Inverted Jenny Locket for Heritage Rare Stamps Auction

There is no stamp – perhaps no collectible in general – more famous than the legendary #C3a, or the “Inverted Jenny,” as it’s more commonly known. And there is, perhaps, no “Jenny” more famous than the one that Colonel E.H.R. “Ned” Green placed in a locket for his beloved wife, Mabel, in [Read More]

Bonhams to Auction Northern Irish Collection

An extensive single-owner collection of over 800 lots and 3,000 individual items, amassed during the height of the Northern Ireland conflict, will go up for sale at a two-day no-reserve auction at Bonhams Edinburgh on 11th and 12th November. One of the notable highlights of the sale is Summer Breeze, a pen [Read More]

Clarke’s Seventh Fine Art Auction – Four Centuries, Four Hours

On Monday, November 16th at 6:00 pm, Clarke Auction, will open its Seventh Fine Art Auction to live, telephone and left bids; as well as online Internet bidding. Clarke, known for discovering the exceptional, is again offering works by artists rarely if ever seen at auction. African-American Fine Art, a Clarke strength, [Read More]

Liquidation Auction of Assets from Suncoast Silks and Pottery

Randy Kincaid Auction Company (www.kincaid.com) announces the absolute auction of assets from Suncoast Silks, Inc., according to auctioneer Randy Kincaid. The auction will run two days, November 16 and 17, with on-site bidding at 12845 44th Street North in Clearwater. Online bidding will be available through Proxibid for large lots, pallets, pottery, [Read More]

Sotheby’s Greek Sale in London Sets Records

Sotheby’s Greek sale in London realized £3,925,175 (€4,380,882). Four new auction records were established (for works by Spyros Vassiliou, Georgios Zongolopoulos, Constantin Xenakis, and Konstantino Byzantios), with almost 37% of the works sold achieving prices in excess of high estimate. Constantine Frangos, Senior Director and Head of Greek Sales at Sotheby’s, said: [Read More]

Gene Shapiro Russian and American Art Auction

Gene Shapiro Auctions LLC. has announced an Auction of Important Russian and American art to be held in New York on November 22nd, 2009, starting at 12:00 PM EST. The auction will be held at the Metropolitan Pavilion, located at 123 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011, on the Fifth Floor. [Read More]

American Red Cross to Auction Rose Percy Doll at Heritage Auction

Heritage Auctions, on behalf of the American Red Cross, will auction off the one and only Rose Percy, an historic and beloved wax doll originally sold in 1864 as a benefit for the U.S. Sanitary Commission. It will be featured in Heritage Auctions’ Nov. 17 Political & Americana Auction, and is estimated [Read More]

DealerTrack Inventory Optimization Integrates Carfax Auction Tool

Carfax announced today that DealerTrack Inventory Optimization, powered by AAX, has integrated access to Carfax Auction Quick Check. With this new functionality, auction buyers can quickly get key vehicle history details such as ownership history, branded title information and damage records reported to Carfax. Using this information, dealers can better evaluate online [Read More]

Island Estate in the Dominican Republic to Be Sold at Auction

Lion’s Gate, a magnificent 23,000-square-foot architectural masterpiece, situated in an extraordinary recreational setting within the coveted gated community of Sea Horse Ranch on the north coast of the Dominican Republic, will be sold at public auction by New York based Sheldon Good & Company — America’s Real Estate Auctioneer. The auction has [Read More]

Sam Garrett Collection to be offered at Classic California Car Auction

Bonhams & Butterfields is privileged to announce the consignment of cars from discerning and eclectic collector Sam Garrett for their forthcoming sale at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles on November 14th. Known for having invented the mascara brush for women by taking a brush used in the maintenance of camera [Read More]

Bloomsbury Important Books and Manuscripts Auction

Interesting books and manuscripts offered by Bloomsbury Auctions in their Important Books and Manuscripts sale on 19th November The first part of the sale is devoted to a collection of maritime and naval books (1-122), one of the most noteworthy and very rare items being The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirror, Containing the [Read More]

Charles Blackman’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Painting for Auction

Offered for Auction for the First Time at Bonhams and Goodman in Melbourne ‘As one might expect, this chess game of a painting can be played and understood on many levels: firstly, the immemorial chess structure that underlies the conception of the Through the Looking-glass game; secondly, in a mirror of the [Read More]