Hake’s Americana & Collectibles unit has sold the first Donald Duck model sheet, created for the Disney cartoon The Wise Little Hen in 1934, for a recording-breaking $75,000.
The 9.5” x12″ sheet of animation paper with four peg holes along bottom margin and two peg holes along top margin was completed in pencil in advance of […]
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Donald Duck Model Sheet Auctioned for $75,000
US firm Manitowoc has won the auction for Enodis, the Anglo-American kitchen equipment maker, with a £1.2bn bid after going head-to-head with Illinois Tool Works in a blind auction..
Manitowoc trumped its US rival with a 328p-a-share offer, a 136pc premium to Enodis’s share price before Manitowoc’s first agreed approach at 260p in April. After debt, […]
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Mastro Auctions, Sports and Americana auction house, has announced that it will bring its second Live Sports Auction to the Second City on Friday, August 1st at 8:30 p.m. at the ESPN Zone in Chicago. The historic auction will include more than 90 items of the world’s most coveted pieces of current and vintage sports […]
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Chicago Live Sports Auction
Bonhams, held its first ever Canadian sale on Thursday 19 June 2008, in Toronto. Collectors eager to snap up paintings by some of the country’s most revered artists ensured that the sale was a roaring success, with over 91% of the items selling by value – bringing a final auction total of CAD$1,705,938.
Bonhams has had a presence in Canada for a number of years now sourcing art and antiques to sell internationally. Recently it acquired new premises in Toronto and decided to hold its first Canadian Sale in the city.
The sale, held in St Lawrence Hall, was witnessed by crowds of bidders hoping to secure one of the 252 Lots of Canadian and European Art.
President of Bonhams Canada, Jack Kerr-Wilson, said: “I’m extremely pleased with the results of our inaugural Canadian auction. This is the first of a series of sales Bonhams will be holding in Canada.”
Top price of the night was CAD$252,000 for a rare and important watercolour by Peter Rindisbacher, who died at the tender age of 28. This was a Canadian auction record for a work by the artist. A Dog Cariole only used in winter by Canadian Indians was one of three watercolours by the artist in the sale and it had been expected to fetch just CAD$80,000-120,000.
Second highest price was CAD$228,000 for an painting by Jean-Paul Riopelle (Canada, 1923-2002), a member of Montreal’s famous art group Les Automatistes. Le chant de l’alouette, a fantastic example of Riopelle’s use of bold colour, condensed space and expressional movement, also far exceeded pre-sale expectations by over CAD$103,000. The painting was a gift from Dr Fuller, Director of the Seattle Museum of Art to his butler of 20 years, Mr Les Halmshaw – the vendor. Mr Halmshaw arranged amazing parties for his boss, where the guests would include members of the Rockefeller family and movie stars.
Other top lots included:
Peter Rindischbacher
Blackfoot hunting in snow shoes
pen, ink and watercolour over pencil on wove paper
Sold for CAD$132,000
Jean-Paul Riopelle, RCA
Câ-âh
oil on canvas
Sold for CAD$114,000
Jean-Paul Lemieux
L’Isle aux Coudres
oil on canvas
Sold for CAD$108,000
Full results are available at www.bonhams.com and further information about Bonhams Canada can be found at www.bonhams.com/canada
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Bonhams First Canadian Auction Results
A star-studded line up of Entertainment Memorabilia including Animation Art was offered and sold at a Bonhams & Butterfields auction on June 16th in Los Angeles.
The top lot of the sale was an original painting of album art for Jefferson Airplane’s 1967 album After Bathing at Baxter’s. The work was created by artist Ron Cobb, […]
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Hollywood Memorabilia and Rock & Roll Auction
