Woman Jailed for Selling Fake Art on TV Auction Show

Kristine Eubanks, 52, got seven years in federal prison for selling counterfeit paintings through rigged, TV art auctions, that netted $20 million from about 10,000 victims, during 2002 – 2006. Eubanks of La Canada Flintridge pleaded guilty in April 2007 to charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, interstate transportation [Read More]

ShipAlmostAnything.com Launches Online Auction Shipping Site

Today, ShipAlmostAnything.com ushers in a new way for shippers and service providers to conveniently get the most out of their shipping experience by launching the first-ever commission-free, online auction shipping site. ShipAlmostAnything.com has no registration fees. This means that shippers can list their stuff, select from multiple bids of nationally-ranked shipping service [Read More]

Edgar Mitchell Moon Spacesuit Tag for Dallas Space Auction

A cloth name tag that was a part of the spacesuit worn by Dr. Edgar D. Mitchell while he spent more than nine hours on the lunar surface during the Apollo 14 mission on Feb. 5-6, 1971, is the unrivaled centerpiece of Heritage Auctions’ April 21 Grand Format Space Exploration Auction live [Read More]

Lee Man Fong Painting Auctions for US$3.24 Million at Sotheby’s

Lee Man Fong’s seminal work Bali Life made HK$25,300,000/ US$3,243,590 at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings Sale, setting the World Record for any Southeast Asian Painting and for the Artist at Auction. The entire Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings Spring Sale 2010 totalled HK$69,292,000, comfortably surpassing the [Read More]

Records Set at Seoul Auction

Seoul Auction, held its Modern and Contemporary Art sale in Hong Kong on 4 April 2010, taking a total of HK$42.8 million (US$5.53 million). Untitled, an important mixed media work by Donald Judd (1928-1994) achieved HK$14,812,000 (US$1,913,695). Works by Robert Indiana, Gerhard Richter and Ron Arad sold for strong prices. Two World [Read More]

Phillips de Pury & Company Saatchi Gallery Auction

Phillips de Pury & Company will hold their BRIC auctions at London’s Saatchi Gallery, on 23rd and 24th April. The BRIC auctions will be the very first sales of Contemporary Art from today’s fastest-growing and burgeoning international powerhouses: Brazil, Russia, India and China. The auctions will launch with an evening sale on [Read More]

Prange Ranch Colorado Grazing Land Auction

After more than nine decades in the same family, the 9,920-acre Prange Ranch will sell at auction on Wednesday, May 12, with Westchester Auctions and Ranch Marketing Associates managing the grazing land sale. The ranch includes 8,000 acres of deeded pasture and grazing land and 1,920 acres leased from the state. Additionally [Read More]

Important Photographs by W.N. Jennings for Auction

Locati Auctions is proud to offer the public a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buy photographs and related material from the estate of Lois C. Jennings. This auction is made up of approximately 100 lots. Mrs. Jennings was the daughter-in-law of the celebrated William Nicholson Jennings (1860-1946), an American pioneer in the field of [Read More]

Phillips de Pury & Company New York Photographs Auction

Phillips de Pury & Company has announced highlights of the forthcoming New York Photographs sale on Friday, April 16, 2010. Highlights of the New York Photographs sale include: Diane Arbus, Identical Twins, Roselle, NJ, 1967, estimated at $70,000-90,000; Robert Frank’s portrait Ben James, Welsh Miner, 1953, estimated at $60,000-80,000; Hiroshi Sugimoto, Chapel [Read More]

Buddy Holly Memorabilia for Beverly Hills Auction

Maria Elena Holly, the widow of early rock legend Buddy Holly, has consigned a treasure trove of Buddy’s clothing, photographs and personal effects – some of the last pieces in her collection – to Heritage Auction Galleries Beverly Hills’ April 9 Signature Music Memorabilia Auction, making these rare and superbly preserved treasures [Read More]

Stephenson’s Spring 2010 Antique and Decorative Arts Auction

Stephenson’s Auctioneers and Appraisers of Southampton (Greater Philadelphia), Pa., will present a Spring 2010 Antique and Decorative Arts Auction on Friday, April 16 that is so large and diverse, selling will begin at 2 p.m. Eastern, two hours earlier than usual. Rather then picking a handful of highlights, Stephenson’s owner and auctioneer [Read More]

American and European Prints for Auction at Swann Galleries

Swann Galleries will offer a large selection of Old Master Through Modern Prints at auction, on Tuesday, April 27, beginning with nearly 150 desirable Old Master Prints, followed by sections devoted to 19th-century prints, American prints, and European prints. Of special note among the Old Masters are works by Albrecht Dürer, including [Read More]

American and European Art for Clars Auction

Exceptional American and European art will be one of the many highlights of Clars’ April 10th and 11th, 2010 two-day Fine Estates Sale. Clars’ March sale saw record-breaking prices for renowned sculptor Richard MacDonald, and strong prices realized across the board. Continuing this trend, exciting results are anticipated for their April sale. [Read More]