NEW YORK, NY.- Guernsey’s Auction House will host two unique auctions at New York City’s Park Avenue Armory on September 24th and 25th. The auction powerhouse has amassed two mutually exclusive collections, which will be made available to the…
Guernsey’s Presents Two Unique Auctions Under One Roof at Park Avenue Armory
NEW YORK, NY.- Guernsey’s Auction House will host two unique auctions at New York City’s Park Avenue Armory on September 24th and 25th. The auction powerhouse has amassed two mutually exclusive collections, which will be made available to the…
Will Tough Times Trigger Wealthy Banks and Companies to Sell their Art?
LONDON (AP).-Corporations worried about the bottom line are taking a look at their office walls. Over decades, many of the world’s wealthiest banks and companies have built up art collections, rich in modern masters, that are the envy of many museums. …
Will Tough Times Trigger Wealthy Banks and Companies to Sell their Art?
LONDON (AP).-Corporations worried about the bottom line are taking a look at their office walls. Over decades, many of the world’s wealthiest banks and companies have built up art collections, rich in modern masters, that are the envy of many museums. …
Copper Cast of Lady Liberty’s Nose Up for Auction
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A copper casting of the tip of the Statue of Liberty’s nose is among a collection of iconic items that will be auctioned off next month in New York City. Guernsey’s auction house President Arlan Ettinger says the casting of Lady Li…
Sotheby’s London to Hold First-Ever Sale of Chimneypieces
LONDON.- On Tuesday, September 14th, Sotheby’s will hold its first-ever sale dedicated entirely to antique chimneypieces and fire grates. The sale –among the first of its kind at a leading auction house – will bring to the market some 20…
Bonhams Scottish Sale Defies the Recession to Make £1,800,000
LONDON.- This year’s Bonhams Annual Scottish sale made over £1,800,000, the highest since it moved into its new premises on Queen’s Street Edinburgh in 2008 and the second highest in the sale’s 11 year history. Among the highlights were…
RM Makes History on Monterey Peninsula with Top Sales and Top Honor
MONTEREY, CA.- RM delivered a one, two punch in Monterey this past weekend during the year’s pinnacle event for the collector car hobby, posting the week’s highest auction results of $67 million in total sales with an impressive 95% of all lo…
Freeman’s Auctioneers to Sell the Estate of Joseph S. Sorger
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Freeman’s, America’s oldest auction house, is announced that it will be offering the Estate of Joseph S. Sorger on 5 October, 2010 in Philadelphia. The collection from his home at 2003 Delancey Place was amassed over 70 years and spa…
NYC Seeks to Reclaim Notable Central Park Drawings
NEW YORK (AP).- A noted architect’s 19th-century drawings for features in Central Park and other famous public spaces have resurfaced, and officials want them back from a New Jersey real estate broker who says his late father found them in a trash bin …