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FIRST NEW YORK SPIRITS AUCTION SINCE PROHIBITION A GRAND SUCCESS AT CHRISTIE’S

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$304,800 Total Far Exceeds Pre-Sale Expectations $54,000 Bottle of the 1926 Macallan Becomes Most Expensive Bottle of Scotch Ever Sold at Christie’s NEW YORK, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On Saturday December 8 Christie’s conducted the first auction of spirits to be held in New York since Prohibition. A large crowd gathered in the Christie’s saleroom … Read more

Orson Welles’ Oscar Goes on the Block Today (NPR)

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Today, Sotheby’s is auctioning off Orson Welles’ Oscar statuette that he won in 1941 for writing Citizen Kane. Host Steve Inskeep talks to Margaret Barrett, Hollywood memorabilia expert, about the market for buying and selling Oscars.Read full story

Royal Family’s Gold Box Brought to Australia by a King’s Mistress

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SELLS AT FINE JEWELLERY AUCTION FOR $234,000 On Monday 3 December, at an auction of fine jewellery in Sydney, Bonhams & Goodman sold an important 19th century gold box, with original ownership attributed to King Ludwig I of Bavaria for AUD$234,000. With a pre-auction estimate of $24,000-30,000 auction attendees were aghast when it eventually sold … Read more

PAIR OF FARMYARD PAINTINGS BY NOTED BRITISH ARTIST JOHN HERRING, JR. (1820-1907), GAVEL FOR $31,050 AT SALE HELD DEC. 1 BY LELAND LITTLE AUCTION

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(Hillsborough, N.C.) – A pair of oil-on-canvas renderings of farmyard scenes, showing horses, ducks, chickens and other animals in a farm setting by the noted British artist John Herring, Jr. (1820-1907), sold for $31,050 at a quarterly cataloged auction held December 1 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. The auction was held at … Read more