LONDON.- Hundreds of photographs of Adolf Hitler are expected to fetch a six-figure sum when they go under the hammer, an auctioneer said. The photographs, along with negatives, were taken by the Nazi leader’s personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann du…
Hundreds of Photographs of Adolf Hitler are Expected to Fetch a Six-figure Sum at J.P. Humbert Auctioneers
LONDON.- Hundreds of photographs of Adolf Hitler are expected to fetch a six-figure sum when they go under the hammer, an auctioneer said. The photographs, along with negatives, were taken by the Nazi leader’s personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann du…
Auction of Communist Art Helps Red Sludge Victims
BUDAPEST (AP).- An auction of relics and artworks from Hungary’s communist era was held Monday to raise funds for the victims of October’s flood of toxic red sludge that killed 10 people and left hundreds injured and homeless. The sale at the Pinter Ga…
Bonhams Appoint Deborah Allan Departmental Director of Impressionist & Modern Art
LONDON.- The Bonhams announced the appointment of Deborah Allan as Director of Impressionist and Modern Art. For the past three years, 2007-2010, she has been, Head of Department and Auctioneer, and recently Director of the Impressionist & Modern Art, …
Bonhams Appoint Deborah Allan Departmental Director of Impressionist & Modern Art
LONDON.- The Bonhams announced the appointment of Deborah Allan as Director of Impressionist and Modern Art. For the past three years, 2007-2010, she has been, Head of Department and Auctioneer, and recently Director of the Impressionist & Modern Art, …
Pot o’ Gold: Family’s Old Vase Fetches $83 Million at Small Suburban London Auction House
LONDON (AP).- It was just an old Chinese vase that had been in the family for 80 years. It turned out to be much more. When the intricately painted 18th-century piece went on the block at Bainbridges, a small suburban London auction house, it sold for…
Pot o’ Gold: Family’s Old Vase Fetches $83 Million
LONDON (AP).- It was just an old Chinese vase that had been in the family for 80 years. It turned out to be much more. When the intricately painted 18th-century piece went on the block at Bainbridges, a small suburban London auction house, it sold for…
Spoils of Bernard Madoff’s Lavish Life on Auction Block at a Manhattan Hotel this Saturday
NEW YORK (AP).- Jailed financier Bernard Madoff led a lavish lifestyle until his downfall. The disgraced financier left homes filled with luxury goods — and everyday items like underwear, slippers and T-shirts, all monogrammed to fit his ego. Thou…
Spoils of Bernard Madoff’s Lavish Life on Auction Block at a Manhattan Hotel this Saturday
NEW YORK (AP).- Jailed financier Bernard Madoff led a lavish lifestyle until his downfall. The disgraced financier left homes filled with luxury goods — and everyday items like underwear, slippers and T-shirts, all monogrammed to fit his ego. Thou…
$35 Million Andy Warhol Coke Bottle Lifts Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Auction
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A black-and-white Coke bottle on canvas by Andy Warhol sold for $35.36 million on Tuesday at Sotheby’s robust contemporary and post-war art auction. The sale of 54 works, an impressive 91 percent of which found buyers, totaled $22…