PARIS – Christie’s has announced the sale of the Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé Collection, which will take place in Paris on the 23rd, 24th and 25th February 2009 at the Grand Palais, in association with the Pierre Bergé & Associates auction house. As in many instances where an artist’s signature [Read More]
NEW HOPE, Pa. – On Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 15-16, Noel Barrett opens a treasure chest of rare and unusual childhood antiques in his Fall 2008 auction of ‘Toys & Other Things.’ We’ve become accustomed to the Houdini-like ways with which Barrett is able to unearth exquisitely rare antique toys, even within [Read More]
Bonhams is honored to offer the Wanamaker de Heeren Family Collection at auction on October 22, 2008. The 430-lot sale is to be held at the firm’s Madison Avenue galleries featuring European furniture, decorative arts, silver, rugs and carpets, ceramics, and books from the Estate of Aimee de Heeren. The Brazilian born [Read More]
Bonhams, the international fine art auction house, will sell environmentally friendly surfboards designed by a cast of established and up-and-coming artists to aid the charity, Surfers Against Sewage on Thursday 23 Oct 2008. These surfboards will be part of the Urban Art design-led sale at Bonhams in New Bond Street. Some of [Read More]
Dallas, TX – A full suite of numismatic auctions by Heritage Auction Galleries – U.S. coins, U.S. Currency, ancients & world coins, and tokens & medals – at the Long Beach Coin Expo have produced results of $34.8 million thus far, with Post-Auction sells expected to push the total well above $35 [Read More]
Bloomsbury Auctions New York is delighted to present an extraordinary selection of photographs on 17 October 2008 at 2:00 pm. Bloomsbury’s newest department promises to deliver quality material with exceptional expertise provided by John Cowey, Head of Department, Hannah Hayden, Junior Specialist, and Rick Wester, International Consultant. Bloomsbury Auctions is now poised [Read More]
The Magnum Charity Auction will raise funds for the Magnum Photos Foundation. It will constitute over 300 photographs created specifically for the prestigious publication MAGNUM MAGNUM published by Thames & Hudson. Estimates start at £1000 and with each lot including 6 to 18 prints it is the perfect opportunity to start an [Read More]
Bonhams is delighted to announce that it will be selling the contents of the Cotswold antiques firm H.W Keil. Set up in 1932, Keils has become a household name within the antiques world and was even given the Royal stamp of approval by the Queen Mother. Over 800 lots of fine furniture, [Read More]
Hamburg – Carrying an estimate of € 30 000-40 000, Antoni Clavé’s “Le coq” is literally cock of the walk. Dating from 1945, this oil painting is to lead off at the Ketterer Kunst auction of Modern Art & Post-War/Contemporary Art in Hamburg on 24 and 25 October 2008. Clavé’s 1940s paintings [Read More]
A Chinese bowl, estimate at a few hundred pounds, sold for just under £10,000, including buyers premium, when it went under the Charterhouse hammer in Sherborne on Friday 12th September. “The bowl was consigned for auction from a client living in the middle of Exmoor who took advantage of the free home [Read More]
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., – In just a few days, collectors of movie relics and memorabilia, as well as auction addicts, antique lovers and others, will gather online and in person to review an extensive trove of “silver screen” treasures. Remarketing Associates, Inc. (http://www.remarketingassociates.com), a leader in cutting-edge auctions held live and through [Read More]
Bonhams & Goodman’s Adelaide office will host the Spring Art Sale on Sunday 28th of September at 2pm. Highlights include large oils by Sydney Long, Cathleen Edkins, Ernest Buckmaster, Horace Trenerry, John Dowie, David Dridan, Ivor Hele and Pro Hart, as well as works by Kenneth Jack, David Bromley and John Tiplady. [Read More]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz – In just three weeks, the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company will bring its renowned collector car event to Las Vegas with an amazing selection of vehicles being sold at No Reserve. From Oct. 15-18, 2008, the Mandalay Bay Events Center will be the site for collectors across the globe to bid [Read More]
Inlet Technologies today announced that Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries, the world’s largest collectibles auctioneer has chosen the Spinnaker Professional Streaming Appliance to stream interactive auctions live over the Web. Heritage wanted to replicate the excitement of the auction house experience for online bidders, enabling them to see the items, watch and listen [Read More]
SAVANNAH, GA- Everard and Company is pleased to present their online auction of ‘Fine Art and Antiques From Savannah Estates and Various Owners”. The auction will finish on October 7th at www.iGavel.com. Featured in the auction is an interesting group of sporting art that was collected in the 1920s. There are two [Read More]
(St. Charles, Mo.) – Hundreds of high-end items in a broad array of categories will be offered at a multi-estate auction slated for Saturday, October 25, at the St. Charles Convention Center. Lots will include over 2,000 silver spoons from a lifetime single-owner collection; about seven Rogers Groups; 26 vintage clocks; art [Read More]
NEW YORK, NY. – Sotheby’s November 3, 2008 evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in New York will feature an exceptionally rare masterpiece by Edvard Munch — Vampire, from 1894. This emotionally charged image numbers among the most iconic compositions in art history. A spectacular representation of love, sex and death, [Read More]
New York, NY – Aulden Cellars-Sotheby’s September 20, 2008 sale of Finest and Rarest Wines achieved $2,867,397, well within presale expectations of $2.3/3.3 million*. The sale comprised 1,361 lots including wines from Bordeaux, Sauternes, Burgundy, Champagne, Rhône and California. Jamie Ritchie, Head of Sotheby’s Wine department in North and South America, said, [Read More]