Category: Auction house

AlBahie held its second edition of the fine jewelry and handbag auction series on Wednesday at AlBahie’s main auction hall in Katara – the cultural village. Described as one of the most anticipated luxury events in Doha, the auction offered 66 lots, including some of the most luxurious brands and sought-after handbags, as well as […]

“Honestly, the first thing I felt was a huge sense of relief,” says Dadiba Pundole. He refers to those brief, hushed moments at his auction house, Pundole’s, on the evening of February 24, just after an untitled 1969 summary of VS Gaitonde was recovered ₹42 crores at the Glenbarra: A Lasting Legacy sale. The painting […]

Sometimes people collect art because they love a particular medium or subject, or because it has sentimental value. But they may not realize the monetary value it could also hold. This is where Cowley Abbott comes in. The fine art auction house was founded in 2013 in Toronto, and Montrealer Katherine Meredith joined the team […]

Webb’s, a Kiwi auction house, has given strange advice to the winners of the glass plate portraits. In fact, the sale by the New Zealand-based auction house included ownership of the NFTs as well as original plates. The interesting part is that each portrait comes with a small brass hammer. A print of a portrait […]

An art gallery in New Zealand reportedly offered bizarre advice to the winners of two glass plate portraits. The sale included ownership of the non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of each photo, as well as the original nameplates – but a small brass gavel was also included with each. Could this be a risky move by the […]

Prime auction house Phillips announced this morning that it will donate all net proceeds from its March 3 evening sale in London to the Ukrainian Red Cross, Artnet News reports. The 20th Century and Contemporary Art auction brought in £5.8 million ($7.7 million). Phillips had expected a much higher total of $32.5 million to $47 […]

Phillips, who announced this morning, March 3, that she would be donating the entire net proceeds of her 20th Century and Contemporary Art auction in London to the Ukrainian Red Cross, raised £5.8 million ($7.7 million) for the organization. Prior to the event, the auction house had estimated that the 41 lots in the sale […]

Asian art collectors had a successful day at an auction house in Billinghurst. Bellman’s Asian Art auction saw a pair of blue and white Chinese bowls sold for £20,000. Register to our daily newsletter SussexWorld Today The newsletter mute the noise Bellman’s Asian Art auction saw a pair of blue and white Chinese bowls sold […]

Stockport auction house Simon Charles has listed masses of high-end designer goods at up to 90% off retail price. The auctioneers, who have been in operation for more than 70 years, will auction products such as Gucci, Christian Dior and Balenciaga. The company often holds high-end auctions where buyers can strike a very high-end deal. […]

Jon White and Steve Bucknell in front of the auction house site. Laura Chester March 02, 2022 RWB Auctions A planned new auction house in Royal Wootton Bassett has obtained planning permission to convert a former high street supermarket into an auction house […]

Photo: Marc Ralston (Getty Images) Carvana just got a whole lot bigger. The online used-car market just bought an entire auction house for $2.2 billion in cash, according to an announcement on the Company Website. They bought physical wholesale auction subsidiary ADESA US from KAR Global. It is intended to give Carvana another source of […]

Reilly’s Antiques in Curryhills, Prosperous, will welcome their customers back this Saturday 26th February for their first auction of 2022. The sale, starting at noon, will feature antique furniture, artwork and collectibles. Over 420 quality lots, including 19C gilt trumeau mirrors, Killarney accent pieces, 19C walnut credenza, 19C two-door trumeau, Victorian grandfather clock , a […]

The Lindsay Burns auction house celebrated its 40th anniversary Calendar An icon of a desktop calendar. to cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across it. Caret A right-pointing solid arrow icon. E-mail An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of Facebook’s “f” mark. google An icon of Google’s “G” […]

Auction House London has announced that it has sold the most lots in a single sale in over a year, at its recent auction this month, on Thursday February 10, 2022. According to the auctioneers, a record 1,339 bidders were registered to take part in the live sale which […]

A tasteless collection of Nazi memorabilia has been sold at an auction house in WA, sparking outrage. Fake Nazi badges and a replica Nazi pistol are some of the items recently sold at an auction house in Albany, Western Australia. The local business, Snowball Auctions Albany, sold the items on Friday the 11th on behalf […]

February 17, 2022 New Zealand auction house Webb’s encouraged buyers of two historic glass plate negatives – which were also included in the auction as digital assets, NFTs – to ‘crush’ the original plates to “make it permanently digital”. A print by New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldie, likely captured by Rupert Farnall Studios around […]

Published: 4:44 PM February 10, 2022 Update: 17:29 February 10, 2022 The East Anglia auction house held its first auction of the year on Wednesday February 9, selling 42 lots out of 47, yielding an 89% win rate and raising over £7million. “We are delighted with the results of our first auction of the year,” […]

On Tuesday, British-founded American multinational luxury auction company Sotheby’s, headquartered in New York, announced that the auction house plans to auction off a lot of 104 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) Cryptopunks. The batch of 104 NFTs is expected to fetch around $20-30 million in US dollars, according to Sotheby’s. “Punk It!” of Sotheby’s Auction to sell […]

In 1989, the Todywalla family held a numismatic auction at a conference in Nagpur, which marked the start of their pioneering work in this category. More than three decades later, Todywalla Auctions is making its debut in the Indian art category, with a live auction scheduled for February 25. The Classic Indian Art sale comprises […]

Rupert Farnall Studios’ “Charles Frederick Goldie at His Easel” (c. 1910-1920), one of two photos sold by New Zealand auction house Webb’s as NFT (via Wikimedia Commons) A New Zealand auction house has sold two glass plate negatives as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and encouraged buyers to destroy the originals. Webb’s, headquartered in Auckland, is listed […]

An eclectic consignment house with furniture, mattresses, art, jazz music, fashion wine, auctions and other events comes to the iconic Sears Building in La Cumbre Plaza. Glenn Novack, owner of Move Miss Daisy in Goleta, and a business partner signed a 10-year lease to take over the 17,000 square foot first floor. Sears closed in […]

There are two original glass plate negatives of a photo by artist Charles Goldie, but Webb’s auction house doesn’t sell them – they sell each photo’s NFT, a unique digital code. “But here’s the interesting thing, if you buy the NFT, you get the plate with it,” said Webb’s auction house art manager Charles Ninow. […]

The UK’s biggest property auctioneer says there is now clear evidence of the impact the global coronavirus pandemic has had on the auction market, as the group sees an all-time high for the annual amount of money he raised, as well as a dramatic shift in his website demographics. The auction house’s own figures indicate […]

There is now clear evidence of the pandemic’s impact on the auction market, according to Auction House, as the group sees an all-time high for the annual amount of money it has raised. Figures from the property auctioneer indicate that compared to all of pre-Covid 2019, money raised in 2021 jumped by more than a […]

An auction house rises from the ashes nearly five years after a devastating fire to host the first sale in its new premises. Iain M. Smith Auctioneers located at Perth Airport was destroyed in a fire in March 2018 and the business was forced to relocate to a temporary site. Despite the onset of the […]

Part of the Sloane Street Auctions team. Laura Chester Jan 20, 2022 Sloane Street Auctions Some of the lots from the upcoming sale on February 24 at Sloane Street Auctions. Fine art dealer Daniel Hunt has started an auction business located opposite his former Sloane Street dealer in London. Hunt, who has been a dealer […]

Philatelic Foreword by Jay Bigalke As buyer’s premiums increase at auction houses – not just in the stamp world – I wonder if there might be different ideas out there. Many philatelic auction houses charge a 20% buyer’s premium, and some offer a small percentage off if payment is received promptly. But last week, a […]

Bonhams has acquired Bukowskis, a leading auction house in Scandinavia, as it seeks to further strengthen the London-based auctioneer’s presence in continental Europe. The acquisition, negotiated for an undisclosed sum, is part of Bonhams’ ambitious expansion in Europe seen over the past 10 months. In April last year, Bonhams acquired The Market, an online auction […]

Bonhams has acquired Bukowskis, a leading auction house in Scandinavia, as it seeks to further strengthen the London-based auctioneer’s presence in continental Europe. The acquisition, negotiated for an undisclosed sum, is part of Bonhams’ ambitious expansion in Europe seen over the past 10 months. In April last year, Bonhams acquired The Market, an online auction […]

The morality of a Bedford auction house has been called into question after free NHS lateral flow tests were discovered for wholesale on their website. W&H Peacocks on Wallis Way, Bedford have three lots of PCR and lateral flow tests up for auction tomorrow (January 1). The photographs clearly show more than 100 boxes in […]

The manager of the New York auction house who planned to sell the key to Nelson Mandela’s prison cell next month told Page Six he may have found a solution to return the key to South Africa. But he added that despite South Africa’s objections to the auction as a whole, “the sale is happening”. […]

Many Lakeway area residents stepped up over the holidays to ensure those less fortunate had a Christmas to remember. Four-year-old Trenton England donated three boxes of toys to Panther Creek Auction and Variety Store as a down payment to Morristown-Hamblen Central Services for this year’s Citizen Tribune Holiday Hope Fund. Trenton’s mother Brittany encouraged him […]

As one of the the best racing games ever, it’s no secret Forza Horizon 5 has a huge collection of amazing cars to unlock, sell and buy. But, while credits to buy valuable races at the Auto Show may seem like the smartest route to adding valuable goods to your garage, true Forza aficionados know […]

The Phillips New York auction sales space in December with auction on Lot 1T, the Patek … [+] Nautilus Philippe Tiffany watch blue dial. Phillips in association with Bats & Russo, c: Jean Bourbon Just a few weeks ago, Phillips, in association with the Bacs and Russo auction house, held his auction in New York […]

Sotheby’s said in a statement it has already auctioned $ 6 billion this year. Dave Rushen / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Imag Sotheby’s auction house said on Wednesday it had recorded record annual sales of $ 7.3 billion in 2021 as the art market rebounded from the pandemic. Sotheby’s said in a statement […]

The auctioneers, Auction House London, have announced that they have sold their largest number of properties in a single auction this month on Wednesday, December 8 – its last sale of 2021. Andrew Binstock, auctioneer and director of Auction House London, says: “It was an epic sale and our strongest auction since the start of […]

“The world is looking east,” says Stephen Brooks, CEO of Phillips. “We strongly believe in Asia for the long term and we want to be part of it and are is already part of that. The auction house, which focuses on 20th and 21st century art and design, watches and jewelry, has just signed an […]

Carey Mulligan at the 93rd Annual Academy Awards. Photo: Matt Sayles / AMPAS via Getty Images These are the stories that make the fashion headlines Wednesday. The return of the red carpet This year marked the red carpet’s triumphant return after a year of watching celebrities accept awards in sweatpants. Now, drawn from the comforts […]

Plus, digestive health gets beauty treatment. Carey Mulligan at the 93rd Annual Academy Awards. Photo: Matt Sayles / AMPAS via Getty Images These are the stories that make the fashion headlines Wednesday. The return of the red carpet This year marked the red carpet’s triumphant return after a year of watching celebrities accept awards in […]

Doha: AlBahie’s first luxury watch auction will take place on Wednesday December 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the AlBahie Main Auction House at the Cultural Village Foundation Katara, Building 22C. With 60 lots on offer including some of the most important brands and models sought after by the watch collecting community, this auction is set […]

Burglars have targeted a Macclesfield auction house owned by a famous auctioneer. Three people wearing balaclavas entered the auction house of famous auctioneer Adam Partridge on Withyfold Drive in the early hours of Tuesday, November 16. The thieves broke in between 1:30 and 2:30 a.m., stealing “high value” antiques from his Macclesfield site. To read […]

The Diane and Arthur Abbey Collection of Japanese Bamboo Baskets at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Courtesy of Diane and Arthur Abbey) Continuing their series of lively and thought-provoking webinars, Asia Week in New York is pleased to present One Step Ahead: Collecting Contemporary Asian Art, a webinar on Thursday, December 2 at 5:00 p.m. […]

Dutch online auction house Tuberculosis Auctions, market leader in Europe, acquires its Belgian counterpart Vavato. The transaction is partly in cash and partly in shares. 440 million euros Vavato was founded in 2015 by Flemish entrepreneurs Kevin Van de Vyver, Pieterjan Van Emelen and Fons Tooten. They have launched an online auction platform to sell […]

Forza Horizon 5 has a lot of cars to collect. 504 cars at launch, to be precise. Do you know how long it will take to buy all of this? This is a real question because we can hardly imagine it. Fortunately, if you want to buy cheaper vehicles – something to give, maybe – […]

On Wednesday, the world’s largest collector car auction house by total sales, RM Sotheby’s, announced that the company will accept cryptocurrency payments through Bitpay. The company’s upcoming Guikas Collection sale on November 19 will be RM Sotheby’s first auction to accept digital currency payments for collectible automobiles. RM Sotheby’s announces support for crypto payments via […]

The highlight of the auction was a painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat that sold for $ 40 million New York (AFP) – Christie’s first in-person auction in New York since the start of the pandemic grossed more than $ 200 million on Tuesday night, with paintings by Basquiat and Banksy slammed under the hammer. A sign […]