Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. brought in a total of $10,077,363 this past weekend against pre-sale estimates of $6.3-9.4 million, making it the second largest auction in HDH’s history. The firm’s February sale was the sixth largest wine auction to be held worldwide over the past 5 years. A record amount of [Read More]
Bruce Wood’s parents opened The Woodshed Gallery in 1968, decades before the computer age and digital revolution changed the world – and the name and nature of the business – forever. FRANKLIN, Mass. – When James and Angelina Wood opened The Woodshed Gallery in the sleepy suburban town of Franklin, Mass., five [Read More]
Proceeds will fund scholarships and educational events relating to personal property appraising. MONROVIA, Calif. – John Moran Auctioneers announces it will conduct an auction to benefit The Foundation for Appraisal Education on Monday, March 12th, at 12 noon Pacific time, live and online. All sales will benefit the Foundation’s efforts to fund [Read More]
Amongst the lots to be sold in our forthcoming Toys & Railwayana Sale at Richard Winterton Auctioneers near Lichfield on Monday 19th February (sale commences at 12.00 noon) are several lots containing a large collection of colour slides of Buses and Coaches taken throughout the West Midlands area, including a number in [Read More]
A partial set of nine Chinese carved jadeite zodiac animal seals was the sale’s top lot, at $8,750. CRANSTON, R.I. – To say that Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ February 3rd auction featured an eclectic mix of merchandise would be a gross understatement. The top three lots in the 353-lot sale were a [Read More]
All 249 lots can be seen now at www.universityarchives.com; online bidding via Invaluable.com. WESTPORT, Conn. – Rare and fascinating archives of material pertaining to Albert Einstein and Gen. George Armstrong Custer’s wife Elizabeth, plus others, will come up for bid in an online-only auction of autographed documents, manuscripts, books and relics scheduled [Read More]
Works attributed to the friends and ’80s Pop Art icons were the top achievers in the 142-lot sale. FRANKLIN, Mass. – It’s fitting that the top two lots in Woodshed Art Auctions’ internet only fine art auction held February 1st were claimed by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol. Not only were the [Read More]
Ms. Rogers was a New York socialite who set the fashion standard for a whole generation, but she also loved Southwestern and Native American art and objects. These will be in the auction. WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. – The contents of Turtle Walk – the Taos, New Mexico home of renowned fashion icon [Read More]
The bowl was the top achiever in a highly successful auction that grossed just shy of $1 million. BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – An unassuming Chinese green glazed oval footed porcelain bowl with a pre-sale estimate of just $1,000-$2,000 soared to $200,000 at Nye & Company Auctioneers’ Collectors’ Passion Auction held January 31st, online [Read More]
The auction will be held by The Specialists of the South, at 544 East 6th Street, at 8 am Central. PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Antique and collectible items spanning multiple categories from four prominent local estates, plus additional merchandise from Panama City’s Council on Aging, will all be rolled into one important [Read More]
The auction was held live and online, via several platforms, and was described as a huge success RENO, Nev. – A beautiful bronze depiction of a cowboy on horseback by California sculptress Betty Saletta sold for $5,000, a 25-cent War Eagle slot machine from the 1930s fetched $2,875, and a mint condition [Read More]
Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. will be hosting its first live sale of 2018, An Auction of Finest & Rarest Wines on February 15th, 16th & 17th at Spiaggia in Chicago. With over 3,500 lots estimated to realize $6.3-9.4 million, this exceptional three-day sale will be one of the auction house’s largest [Read More]
The auction will be held online and in Bruneau’s gallery, at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston, R.I. CRANSTON, R.I. – Fresh off a highly successful Winter Antiques & Fine Arts Auction held on January 6th that featured 379 lots of fine items from prominent New England homes, Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers will [Read More]
The 1923 oil on canvas was the top achiever in an auction that grossed around $1.19 million. ATLANTA, Ga. – A 1923 oil on canvas painting by the noted American landscape artist John Fulton Folinsbee (1892-1972), titled River at New Hope, knocked down for $165,200, and an important 18kt gold, emerald and [Read More]
All 142 lots in the Private Art Collections & Estates Discoveries Auction can be viewed now, at woodshedartauctions.com. People can register and bid right on the website, too (a new feature). FRANKLIN, Mass. – A mid-1980s gouache on paper rendering of the iconic Apple Macintosh logo attributed to pop art legend Andy [Read More]
Gavin Gardiner’s first sale of 2018 is highlighted by two magnificent guns that showcase the wonderful gunmaking talent in the UK today. A collection of around a dozen guns by London gunmaker Frederick Beesley, includes the magnificent Presentation quality Dinosaur gun, that was among the last guns completed by this maker in [Read More]
It will be the grand opening event at Woody Auction’s new showroom facility in Douglass, Kansas. DOUGLASS, Kan. – Woody Auction will celebrate the grand opening of its new Douglass gallery with a major antique and fine art auction on Saturday, February 24th, one that will be highlighted by several original artworks [Read More]
The auction was held online and in Bruneau’s gallery, at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston, R.I. CRANSTON, R.I. – A fine bronze sculpture of a female nude by Mexican-born realist Enrique Alferez (La./Tex., 1901-1999), titled The Bather (1983), climbed to $13,750 and a beautiful Tiffany & Company pearl necklace with diamond-encrusted platinum [Read More]