PHOENIX, AZ.- RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house, enjoyed a strong start to its 2011 auction season this week, posting a record $30.8 million in sales at its annual Arizona event, with an impressive 96% of lots sold and f…
RM Kicks Off 2011 Calendar with Record $30.8 Million Arizona Sale
PHOENIX, AZ.- RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house, enjoyed a strong start to its 2011 auction season this week, posting a record $30.8 million in sales at its annual Arizona event, with an impressive 96% of lots sold and f…
Andy Warhol, Pinball All Appeal at Dennis Hopper Auction at Christie’s in New York
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- From the sublime to the silly, artwork, furniture and memorabilia owned by Dennis Hopper was auctioned off in New York this week. Typical was an Andy Warhol portrait of Mao Zedong which the actor shot two bullets through and still …
The Malcolm Forbes Toy Collection Brings $2.4 Million at Sotheby’s New York
NEW YORK, NY.- A packed salesroom of toy collectors and enthusiasts watched as The Malcolm Forbes Toy Collection achieved $2,388,637 today at Sotheby’s New York. The collection of toy boats, soldiers, motorcycles and classic board games was loving…
Sotheby’s Sale of 20th Century British Art Establishes a New Auction World Record
LONDON.- The sale of 20th Century British Art at Sotheby’s in London established a new auction record for a work by Sir Stanley Spencer (in pounds – see note at foot of email), when his Hilda and I at Pond Street sold for £1,430,050 ($2,249,…
Robert F. Kennedy-Owned Emancipation Proclamation Goes for $3.7 Million
NEW YORK (AP).- A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln that was purchased by Robert F. Kennedy sold Friday for more than $3.7 million, an auction record for a U.S. presidential document. Kennedy bought the printed c…
Sotheby’s Team Dominates in Old Master Paintings at Auction for a Tenth Successive Year
LONDON.- Sotheby’s December series of Old Master & British Paintings sales in London concluded yesterday having realised an overall total of £27,991,125 / $44,040,725 / €33,454,918, which is comfortably within pre-sale expectations. Wednesda…
Sotheby’s Worldwide Team Dominates in Old Master Paintings at Auction for a Tenth Successive Year
LONDON.- Sotheby’s December series of Old Master & British Paintings sales in London concluded yesterday having realised an overall total of £27,991,125 / $44,040,725 / €33,454,918, which is comfortably within pre-sale expectations. Wednesda…
Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Old Master & British Paintings Realises $37,054,556
LONDON.- The undoubted highlight of tonight’s Evening Sale of Old Master & British Paintings at Sotheby’s in London was George Stubbs’s Brood Mares and Foals, one of the British master’s most ambitious and successful works and arguably h…
Antik A.S. Auction House Sets World Record Prices for Turkish Calligraphy and Paintings
ISTANBUL.- Antik A.S. the leading Turkish Auction house, announced that the sale of Turkish Paintings Calligraphy and Ottoman Arts in Istanbul achieved triumphant results and made 8 million Turkish Lira / US$ 5.3 million. The top lot of the sale, the m…