HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM ULYSSES S. GRANT TO ROBERT E. LEE, DATED APRIL 10, 1865, TO BE SOLD BY GALLERY 63 IN ATLANTA, AUGUST 4th and 5th (Atlanta, Ga.) – A letter handwritten by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to Gen. Robert E. Lee on April 10, 1865, discussing terms of...
Joe DiMaggio’s diaries are up for sale Yahoo! News By PAT MILTON, Associated Press Writer Mon July 16, 2007 “NEW YORK …a 2,000-page, 29-volume collection of the New York Yankees icon’s diaries, meticulously handwritten between 1982 and 1993,...
Monet’s Moody Masterpiece Forbes.com Nina P. West, Artfact.com 06.26.07 “A London bridge built up of oil paint and canvas recently helped Christie’s set a new auction record. On June 18, the classic Claude Monet painting, “Waterloo Bridge,...
A fine art: warning shot fired as investors buy up modern masters The Business – Global Business News Online By : Abigail Townsend 27/06/2007 “THE one thing you know about asset classes is that they go up and down – and art is no different.” Wise...
Former bad-boy U.K. artist Hirst nets new record at auction CBC.ca Arts June 22, 2007 “Controversial British artist Damien Hirst has grabbed headlines once again, this time as one of his trademark medicine cabinets has broken the auction sales record for a...
World’s oldest running car to be auctioned By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNNMoney.com staff writer June 27 2007 “NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — A steam-powered car, billed as the oldest car in the world that still runs, will be sold in a Pebble Beach, Calif.,...
PHILIP WEISS AUCTIONS TOPS THE $1 MILLION MARK AT TWO-DAY, THREE-SESSION SALE HELD JUNE 9-10 (Oceanside, N.Y.) – Philip Weiss Auctions topped the $1 million mark in a two-day, three-session multi-estate sale held the weekend of June 9-10. Top lots included six...
Heritage Auctions will be holding a major auction of Civil War Memorabilia next week on Sunday, June 24, 2007, and Monday, June 25, 2007. The auction contains so much Civil War Memorabilia that Heritage has done three catalogs for the event. Some of the highlights:...
The recent issue of Scoop from Diamond Galleries for June 15, 2007, had more than a few highlights of recent auction sales of collectibles: Barks Art Sets Bonhams’ Record “Carl Bark’s Moneybin series painting “Hands Off My Playthings”...
Napoleon’s sword sold for $6.4 million Yahoo! News Sun Jun 10, 2007 “FONTAINEBLEAU, France – A gold-encrusted sword Napoleon wore into battle in Italy 200 years ago was sold Sunday for more than $6.4 million, an auction house said. The last of...