The Gerard collection of Chinese export silver comes for sale at Chiswick Auctions this autumn. The collection, inspired by the birthday gift of a tea caddy 20 years ago, represents an excellent cross-section of the forms, patterns, retailers, and makers of silver in the late Qing and early Republic period. It will be dispersed in over 125 lots with estimates ranging from £100 to £5000 on October 9th. Chinese silversmithing in the western manner has...
Leading international auction house Christie’s has entered into an agreement to buy automotive auction specialist Gooding & Company. The statement by Christie’s reads: “Tracing the synergies between the classic car and art markets has, in part, triggered the ignition for an equally exciting and natural move within Christie’s luxury sector. Today (September 13th), Christie’s is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Gooding & Company, the leading international auction house...
The highly anticipated 2024 Golden Vines Online Auction in partnership with Sotheby’s, renowned for its exceptional offerings in the world of fine wines, is set to commence on Sunday, October 6ht, 2024, at 9am BST running through to Sunday, October 27th, 2024, concluding at 23.59pm CET, inviting fine wine enthusiasts worldwide to participate. A distinguishing feature of this year’s auction is the exclusive collection of large formats (magnums, jeroboams and upwards) from the cellars of...
Achieving $1.5 billion in a single evening, Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection has become the biggest sale in auction history, setting a record for a single-session, single-owner sale. It trumped, for instance Sotheby’s $676.1m Macklowe collection evening sale in November 2021, and the 9th November sale was only Part 1 of the Visionary event. Fueled by record-breaking masterworks spanning 500 years of artistic innovation, the Paul G. Allen collection, amassed by the co-founder of...
Christie’s Geneva auctioned The Fortune Pink as part of its November 8th Magnificent Jewels sale, which takes place twice each year. The Fortune Pink – the largest vivid pink pear-shaped diamond ever to be sold at auction – had an estimate of CHF25-35m, but reached CHF28,436,500 (£25,353,336). The pink diamond was undoubtedly the star of the show, though it was sold alongside impressive pieces from Van Cleef and Arpels, Harry Winston, Bulgari, Graff and Cartier....
Christie’s auction house has partnered up with renowned French antiques dealer of 18th and 19th century furniture and sculpture, Benjamin Steinitz, in a first for classic art: all 58 lots offered in the live auction Provenance Revealed: Galerie Steinitz on 21st September in London will be registered and secured on the Blockchain through Artory, a world leader in art tech and the blockchain-secured registration of physical artworks and collectibles. Provenance Revealed: Galerie Steinitz presents a remarkable opportunity for collectors to acquire a wide variety of objects...
An Aston Martin DB5 owned by the late James Bond actor, Sir Sean Connery, has been sold for $2.2m (£1.9m) at an auction in California. The family of the legendary Scottish actor, who died in October 2020 at the age of 90, sold the 1964 classic car to raise money for the Sean Connery Philanthropy Fund. This commitment will continue the legacy of giving that Connery started in 1971 when he donated his entire $1,000,000...
The jacket worn by astronaut Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin on his first mission to the moon has sold for a record-breaking $2.77m (£2.3m), becoming the most valuable American space artifact ever sold at auction. The spaceflight jacket, sold by Sotheby’s in New York on Tuesday 26th July, was worn by Aldrin in the famous Apollo 11 mission in 1969 where he was alongside Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins. Key features of the jacket include Aldrin’s name...
Distillery Ardbeg Islay has donated £1 million to its local community for their “patience” following a world record sale of a “vanishingly rare” single malt cask to a mystery collector. Generations of distillery workers at Ardbeg Islay were acknowledged for their work in producing the 1975 cask of whisky which was sold at auction for £16 million – shattering the previous record of £1 million. A large amount of the Scotch distilled at the distillery...
Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) have announced an exclusive joint collaboration which will combine the rich legacies of the acclaimed auction house to the stars and the industry revered programming brand, to offer classic movie fans and memorabilia collectors a unique and dynamic destination like no other. “Julien’s Auctions and TCM Presents” will showcase some of the most iconic and fascinating objects ever used by Hollywood’s biggest stars and legends in the greatest films...
