Bonhams are to sell the TARDIS used to transport Christopher Eccleston as the ninth incarnation of Doctor Who in the Entertainment Memorabilia auction on 23rd June 2010 at Bonhams, Knightsbridge. The TARDIS was created for the programme in 2005 and is expected to fetch £8,000-12,000. A more affordable miniature TARDIS model created [Read More]
Skinner Inc . is pleased to announce that its recent sale of Fine Jewelry grossed more than $1.8M. Diamonds continue to secure the top 5 lots. Of impressive note, the top selling lot was an Art Deco Kashmir Sapphire and Diamond ring estimated at $25,000-35,000. It sold for more than six times [Read More]
MediaNet Group Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: MEDG) today announced the Company’s plan to launch a worldwide auction platform. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, DubLi.com, the Company’s global platform will allow customers around the world to vie for top brand items. This platform, along with an Australian platform, will be launched at the end of [Read More]
Sotheby’s London sale of South Asian Art brought an exceptional total of £5,465,550, well above the pre-sale expectations of £2,739,500-3,912,500 and a figure that is more than double the sum realised for the equivalent sale at Sotheby’s London last summer. The sale was 90% sold by value and 78% sold by lot. [Read More]
Sotheby’s Zurich sale of Swiss Art, held at its premises in Talstrasse 83, brought CHF 15,854,400, € 11,385,923, within the pre-sale estimate of CHF 13.5 million to 19.1 million, and featured masterpieces by Ferdinand Hodler, Giovanni Giacometti and Felix Vallotton, leading representatives of the innovative and avant-garde style in 20th century Swiss [Read More]
Kennedy Wilson Auction Group, a division of international real estate investment and services company Kennedy Wilson (NYSE:KW), will conduct two auctions on Sunday, July 11, 2010. The first will be for 12 townhouses and flats at Vista del Arroyo in Pasadena, followed several hours later by 18 courtyard condos at Silver Spur [Read More]
A brass alms dish decorated with the arms of the French national heroine and Catholic saint, Joan of Arc (1412-1431), is to be sold at Bonhams at its monthly Period Design sale on 6 July 2010. Believed to date from the early 15th century and inscribed 1429, the dish has attracted a [Read More]
Wedding car companies and buyers with fine taste have a special opportunity to grab a great deal at Pickles Wedding Car Auction. On Wednesday 23 June, 2010, a unique collection of wedding cars rarely seen in an auction environment will go under the hammer, on behalf of a wedding car company. Senior [Read More]
Bonhams New York first sale of Whisky in 2010 will take place at 5pm on Tuesday June 22 at the company’s 580 Madison Avenue saleroom. The auction features 554 lots, and marks the first various-owner auction devoted to Whisky to take place in the city since a 2007 law change allowed spirits [Read More]
Zaldiva, Inc. a specialty and online distributor of new and vintage Pop Culture collectibles, comic books and memorabilia, announces today that it is releasing a podcast to the network. The 9th podcast features a closer look at their registered and fully licensed eBay drop off location and the revenue, traffic and inventory [Read More]
Grand Estates Auction Co., America’s top luxury real estate auction firm, is offering a resort-style estate on North Carolina’s Outer Banks that offers unmatched panoramic water views and easy access to one of the nation’s most desired beach areas. The auction at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 29, is “absolute,” where the [Read More]
Hurley Auctions is proud to announce the auction of a 771+-acre farm in VA on June 18, 2010. The property is located at 3186 Bridgeport Rd., Scottsville, VA and is currently owned by Alan Michael. In addition to the abundant acreage and two ponds, the property has a quality built brick rancher, [Read More]
Skinner, Inc., one of the world’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, has named L. Emerson Tuttle as its new Director of Institutional Relationships. In this strategic role, Tuttle will be responsible for developing, cultivating and maintaining the firm’s ties with trust and estate settlement professionals, museums, and other corporate [Read More]
Bonhams & Butterfields will bring diamond jewelry to auction in its second 2010 Salon Jewelry & Watches sale – a three-city simulcast auction on June 16, 2010. Bidders can participate from the San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City auction galleries for necklaces, rings, bracelets, brooches, watches, earrings and cufflinks. The [Read More]
Heritage Auctions (HA.com) has announced the launch of a new weekly series of Internet Wholesale Watch Auctions, with each auction ending on Tuesday night – beginning with this Tuesday, June 15 – and the next one opening the following day. “We’re confident this weekly watch auction will prove a ‘must follow’ event [Read More]
The Beverly Hills auction gallery is featuring fine collections of Chinese porcelains, carved jades and ivories, antique Japanese netsuke, inro and lacquer as well as fine scroll paintings. The final third of the auction features luxury Swiss wristwatches, European decorative arts and American sterling silver. As with all I.M. Chait Asian and [Read More]
A featured collection in Morphy’s June 15 Discovery Auction consists of two dozen highly desirable guitars, most of which are autographed by celebrated rock musicians and offered with certificates of authenticity. “This collection is every music fan’s dream. Every one of these guitars is autographed by an A-Lister,” Morphy remarked. A black [Read More]
At Sotheby’s New York, a Marble Torso of an Emperor (possibly Augustus, Tiberius or Claudius), Roman Imperial, Julio Claudian, 1st Half of the 1st Century A.D., surpassed expectations, selling for a remarkable $7,362,500, more than six times the high estimate of $1.2 million. At least seven bidders in the room and on [Read More]