Brett Whiteley Painting Auctioned in Melbourne

Bonhams & Goodman auction of Australian and International Fine Art in Melbourne, achieved outstanding results with 106% of the lots sold by value and 87% by volume. These statistics were reminiscent of the bull market of recent years. More than 100 art enthusiasts, dealers and institutional agents crowded the Prahran salerooms. Nine [Read More]

Severin Wunderman Furniture and Fittings for Sale at Bonhams

THE extraordinary furniture and fittings of the home of `Time Lord’, Severin Wunderman, who built up the Gucci watch franchise and owned the Swiss watch brand Corum, will go on sale at Bonhams on September 30th. The magnificent eight-bedroom Chelsea home was his UK base until his untimely death last year at [Read More]

THE MUSIC HALL COMES TO BELLMANS

A COLLECTION OF ITEMS relating to important Irish artist Sir William Orpen (1878-1931), discovered in a house in Brighton, will be offered for sale at Bellmans, Wisborough Green, West Sussex as part of their monthly three-day sale that takes place between Wednesday, September 9 and Friday, September 11, 2009. A descendant of [Read More]

Relics of Scottish Heritage Auctioned at Bonhams Scottish Sale

Bonhams saw 80% of lots sold at the 10th anniversary of their Scottish Sale from 18th – 21st August, with prize lots ranging from historical items of royal interest and usual collections of armoury to fine Wemyss porcelain and highly desirable Robert Burns mementos. In the year of “The Home Coming” and [Read More]

Heritage Auction Galleries joins the Social Media revolution

With the launch of Heritage Auction Galleries has now placed its bidder-members and followers right in the middle of the American Social Media boom. The recent additions of a Heritage Auction Galleries page on Facebook, where all the latest press releases and pertinent announcements from the company are posted, complimented with frequent [Read More]

Scion Launches ‘Installation 5 Tour: Self Portraits’ Online Auction on ArtNet.com to Benefit Creative Capital

For the fifth year, Scion auctions off an unprecedented collection of contemporary works to benefit charities and non-profits that support independent artistic expression. The Installation 5 Tour collection features literal and non-literal self-portraits of varying cost by international art luminaries, with 100 percent of the proceeds aiding Creative Capital, the premier national [Read More]

Bonhams Exploration and Travel Sale

Dr Edward Wilson’s first-hand account of one of the greatest and toughest voyages in history will be going under the hammer at Bonhams Exploration and Travel Sale on 16th September at New Bond Street. Made famous by Apsley Cherry-Garrard as The Worst Journey in the World, Wilson’s report tells the story of [Read More]

Williams & Williams to Auction Glendorn Resort

The acclaimed Glendorn Resort, located in Bradford, Pennsylvania, will sell at auction at www.williamsauction.com/glendorn (both on site and live via the internet) on Sunday, October 4, at 2:00 p.m. EDT/1:00 p.m. CDT/11:00 a.m. PDT. Williams & Williams, the premier brand in real estate auction, will manage the sale. Auction Network will telecast [Read More]

Specialty Paper Manufacturer MH Technologies for Auction

Maas Companies of Rochester, MN will auction the MH Technologies LLC facility on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009 beginning at 10 a.m. in Mount Holly Springs, PA. The auction will be held on-site at One Mountain Road, Mount Holly Springs, PA. MH Technologies manufactured dielectric and electrolytic paper used in medical equipment for [Read More]

New Ohio Antiques Auction House

Jo Valentine, co-founder of central Ohio’s multi-dealer Valentine Antique Gallery, has established a new offshoot company in partnership with Ohio auctioneer Cynthia Schillig. Known as The Antiques Auction Gallery, the new business will base its operation and conduct its sales at the 12,000-square-foot Valentine Antique Gallery in Sunbury. A debut auction is [Read More]

1st Edition Discourses by Galileo at Auction for 400th Anniversary

Coinciding with the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s first demonstration of the telescope, PBA Galleries of San Francisco will auction the first edition, second issue, of the book in which the first English translation of Galileo’s “famous dialogues” were published, arguing the correctness of the heliocentric theory of planetary motion, as demonstrated by [Read More]

Bonhams to Present Outstanding Automobiles at Goodwood Revival Sale

Bonhams has unveiled an exceptional line-up for its annual sale at the Goodwood Revival (18th September). Leading the charge is the ex-Fred Stiles 1930 model/1938-assembled Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 Testa Fissa, the so-called “Stiles Threesome” Spider with bodywork by the leading British coachbuilder, James Young Ltd. Originally only twelve of these ‘Testa Fissa’ [Read More]

Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction Draws Record Crowds

Once again the beautiful and sunny setting of Carmel Valley, California, drew collectors from around the world to Bonhams’ flagship Quail Lodge motorcar auction Friday the 14th August. As expected, the most hotly contested cars came from the Sidney & Jenny Craig Collection, which was 100% sold and included spirited battles for [Read More]

Petersburg Hotel for Foreclosure Auction

National Commercial Auctioneers, LLC, (www.natcomauctions.com) announces the auction of a 120-room hotel in Petersburg, VA, on August 26, 2009, according to Stephen Karbelk, CAI, AARE, President and Auctioneer for this foreclosure auction. “This property has excellent visibility from the heavy traffic volume on I-95,” commented Karbelk. “The property sits on 3.68 acres [Read More]