Pictures At Exhibitions - Clarke’s Sixth Fine Art Auction

Clarke’s Sixth Fine Art Auction of May 4, 2009, one week from today, will feature 300 lots of paintings, sculpture, signed prints, artist books, and antique frames.
The Rare
Rare works include the second John Beigel to appear at auction in the past 150 years; a John Henry Foley 1849 Famine sculpture found in a Larchmont […]

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Atkinson Grimshaw Painting Makes £240,000 at Bonhams in London

Bonhams sold one of Atkinson Grimshaw’s finest paintings, a view of Headingley in Leeds, on 22nd April in a sale of 19th Century Paintings and Drawings at their Bond Street salerooms. The picture, `Autumn Afterglow’, was estimated to sell for £120,000 to £180,000 but outstripped that to make £240,000.
John Atkinson Grimshaw is perhaps Leeds’s […]

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1935 Bentley for Bristol Classic Car Show Auction

A rare 1935 Bentley, one of only 2422 made between 1933-39, is going under the Charterhouse hammer in their sale of classic cars, motorbikes and automobilia at The Bristol Classic Car Show at Shepton Mallet on Sunday 3rd May.
“This Bentley offers a rare opportunity for a collector or enthusiast to own a fabulous car with […]

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Cunard Line Sponsors Stars For A Cause Charity Auction

Stars For A Cause, a uniquely creative charity auction campaign, is set to showcase its collection of custom-made, hand-crafted jewellery and fashion accessories designed by a who’s-who list of Hollywood celebrities and worn on the red carpet by the likes of Goldie Hawn and William Shatner, among others. A preview of the collection begins an […]

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Takashi Murakami’s Jellyfish Eyes to Highlight Modern, Contemporary and Latin American Art Auction

Bonhams & Butterfields will hold its spring auction of Modern, Contemporary and Latin American Art on May 4, 2009 in Los Angeles. The 170-lot sale, simulcast to the firm’s San Francisco gallery, should attract strong collector interest for its high quality and reasonably priced works by well-known artists. Highlights from the well rounded selection will […]

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