LONDON (REUTERS).- Christie’s is offering art worth 74-109 million pounds ($114-168 million) at its first big auction of 2011, including a still life by Paul Gauguin that was a tribute to his friend and fellow pioneer Vincent van Gogh. Art market recor…
Blue and White Porcelain Dragon Jar Sells for $7.66 Million at Bonhams & Butterfields
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- A blue and white porcelain Dragon jar sold for $7,658,000 in the Fine Asian Works of Art sale on Monday December 13th at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco. The 360-lot sale brought more than $19 million with the vast majority…
Blue and White Porcelain Dragon Jar Sells for $7.66 Million at Bonhams & Butterfields
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- A blue and white porcelain Dragon jar sold for $7,658,000 in the Fine Asian Works of Art sale on Monday December 13th at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco. The 360-lot sale brought more than $19 million with the vast majority…
Bonhams to Sell Archibald Thorburn Masterpiece Entitled ‘The Covey at Daybreak’
LONDON.- Bonhams announce that a beautiful Archibald Thorburn painting entitled ‘The Covey at Daybreak’ will be a highlight of the 19th Century Paintings auction on 27th January 2011, New Bond Street, London. This follows on from the success …
Bonhams to Sell Archibald Thorburn Masterpiece Entitled ‘The Covey at Daybreak’
LONDON.- Bonhams announce that a beautiful Archibald Thorburn painting entitled ‘The Covey at Daybreak’ will be a highlight of the 19th Century Paintings auction on 27th January 2011, New Bond Street, London. This follows on from the success …
Christie’s New York December Photographs Sale Offers Exceptional Array of Works
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s New York announced the upcoming sale of Photographs on December 13, including works by the world’s preeminent photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Peter Beard, and Irving Penn. The cover lot, a glamorously ch…
Prehistoric Rock Art at the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area was Damaged by Spray-painted Graffiti
LAS VEGAS (AP).- Authorities are offering a $2,500 reward for information about vandals who spray-painted graffiti over prehistoric rock art at the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Nevada. The federal Bureau of Land Management and supporte…
Bonhams Make World Record Prices for Glass and Porcelain Chinese Snuff Bottles
HONG KONG.- Bonhams Hong Kong today (23 November 2010) celebrated its second “Golden Gavel Auction”, when Part II of the world’s finest collection of important Chinese snuff bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, sold 100% and ac…
Bonhams Make World Record Prices for Glass and Porcelain Chinese Snuff Bottles
HONG KONG.- Bonhams Hong Kong today (23 November 2010) celebrated its second “Golden Gavel Auction”, when Part II of the world’s finest collection of important Chinese snuff bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, sold 100% and ac…
Japanese Medicine Container Makes World Record in an International Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- Bonhams announced that a 19th century roiro lacquer four-case inro by Shibata Zeshin has made the world record price for on inro in an international sale, selling for £162,000 in Part 1 of the Edward Wrangham collection, one of Europe’s…