International fine arts auctioneers, Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to announce the November 15-16, 2009 Sunset Estate Auction in Los Angeles. The thematic monthly sale will highlight ‘Grand Salon’ style and feature works from the 16th century, Spanish Baroque, Georgian and Louis XIV to 20th century modern periods as well as items [Read More]
Monthly Archives: October 2009
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Colnect Collectors Club (colnect.com) today announced that there are more than 6,666 collectors registered to its website. This reflects a growth of 20% during the last two months. Other traffic statistics reported include over 2,123,456 page views during the last 30 days, by more than 46,666 visitors who visited Colnect more than [Read More]
The Antiques Dealers Fair Limited returns to the Cotswolds to launch the new Tortworth Court Antiques and Fine Art Fair from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 February 2010 at the Tortworth Court Four Pillars Hotel, Tortworth, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. Some 27 stands are being specially built to display a wide range of the [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum and Stamp Magazine have collaborated to celebrate the magazine’s 75th anniversary by launching the featured online collection “The Sun Never Sets on the Stamps of the British Empire.” The exhibit explores 19 stories relating to the stamps of Great Britain and its colonies between 1847 and 1965 [Read More]
A 350 year old embroidered panel has gone on display in Glasgow after it was bought by the trustees of the Burrell Collection with a grant of £15,000 from independent charity The Art Fund and the help of the National Fund for acquisitions. Judith with the Head of Holofernes is a key [Read More]
A new website dedicated to offering professional expert valuations of antiques, art and “collectables” has been launched. www.valueymstuffnow.com offers access to a team of expert valuers who guarantee for as little as £3.99 an expert valuation within 48 hours by simply following three simple clicks of the mouse. The brainchild of Patrick [Read More]
Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection, a major traveling exhibition, developed by the Fenimore Art Museum, making its debut at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in March 2010, explores Native North American art from the Eastern Woodlands to the Northwest through more than 140 masterpieces spanning 2,000 years. The [Read More]
dmg world media today reported strong attendance and exhibitor sales at the premier Washington DC Antiques Art & Jewelry Show. The show was held October 15-18 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and brought together more than 100 dealers from all over the world. The Washington DC Antiques Art & Jewelry [Read More]
More than 400 lots of superb English, French and Italian furniture and decorative arts from the collections of the late Antonio Mariani and his wife Liliane Mariani, owners of the well-respected firm Antonio’s Antiques, come to auction in Bonhams & Butterfields’ San Francisco salesrooms on November 2, 2009. The auction and pre-sale [Read More]
Sam Fogg, one of the great dealers in Medieval Art, is bringing to New York a rare exhibition of precious objects. The project is undertaken in collaboration with Richard L. Feigen & Co. It is titled “Medieval Art and the Contemporary Spirit” and will be held from Thursday October 29, 2009 to [Read More]
(PEOTONE, Ill.) – A dazzling cardboard diorama, advertising Mayo-Skinner Automatic Windshield Cleaner and graded 8.5 on a 1-10 scale for condition, sold for $5,060 at a Fall Peotone Petroliana & Advertising Auction held Oct. 16 by Matthews Auctions, LLC, of Nokomis, Ill. The auction was held the day before the start of [Read More]
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has announced an extraordinary gift from longtime Museum patrons Estelle and Morton Sosland, which will bring one of the nation’s finest private collections of American Indian art to the Nelson-Atkins. The gift of Northwest Coast masterworks strengthens the museum’s comprehensive holdings of American Indian art. The 34 [Read More]
The 21st annual International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show, which ran from October 16-22, 2009 at the Park Avenue Armory, New York City, drew record crowds. Highly coveted and historically important pieces sold to discerning collectors and institutions and audience response was extremely positive. The prestigious “International Show” – which is [Read More]
(ANN ARBOR, Mich.) – A monumental mahogany front and back bar made around 1893 by Brunswick, Balke & Collender Co., the desirable Los Angeles model and with an original matching liquor cabinet, soared to $302,500 at the living estate of Ron Wallace – a dedicated collector and former president of UPS – [Read More]