A hand written diary kept by Allan Ocatavian Hume, the founder and first general secretary of the Indian National Congress, during the Indian Mutiny in 1858 is to be auctioned at Bonhams’ India and Beyond, Travel and Photographs sale on 13 April 2010. As Magistrate and Collector of the Etawah District in [Read More]
Sale will go online starting April 7th; it is being conducted by The Specialists of the South, Inc (PANAMA CITY, Fla.) – A major multi-estate sale featuring over 300 quality consignments from four prominent local estates will be held on Saturday, Apr. 24, by The Specialists of the South, Inc., in the [Read More]
A superb circa-1900 gold necklace laden with 45 carats of fine Australian fire opals, diamonds and freshwater pearls – said to have been the property of legendary interior designer Elsie de Wolfe – leads an exceptional lineup of fine and decorative art and furniture to be sold April 18 at Austin Auction [Read More]
Bonhams announces the appointment of Susan Abeles as Vice President, Head of Jewelry United States. Ms Abeles has over 29 years experience in the auction house and private dealer fields. She will be based in New York at the Bonhams saleroom on Madison Avenue and will join the company on April 1. [Read More]
A Painting of George Washington that hung for years in a New York home has been sold at Cottone Auctions, for nearly $1 million. The buyer, a dealer from York County, Pennsylvania paid $925,000 for the Gilbert Stuart painting during Saturday’s bidding in Geneseo. Buyer’s fees of 15 percent pushed the final [Read More]
Among the leading works in the spring sale of Fine European Furniture Including Tapestries, Silver, Ceramics and Carpets Lodewijk van Schoor (est. $120/150,000). The tapestry features the arms of Don Zenón de Somodevilla y Bengoechea (1702-1781), a self-made statesman of the Enlightenment who rose through the ranks of the Spanish Navy and [Read More]
An impressive 40 ft x 25 ft Axminster carpet that belonged to the fourth son of the first Marquess of Bristol, Lord Arthur Hervey, who served as the Bishop of Bath and Wells between 1869 and 1894, is to be offered at Bonhams, Knightsbridge as part of its sale of Oriental & [Read More]
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers sold more than US$42 million of heavy equipment during a two-day unreserved public auction (March 24 & 25, 2010) at the Company’s permanent auction site in Houston, Texas. Bidders from 53 countries, including 48 US states, 10 Canadian provinces and one territory registered to participate on-site and online at [Read More]
Christie’s Hong Kong will offer 30 magnificent rhinoceros horn carvings from Part II from the Songzhutang collection, (Part I sold in May 2008,) ‘The Pine and Bamboo Studio’, on Monday, 31 May 2010. One of the finest known private collections, passionately assembled by a connoisseur over 30 years, this auction provides institutions [Read More]
RealCapitalMarkets.com, LLC (RCM1), the leading provider of virtual deal rooms and online marketing solutions for institutional transactions, announces the launch of their new Sealed Bid and Auction Platforms. These Platforms are uniquely designed for the commercial real estate and banking industries. “Many of our clients are managing an influx of distressed assets,” [Read More]
Noel Barrett has spent the last several months preparing a spring treat to boost the spirits of winter-weary collectors. His May 1-2 auction, comprised of 1,200 choice lots of early toys and other compatible categories of antiques, is led by the renowned Americana and advertising collection of the late Gordon Stark of [Read More]
Dan Morphy Auctions will offer 3,000 lots of antiques from fresh-to-market collections in a May 13-15, 2010 Spring sale. Morphy’s will enter exciting new territory with its offering of more than 300 lots of authentic African tribal art from a 40-year collection amassed by an Ohio private collector. Among many other featured [Read More]
Moontoast.com announced the launch of an auction that will partner the website with Country Music Hall of Fame member Vince Gill to benefit the charity Challenge America. Moontoast, a site which connects Guides (“those who know”) and Explorers (“those who want to know”), will invite people to bid online for a chance [Read More]
Sotheby’s announced that in its Evening Sale of Old Master and Early British Paintings in London on Wednesday, 7 July 2010, it will present for sale Joseph Mallord William Turner RA’s great masterpiece Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino, with an estimate of £12-18 million. J.M.W. Turner RA, “Modern Rome: Campo Vaccino”. Oil [Read More]
A stately Wilmington landmark in the Forest Hills Subdivision will be sold to the highest bidder at or above $300,000 on April 15, 2010 at 10 a.m. Name your price for the residence featured in the CW Series One Tree Hill! Proceeds of the sale will benefit the Methodist Home for Children. [Read More]
National Commercial Auctioneers [www.natcomauctions.com] announces an absolute auction scheduled for the Holiday Inn in downtown Sheffield, Ala., on April 21, according to Stephen Karbelk, CAI, AARE, President of National Commercial Auctioneers. “The property will be sold to the highest bidder, regardless of price so every hotel investor that has any interest in [Read More]
(NORTHPORT, Ala.) – A monumental set of four matching American Gothic bookcases, beautifully crafted in Philadelphia in 1854 and attributed to the workshop of Crawford Riddell, a noted cabinetmaker of the time, sold for $115,000 at a multi-estate sale held Mar. 13 by Hal Hunt Auctions. The sale was conducted in the [Read More]
BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of European Furniture and Decorative Arts, featuring Fine Silver on Saturday, April 10th at 10 a.m. in Skinner’s Boston gallery. Nearly 1,000 items will be up for bid, with about half the offerings representing lots of fine silver. The auction’s cover lot is [Read More]