Christie’s offers a remarkable selection of 20th century decorative art from the Wolfgang Joop Collection in Potsdam, reflecting his exceptional eye and taste, on 26 November 2010, in Paris. Wolfgang Joop has gained worldwide fame not only as a fashion designer but for his artistic passion, intuition and the perfection of his […]
Sales
Sotheby’s New York Asia Week auctions have concluded with the South Asian Art sale which made $7,547,250 to bring the overall total for the week to $27,649,251 well within the $ 21.9/31.2 million estimate. The sales stated on Tuesday with the Joe Grimberg Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles which brought $4,931,626 and […]
Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of European Furniture and Decorative Arts on Saturday, October 1st at 6 p.m. in its Boston gallery. The sale features several significant collections, as well as more than 500 lots of Fine Silver. One such collection up for bid is that of Carita and Stuart Kadison, […]
Items from the estate of Tommy Hilfiger – the international fashion designer and founder of the brand that bears his name – will be sold without reserve (everything sells, regardless of price) at an auction slated for Sunday, Sept. 26, by Vintage Galleries, located in the heart of Stamford’s burgeoning antiques district, […]
igh quality, affordable antique and vintage home furnishings, silver, and estate jewelry are all on the block at Skinner’s upcoming Discovery auction, September 15th and 16th in Skinner’s Marlborough, Massachusetts gallery, located at 274 Cedar Hill Street. The auction kicks off on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 2 p.m. with over 200 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
A full slate of three auctions, including a Civil War & Militaria Auction planned for Sunday, Sept. 12, will be held by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, in the firm’s spacious gallery facility at 1485 West Housatonic Street in Pittsfield. The centerpiece of the Sept. 12 event promises to be an authentic Colt Gatling […]
Sotheby’s Hong Kong Important Watches Autumn Sale 2010 will be held on 6 October at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This season’s sale will offer a total of 300 lots estimated over HK$43 million / US$5.5 million. Highlighting a notable private collection of highly complicated creations by renowned independent watchmakers, […]
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 […]
Christie’s South Kensington will present a sale featuring property from one of Britain’s highly respected interior decorators – Robert Kime, alongside Property from a Cotswold Manor House. The two diverse yet complementary collections offer a vast array of wonderful works of art from colourful Ottoman textiles, carpets and carvings to Ming porcelain […]
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 […]
Between 400 and 500 quality, mostly fresh-to-the-market lots from prominent local estates and private collections will be sold Labor Day Monday, Sept. 6, by Flowery Branch Auction & Antiques, located at 5540 Atlanta Highway. Flowery Branch is situated north and east of Atlanta, just off I-985, about halfway between Buford and Gainesville. […]