(YORK, Pa.) – Over 100 antique clocks and related items will be sold at auction Friday, June 18, by Gordon S. Converse & Co., in the Pennsylvania Banquet Room of The Expo Center in York, Pa. The event is timed to coincide with the opening of the annual convention of the National [Read More]
A 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II, which was used by Greek industrialist Theodore Cozzika to commute between his girlfriend’s (the American film star Pearl White) home in the South of France and their residence in Cairo, is to be sold by Bonhams as part of its Rolls-Royce, Bentley Motor Cars & Automobilia sale [Read More]
Sotheby’s has announced that it will exhibit highlights from its forthcoming June Sales in London of Russian Art and Impressionist & Modern Art at The State Historical Museum on Red Square in Moscow from Wednesday, May 19 to Friday, May 21, 2010. The exhibition will feature 15 important and rare paintings by [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York spring sales of African, Oceanic, Pre-Columbian and American Indian Art brought a combined total of $12,383,819. The morning sale of African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian art brought a total of $9,915,376; Important American Indian, African, Oceanic and Other Works of Art from the Studio of Enrico Donati, totaled $1,023,004; and [Read More]
Bonhams motorcar specialists announced that the Vauxhall 30-98 discovered in Arlington, Virginia is an important “long lost” Brooklands racing car, belonging to Dr. Bobby Beaver. Marque experts confirmed that this car was one of very few Vauxhalls campaigned at the British racing circuit Brooklands, where it competed successfully between 1933 and 1935 [Read More]
Phillips de Pury & Company’s New York sales of the Halsey Minor Collection and Contemporary Art Part I totaled $37,901,000 selling 88% by value and 78% by lot. At Phillips de Pury in New York today, the much anticipated sales of the Halsey Minor Collection and Contemporary Art Part I offered a [Read More]
On a day when a trio of high-profile consignments brought outstanding prices at William Bunch Auctions’ April 13, 2010 sale, friends and former customers of the late Fred Peech showed their respect for the longtime antique dealer from Marmora, N.J., with strong bidding for the best pieces from his home. “It was [Read More]
Geoff Hurst’s spare shirt from the 1966 World Cup final, in which he scored three of the four goals in England’s 4-2 win over West Germany at the old Wembley, is being sold at Bonhams, Chester as part of its sale of Sporting Memorabilia on 16 June 2010. It has attracted a [Read More]
(FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga.) – Over 400 lots of quality merchandise, consigned by local estates and prominent collections, will be sold at auction on Monday, May 31, by Flowery Branch Auction & Antiques, located at 5540 Atlanta Highway. Flowery Branch is situated northeast of Atlanta, just off Interstate 985, about halfway between Buford [Read More]
Christie’s New York sale of Antiquities on June 10, will offer over 150 lots with a stunning selection of Roman marbles, Greek helmets and vases, and Egyptian art. The highlight of the sale is a rare Roman marble relief from the Julio-Claudian period, circa early 1st century A.D., that depicts the Emperor [Read More]
Tranzon Fox is ready to auction 8 apartment buildings, 3 commercial development sites, a warehouse, an office condo, a net lease investment property and a former bar in the next 4 weeks. The properties are located in Washington DC, Northern Virginia, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Baltimore and Brunswick, Maryland. A property information package on [Read More]
Anderson Realty USA [www.AndersonRealtyUSA.com] announces the online auction of a beachfront luxury home in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., according to Corey Ledbetter, Vice President of Operations. “This is a gorgeous beachfront home on Florida’s Emerald Coast,” said Ledbetter. “It has beachfront patios at all levels with truly amazing views of the white [Read More]
Auction was held on-site, at the magnificent Bella Vida mansion in Aberdeen, Miss. (ABERDEEN, Miss.) – A massive and beautiful rosewood rococo ¾ tester plantation bed, crafted around 1850 by P. Mallard, soared to $40,320 at the sale of the contents of the magnificent Bella Vida mansion in Aberdeen, plus the estate [Read More]
With the power of global communications today such as the television and internet, it is hard to imagine how alien foreign countries must have seemed over a hundred years ago. Take for example China. Throughout history, the west has always been intrigued by China – its beautiful porcelain and rich culture has [Read More]
A portrait of Sir Laurence Olivier taken by celebrated photographer David Bailey on the actor’s 80th birthday, two years before his death in 1989, is being sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its sale of Photographs on 20 May 2010. It is expected to fetch £4,000 – 6,000. Bailey [Read More]
A charming silver spice-box in the shape of a scallop shell used on the tables of aristocrats almost 400 years ago has surfaced at Bonhams in London. It is believed that the spice-box was a gift that James, Duke of Monmouth (1649-1685), the illegitimate son of Charles II, presented to Henrietta Mainwaring, [Read More]
A new auction record for a self portrait by Andy Warhol was set when the artist’s iconic and rare Self Portrait from 1986 sold for $32,562,500, more than double the pre-sale high estimate $15 million, at Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Contemporary Art, in new York The monumental canvas, measuring 108 x 108 [Read More]
New York / Berlin, – artnet Auctions offers continuous online auctions of fine art, prints and photographs. Beginning May 11, artnet Auctions will present 60 modern and contemporary works of art by artists including Damien Hirst, Alberto Giacometti, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol. Represented in the sale are some of the most [Read More]