LONDON.- Bonhams annual sale of Collectors’ Motorcycles and Related Memorabilia at The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, Stafford on 17th October will include the historic racing motorcycle on which the legendary Helmut Fath won the Sidecar World…
Queen Victoria’s Christmas Presents to John Brown Makes £23,000 at Bonhams
LONDON.- Christmas presents from Queen Victoria to her favourite personal servant, John Brown, sold for £23,400 at Bonhams Scottish sale in Edinburgh today (19 August). A silver mounted claret jug, engraved V.R. TO J.B/VICTORIA 1872, which had which r…
Jackie O’s Pearl Necklace Makes Over the Odds at Bonhams
LONDON.- A triple strand simulated pearl necklace once owned by America’s First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis has sold for £30,000, as one of the highlights of Bonhams new and innovative Pioneers of Popular Culture sale at the inaugural Vintage at Goodw…
Relic from Darwin’s Epic Beagle Voyage for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- A very rare signed scrimshawed whale’s tooth from Charles Darwin’s voyage on HMS Beagle, 1832-36, (£30,000-50,000) is one of the most intriguing items in the forthcoming Travel and Exploration sale at Bonhams on 15 September. It belonged to P…
Priceless Record of Native American World on Brink of Change at Bonhams
LONDON.- A series of fascinating and important 19th century portraits of Native Americans by the pioneering German/American photographer, John Karl Hillers are for sale in Bonhams India and Beyond sale at Knightsbridge on 5 October 2010. Hillers emigra…
Priceless Record of Native American World on Brink of Change at Bonhams
LONDON.- A series of fascinating and important 19th century portraits of Native Americans by the pioneering German/American photographer, John Karl Hillers are for sale in Bonhams India and Beyond sale at Knightsbridge on 5 October 2010. Hillers emigra…
Set Your Place with Picasso Plates at Bonhams
LONDON.- Bonhams will hold their first ever Picasso Editions Sale featuring ceramics, silver and prints by the most celebrated artist of the 20th century, in Knightsbridge on Thursday 23rd September. The sale offers buyers the opportunity to lay their…
Handwritten Diary of Extraordinary Trip for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- A handwritten account of an extraordinary trip to the remote areas of Western Australia’s North-West Coast is being auctioned at Bonham’s Travel and Exploration sale in London on 15 September 2010. In 1982, five famous Australians, t…
Vast Collection of Works of Art by Jean Cocteau to Sell at Bonhams
LONDON.- A remarkable collection of drawings, pastels and ceramics by the French poet, filmmaker, playwright and novelist, Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), brought together by the late business tycoon and founder of Gucci timepieces Severin Wunderman (1939-20…
Rare Needlework Book Cover from the Book of Beauty, 1896 to Sell at Bonhams
LONDON.- A pre-Raphaelite needlework book cover designed for The Book of Beauty: A Collection of Beautiful Portraits with Literary, Artistic and Musical Contributions by Men and Women of the Day, edited by Mrs F Harcourt Williamson and published by Hut…