Bonhams & Goodman Top Results at Auctions in 2008

Bonhams & Goodman completed a record year in 2008. Some of the highlights included:
Fine Art
John Russell (1858-1930)
Belle Ile en Mer 1904
from the Julian & Miriam Sterling Collection
oil on canvas
60 x 73cm
SOLD $1,560,000
Frederick McCubbin (1855-1917)
Summer Morning, Kew 1890
oil on canvas
107 x 53 cm
SOLD $780,000
Decorative Arts
The Burke & Wills/King Medal in the form of a brass […]

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The Pen is Mightier than the Sword at Charterhouse Auction

An unusually large glass inkwell is just one of a number of silver lots in the Charterhouse auction of silver, jewellery, watches and antiques with a selection of wine on Friday 27th March.
“It is just the sort of excess which a Victorian or Edwardian gentleman would have had on his desk to deal with his […]

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Kaminski Winter Estates Auction

Kaminski Auctions, one of Massachusetts’ premier antiques and fine art auction houses, announces its Winter Estates Auction. Highlighting a wide selection of antiques, fine art and collectibles is a large collection of clocks and watches from the estate of the late Wakefield, MA resident and NAWCC member Robert P. King. The auction takes place Saturday […]

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Shannons Sydney Classic Vehicle Auction

An eclectic mix of classic vehicles from a sleek Ferrari coupe to a chunky Dennis Fire Truck has been assembled for Shannons Sydney Classic auction on February 9.
A gym-load of iconic Australian Muscle cars, a number of British and European sporting and luxury cars and a collection of black and white NSW number plates, garage […]

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ROSEWOOD ROCOCO CENTER TABLE (CIRCA 1855), ATTRIBUTED TO J. & J.W. MEEKS, SOARS TO $11,000 AT ESTATE SALE HELD JAN. 10 BY STEVENS AUCTION COMPANY

(Aberdeen, Miss.) – A stunning rosewood rococo center table, made around 1850 and attributed to J. & J.W. Meeks, soared to $11,000 at a multi-estate sale held Jan. 10 by Stevens Auction Co. It was the top earner of the 500 or so lots that changed hands. Five estates from prominent old families in the […]

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