NEW YORK, NY – A three-panel work by Francis Bacon, titled Triptych, has been sold at auction in New York for 86.2 million dollars, setting a new record for a painting by the artist. Triptych, 1976, is without question one of the most important works in Bacon’s oeuvre and a landmark of [Read More]
BOLTON, Mass. – May 14, 2008 – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, today announced the results of its recent Asian Works of Art sale, which grossed $3,722,862.00. The auction, which was held on April 26th in the Boston gallery, represents the most [Read More]
(Yonkers, N.Y.) – A major unpublished manuscript archive of Southern history – including a 1775 map of Natchez, Miss. (which at one time boasted more millionaires than New York City); a Mississippi plantation Bible maintained from 1839-1979; and a set of encyclopedias from the personal library of a slave owner and cotton [Read More]
Bonhams, the international fine art auction house, will offer one of the great modern era racing Aston Martins in its upcoming dedicated Aston Martin and related Automobilia London sale on 17 May 2008. The car is expected to fetch between £360,000 – 400,000 at auction. Winning second place in the 2006 FIA [Read More]
Summer auction highlights the lifestyles of ‘old-Hollywood’ royals: Countess Dorothy di Frasso, designer Elsie de Wolfe and the renowned musician, movie star and philanthropist José Iturbi. Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to offer property from the Estate of José Iturbi and Marion Seabury, sold to benefit the José Iturbi Foundation, on June [Read More]
NEW YORK – Christie’s highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale totaled $348,263,600, marking the second highest total ever in auction history for the category. Eight new world auction records were established for artists including Richard Prince, Sam Francis, Leon Gottlieb, with Lucian Freud’s Benefits Supervisor Sleeping setting a world auction [Read More]
On May 20th, international fine art auctioneers Bonhams will present a highly anticipated sale of 19th and 20th Century American paintings in New York City. With more than 100 lots on the block, including a Wyeth portrait of Andy Warhol, works by Richard E. Miller, and works of many acclaimed artists, the [Read More]
A pristine, one registered owner Holden VL Commodore Group A ‘Walkinshaw’ sedan with just 16,637 kilometres on its odometer sold for $87,000 at Shannons Sydney Autumn Auction last night – nearly double its original new price of 20 years ago. The vehicle sold was number 594 out of the 750 radical aero-styled [Read More]
Bloomsbury Auctions New York is delighted to bring to the market an extraordinary collection of early 20th Century Russian Literature, autographs, photographs and associated illustration art from 1900 through to 1950, beginning with pieces from the ‘Silver Age’ through the Revolutionary and post Revolutionary periods through to the Stalin era. This wide [Read More]
Following the tremendous success of the Visual Arts department in London, Bloomsbury Auctions is delighted to announce the launch of the Visual Arts department in New York. The inaugural sale will showcase many iconic Pop images, including a pristine example of Roy Lichtenstein’s masterpiece graphic work Sweet Dreams Baby, a selection of [Read More]
One of the highlights of Bloomsbury Auctions’ 25th Anniversary sale on 15th May 2008 is an unrecorded letter from Albert Einstein, in which the theoretical physicist wrote of his religious beliefs (lot 303). Handwritten in pen in 1954 to the philosopher Eric Gutkind, in this extraordinary letter Einstein writes, ‘The word god [Read More]
The painting looked “interesting” so the finder took it home and kept it in a closet for a decade. While digging through a neighborhood dumpster in Boulder, Colorado, a decade ago, Tammy Bullock found an oil painting “that just looked interesting.” She didn’t know it at the time, but the painting was [Read More]
NEW YORK – H.R.Harmer, Inc. and Archives International, LLC announce the auction of historic worldwide banknotes, stocks and bonds, unique essay banknotes, U.S. Treasury Bonds and security printing ephemera from the American Bank Note Company archives. Included are hundreds of famous companies’ stocks and bonds, most never offered at auction before, as [Read More]
MILAN – Following the extraordinary success of Milan Sotheby’s auction on 8th April, with the complete sale of the 146-lot private collection of contemporary art from 1953 to 2003, the next auction, scheduled for the 27th May in Milan, is characterized by a catalogue that offers, among others, a beautiful group of [Read More]
A one-of-a-kind 1957 Chrysler Diablo concept car handcrafted by Ghia will steal the spotlight at Monterey’s famed classic car weekend this August as it crosses the RM Auctions block. Considered the most valuable concept car of the late 1950s, the revolutionary Diablo will be the star attraction of RM Auctions’ multi-million dollar [Read More]
GUERNSEY – Keen golfers seeking a new set of golf clubs and golfing accessories can now benefit from online auction prices without the worry of counterfeit goods. Set up by Jam Auctions, jamgolf.com, features only authorised resellers of branded golf equipment to guarantee goods are genuine and of top quality. The web [Read More]
Contemporary European Works Lead the Way – Many Records Broken Dallas, TX – Heritage Auction Galleries held its latest Fine Art Signature Auction on Thursday, May 8, 2008 and sold 200 lots for $3,210,632, including buyers’ premiums. The next morning, an additional 199 lots sold in a final session realized $296,147, bringing [Read More]
Hooligans Took Advantage Of Police Strike By Pillaging Shops In A Succession Of Night Raids A rare hardwood truncheon commemorating The Liverpool Riots of 1919 will be sold at Bonhams in Knowle on 13 May 2008. The truncheon was designed in honour of police officers who did not go on strike in [Read More]