24 Sep
AULDEN CELLARS-SOTHEBY’S SALE OF FINEST AND RAREST WINES BRINGS $2,867,397
New York, New York - Aulden Cellars-Sotheby’s September 20, 2008 sale of Finest and Rarest Wines achieved $2,867,397, well within presale expectations of $2.3/3.3 million*. The sale comprised 1,361 lots including wines from Bordeaux, Sauternes, Burgundy, Champagne, Rhône and California.
Jamie Ritchie, Head of Sotheby’s Wine department […]
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24 Sep
CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK TO PRESENT AN EXTRAORDINARY LINE-UP OF THREE EVENING SALES THIS COMING NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER 5: A DEDICATED EVENING SALE OF THE MODERN AGE: PROPERTY FROM THE HILLMAN FAMILY COLLECTION AND THE COLLECTION OF ALICE LAWRENCE
NOVEMBER 6: IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART EVENING SALE TO FEATURE EXTRAORDINARY WORKS BY MATISSE, CEZANNE, KANDINSKY, […]
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24 Sep
Major Gift of Prints to Israel Museum
59 Prints From The Fred Jahn Gallery by Contemporary Artists Franz Hitzler, Barry Le Va, Fred Sandback, Rudi Troger, and Hermann Nitsch To Further Strengthen Museum’s Print Collection of 50,000 works
Jerusalem - The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, announces the receipt […]
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24 Sep
CHRISTIE’S
Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J&J Collection, Part V
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
Masterworks of Ancient and Imperial China
New York - Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Sale nos: 2026, 2027, 2238 - Top Ten
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]
Sold:
$19,342,550
£10,808,907
€13,607,135
Lots Sold: 354
Lots Offered: 560
Sold by Lot: 63%
Sold by $: 65%
Exchange Rate: […]
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Posted in Antiques-Collectibles, Auctions, China-Dinnerware, Fine Art, New-York-Auctions by: Christies
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22 Sep
OIL ON CANVAS RENDERING OF THE ARCHANGEL URIEL, DONE AROUND 1700 BY AN ARTIST IN THE SPANISH COLONIAL SCHOOL, BRINGS $14,375 AT LELAND LITTLE SALE
(Hillsborough, N.C.) - An oil on canvas rendering of the Archangel Uriel holding a musket and standing before a mountainous landscape, painted around 1700 by an unknown artist […]
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Posted in Antiques-Collectibles, Auctions, Fine Art, Furniture, Music-Records, North-Carolina-Auctions by: Ken Hall
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22 Sep
Scienceworks Celebrates Ford Centenary
Scienceworks will celebrate a significant moment in the history of science and technology - the centenary of the first Model T Ford - with a special vintage machinery day on Sunday 12 October.
The highlight of this special Machines in Action Day will be Museum Victoria’s recently restored Quadricycle. The […]
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22 Sep
Innovative Lunder Conservation Center Receives Prestigious Keck Award
International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Gives Keck Award to the SAAM and NPG Conservation Lab
Washington, DC- Today, the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works awarded the prestigious Keck Award to the
Lunder
Conservation
Center, which is jointly administered by the
Smithsonian
American
Art Museum […]
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22 Sep
THREE ORIGINAL CHARLES SCHULZ PEANUTS PAGES HAMMER FOR A COMBINED $110,740 AT PHILIP WEISS AUCTIONS’ MULTI-ESTATE SALE HELD SEPTEMBER 13-14
(Oceanside, N.Y.) - An original “Peanuts” Sunday page, rendered in pen and ink in May 1953 by the late comic illustrator Charles Schulz, soared to $67,800 at a multi-estate sale held Sept. 13-14 […]
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Posted in Antiques-Collectibles, Auctions, Fine Art, New-York-Auctions, Paper-Ephemera, Toys by: Ken Hall
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22 Sep
RECENT DISCOVERIES AND IMPORTANT WORKS LEAD CHRISTIE’S FALL AMERICANA SALE
Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Maritime Art and Prints
New York - On September 25, Christie’s New York will hold the sale of Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Maritime Art and Prints. A magnificent high chest that descended in Philadelphia’s Biddle-Drinker family and […]
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22 Sep
THE ITALIAN SALE
London pays tribute to 20th Century Italian Art
London - On 20 October, Christie’s will present the 7th edition of The Italian Sale in its historical salerooms in London. This annual auction will offer an exceptional selection of twentieth century Italian Art by the most renowned and internationally sought-after artists including Alberto […]
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