Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of European Furniture and Decorative Arts on Saturday, July 10th at 10 a.m. in its Boston gallery. Skinner’s July European auction always features a great offering of Fine Ceramics and this sale is abundant, with 450 lots of ceramics, much of it coming from great collections [Read More]
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A rare walnut centre table attributed to A.W.N. Pugin, one of only a handful of pieces stamped with the distinguished furniture maker’s initials, is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street as part of its Fine English Furniture and Works of Art sale on 16 June 2010. Coming to Bonhams from [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. one of the world’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, today announced it will host an auction of Asian Works of Art on Friday, June 25th and Saturday, June 26th in the Boston gallery. The sale boasts more than 1,700 works to be offered over the two days. [Read More]
Christie’s New York announced that it has been entrusted with the sale of The Sze Yuan Tang Archaic Bronzes from the Anthony Hardy Collection on September 16 as part of Christie’s Fall Asian Art Week. This collection of approximately 120 lots valued in excess of $15 million will be led by a [Read More]
Two extremely unusual spirit flasks are for sale in Bonhams Silver sale on 30 June. Made in 1884, they are in the shape of fierce looking crocodile heads with open mouths and lolling tongues mounted on ibex horns. They are the work of master silversmiths, Sampson Mordan & Company, which made its [Read More]
Cowan’s Auctions in Cincinnati, Ohio, announces the June 11, 2010 auction of an extraordinary group of Abraham Lincoln family artifacts that illustrate important facets of the family’s history. A collection of 24 lots of jewelry, White House china, rare autographs and other ephemera that passed through the Lincoln line to the last [Read More]
Realizing total proceeds of € 1,2* million, the two day auction of Rare Books at Ketterer Kunst on 17/18 May in Hamburg was a real success. With 83 percent lots sold, the special evening auction was a true highlight. “This clearly shows that the market for rare books is extremely stable and [Read More]
Hundreds of quality lots from the estate of the late Dr. Kevin-John McIntyre of East Greenbush, N.Y., will be sold without reserve (everything sells, regardless of price) on Saturday, June 12, by Finney’s Auction Service, beginning promptly at 11 a.m. The sale will be held at Finney’s showroom in Schodack, located about [Read More]
The lifetime single-owner collection of Carl Gillespie – mostly vintage toys and guns, but to include petroliana items and antique farm equipment – will be sold Saturday, June 12, by Stevens Auction Company. The auction will be held in the Stevens gallery facility, located at 609 North Meridian Street in Aberdeen, beginning [Read More]
Christie’s London announced that they will offer Syd Levethan – The Longridge Collection in London on 10 and 11 June 2010. One of the most prominent and distinguished collectors of British and Northern European decorative arts, the late Syd Levethan assembled the Longridge Collection over a period of 30 years and was [Read More]
The auction of ‘Fine Paperweights from the collection of the late Baroness de Bellet’ held on 19 May 2010 at Bonhams, New Bond Street made an outstanding £574,080 with 95% sold by value. Bidders in the UK were competing against other interested parties in the USA, Europe and Israel. The top lot [Read More]
Professional Appraisers and Liquidators Antique Auctions will be the venue for the Estate of Harry Renker, Retired Delta Pilot and International Purveyor of Fine Antiques. The auction is to take place on June 26, 2010 beginning at 10am. Auctioneer, Charles Fudge, a 40 year veteran auctioneer of antiques, fine art and collectibles [Read More]
Approaching its 30th anniversary Claremont Rug Company declared 2010 “The Year of the Rug” and recent sales at the Gallery and of a rare carpet at auction have dramatically reinforced the claim. The most authoritative demonstration of the burgeoning interest in art level rugs was the recent sale of a 17th century [Read More]
A two-day sale featuring over 1,000 lots of self-taught art, Southern folk pottery, outsider art, African-American decorative arts, quilts, circus art, new discoveries, major collections and more will be held May 1-2 by Slotin Auction. The sale will be held in the Historic Buford Hall, located at 112 East Shadburn Ave. in [Read More]