Auctions
The recent series of high-end vintage car auctions in Pebble Beach and Monterey California (August 17-20) garnered some spectacular prices for stand-out vehicles, echoing at times prices fetched for the likes of a Claude Monet waterlily or Gerhard Richter...
On the 19th of August, Australian auction house Mossgreen sold a collection of contemporary Australian and international art alongside contemporary designed furniture and furnishings from the collection of Peter Holmes a Court and Divonne Holmes a Court.The...
SALE: Christie's InteriorsLOCATION: Rockefeller Plaza, New YorkDATES: August 28-29, 2012ABOUT: The two-day Christie's Interiors sale offers an eclectic and fitfully affordable presentation of decorative arts pieces, with...
Automobile aficionados of the highest order will converge on the 18th fairway of the Pebble Beach Golf Links on August 19 for what is considered the Super Bowl of antique and vintage car events, the Concours d’Elegance, now in its 62nd year. As they do,...
SALE: The Scottish SaleLOCATION: Bonhams EdinburghDATE: August 20ABOUT: Bonhams takes its Scottish pride seriously, and as the market leader in Scottish art offers three sales dedicated to the northern nation’s best artists per year. This August’s sale is in...
Two weeks on from a successful Melbourne Art Fair and yet another sign of an art market on the mend emerged last night when Sotheby’s Australia held their Important Australian and International Art sale in Melbourne. An encouraging total of $6.3 million,...
To discover one Brett Whiteley painting that has never before been seen on the market would be a huge coup for any auction house. So when Sotheby’s Australia offer not one, but two fresh to the market Brett Whiteley paintings during their August 14...
SALE: Car Week in MontereyLOCATION: Gooding and Co. and RM Auctions in California DATE: August 17-19ABOUT: If you are the kind of person who doesn’t just lust after a Bentley, but wants a mint-condition 1931 Bentley 4 ½ Litre SC “Blower” Sports 2/3...
If you were looking for a glass of rare Dom Perignon, a lively atmosphere, and a chat with Don and Mera Rubell on Friday night in Aspen, there really was no other place to be than the annual ArtCrush gala. Eighty pieces of contemporary art were sold to...
SALE: California Western Paintings and SculptureLOCATION: Bonhams Los Angeles DATE: August 7, 6pmABOUT: There is a certain romanticism in California Western art, a celebration of nature over human civilization, and the art being auctioned at Bonhams...
