Swann Galleries auction of American Art and Contemporary Art on June 8, top lots, were Louise Nevelson’s Maquette for Monumental Sculpture II, welded black steel, 1977, which sold for $78,000*, and Willem de Kooning’s The Devil at the Keyboard, lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache, 1976, $40,800. Highlights of the [Read More]
The 21st annual Old West Show brings together 200 dealers from across the country selling their best Western art, antiques, apparel, jewelry, furnishings, cowboy gear, historic firearms, books, boots and more. In addition to merchants, there will be book signings, museum exhibits, and live demonstrations by Navajo Master Weaver Mary H. Yazzie. [Read More]
Magic Brands, LLC, and Fuddruckers, Inc., announced today that Luby’s, Inc. (NYSE:LUB) has been selected as the highest and best bidder in a competitive auction held Thursday for substantially all of its assets. The bid remains subject to bankruptcy court approval. Luby’s bid has been valued by the Company and the Official [Read More]
(ST. LOUIS, Mo.) – Hundreds of pieces of R.S. Prussia – the cream of the crop in the antique porcelain world, and enormously popular among collectors – will be sold without reserve (everything sells, regardless of price) on Saturday, July 24, by Woody Auction at the Holiday Inn Airport West (3700 Rider [Read More]
TRANZON, Integrated Property Group (“TRANZON, IPG”) has announced that it has received mandates from Small Business Administration (“SBA”) lenders to hold auctions for commercial REO properties throughout the country. The auction campaign will commence on June 29th, 2010 with a former daycare facility in Catonsville, Maryland and a former retail grocery store [Read More]
BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of European Furniture and Decorative Arts on Saturday, July 10th at 10 a.m. in its Boston gallery. Skinner’s July European auction always features a great offering of Fine Ceramics and this sale is abundant, with 450 lots of ceramics, much of it coming [Read More]
More than 4,250 bidders lined up to take part in the offerings of Heritage’s June 3-6 Long Beach Signature® U.S. Coin Auction, sending a remarkable 1866 $1 Motto PR67 Cameo NGC, CAC to the top of the pile with a $69,000 final price in an auction that saw solid bidding across the [Read More]
One of the 20th century’s most controversial and fabled motor cars, a 1981 DeLorean DMC12 Coupé, owned by Miranda Guinness, Countess of Iveagh, is to be sold by Bonhams as part of the Goodwood Festival of Speed on 2 July 2010. The car, which has been on long-term display at the Robert [Read More]
John Moran Auctioneers offered an eclectic selection of twentieth century design, Continental furnishings and European and American fine arts at their May 25th Antiques and Decorative Arts Auction. Sale result highlights demonstrate increasing market interest across a broad spectrum of collecting areas, including those in which John Moran is currently expanding their [Read More]
Christie’s New York will offer Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including the finest collection of William Faulkner books and manuscripts, on June 22, 2010. This unique collection comprises a virtually complete representation of Faulkner’s work, with every major novel, each in an exceptional state of preservation. Formed over a quarter century, this [Read More]
The auction comprises nearly 400 lots of cameras and related material dating from the 1870’s to 2000’s including a No. 1 Kodak camera of 1889, an original Brownie camera of 1900, an early English wood camera and an important series of American detective and hand cameras from the 1880’s-1910. Estimates range from [Read More]
Greg Martin Auctions’ sale on June 26 & 27 features an exceptional range of antique arms and militaria, including items from noted collections – many coming to auction for the very first time. The two-day live event will be held for the first time at Greg Martin Auctions’ offices in Irvine, California. [Read More]
Following a number of changes in the auction scene in Australia, Bonhams Australia, now 100% owned by the international parent company, are gearing up for their first classic car auction in Sydney this Spring. Bonhams have been a key player in the classic car auction scene in Australia for many years but [Read More]
A rare walnut centre table attributed to A.W.N. Pugin, one of only a handful of pieces stamped with the distinguished furniture maker’s initials, is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street as part of its Fine English Furniture and Works of Art sale on 16 June 2010. Coming to Bonhams from [Read More]
AUSTIN, TX – The stellar Whit Hanks collection of European antiques and Vietnamese French Catholic religious relics serves as the centerpiece of Austin Auction Gallery’s June 26-27 East Meets West cataloged Estates Auction. A total of 600 lots will be offered, 350 coming from the Hanks collection. Owner of a high-profile antiques [Read More]
Sotheby’s London announced that on Wednesday, November 3 and Thursday, November 4, 2010 it will present for sale The Robert Devereux Collection of Post-War British Art. The two-day single-owner sale of approximately 400 lots will offer a collector’s unique vision of the innovation and diversity that has characterised British Art over the [Read More]
The DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will hold a real estate auction of DC Government-owned vacant property on Wednesday, June 30 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Pl. NW. The event will begin promptly at 2 p.m. The auction, the second of its kind, will [Read More]
Nothing says America quite like the image of a classic muscle car gliding down an empty highway. Much of the American psyche is built on images of the iconic hot rods of the ’60s and ’70s and the memories they stir up. In the same light, the foundation of American patriotism rests [Read More]