LONDON.- Sotheby’s sale of selected works from the distinguished Neuberger Berman and Lehman Brothers Corporate Art Collections brought a total of $12,277,751 today, reaching the high estimate ($8/12 million). Seventeen auction records were set fo…
Fossil of Giant, Bony-Toothed Bird from Chile Sets New Record for Wingspan
DEERFIELD, IL.- A newly discovered skeleton of an ancient seabird from northern Chile provides evidence that giant birds were soaring the skies there 5-10 million years ago. The wing bones of the animal exceed those of all other birds in length; its wi…
Fossil of Giant, Bony-Toothed Bird from Chile Sets New Record for Wingspan
DEERFIELD, IL.- A newly discovered skeleton of an ancient seabird from northern Chile provides evidence that giant birds were soaring the skies there 5-10 million years ago. The wing bones of the animal exceed those of all other birds in length; its wi…
Competitive Bidding Drives Prices Past Estimates at Saffronart’s Autumn Online Auction
NEW YORK, NY.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, concluded its Autumn Online Auction on September 9th, 2010 with more than half the lots selling above their higher estimate. The auction achieved a total of $6.4 million…
Competitive Bidding Drives Prices Past Estimates at Saffronart’s Autumn Online Auction
NEW YORK, NY.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, concluded its Autumn Online Auction on September 9th, 2010 with more than half the lots selling above their higher estimate. The auction achieved a total of $6.4 million…
Two Important Paintings Consigned to Auction through Christie’s iPhone App
LONDON.- The auction of Modern and Contemporary Australian Art at Christie’s on 23 September 2010 will offer a pair of rediscovered paintings of historical importance that was found in an attic and which was identified and consigned to auction thr…
Two Important Paintings Consigned to Auction through Christie’s iPhone App
LONDON.- The auction of Modern and Contemporary Australian Art at Christie’s on 23 September 2010 will offer a pair of rediscovered paintings of historical importance that was found in an attic and which was identified and consigned to auction thr…
Bonhams Scottish Sale Defies the Recession to Make £1,800,000
LONDON.- This year’s Bonhams Annual Scottish sale made over £1,800,000, the highest since it moved into its new premises on Queen’s Street Edinburgh in 2008 and the second highest in the sale’s 11 year history. Among the highlights were…
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…
Sotheby’s to Hold Auction of Property from England’s Most Magnificent Stately Home
LONDON.- This autumn Sotheby’s will hold a once-in-a-lifetime sale at the most magnificent of all England’s stately homes – Chatsworth, in Derbyshire. Chatsworth: The Attic Sale – a three-day auction – will have in it all the ingred…