Sotheby’s fall auction of Russian Art in New York, comprising fine and applied works of art, will be held on Monday November 2, 2009. The sale is largely drawn from esteemed private collections and estates, offering collectors works that are extremely fresh to the market. Among the highlights is a selection of [Read More]
Christie’s auction of International Modern and Contemporary Art in Dubai realised $6,736,475 / AED 24,722,863 / €4,526,911, and was 72% sold by lot and 74% sold by value. The top lot of the sale was “Remembrance and Gratitude”, a large and spectacular diptych by Ahmed Moustafa (b.1943), which sold for $662,500 / [Read More]
Active bidding online, global participation, strong demand. (Chicago, IL) – Bidding at Hart Davis Hart remained strong this weekend as an auction of fine & rare wines brought $3,605,398 against a pre-sale estimate of $2,181,630 – $3,259,730. A selection of rare Bordeaux from the cellar of Hockey Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux [Read More]
On December 5, 2009 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., The Heckscher Museum of Art will offer guests attending its annual benefit and live art auction being held in the Museum the opportunity to purchase works of art by many prominent artists, among them Helen Frankenthaler, Mark Tobey and April Gornik who [Read More]
On November 17 and 18, Christie’s will offer an exceptional selection of works by leading artists representing 15 countries in its Latin American Sale. Rich in offerings from private collections, the two-day auction offers works by leading Latin American artists such as Fernando Botero, Claudio Bravo, Joaquín Torres-García, Wifredo Lam, Matta, and [Read More]
An extremely rare Jacobean manuscript, a hitherto unknown play by Lord Edward Herbert, a close friend of John Donne, has been found in a folder marked ‘Old Poems’ and buried in a trunk that had been stored in an attic in Powis Castle. Writing in the latest edition of Bonhams Magazine, Felix [Read More]
Last spring, the LFC Group of Companies, the industry leaders in online auction marketing of commercial and residential real estate, made headlines across the commercial real estate community by successfully orchestrating the U.S. Bankruptcy Court-ordered sale of 120 acres of vacant land in Hallie, Wisconsin. Partnering with the local commercial real estate [Read More]
(ORLANDO, Fla.) – More than 300 original and reproduction works of art by some of the greatest names in 20th century fine art – Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Pierre Bonnard and others – will be sold alongside contemporary names like Peter Max, LeRoy Neiman, Nicola Simbari and Gary Benfield at [Read More]
RM Auctions, is delighted to announce the addition of an evening auction to its highly anticipated 2010 Automobiles of Arizona event. Returning to the prestigious Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa in Phoenix, the additional sale date will see RM kick off its 2010 auction calendar in grand style on the evening of [Read More]
A secluded retreat of approximately 304 acres, including Murray Knob in Franklin and Roanoke counties, will sell at absolute auction Thursday, Nov. 19, with Woltz & Associates managing the sale. The land, some of which is at an elevation of 2,286 feet, straddles Roanoke and Franklin counties on Easter Mountain, 10 miles [Read More]
Bronze animalier sculptures from the collection of the city’s premier business and social club highlight Nov. 9 Decorative Arts event at Heritage Auctions Membership to The Tower Club of Dallas may be by invitation only, but the chance to own a piece of animalier sculpture from the club’s collection may be much [Read More]
Excitement surrounds the discovery and sale of a tiny iron casket that sold for a jaw dropping £10K at a local auction. The 8cm wide iron casket was discovered by Chief Valuer Adrian Rathbone of Richard Winterton Auctioneers in Lichfield in a box of junk. The box of ‘junk’ had been consigned [Read More]
Sotheby’s fall Evening Sale of Contemporary Art on 11 November 2009 comprises an extraordinary offering of paintings and sculptures anchored by classic works by key artists from the 1960s. The sale will begin with 20 works from the collection of Mary Schiller Myers and Louis S. Myers, noted American collectors and arts [Read More]
It was announced today that the William Wise / Millennium Bank assets will be sold at Public Auction in Raleigh, NC. The auction is being conducted by Iron Horse Auction Company, Inc. of Rockingham, NC and Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. of Hillsborough, NC. The auction is being conducted under [Read More]
Christie’s highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale will offer collectors a fascinating selection of works on November 10, 2009. The sale is led by a major work by Jean-Michel Basquiat, two seminal paintings from Andy Warhol’s pivotal Death and Disaster series, and important works by Donald Judd, Jeff Koons, Peter [Read More]
On Tuesday, October 27, paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper spanning nearly one hundred years of Israeli and Jewish art will be sold at auction by Montefiore Auction House in Tel Aviv, Israel. The auction will also be showcased live via iCollector.com, enabling visitors from around the world to participate in [Read More]
A 1954 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar and a fine collection of bronze sculpture from the Estate of Harold M. Garonzik will headline Cordier Antiques & Auctions’ Fall Auction in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. The single owner Stratocaster includes exceptional provenance and is estimated to sell between $20,000 and $40,000. Items from the Estate [Read More]
More than 400 lots of superb English, French and Italian furniture and decorative arts from the collections of the late Antonio Mariani and his wife Liliane Mariani, owners of the well-respected firm Antonio’s Antiques, come to auction in Bonhams & Butterfields’ San Francisco salesrooms on November 2, 2009. The auction and pre-sale [Read More]