The Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) non-profit trade association announces the launch of its global charity fundraising initiative with the first of 4 one-week online wine auctions that begin on Sunday, May 9 at 8am PDT and running until the following Sunday, May 16 when the second round opens for bidding. The E-Auction [Read More]
Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., the leading hybrid model salvage auto auction company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of KAR Auction Services, Inc. , today announced 14 locations that will host the 2010 IAA Big Bad Bike Sales throughout the U.S. The national campaign is geared toward motorcycle buyers and enthusiasts looking for large [Read More]
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – A little over 300 rare and vintage bottles, most of them dating to the mid-to-late 19th century, will be offered in an Internet and catalog auction that will go online May 24 and end June 1. It will be the 50th sale to date for American Bottle Auctions (AmericanBottle.com), [Read More]
Bonhams announce that ‘Spitting Image’ puppets of former Prime Minister John Major and his wife Norma are to go on sale at the Bonhams Entertainment auction on 23rd June. Why not snap up your own piece of political memorabilia? Estimated at £3,000-3,500 these puppets appeared in the British satirical puppet show during [Read More]
An exceptionally rare bottle of Glenfiddich distilled in 1937 is for sale at Bonhams Whisky sale in Edinburgh on 16 June. It is one of only 11 bottles of the 1937 produced by the distillery and is the first to appear at auction. Having matured for 64 years it is also one [Read More]
Christie’s New York May sales series of Impressionist and Modern Art totaled $360,029,725/ £238,430,281/ €279,092,810, concluding two remarkable days of sales that yielded a new world record for the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction. On Tuesday evening, Christie’s sold Pablo Picasso’s 1932 masterpiece, Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art brought a total of $195,697,000, nearly reaching the high end of the presale estimate (est. $141/204 million). Forty-three works achieved prices over $1 million, ten works exceeded $5 million, four works brought prices over $10 million, and two works sold for over [Read More]
Well-known in its day, the soundfront shingled former “Pilot House” restaurant will be sold at auction on May 20 at 4 pm, when Tranzon Fox kicks off a 3-day multi-property auction event with this distinctive Outer Banks commercial site. The building and 17 +/- acre commercial site will be open for inspection [Read More]
On Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 11 AM and 2 PM, the Rago Arts and Auction Center holds a two session auction of fine art, the vast majority new to the market, fresh from private collections secured in the US and abroad. Auction Saturday, May 15 at 11 am: 19th/20th C. American [Read More]
The auction takes place Saturday and Sunday, May 22-23, 2010 under the tent at Kaminski Auctions, 564 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA. Bidding commences at 10am on Saturday and 11am on Sunday and auction previews are scheduled Tuesday-Friday, May 18-21 from 11am-5pm and on the mornings of the sale beginning at 8am. Live [Read More]
United Country Lippard Auctioneers, Inc., (www.lippardauctions.com) announces the absolute public auction of 620 acres of pristine hunting land in Okemah, Okla., on Saturday, May 15, according to Troy Lippard, auctioneer. “If you are serious about owning a truly pristine hunting property, then this is a tremendous buying opportunity,” commented Lippard. “This is [Read More]
On Thursday, May 20, Swann Galleries will conduct a two-part auction of Photographic Literature & Important Photographs that features many scarce and significant works – both individual photographic images and books. The auction opens with nearly 200 lots of Photographic Literature, including many sought-after monographs such as a first edition of Berenice [Read More]
A Pablo Picasso artwork, painted in 1932, has set a new record for the most expensive art work sold at auction, fetching $106.5m, at Christie’s auction house in New York. The 5-foot by 4-foot painting shows the reclining nude figure of Marie-Therese Walter with an image of Picasso in the background looking [Read More]
On May 27th Bonhams New York will present their highly anticipated Natural History auction. Consisting of over 443 lots, the sale includes fossils, meteorites, amber, zoology, lapidary arts, minerals and exotic gemstone jewelry. “Sales of fossils at our October 2009 auction in Las Vegas broke multiple world auction records,” co-director of Bonhams’ [Read More]
On May 13th Bonhams will present a highly anticipated sale of Fine African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art at its New York galleries. Comprised of nearly 200 lots, the sale includes works of art from a number of distinguished collections as well exceptional pieces from various owners. Featured is a group of twenty-four [Read More]
AN IMPORTANT pair of Russian Imperial Porcelain Vases, dating from the reign of Czar Alexander I (1777-1825) will be offered on the first day of Bellmans three-day sale on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. The sale will take place at Wisborough Green, West Sussex and they vases are estimated at £20,000-30,000. Measuring 40.5cm [Read More]
Christie’s London has announced that they will offer at auction the most important and comprehensive private collection of letters and books related to Winston Churchill ever assembled. Presenting an insight into the mind and methods of one of the greatest statesmen of the 20th century, the collection was assembled over a period [Read More]
United Country Lippard Auctioneers, Inc., (www.lippardauctions.com) announces the absolute public auction of 400 acres adjoining Mark Twain National Forest in Edgar Springs, Mo., according to Troy Lippard, auctioneer. “This is a sportsman and nature lover’s dream,” commented Lippard. “It isn’t often you come across a large acreage tract that adjoins the national [Read More]