Not many people can declare they held a job for nearly five decades, but the family of renowned Kennedy photographer, the late Robert Davidoff, can say with pride that Davidoff was the photographer for the Kennedy family in Palm Beach for almost 50 years. Davidoff’s family waited until four years after his death to […]
An important group of 14 paintings and sculptures from the personal collection of the late Mrs. Audrey Burton, O.B.E., will be sold to benefit the Audrey and Stanley Burton Charitable Trust at Christie’s 20th Century British Art sale on Thursday, 21 May 2009. Stanley Burton (1914-1991) was the eldest son of Sir Montague Burton (1885-1952), […]
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British Art from the Collection of the late Mrs. Audrey Burton, O.B.E. for Christies Auction
Quinn’s Auction Galleries of Falls Church, Va., will conduct its Great Estates in Washington auction series on April 15, 16 and 18, with each session focusing on a particular collecting specialty. Featured highlights include a small but highly select grouping of antiques and fine art from the estate of the late renowned TV correspondent Howard […]
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Quinn?s to Auction Howard K. Smith Confederate Collection
Bonhams will recall the glory days of motorcycle sidecar combinations with an offering of no fewer than three historic examples at the International Classic Motorcycle Show in Stafford on 26 April. The sidecars are: Eric Oliver’s 1949 Norton Manx/Watsonian, Harold Tozer’s 1949 BSA Gold Star Trials and Bert Greeves’ 1968 Greeves/Watsonian.
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Historic Motorcycle Sidecars For Sale At Bonhams
Two of the rarest chairs to ever come onto the market will go under the hammer at Bonhams & Goodman’s Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts Auction in Sydney on Monday 10 November.
Constructed entirely of whalebone, the chairs are the only known life-size examples of whalebone furniture. Bonhams & Goodman’s National Head of Decorative Arts, […]
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Whalebone Chairs for Sydney Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts Auction
