LOS ANGELES, CA.- International auctioneers, Bonhams & Butterfields, announced the company’s eighth offering of exceptional writing instruments in the United States on May 23, 2011. The auction contained over 200 lots and offered a diverse selecti…
Christie’s Presents a Global Array of Works of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announces the sale of Important 20th Century Decorative Art & Design to take place on Thursday, June 16. Estimated to realize upwards of $3.5 million, the 208-lot sale represents a wide range of works from 20th Century m…
Christie’s New York Presents a Global Array of Works of Important 20th Century Decorative Art & Design
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announces the sale of Important 20th Century Decorative Art & Design to take place on Thursday, June 16. Estimated to realize upwards of $3.5 million, the 208-lot sale represents a wide range of works from 20th Century m…
Massive Qianlong Lacquer Vase Highlights June Auction in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Summer begins with a wealth of Chinese art at Bonhams & Butterfields, with fine objects in every collecting category going on the auction block June 21 at 10 a.m. A rare carved red, lacquer vase, Qianlong, discovered in an East Coas…
Top Prices Paid Once Again for Works of Art by Japanese Artist Shibata Zeshin at Bonhams
LONDON.- Considered one of Europe’s most important and comprehensive private collections of Japanese Gentleman’s accessories, Bonhams announces that Part Two of the Edward Wrangham collection realised £1.6 million on 10th May. Top prices wer…
Top Prices Paid Once Again for Works of Art by Japanese Artist Shibata Zeshin at Bonhams
LONDON.- Considered one of Europe’s most important and comprehensive private collections of Japanese Gentleman’s accessories, Bonhams announces that Part Two of the Edward Wrangham collection realised £1.6 million on 10th May. Top prices wer…
Rare Portrait of 1920s Hermes Designer Offered by Bonhams
LONDON.- A portrait of François Roques, the first outside artistic advisor to the renowned Fashion House Hermès, will be offered in the Russian Sale on 8th June at Bonhams, New Bond Street. Painted by Marie Vassilieff in 1930, the portrait is estimat…
West Coast Minimalist Artist, John McCracken, Dies at 76 in New York After a Long Illness
NEW YORK, NY.- John McCracken, a West Coast Minimalist artist who became known in the 1960s for his singular sculptural forms, has died in New York on April 8, 2011 due to complications from a long illness. He was 76. McCracken developed his earliest s…
Christie’s Sales of Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art to Offer an Impressive Array of Rare and Important Works
HONG KONG.- Christie’s Hong Kong Fall sales of Important Ceramics and Works of Art will take place on December 1 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. With three important single-owner sales and numerous important collections presented …
Christie’s Sales of Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art to Offer an Impressive Array of Rare and Important Works
HONG KONG.- Christie’s Hong Kong Fall sales of Important Ceramics and Works of Art will take place on December 1 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. With three important single-owner sales and numerous important collections presented …