Archive for March, 2008

Massive Moorcroft at Charterhouse April Auction

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

A Moorcroft vase, one of the largest ones ever made by this very popular factory is going under the Charterhouse hammer in their Decorative Arts auction on Friday 18th April at The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne. England.
Saleroom staff member David Sims with the massive Moorcroft vase in the Charterhouse auction on Friday 18th April £600-1,000
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Shetland Seafood Auctions wins work experience award

Friday, March 28th, 2008

SHETLAND Seafood Auctions has won the National Council for Work Experience’s (NCWE) overall Award for Best Work Experience Provider at the NCWE’s fifth annual Awards, held at the Café Royal, London.
This year’s award-winning organisations come from a diverse background and a range of sizes and industry sectors from all over the UK. Finalists include some […]

Dinky toy makes £19,975 at Vectis auctioneers

Friday, March 28th, 2008

A dinky toy was under lock and key yesterday after being sold for a world record £19,975.
The red and green delivery van is emblazoned with the name W E Boyce - a cycle shop in Highgate, North London.
It cost less than two shillings when first produced in the 30s.
The van, believed to be the only […]

British Grand Prix F1 car auctioned for £165,400

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

The car that David Coulthard raced in last year’s British Grand Prix has been sold for £165,400 in a charity auction.
Red Bull’s RB3 featured thousands of photographs of fans who had paid for an image of their face to be put on the car’s bodywork.
The eBay auction ended on Sunday night and the money raised, […]

A Museum-Worthy Masterpiece Selected By The Artist For The Paris Salon Of 1890 In Bonhams Next Sale Of Greek Art

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Bonhams sale of Greek art on 20 May in New Bond Street includes the painting by Théodore Jacques Ralli (1852-1909)`Praying before the communion at Megara’ which is estimated to make £250,000-400,000.
This exquisite picture, exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1890, is a museum-worthy masterpiece and was selected by Ralli to represent him at the […]

Bloomsbury 20th Century Prints Sale

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Stock markets were tumbling but somehow Bloomsbury managed to pull off a good, solid sale of 20th Century Prints. It was interesting to see the more decorative, ‘easy on the eye’ prints faring particularly well and Banksy still proved to be on the crest of his wave.
All the Terry Frost and Victor Pasmore prints sold […]

Heritage to Auction Treasures from the Stanley Kramer Estate

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Dallas, TX - In their upcoming Music and Entertainment Signature auction, to be held April 5, 2008 in Dallas, Texas, Heritage Auction Galleries will offer personal memorabilia, awards, documents, and more from the estate of movie icon Stanley Kramer, Hollywood’s first independent director and producer whose socially charged filmmaking moved generations. As Al Gore noted, […]