Artfact is pleased to announce that in the month of March, Berner’s in Springfield, OH, Maynards in Vancouver, BC, and Adam’s in Dublin, Ireland have partnered with Artfact to present their auctions online exclusively through Artfact Live! Visit Artfact.com, or its sister site in the UK, Invaluable.com, to view catalogs for upcoming [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York 5 May 2010 Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art will feature Henri Matisse’s spectacular “Bouquet pour le 14 Juillet 1919”, the artist’s emotional celebration of the first Bastille Day following World War I (est. $18/25 million)*. The present work also heralds the fresh and colorful style that would [Read More]
Christie’s London Asian Art Week will run from 11 – 14 May 2010, featuring further remarkable works which exemplify rarity, beauty and excellent provenance, with many highlights offered from inspiring private collections such as The Edward and Marilyn Flower Collection of Netsuke and Inro, Part II, Prints from The Illing Collection and [Read More]
On April 16-17, 2010, Bertoia’s will offer part III of the Donald Kaufman Collection, which will include the first offerings of classic American character toys from this prestigious collection. “The selection will astound collectors – something like this won’t happen again in our lifetime,” said Rich Bertoia, who catalogued the majority of [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York spring sale of 19th Century European Art will be held on 23 April and will offer a selection of high-quality works representing the best artists, schools and styles of the 19th century. Works from the sale will be exhibited at Sotheby’s New York galleries beginning 17 April. Sotheby’s 19th [Read More]
Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) and New Vista today announced plans to auction hundreds of HomeSteps® REO homes to individual homebuyers in Las Vegas on April 24, 2010 and in California’s Inland Empire on April 25, 2010 in support of the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) and to help more first time homebuyers [Read More]
Lindt USA today announces it is helping to kick-off National Autism Awareness Month by launching an online auction of celebrity-signed Lindt Gold Bunny porcelain figures, with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting Autism Speaks. Beginning today at 9 a.m. PDT/12 p.m. EDT, Lindt will auction off porcelain versions of the iconic Lindt [Read More]
Qualified buyers will have the opportunity to purchase an executive home in one of Atlanta’s most exclusive communities April 7. Appraised at $2.2 million, the home will be sold to the highest bidder over $395,000. In pristine, move-in ready condition, the home is being sold due to the owner’s relocation. The luxurious, [Read More]
A signed, first edition copy of Jane Austen’s novel ‘Emma’ published in 1816 has fetched 325,000 pounds at Jonkers Rare Books in Oxfordshire, UK. Jonkers are reported to have paid £180,000 for it at auction in 2008. The book, which has also been showcased in Hong Kong, New York and San Francisco, [Read More]
Sotheby’s London sale of 19th Century European Paintings on Wednesday, 2 June, 2010, is to include an important work by Norwegian artist Christian Krohg (1852-1925) of Leif Eriksson discovering America. Estimated at £150,000-250,000, the painting will spearhead the Norwegian component of the Scandinavian section of the sale. Leif Eriksson was a Norse [Read More]
Christie’s South Kensington’s second Interiors: Style & Spirit sale, to be held on 18 May 2010, includes a special section dedicated to the ancient game of chess. Twenty-five chess sets are on offer, sure to excite and intrigue chess players and aficionados, as well as those captivated by their character and workmanship. [Read More]
Alexander Auctions and Real Estate Sales [www.alexanderauctions.com] announces the upcoming absolute auction on Saturday, April 10, of a custom built log home on 61 acres in Martin, Tenn., according to Marvin Alexander. “This absolute auction is a rare opportunity,” commented Alexander. “The owners of this property have built and moved into a [Read More]
Great Rock Auctions, specialists in premium real estate auctions, announced today the success of the first ever auction of two Beacon Hill homes. The newly constructed properties, located at 20 Brimmer Street and 25 Lime Street, Boston, have successfully sold. The property at 25 Lime Street was sold pre-auction, and the 20 [Read More]
Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, announces its Spring Online Auction of Fine Jewels to be held on April 7th and 8th, 2010. The exclusive collection comprises 203 lots of both traditional and contemporary pieces of Indian jewelry. The auction has an aggregate estimate of $2.1 – $2.4 million. Marking [Read More]
Manhattan-based LiveAuctioneers.com, which provides Internet live-bidding services to more than 900 auction companies worldwide, has entered into a marketing agreement with the renowned British auction house Dreweatts. It is anticipated that LiveAuctioneers will be working cooperatively with Dreweatts on 30 to 50 auctions in their first year of collaboration. Under the terms [Read More]
(MATTHEWS, N.C.) – An exceedingly rare 1899 United Metal Cartridge Company factory bullet board in excellent condition sold for $11,769 in an Internet and catalog auction that ended Mar. 20-21 by SoldUSA.com. It was the first of two variations and the rarer variety, better known as the “Elk Scene” board. It was [Read More]
A pair of Queen Victoria’s black and white hand-stitched silk stockings have been sold at Lyon and Turnbull for almost £700, in Edinburgh. The hammer price was £690 as part of a fine antiques sale. Lyon and Turnbull said the sale of the underwear, attracted interest from “Victoriana” collectors worldwide. Specialist Lee [Read More]
A 1938 Superman comic has sold for $1.5 million in an online auction. The comic, which originally cost 10 cents, was sold by comic experts ComicConnect.com and went to an anonymous bidder. It is one of around only 100 copies of this issue, but was in very good condition. Stephen Fishler founder [Read More]