Bonhams Inaugural Offering of African and Oceanic Arts in New York City Marked by Exemplary Sales

AuctionPublicity.com – A standing-room-only crowd, as well as an international pool of telephone bidders, gathered on Tuesday, November 13th for Bonhams’ inaugural sale of African and Oceanic Art, held at the New York auction gallery located in the historic Fuller Building. The nearly 400-lot sale, featuring historical works and masterpieces of African, Melanesian and Polynesian … Read more

Bonhams to Hold the First Egyptian Revival Sale

AuctionPublicity.com – Bonhams, the international fine art auction house, will be holding ‘The Egyptian Revival Sale’ on 23rd January 2008, an auction of works of art inspired by Ancient Egypt, which will coincide with the Tutankhamun Exhibition at the O2 Dome. The event will include a short talk by Lord and Lady Carnarvon. Lord Carnarvon … Read more

Formerly Top Secret German Rocketry Papers Highlight Books & Manuscripts Sale at Bonhams New York

Incredible historic documents of interest to private collectors and institutional curators come to auction in New York City on Tuesday, December 4, 2007 – including a German ‘Top Secret’ rocketry document, a scarce copy of the 1776 Declaration of Independence, rare signed papers of US Presidents and the document announcing the establishment of the State … Read more

Customers Take Advantage of Multiple Bidding Options at Unreserved Ritchie Bros. Auctions in Dubai, Olympia and Moerdijk

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE:RBA) (TSX:RBA), the world’s largest auctioneer of industrial equipment, conducted 11 unreserved auctions in eight countries last week, tying its company record for the most unreserved industrial auctions conducted in one week. Highlights included a US$28 million auction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (on November 26 & 27, 2007); a US$25 million … Read more