A recent sale at Manheim Auctions, Glasgow raised £2,600 for Marie Curie Cancer Care. The funds raised will go towards a new £16 million Hospice located just 10 minutes from the auction centre. The special sale was attended by a total of 103 buyers, 40 of whom were logged on via Simulcast, [Read More]
200 items belonging to the founder of the fashion house Laura Ashley have been auctioned for £18,000 by Auctioneers McCartneys, in Ludlow, Shropshire. Auctioneer Daniel Fielder said: “I think there were people at the auction with a particular interest in Laura Ashley. There were certainly different faces in the room. We normally [Read More]
Super Yacht Auction, the new auction platform for super yachts (> 24 metres), presents its third global auction. This latest auction is for “Aries”, a 35 metre Classic Sailing Ketch (Camper & Nicholsons). This auction is the perfect opportunity for those looking for a truly beautiful yacht, a fine blend of classic [Read More]
Bonhams, the foremost international auction house of motorcycles and motorcars, announces a truly incredible and diverse roster of motorbikes to be featured at their auction the first weekend of May. Being offered are motorcycles from every era and from around the world, bearing names both obscure and legendary. Highlights include: • 1910 [Read More]
Bonhams is very pleased to announce its appointment in offering the prestigious Michael L. Amalfitano collection of sports and sports-racing cars, including significant competition Porsches. World-class racing cars featured in this well-known collection include a fine example of the mighty Porsche 917. While currently configured as an Interserie racing (European Can-Am) Spyder, [Read More]
Christie’s New York announces the Prints & Multiples Sale on April 26 and 27. The auction features 482 lots including an impressive variety of American, Modern, Post-War, and Contemporary prints estimated in the region of $7 million. Highlights in the sale include works by Edvard Munch, as well as Works from the [Read More]
National Auction Group (nationalauctiongroup.com) announces the auction of luxurious condominium homes in Savannah, Ga., on Thursday, May 6, according to Willian Bone, President of National Auction Group. Jones Square community situated in the heart of the Historic District is the setting for seven of the condominium homes and four more are at [Read More]
Two-day sale will be held in the Historic Buford Hall, at 112 East Shadburn Ave. in Buford, Ga. (BUFORD, Ga.) – A two-day sale featuring over 1,000 lots of self-taught art, Southern folk pottery, outsider art, African-American decorative arts, quilts, circus art, new discoveries, major collections and more will be held May [Read More]
Shannon’s Fine American & European Paintings on April 29, 2010 offers over 250 lots including: 19th and 20th century paintings from American and European artists as well as a small number of sculptures and decorative items. Highlights of the sale include: Lot 86, an oil on canvas, “Along the Coast,” by the [Read More]
A WW2 naval hero’s medal group including the coveted Distinguished Service Medal are to appear at auction on 27th April. The Distinguished Service Medal was awarded to Petty Officers and ratings of the Royal Navy, (amongst others) for acts of bravery in the face of the enemy. The group of seven medals [Read More]
In the spirit of promoting third world educational awareness, the Santi School Project and St. Art Gallery & Design have collaborated to produce a silent auction of intriguing and captivating art. This charitable event, held on April 25, 2010 will benefit the Santi School in Nepal. The auction will feature creative works [Read More]
Philip Weiss Auctions in conjunction with expert appraiser Gary Sohmers will be selling rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia at auction April 25, 2010 at his gallery and online including original first printings of some very rare posters by some of the greatest artists of the twentieth century such as Rick Griffin and Stanley [Read More]
More than $50 million of real estate is being auctioned online until Saturday, May 1, when the live auction will conclude the sale of these properties at the Park City Marriott hotel. Conducted by United Country – U.S. Auctions & Realty, the auction will begin at 5 p.m. The entire inventory can [Read More]
A letter from a first class passenger on the Titanic has been auctioned at Henry Aldridge and Son auctioneers, for £55,000. The letter, was written by Adolphe Saafeld. Mr Saafeld wriote about the smoothness of the journey, and describes eating a “luncheon” of soup, plaice, a loin chop with cauliflower and fried [Read More]
An Important Maritime Collection, Including Maritime Paintings and Shipbuilders’ Models auction totaled over $1.385 million at Bonhams New York. A new world auction record for a ship builder’s model was set. The sale consisted of over 100 lots and represented an important vignette into ship design and Maritime history from the mid-19th [Read More]
Christie’s New York spring sale of Fine Musical Instruments on April 28 will present an exciting and extensive range of stringed instruments including a fine selection of bows. Of the 159 lots, the sale will lead with a rare viola by Gasparo Bertolotti da Salò and an exquisite violin by Giovanni Baptista [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York will offer, as part of its May 5 and 6 Impressionist and Modern Art Evening and Day sales, Property from the S. Joel Schur Collection, perhaps the finest collection of masterpieces by Rembrandt Bugatti in private hands. Bugatti was a singular figure whose vision was devoted to unique and [Read More]
In a testament to the continued strength of the Jacob & Co. brand and the increasing appeal of its highly-complicated watches, two of the luxury watchmaker’s tourbillon timepieces achieved top ranking sales in the prestigious Antiquorum auction of “Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, Pocket Watches, Clocks and Horological Tools,” held at the Grand Hotel [Read More]