Royal Art to be Auctioned for Penny Brohn Cancer Care Charity

Penny Brohn Cancer Care will auction an artist’s proof of a watercolour painting by The Prince of Wales during an exhibition scheduled for October 3-5th, 2008, along with works by other artists. The exhibition will take place at the new Penny Brohn Cancer Care facility in Pill, just outside of Bristol. Penny Brohn Cancer Care, … Read more

Pop art comes to Swindon

Swindon is about to get its taste of “affordable art” as Swindon’s local auctioneers, Kidson-Trigg at Highworth, are holding an unusual auction on Tuesday. This 300 lot picture auction is a dispersal sale of C20th, Traditional, Modern and Contemporary Art from Jarvis Hotels Ltd. […] There is an opportunity to view the sale this Sunday … Read more

Picasso’s Sylvette smashes auction record

Pablo Picasso’s Sylvette has become the most expensive painting ever sold at auction in Australia. The brightly coloured portrait sold for $6.9 million at an auction in Sydney. Kensington’s Deutscher-Menzies Gallery had estimated the work would go for between $5 million and $7 million. The previous record for a work sold at auction in Australia … Read more

Bankrupt Art Dealer Salander’s Father-in-Law Loses Bid to Halt Auction

June 5 (Bloomberg) — A high-profile liquidation of English furniture from bankrupt Salander-O’Reilly Galleries LLC remains scheduled for June 7, after an objection to the sale by Lawrence Salander’s father-in-law was rejected by a judge. The auction at Stair Galleries in Hudson, New York, is the biggest to date from the remains of Salander-O’Reilly. The … Read more