Bonhams’ sale in June, where a picture by Helen Bradley was sold at a world record price, three pictures by the artist will be offered in the 20th Century British Art Sale held at Bonhams New Bond Street on the 17th November. Born in 1900 in Lancashire, Helen Bradley was [Read More]
Hugo Grotius’ masterpiece “De iure belli ac pacis libri tres“ is of outmost rareness, as only one other copy of the first print from the first edition of the fundamental writing on modern law of nations is known of worldwide. The book will be called up with an estimate of EUR 50.000 [Read More]
In the field of graphic design, Chicagoan David Hirsch is known as the man with the golden eye. A founding partner of David Hirsch Design Group and later Hirsch O’Connor, he was the mastermind behind the artwork that branded a legion of commercial entities and products. And while it may be possible [Read More]
Locked in a Pennsylvania vault for 43 years, one of the most comprehensive collections of colonial and early American coins ever to reach public auction, The W. Philip Keller Collection of U.S. Colonials, is the principle highlight of the upcoming Heritage Auctions Rare U.S. Coin auction, Oct. 28–31 in conjunction with COINFEST [Read More]
What is easily one of the most extraordinary pieces of JFK-related memorabilia, and hence 20th Century Pop Culture, ever to surface — the Presidential Seal cake side decoration from President John F. Kennedy’s May 29, 1962 birthday cake, will be sold at public auction in Dallas on Nov. 17. This piece is [Read More]
Gray’s auctioneers in Cleveland are to offer Painting, Prints, Drawings & Sculptures on October 28, at 1pm. Notable highlights of the auction include Lot No 20, an evocative hunting scene A Hunting Morning, oil on canvas by Heywood Hardy (1843 – 1933), the British painter most well-known for his hunting and sporting [Read More]