Auction Blog

Cowan’s, an international leader in auctions of historical Americana and early photography, held a successful American History auction on December 9, 2009. Auction proceeds totaled $665,000, with 508 bidders from 6 countries vying for 400 lots.
Additionally, December’s American History auction was the department’s first sale with iCowans Bid Live available for bidders. Proceeds from iCowans […]

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Abraham Lincoln Funeral Photograph Album Auctions For $27,025

(New York, New York) — One of only three known surviving envelopes postmarked on the first day of Pony Express service in 1860 is among the historic Pony Express mail and postage stamps that will be offered in a public auction in New York City and online on December 5, 2009. The multi-million dollar […]

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Historic $2+ Million Pony Express Collection in NYC Auction

Ariotek was created in 2009 from the amalgamation of three very successful web based companies. All three companies have been privately owned and profitable since creation, the oldest of which started trading in early 2001.
Ariotek now host thousands of web sites, all of which are hosted on Ariotek’s state of the art servers housed […]

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Russian art continues to go from strength to strength as Bonhams Russian Art sale fetches an impressive £1.9 million. The eminent names on sale included Aivazovsky and Fabergé.
The top lot by Aivazovsky, whose career spanned almost the entire 19th century, named “The Morning Catch”, reached an outstanding £378,400 from an estimate of £150,000 to […]

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Bonhams Takes £1.9 Million at Russian Art Auction

On Sunday 6 December at 4pm, Bonhams & Goodman will be hosting the To Life 2009 Fine Art auction to raise much needed funds for the Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre in Elsternwick, Victoria.
Artists, collectors and dealers have generously donated over 60 artworks to be sold at auction with all proceeds going towards improving […]

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Bonhams & Goodman Fundraising Fine Art Auction