Bonhams & Butterfields, has announced its November 24, 2008 sale of California and American Paintings and Sculpture. On offer are Barbizon and early 19th century landscapes; Western scenes; Impressionist and Modernist compositions including plein air paintings; genre scenes; and cityscapes by established California and American artists.
Highlighting the sale is a rare impressionist work entitled Carmel [...]

Attendees to Art Basel Miami Beach will be pleasantly surprised by The Grand Florida Auction.
Abercrombie Auctions International is holding their Grand Auction, at the Ritz Carlton, Miami Beach on Saturday December 6th, during the Art Basel festivities.
The multifaceted auction will include pieces by famous artists such as Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Damien [...]

Philip Weiss Auctions’ next big sale will be held the weekend of Nov. 21-23 at #1 Neil Court in Oceanside, N.Y. Friday, Nov. 21, will feature hundreds of fresh-to-the-market lots of fine art; estate jewelry; period furniture; sterling silver; pieces by Tiffany, Rand & Crane and Gorham, Oriental rugs; George Jones dinner plates; rare antique [...]

United Country Beloit Auction & Realty (www.beloitauction.com) announces the auction of assets from the estate of Richard “Dick” Ward on November 8, 2008, at 10 a.m., according to Richard Ranft, auctioneer.
The hangar, located on the main ramp at Three Rivers Western Michigan Airport, measures 80 feet by 100 feet with expandable east wall. Features include: [...]

Country Store, Advertising, Coin-Operated Machines, and related items will be offered at the Rich Penn Auction Event in Des Moines, Iowa, taking place at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on November 1 & 2.
Among the great toys selling are a half dozen German driving school models, several BO robots, (among them an excellent 1962 Horikawa Astronaut), [...]

echWeb and O’Reilly Media, Inc., co-producers of the annual Web 2.0 Summit, announce the benefiting organizations and lots of the “Web Meets World” auction, which will take place on the evening of Wednesday, November 5 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. The proceeds from the event will benefit three charity organizations — the Lance [...]

Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co, will be conducting multi auctions from the heart of Philadelphia to the Jersey Shore, beginning with phase I closeout of 7 townhouses for Westrum’s Brewerytown Square Townhomes.
The luxury townhouses are perfect for the home buyer seeking convenient city living. The auction will take place Saturday, November 15 at [...]

Christie’s auction house announced its first major punk sale, set for Nov. 28. The auction will included more than 120 records, photos, posters and promotional pieces for artists David Bowie, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Sid Vicious, the Cure, Blondie and the Velvet Underground.

Sotheby’s has withdrawn a Picasso Cubist painting titled “Arlequin” which was to be auctioned as part of an Impressionist and Modern art sale on Nov. 3.
“Arlequin” had been expected to fetch over $30m. The painting, which had not been seen in public for 45 years, depicts a harlequin resting his chin on one hand.
A Sotheby’s [...]

Country Joe’s last auction sale of the year will be held on Saturday November 8th 2008 at the American Legion Hall, 2 Meadowbrook Lane New Egypt, New Jersey 08533.
Auction starts at 4pm, preview is at 2pm.
Several hundred lots including antiques, collectibles, decorative items, Christmas decorations, costume and other jewelry, lots of assorted glassware, china, pottery [...]

A rare bow front violano music player, made around 1910 by the Mills Novelty Company of Chicago and professionally restored in excellent playing condition, soared to $137,500 at a three-day multi-estate sale held October 10-12 by Showtime Auction Services at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds. The violano, serial #195, is one of only 20 still [...]

Works being offered by Bonhams & Butterfields on 5 November 2008 include Old Masters, 19th century and Modern prints, and Contemporary prints and multiples. The auction is to be simulcast between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Highlighting the sale is Trolleys, 2007, a signed color screenprint by urban artist Banksy (est. $15/20,000). The highly satirical piece [...]

One of two highlight lots of the sale will be a platinum ring by Martin Flyer, showcasing a Fancy Light Pink cushion-shaped diamond weighing 4.03 carats. It’s estimated at $150,000-$200,000.
The second highlight lot is another significant diamond – an unmounted Asscher-Cut diamond weighing 5.09 carats. The diamond is also estimated at $150,000-$200,000.
Auction info www.ha.com

This Nov. 13-15, as part of its Vintage Comic and Comic Art Auction, Heritage will offer something much better than examples of these iconic trading cards to their respective generations; Heritage will offer examples of the original artwork itself. These pieces are part of an already stellar sale that will feature the last of the [...]

An original oil painting by the renowned Irish artist Colin Middleton (1910-1983), titled Teresa and executed in 1947, sold for $71,500 at a multi-estate sale held Sept. 26-27 by Richard D. Hatch & Associates. The painting was the top lot in an auction that grossed just under $500,000 and saw over 1,400 lots change hands. [...]