Heritage Auction Galleries is holding an auction next week of the The Larj Collection in Palm Beach: “Heritage Auction Galleries is proud to feature The Larj Collection in our upcoming Signature Auction, to be held March 2 & 3 at the Palm Beach Convention...
Dog Art Sets Multiple International Auction Records At Bonhams N.Y. Antiques and the Arts Online “NEW YORK CITY It was standing room only as Bonhams New York conducted the firm’s 24th annual Dog Sale on Valentine’s Day, February 14. The combined...
Faulkner Letter Fetches Nearly $18,000 CBS 2 / KCAL 9: Feb 19, 2006 “(CBS) HOLLYWOOD A letter written by William Faulkner complaining to his agent about being conned into a screenwriting contract with Warner Bros. sold for almost $18,000. The letter, estimated...
Picasso painting could fetch $50 million: Sotheby’s Yahoo! News By Scott Malone Thu Feb 16, 2006 “NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Pablo Picasso portrait of his mistress Dora Maar that has been in private hands for more than 40 years will be auctioned in New...
NZ stamp sets world record at Sotheby’s Stuff.co.nz: 16 February 2006 “A rare New Zealand stamp has sold for $185,000 at an auction in London, setting a world record. The 1855 London print one penny full-face Queen sold yesterday at Sotheby’s,...
‘Pond’ Photo Sells for 2.9M, Sets Record Yahoo! News By ELIZABETH LeSURE, Associated Press Writer Tue Feb 14, 2006 “NEW YORK – A photograph of a pond taken by Edward Steichen sold for more than $2.9 million on Tuesday, easily setting a world...
Rare Reagan Letter Being Auctioned CBS News WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2006 “(CBS) An unusual item written and signed by the late President Ronald Reagan has surfaced on the autograph market. Reagan wrote the note to a friend in February of 1998, about four years...
Acker sets 21st-century auction record decanter.com February 2, 2006 Howard G Goldberg in New York “New York auctioneer Acker Merrall & Condit has just completed a US$10.6m auction – the third-biggest in wine auction history. Acker generated...
SAW II Movie Auction Makes a Killing Wednesday February 8 Financial News – Yahoo! Finance Realizes $220,000 So Far as SAW II DVD Releases NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 8, 2006–One of the most successful auctions in horror-movie history rolls on...
Gauguin Semi-Nudes Lead $437 Million of London Auctions Bloomberg.com: Germany “Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) — Paul Gauguin’s “Deux Femmes,” depicting a duo of gold-skinned South Sea women in a mauve-walled room, will be the priciest — if not...