Leading auctioneer Sotheby’s will present works from major Far Eastern cultures in India, China and Cambodia focussing on ‘The Arts of the Buddha’ at its New York auction on September 21.
The auction will include physical representations of the divine through different media like paintings, drawings and sculptures, Sotheby’s said in a statement.
The cornerstone of the […]

Antiquorum Auctioneers, one of the world’s leading watch auctioneers, has ousted its CEO and Chairman Osvaldo Patrizzi.
Antiquorum’s board voted to dismiss Mr. Patrizzi at an Aug. 2 meeting. John Tsukahara, an executive of the Tokyo-based holding company ArtistHouse Holdings Inc., which owns 50% of Antiquorum, has been appointed as the new chairman.

In three weeks, 35 condominiums at Logan Martin Lake’s Lincoln Harbor go on the auction block, and that sale will mark a parting of the ways between the builder and the developer.
Lincoln Harbor Development, which is part of Shoreline Real Estate LLC, will be handling “building and marketing, and taking over total control of the […]

Members of the Wisconsin Auctioneers Association were present to participate in the annual bid-callers competition, which was won by Rod Johnson of Johnson Auctioneering in Cannon Falls, Minnesota.
Rod’s business specializes in charity and fundraising auctions, as well as real estate. He was Wisconsin’s 2006 Novice of the Year in the same competition, and Reserve Champion […]

A classic Ferrari once owned by actor Steve McQueen sold for $2.31 million (€1.72 million) at auction.
An anonymous car collector who placed a bid by phone bought the 1963 Ferrari Berlinetta Lusso during an auction Thursday that drew 800 people to the Monterey Jet Center and attracted spirited bidding, said Christie’s spokesman Rik Pike.