Archive for August, 2009

Concierge Auctions Announces Auction of the Froh Heim Mansion in Far Hills

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Concierge Auctions announces a luxury real estate auction of the Froh Heim mansion, a historic landmark property situated on more than 11 acres in Far Hills, New Jersey. Conducted in cooperation with Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty, the auction has no reserve, and no minimum bid is required.
The newly restored Froh Heim estate, German for [...]

Heritage joins the Social Media revolution

Monday, August 31st, 2009

With the launch of Heritage Auction Galleries has now placed its bidder-members and followers right in the middle of the American Social Media boom.
The recent additions of a Heritage Auction Galleries page on Facebook, where all the latest press releases and pertinent announcements from the company are posted, complimented with frequent updates from Heritage on [...]

New Ohio Antiques Auction House

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Jo Valentine, co-founder of central Ohio’s multi-dealer Valentine Antique Gallery, has established a new offshoot company in partnership with Ohio auctioneer Cynthia Schillig. Known as The Antiques Auction Gallery, the new business will base its operation and conduct its sales at the 12,000-square-foot Valentine Antique Gallery in Sunbury. A debut auction is planned for Friday, [...]

Glendorn Resort in Bradford for Auction

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

The acclaimed Glendorn Resort, located in Bradford, Pennsylvania, will sell at auction at www.williamsauction.com/glendorn (both on site and live via the internet) on Sunday, October 4, at 2:00 p.m. EDT/1:00 p.m. CDT/11:00 a.m. PDT. Williams & Williams, the premier brand in real estate auction, will manage the sale. Auction Network will telecast the auction live [...]

Bonhams & Butterfields Fall 20th Century Decorative Arts Auction

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Bonhams & Butterfields will hold its fall auction of 20th Century Decorative Arts on September 29, 2009. The 400 lot sale will offer a diverse group of high quality works spanning a century of design by well-known figures of the period. The sale will feature strong examples of Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, [...]

Photographs from the Miller Plummer Collection for Auction

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

This fall Christie’s Photographs sales will feature The Miller-Plummer Collection of Photographs at Rockefeller Center on October 8.
Offered as a single-owner sale and comprising 118 lots, the collection is distinguished for its range and depth from vintage masterpieces to modernist prints, all of impeccable quality. A unique opportunity for collectors around the world, the [...]

Petersburg VA Hotel for Auction

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

National Commercial Auctioneers, LLC, (www.natcomauctions.com) announces the auction of a 120-room hotel in Petersburg, VA, on August 26, 2009, according to Stephen Karbelk, CAI, AARE, President and Auctioneer for this foreclosure auction.
“This property has excellent visibility from the heavy traffic volume on I-95,” commented Karbelk. “The property sits on 3.68 acres with many features, such [...]

Quail Lodge Auction Draws Record Crowds

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Once again the beautiful and sunny setting of Carmel Valley, California, drew collectors from around the world to Bonhams’ flagship Quail Lodge motorcar auction Friday the 14th August.
As expected, the most hotly contested cars came from the Sidney & Jenny Craig Collection, which was 100% sold and included spirited battles for the ex-Al Capone 1930 [...]

Sally Mann Photographs Collection for Auction

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Christie’s have been entrusted with the sale of Photographs by Sally Mann from a Private Collection, Washington, D.C. on October 7, 2009. One of four exceptional Photographs sales to be offered this fall season at Christie’s,
Photographs by Sally Mann marks the first time such a comprehensive body of work by the prominent American artist comes [...]

Christie’s Fall Photography Auction

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Following the enormous success of two monographic sales of photographic works by William Eggleston and Diane Arbus in 2008, Christie’s announced the sale of a third segment of photographs from the extraordinary collection of Bruce and Nancy Berman. Kicking off Christie’s highly anticipated Fall Photographs season, The American Landscape: Color Photographs from the Collection of [...]

Freedom Collection of Baseball Cards for Heritage Sports Auction

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

A private collector with a concentration in rare and pristine Hall of Fame baseball cards has chosen Heritage Auction Galleries’ Oct. 1 Signature® Sports Auction to present 40 of the rarest and most valuable specimens to the collecting hobby.
“It absolutely ranks among the finest private collections of high-end cards in the world,” said Chris Ivy, [...]

Heritage Long Beach Currency Auction

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

One of the largest offerings of Continental currency and Colonial paper money to be auctioned off in decades will highlight the Official Currency Auction of the September 2009 Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo conducted by Heritage-Currency Auctions of America, Sept. 9-13, at the Long Beach Convention Center, 100 S. Pine Avenue, Long Beach, [...]

Jewelry Auction at The Venetian® in Las Vegas

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

International auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields, will hold its fall auction of Salon Jewelry on September 21, 2009 during the company’s first jewelry auction to be held at The Venetian in Las Vegas. The 400 lot sale will include a distinctive group of diamond, platinum, famous-maker, signed jewels and watches from the Clavius Collection of Fine [...]

New York Sale of Indian Art

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Sotheby’s fall sale of Indian Art will be held in New York on 17 September 2009. The auction will feature a range of paintings by some of the leading Modern and Contemporary Indian artists as well as an impressive selection of Indian Miniatures from the collection of Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. And Behind Me [...]

Japanese and Korean Art Auction

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Concluding Asian Art Week at Christie’s, the September 17 auction of Japanese and Korean Art will present over 150 lots offering exemplary pieces in the fields of paintings, ceramics, sculpture and works of art. The Japanese section of the sale will feature a collection of utensils for tea ceremony, Buddhist art, paintings of beauty and [...]