Bonhams & Butterfields is to offer Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts on September 13, 2010 in Los Angeles. The eclectic auction will offer a global array of works, showcasing pieces from the 15th through 20th centuries with a focus on English, French, Italian, Spanish and German property. Highlights from the fall sale will include rare and exceptional works from the Personal Collection of Debbie Reynolds. “Bonhams & Butterfields is honored to offer a selection of ... Read The Full Story

The largest and most valuable single owner collection of Moorcroft pottery ever to come to auction is for sale at Bonhams in London on 21 September. The Richard Wright collection has been put together over 25 years by Jackie and Richard Wright and is estimated to be worth over £300,000. It includes a very rare ‘Carp’ vase of 1902 painted, unusually, in yellow and blue estimated at £8,000 – 12,000; the iconic ‘The Yacht Vase’ from 1899 (£6,000 – 8,000); an early ... Read The Full Story

Doyle New York, one of the world’s leading auctioneers and appraisers, will hold an auction of Asian Works of Art on Monday, September 13 at 10am (EDT). The sale offers over 430 lots showcasing the arts of China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia dating from the Neolithic Period through the 20th century. Offerings include porcelain, pottery, jade, ivories, scholar’s objects, bronzes, swords, textiles, screens and paintings. The exhibition will be on view from September 10 through 12. ... Read The Full Story

Christie’s New York will auction selections from the estate of the renowned collector Alastair Bradley Martin. For more than 50 years, Mr. Martin and his wife Edith built an encyclopedic collection of rare and important art works and sculpture known as The Guennol Collection, and donated or loaned many of their most important examples of Ancient Egyptian, Near Eastern, Medieval, Asian and American Folk Art to museum exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum ... Read The Full Story

A stunning first edition of Sir Henry James Warre’s (1819-1898) Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, is the highlight of Gray’s Auctioneers’ Rare Books, Manuscripts and Autographs auction to be held on Thursday, August 26 at 1pm in the auction showrooms, with live bidding online through Live Auctioneers. Listed at Lot 147 this large scale (Broadsheets, 535 x 360 mm) first edition, colored issue, of Warre’s numerous drawings and notes from his exploratory trip to ... Read The Full Story