BALTIMORE, MD (AP).- It’s been a blessed year for the School Sisters of Notre Dame, who catapulted to prominence when they put a rare Honus Wagner baseball card up for auction to support their charitable mission. Problem was, the winning bidder never p…
RM Auctions Posts Best Performance in History of the Hobby Generating Over $275 Million
BLENHEIM,ON.- RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house, enjoyed a record-setting sales run in 2010, generating over $275 million* US in sales. The impressive total – an all-time high for the international auction company a…
Historic Price Achieved for Arpita Singh’s "Wish Dream" at Saffronart Auction
NEW YORK, NY.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, concluded its annual Winter Online Art Auction on December 9, 2010 with strong results that highlight the continued demand for important works with notable provenance. W…
Historic Price Achieved for Arpita Singh’s "Wish Dream" at Saffronart Auction
NEW YORK, NY.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, concluded its annual Winter Online Art Auction on December 9, 2010 with strong results that highlight the continued demand for important works with notable provenance. W…
After Decades in Storage, George Armstrong Custer Flag Sells for $2.2 Million
BILLINGS, MONT. (AP).- The only U.S. flag not captured or lost during George Armstrong Custer’s Last Stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn in southeastern Montana sold at auction Friday for $2.2 million. The buyer was identified by the auction house So…
Picasso Auction from the Collection of His Longtime Chauffeur Canceled Amid Mystery
PARIS (AP).- A Paris auctioneer called off the scheduled sale Thursday of a trove of drawings Picasso gave his longtime chauffeur, after a separate cache of previously unknown Picassos turned up in an electrician’s garage — a revelation that stun…
Audubon’s "Birds of America" Fetches $10 Million Establishing a New World Record
LONDON (AP).- It’s quite a nest egg. John James Audubon’s “Birds of America,” a rare blend of art, natural history and craftsmanship, fetched more than $10 million at auction on Tuesday, making it the world’s most expensive published book. With its 43…
Antik A.S. Auction House Sets World Record Prices for Turkish Calligraphy and Paintings
ISTANBUL.- Antik A.S. the leading Turkish Auction house, announced that the sale of Turkish Paintings Calligraphy and Ottoman Arts in Istanbul achieved triumphant results and made 8 million Turkish Lira / US$ 5.3 million. The top lot of the sale, the m…
Hartshorne Fine Glass Collection for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- As the only international auction house to have dedicated glass and paperweight sales, Bonhams announce the auction of The Albert Hartshorne Collection of Glass as part of its Fine British & European Glass & Paperweights auction on Wednesday 1…
Christie’s Once Again the International Market Leader in Asia, 5th Year in a Row
HONG KONG.- Christie’s concluded its Autumn season on December 2nd, 2010 with stellar results totalling HK$3.23 billion (US$414 million). These results, which include an off-season sale of fine wines from the SK Collection in September, stand as the la…