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Sotheby?s London To Offer Property From The Collection Of William And Mildr
2008-04-16 21:39:00 Sotheby's London To Offer Property From The Collection Of William And Mildred Archer In May 2008. Collection will be included in the sale of Indian Art at Sotheby's on Friday May 2 and will offer exceptionally rare works with unrivalled provenance by Rabindranath Tagore, Jamini Roy, George Keyt and Avinash Chandra. More About: Sotheby
Sotheby?s London Presents Its Annual Sale Of Indian Art
2008-04-16 21:28:00 On May 2, 2008, Sotheby ?s London will hold its annual sale of Indian Art. Presenting some 120 lots of exceptional quality and provenance, the sale will trace the course of Indian Art over the last century encompassing important works by key figures of the Modern Indian movement such as Francis Newton Souza and Akbar Padamsee through to the cutting-edge Contemporary names of Subodh Gupta, Bharti Kher and Jitish Kallat. The sale, which is expected to realise in excess of £2.4 million, will also be highlighted by eleven exceptionally rare works from the collection of the late William and Mildred Archer, two remarkable scholars who played a fundamental role in bringing Indian Art to the fore. More About: Presents , Sale
Christie?s Important Old Master Paintings Sale New York 15 April 2008
2008-04-16 20:08:00 Christie’s Important Old Master Paintings New York - Tuesday, 15 April 2008 Sale no: 1986 - Top Ten [All sold prices include buyer’s premium] Sold: $48,071,925 £24,278,750 ?30,425,269 Lots Sold: 132 Lots Offered: 227 Sold by Lot: 58% Sold by $: 84% Exchange Rate: £ = $1.98 / ? = $1.58 Lot Description Estimate ($) Purchase Price Buyer 25 Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem - Hercules ... More About: Fine Art
World Auction Records Tumble At Christie?s New York Important Old Masters S
2008-04-16 20:06:00 At Christie ?s New York annual Important Old Master Paintings sale held today, exceptional prices were realized for a selection of highly sought-after pictures by leading masters such as Cornelis Van Haarlem, Lucas Cranach The Elder, Jacques-Louis David, Thomas Gainsborough, Veronese, Jean-Honore Fragonard and Nicolas Poussin. In the top ten alone, five new world auction records were set, and nine of the ten exceeded their high pre-sale estimates. The sale in its entirety totaled $48.1 million. More About: World , Auction
Doris Duke?s Million Dollar Rug leads Christie?s Rugs & Carpets Spring Sale
2008-04-16 00:25:00 DORIS DUKE’S MILLION DOLLAR RUG LEADS CHRISTIE’S RUGS & CARPETS SPRING SALE “No more exquisite harmony was ever realized in any Persian Rug.” - Aurthur Upham Pope, A Survey of Persian Art Rugs and Carpets June 3, 2008 New York - Christie’s New York is pleased to announce its Spring 2008 auction of Rugs and Carpets on June 3. The ... More About: Dollar , Leads , Duke , Sale
Florida Auto Enthusiast Crowned Drag Racing Champ, Wins A New Ford Mustang
2008-04-16 00:18:00 Florida Auto Enthusiast Crowned Drag Racing Champ, Wins A New Ford Mustang At Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 15, 2008 - When the smoke cleared on the Ford Motor Company stage at the 6th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event in West Palm Beach, Fla., on March 29, John Porto emerged as the winner ... More About: Florida
Today’s Antique & Collectible Markets Require Skillful Buying &am
2008-04-15 22:59:00 Exerpted from Daryle Lambert’s 31 Club Blog 31 Club Member’s Carnival Horse Medallion Bowl currently available on eBay. It previously had 23 bids but did not reach the reserve price. Timing is everything, and right now the time is right to be buying at bargain prices. At times like these, when people are stricken with fear, and ... More About: Buying , Markets , Today , Antique , Collectible
National Auctioneers Day - Saturday, April 19, 2008
2008-04-15 17:18:00 [ April 19, 2008 ; ] National Auctioneers Day - Saturday , April 19, 2008 OVERLAND PARK, Kan. --(BUSINESS WIRE)--The third Saturday of April marks a special day in the lives of Auctioneers throughout the United States, National Auctioneers Day. National Auctioneers Day will be recognized and celebrated by professional Auctioneers on Saturday, April 19, 2008. The last bastion ...
Recently Discovered American Manuscripts to be Auctioned on iGavel.com
2008-04-14 23:49:00 Recently Discovered American Manuscripts to be Auctioned on iGavel.com Featuring Letters written by America’s First Feminist, Frances Wright - Fine Art and Antiques from Estates and Various Owners Auction to close April 24th NEW YORK, NY - April 14, 2008 - Unpublished letters written by America’s first recognized Feminist, Frances Wright, were recently uncovered in France ... More About: Recently
What’s On at Melbourne Museum April to May 2008
2008-04-14 16:07:00 What’s On at Melbourne Museum April to May 2008 The Melbourne Story The largest exhibition ever developed by Museum Victoria, The Melbourne Story, will reveal Melbourne’s unique and changing tale when it opens at Melbourne Museum in March 2008. The Melbourne Story features more than 1200 objects from Museum Victoria’s collections, making it the most complete ...
Lost Hartley Masterwork Leads Christie?s American Paintings Auction Season
2008-04-12 23:22:00 LOST HARTLEY MASTERWORK LEADS CHRISTIE’S AMERICAN PAINTINGS AUCTION SEASON New York - Christie’s is delighted to announce the consignment for sale of Marsden Hartley’s Lighthouse - an American Modernist masterwork and the finest painting of its kind to be offered in a generation. An oil on canvas measuring 40 by 30 inches, and created in Berlin ... More About: Lost , Auction , Fine Art , Leads , Season
Sotheby?s Spring Series of Sales in Hong Kong Totals HK$1,774,494,000 (US$2
2008-04-12 23:17:00 SOTHEBY’S SPRING SERIES OF SALES IN HONG KONG TOTALS HK$1,774,494,000 (US$227,499,231) –HIGHEST TOTAL FOR A SERIES AT SOTHEBY’S HONG KONG– SALES OF CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS IN HONG KONG TOTAL HK$757,970,250 (US$97,175,674) HIGHEST TOTAL EVER FOR A SALES SERIES OF CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART –WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR CHINESE METALWORK*– A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE EMBELLISHED GOLD ... More About: Hong Kong , Sales , Series , Spring , Sotheby
Sotheby?s New York Sale of Magnificent Bordeaux and Burgundy From an Import
2008-04-12 23:05:00 SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK SALE OF MAGNIFICENT BORDEAUX AND BURGUNDY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE CELLAR BRINGS $6,134,035, WELL ABOVE HIGH ESTIMATE Auction Ranks As Sotheby’s Third Highest Value Single-Owner Sale Worldwide New York , NY April 10, 2008 - Tonight Aulden Cellars ? Sotheby’s sale of Magnificent Bordeaux and Burgundy from an Important Private Cellar, featuring the greatest ... More About: New-York , Auctions
Christie?s Photographs: From the Collection of Gert Elfering New York, Apri
2008-04-12 22:57:00 Christie’s Photographs : From the Collection of Gert Elfering New York - Thursday, April 10, 2008 Sale no: 2113 - Top Ten [All sold prices include buyer’s premium] Sold: $4,273,200 £2,147,336 ?2,687,547 Lots Sold: 114 Lots Offered: 135 Sold by Lot: 84% Sold by $: 92% Exchange Rate: £ = $ 1.99 / ? = $ 1.59 Lot Description Estimate ($) Purchase Price Buyer 120 HELMUT NEWTON, ... More About: Christie , New-York
Metropolitan Museum?s Costume Institute Salutes Power of Superheroes Imager
2008-04-12 22:53:00 Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute Salutes Power of Superheroes Imagery in Fashion Gala Benefit May 5, 2008, with Honorary Chair Giorgio Armani and Co-Chairs George Clooney , Julia Roberts , and Anna Wintour Exhibition dates: May 7-September 1, 2008 Exhibition location: Special exhibition galleries, first floor As superheroes enjoy a surge in mass popularity, The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum ... More About: Media , Nike
Day Three of Sotheby?s Spring 2008 Hong Kong Sales, Including Magnificent J
2008-04-12 22:42:00 DAY THREE OF SOTHEBY’S SPRING 2008 HONG KONG SALES, INCLUDING MAGNIFICENT JEWELS AND JADEITE AND IMPORTANT WATCHES, TOTALS HK$369,693,750 (US$47,483,465) SALE OF A PATEK PHILIPPE EXTRAORDINARY AND RARE PLATINUM DOUBLE-DIALLED WRISTWATCH WITH TWELVE COMPLICATIONS BRINGS HK$11,751,500 (US$1,503,839) A WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A MODERN WRISTWATCH HIGHLY IMPORTANT D-COLOUR AND INTERNALLY FLAWLESS DIAMOND NECKLACE, WITH 91.02 TOTAL CARATS OF ... More About: Hong Kong , Sales , Spring , Sotheby , Hong
REAL ENOUGH TO FLY AWAY ? CARVED BIRDS TAKE FLIGHT IN NORTH CAROLINA ON MAY
2008-04-12 12:27:00 [ April 12, 2008; 7:00 am; May 3, 2008; ] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2008 JACK EUBANKS AUCTIONS BREVARD, NC Sale May 3, 2008 CONTACT: JACK EUBANKS (828) 884-7889 http://www.jackeubanks.com/ Masterful bird carvings by Texas artist/sculptor/carver James Eddleman to cross the block at Jack Eubanks Auctions in Brevard. (Brevard, NC) In 1971 a South Florida real estate developer was visiting in Texas when he saw the most remarkable carving of a bird he had ... More About: Events , North Carolina , North , Birds , Real
Unexpected Estate Sale Treasures in Unexpected Places
2008-04-10 16:46:00 Exerpt from Daryle Lambert’s 31 Club Blog When you go to house sale, where do you start looking? In the past, my suggestion would have been to start looking where the most valuable items were placed. Often this is in the living or dining rooms, but would I have been right? How about the garage? Could this ... More About: Estate , Blogs , Forums , Sale , Places
What?s on at IMAX Theatre Melbourne April to May 2008
2008-04-10 16:35:00 What’s on at IMAX Theatre Melbourne April to May 2008 U2 3D - The IMAX Experience U2 3D puts viewers within the pulsing energy of a live U2 stadium concert! With a giant screen IMAX 3D image and 15,000 watts of digital surround sound you will be immersed in a theatrical experience unlike any concert film that ... More About: Media , Rolling Stones , What
Christie?s 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art and Ceramics Sal
2008-04-10 01:44:00 Christie’s 19th Century Furniture , Sculpture , Works of Art and Ceramics New York - Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Sale no: 1983 - Top Ten [All sold prices include buyer’s premium] Sold: $4,843,325 £2,458,540 ?3,084,920 Lots Sold: 252 Lots Offered: 305 Sold by Lot: 82% Sold by $: 88% Exchange Rate: £ = $1.97 / ? = $1.57 Lot Description Estimate ($) Purchase Price Buyer 27 Pair of ... More About: Fine Art , Christie
Sotheby?s Offering of the First Part of the Estella Collection Brings HK$13
2008-04-09 22:40:00 Today in an overflowing salesroom, on the second day of Sotheby ?s Spring 2008 sales at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sotheby?s offering of the first part of the Estella Collection, the largest and most important collection of Chinese Contemporary Art ever to appear at auction, brought HK$139,352,010 (US$17,887,230), far exceeding its estimates (est. HK$66,215,000/93,625,000 / US$8,489,102/12,003,205). The first offering of the Collection, which was comprised of over 108 works and included seminal pieces by prominent artists such as Zhang Xiaogang, Ai Weiwei, Cai Guo-Qiang and Xu Bing, as well works by emerging artists, was highlighted by the centerpiece of the Estella Collection, Zhang Xiaogang?s Bloodline : The Big Family No. 3, which commanded HK$47,364,500 (US$6,061,619), far exceeding its high estimate, and set a record for the artist at auction (est. HK$19.5/27 million / est. US$2.5/3.5 million). The work was purchased over the phone by a Taiwanese Private Coll... More About: Fine Art , Part , Auctions
Sotheby?s Spring Sales of Chinese Contemporary Art in Hong Kong Total HK$40
2008-04-09 22:33:00 SOTHEBY’S SPRING SALES OF CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART IN HONG KONG TOTAL HK$403,042,750 (US$51,734,568) HIGHEST TOTAL EVER FOR A SALES SERIES OF CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART AT SOTHEBY’S _________________________________________ _________________________________________ ________ THE FIRST PART OF THE ESTELLA COLLECTION BRINGS HK$139,352,000 (US$17,887,223), FAR EXCEEDING ITS HIGH ESTIMATE (EST. HK$93.6 MILLION / US$12 MILLION) REMAINDER OF ESTELLA COLLECTION TO BE OFFERED AT SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK THIS ... More About: Hong Kong , Fine Art , Sales , Spring , Chinese
Celebrating its 25th Anniversary Bloomsbury Auctions Becomes the World?s Bi
2008-04-09 22:23:00 Celebrating its 25th Anniversary Bloomsbury Auctions Becomes the World ’s Biggest Book Auctioneers Bloomsbury Auctions (née Bloomsbury Book Auctions), has been growing steadily since its inception in 1983 when it became the first specialist book and manuscript auctioneers to open in central London in over a century. Twenty five years on, it ... More About: Books , The World
Sotheby?s Spring 2008 Sales of Photographs in New York Total $17,302,050
2008-04-09 22:00:00 Sotheby's Spring 2008 Sales of Photographs in New York Total $17,302,050. All Three Auctions exceed the high estimates. The Quillan Collection of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century photographs brings $8,901,350. Various-owners sale of photographs achieves $6,870,325. Edward Weston's gifts to his sister realizes $1,530,375. Records set for Edward Westion, Paul Strand, Diane Arbus and 22 others. More About: Media
Scripophily Collecting Themes - Part III
2008-04-09 21:11:00 Many collectors of antique stock certificates collect by acquiring certificates with shared characteristics, or themes. In prior articles we discussed themes of Industry, Geography, Vignette (picture), Family Relationship, Time Period, Event, Firsts, Famous Names, Unissued and Extreme Numbers.Here are ten more popular collecting themes: 1. Celebration - Examples: World Fairs and participating companies, construction (Panama Canal, landmarks…), ... More About: Themes , Part
Christie?s 19th Century European Art Sale New York - Tuesday, April 8, 2008
2008-04-09 20:50:00 Christie’s 19th Century European Art New York - Tuesday, April 8, 2008 Sale no: 1984 - Top Ten [All sold prices include buyer’s premium] Sold: $5,418,900 £2,723,065 ?3,451,529 Lots Sold: 86 Lots Offered: 124 Sold by Lot: 69% Sold by $: 67% Exchange Rate: £ = $1.99 / ? = $1.57 Lot Description Estimate ($) Purchase Price Buyer 52 Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Un port de ... More About: Fine Art
First Day of Sales in Sotheby?s Hong Kong Spring Series Totals HK$243,787,2
2008-04-09 20:40:00 Today Sotheby?s Hong Kong concluded the first of four days in its series of spring 2008 sales at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, featuring sales of Fine Chinese Paintings, Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings, held in Hong Kong for the first time, and An Important Collection of Vietnamese Paintings Featuring The Philip Ng Collection, totaling HK$243,787,250 (US$31,294,970). Records were set for numerous artists throughout the day. The sale of Fine Chinese Paintings realized HK$148,511,250/US$19,064,349), well above the high estimate (HK$87,775,000/123,203,000 / US$11,253,205/15,795,256). The sale of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings, which featured 190 lots of Indo-European, Singaporean, Malaysian, Filipino and Thai Paintings, and Contemporary works, brought HK$75,908,500/US$9,744,374, almost doubling the high estimate (est. HK$27,405,000/$39,415,000 / US$3,513,461/5,053,205). The inaugural theme sale of Vietnamese Paintings, which feat... More About: Fine Art , Sales , Series , Spring
Cerny Auction Saturday, April 12, 2008 Several Estates Plus In Prince Georg
2008-04-09 20:34:00 Saturday, April 12, 2008 9:00 am Several Estates Plus Consignments Tractors, Truck, Furniture , Appliances, Tools & Lawn Mowers Prince George, Virginia Auction to be held at the Cerny Farm — Running 2 Auctions at Once! _________________________________________ _________________________________________ __ Directions: From I95, south of Petersburg, VA, take Exit 45 (Rt. 301). Take 301 South 1 mile to Gary’s Church ... More About: Toys
?YOUR MOVE? AT THE CHESS COLLECTOR?S INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL AUCTION
2008-04-09 13:19:00 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 9, 2008 AUCTION GALLERY OF THE PALM BEACHES Sale May 1, 2008 West Palm Beach, FL Exotic chess sets from around the world will cross the block May 1 when Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches hosts the CCI Auction. (WEST PALM BEACH, FL) - In conjunction with Chess Collector s International ’s 13th Biennial Convention in Boca Raton ... More About: Move
Carroll Shelby Children?s Foundation to Raffle Shelby Terlingua Racing Team
More articles from this author:2008-04-07 20:59:00 Carroll Shelby Children ’s Foundation to Raffle Shelby Terlingua Racing Team Mustang GARDENA, Calif. - April 7, 2008 - The Carroll Shelby Children’s Foundation will raffle a spectacular 2008 Ford Mustang that was transformed into a Terlingua Racing Team edition Shelby and signed by automotive legends. Raffle proceeds will go into an endowment to perpetuate the Foundation’s ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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