An impressive and rare Tiffany and Co. bronze table, designed by Edward C. Moore, circa 1875, will highlight the June 4 Signature® 20th Century Design Auction at Heritage Auction Galleries’ Slocum Street Annex in the red hot Design District of Downtown Dallas. It carries a pre-sale estimate of $40,000-$60,000. “This Japanesque table, [Read More]
With the $600,000+ Chicorel Collection backing it up, the finest known copy of Showcase #4 – the comic that started the Silver Age – realized its rightful place as the most valuable 1950s comic book when it sold for $179,250 as part of Heritage Auction Galleries May 21-23 Signature Comics & Comics [Read More]
Two marquetry wood panels, made from Australian native timbers by an unknown maker in the 1860s, were the undisputed highlights at the Bay East Auctions over the weekend. These hidden gems were thought to be from the late 19th century and are considered to be highly unusual pieces of Australiana, given their [Read More]
Indy Event is Company’s Largest Auction Ever, Deals Continue with The Bid Goes On Hundreds of collector cars left the Indianapolis State Fairgrounds with new owners during the 22nd Annual Mecum Original Spring Classic Auction, May 13-17, 2009, in Indianapolis, Ind. The five-day auction boasted total gross sales (including buyer’s premium) approaching [Read More]
Several beachfront properties located in Puerto Penasco, Mexico – often called “Arizona’s beach” – will be sold by live auction on June 4. Five commercial land tracts, ranging from 0.8± to 102± acres, and two commercial buildings will be offered at the auction, a joint project for United Country Real Estate and [Read More]
This year’s spring auctions at Villa Grisebach Auktionen in Berlin start off on June 4, 2009 with the sale of Modern and Contemporary photography including a copy of only ten numbered that exist of the image of the French First Lady taken by U.S. photographer Pamela Hanson Also, among the 190 lots [Read More]
Christie’s New York sale of Important Botanical Books on June 24 featuring many of the most significant medicinal herbals and fine illustrated botanical books from the 15th through the 19th century. Over 200 works, including many of the most celebrated in the history of the field, document the development of the scientific [Read More]
A JACKET worn over 194 years ago, to the month, in one the most momentous battles in European history, the Battle of Waterloo, will be offered by Thomas Del Mar (in association with Sotheby’s) in his auction of Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria in London on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at his [Read More]
For anyone who has ever considered owning a golf course, the upcoming court-ordered auction of Ohio’s Tanglewood Country Club presents a rare opportunity. Regarded as one of Ohio’s finest golf courses, Tanglewood has played host to the PGA Tour’s Cleveland Open, the Ohio Open and the LPGA Babe Zaharias Classic since opening [Read More]
The Counts Realty and Auction Group (www.CountsAuction.com) announces the auction of two historic Virginia farms on Saturday, June 6, 2009, according to Bill Bryant. Elk Hill Farm is located on Elk Cree Lane in Forest, Va. The property features a restored 1790’s Colonial home overlooking the Peaks of Otter on 403 acres [Read More]
Auction is proof that rare, fresh-to-market material still sells strong even in down-trodden economy BOSTON, Mass. – May 29, 2009 – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, today announced its recent sale of Fine Judaica – held in its Boston gallery on May [Read More]
WWA Group, Inc. (OTCBB: WWAG) today announced the conclusion of an auction of US military equipment that was held on May 26, 2009 in Doha, Qatar and managed by WWA Group for Trident Kuwait, an established US military contractor. The Doha auction is the second of its type in which WWA Group [Read More]
Two important paintings by American Expressionist Donray will be available for sale at Stair Galleries Auction House in Hudson, NY, beginning June 5. The works will be on display June 5 and the auction will be held on June 20. The noteworthy paintings are from Pedro Vicente Perez, a longtime art collector [Read More]
Albert Burney Auction Company won all three awards for multi-color real estate auction brochures in the recent National Auctioneers Association competition. The company, which auctions high-end real estate nationwide, won the national association’s top prize for Auction Printed Materials, Multi-Color in all three real estate categories: Commercial Real Estate, Farm Real Estate [Read More]
Bloomsbury’s Photographs sale of 21st May kicked off to a good start with the sought after photogravures of Alfred Stieglitz, the man responsible for making photography an accepted art form. Lot 1 consisted of six photogravures from 1911 and they fetched £5160 (estimated £3000-4000); the twelve photogravures from Camera Work of 1916 [Read More]
Residents of Lichfield and visitors alike will be all too familiar with this iconic view of the ‘Ladies of the Vale’. It is actually a blue transfer design on one of a pair of ceramic oval meat platters dating from c.1825. Made in Staffordshire and stamped ‘Tams Semi China’ they are titled [Read More]
Sotheby’s spring 2009 sale of Latin American Art in New York brought a total of $9,422,625 (est. $10.6/14.3 million). The top lot of the two-day sale was Diego Rivera’s Niña con rebozo, a work in tempera on linen which sold last night for $794,500, well above a high estimate of $450,000 and [Read More]
Christie’s Latin American Sale totaled $11,004,350, led by strong results for Mario Carreño, Leonora Carrington, and Diego Rivera. Five new world auction records were achieved for artists Leonora Carrington, René Portocarrero, Helio Oiticica, Roberto Aizenberg, and Lygia Pape. The sale was 68% sold by lot and 77% by value. Icons of Latin [Read More]