DALLAS, TX.- Selections from the extraordinary collection of the late Malcolm S. Forbes, lovingly displayed in the Forbes Galleries in New York for more than a quarter century, will be offered in a href=”http://www.ha.com” target=”_blank”>Heritage Auct…
Signed Monographs and Portfolios by Contemporary Artists at Swann Galleries’ Auction
NEW YORK, NY.- Among the highlights of Swann Galleries’ auction of Important Photobooks and Photographs on Thursday, May 19, is an outstanding collection of 21ST Editions books from the fine art photography publisher and creator of The Journal of …
The Garden Comes to Life at Summers Place Auctions
WEST SUSSEX.- An important collection of 17th and 18th Century Italian marble sculpture will be offered in the hugely popular sale of Garden Statuary and Ornament – both antique and modern – at Summers Place Auctions (in association with Sotheby&#…
Extremely Rare Portrait of Famous Kabuki Actor Highlights Important Private Collection at Bonhams
LONDON.- Following the success of Part 1 of the Edward Wrangham Collection in November 2010, which realised over £2 million and included a world record price for an inro** sold at auction, Bonhams is delighted to announce the second sale of the collec…
Champagne from Baltic Sea Shipwreck Up for Grabs at Auction in Finland in June
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Two bottles of champagne, thought to be about 200 years old and part of a cache of 150 salvaged from a 19th century shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, will be auctioned in Finland in June. The cache, which belongs to the government of Al…
Only Hitchcock Story Board Ever to Appear at Auction to be Sold at Bonhams
LONDON.- A rare, hand written pre-production storyboard for one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most problematic films, ‘Stage Fright’, of 1950 is for sale at the Bonhams Printed Books and Manuscripts sale in London on 7 June. It is estimated at …
Kentucky’s Schmidt Family to Sell Massive (80,000 Items) Coca-Cola Collection
ELIZABETHTOWN, KY (AP).- In the world of Coca-Cola memorabilia, the Schmidt family’s collection is like the Smithsonian. The most treasured items are from the company’s earliest days in the late 1800s, and some are so rare they don’t even appear at th…
Champagne from Baltic Sea Shipwreck Up for Grabs at Auction in Finland in June
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Two bottles of champagne, thought to be about 200 years old and part of a cache of 150 salvaged from a 19th century shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, will be auctioned in Finland in June. The cache, which belongs to the government of Al…
Only Hitchcock Story Board Ever to Appear at Auction to be Sold at Bonhams
LONDON.- A rare, hand written pre-production storyboard for one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most problematic films, ‘Stage Fright’, of 1950 is for sale at the Bonhams Printed Books and Manuscripts sale in London on 7 June. It is estimated at …
Tony Duquette’s Talismans of Power is 100% Sold and Brngs More than $350,000
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields offered the Tony Duquette “Talismans of Power” auction, which followed the firm’s sale of 20th Century Decorative Arts, on April 18, 2011. The energy in the full Los Angeles saleroom was electric as the auction…