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New joiners at Woolley & Wallis and the Appraisers Association of America - the latest Movers and Shakers
27 June 2019A selection of appointments across the art and antiques market including in Woolley & Wallis’ pictures department.
Activist investor Loeb kicked off the push for change at Sotheby's
24 June 2019The offer price from Patrick Drahi represents a premium of 61% to Sotheby’s closing price on June 14 and a 56.3% premium to the company’s 30-day average share price.
Going, going, private… Sotheby’s could compete on level terms with Christie’s – once it quits stock exchange
24 June 2019Art market insiders are expecting a dramatic change in the dynamic at the top end of the sector if a remarkable $3.7bn bid to buy Sotheby’s completes this year.
Stanley Gibbons Group says Mallett claim now resolved
24 June 2019Stamp and coin dealership Stanley Gibbons Group is due to receive £850,000 to resolve “all outstanding claims involving certain former directors of Mallett”, it announced on June 14.
Origin of Species takes record result in US sale
24 June 2019Uncut and partially unopened, a truly exceptional presentation copy of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species… sold for a record $400,000 (£316,353) in a recent US sale.
‘First flag on Omaha Beach’ sold in the US
24 June 2019The first American flag believed to have been planted on Omaha Beach in northern France on D-Day proved to be the top lot in Heritage’s (25% buyer’s premium) Arms & Armor, Civil War & Militaria Auction on June 9.
Historic US flags including a Civil War black regimental banner star at auction
19 June 2019Two historic US flags, one a black regimental banner from the Civil War and the other from the D-Day invasions, were knocked down for six-figure sums last week.
Record-breaking Martin Brothers grinning crab barred from export
18 June 2019A ‘colossal and extraordinary grotesque grinning crab’ by the Martin Brothers that sold at auction last year has been temporarily barred from export from the UK.
Leonard Cohen's love letters to muse Marianne sell for five times estimate at Christie’s auction
17 June 2019Letters from Canadian poet, singer-songwriter and novelist Leonard Cohen to his muse Marianne Ihlen have sold for a total $700,800 ($876,000 including buyer’s premium).
Pick of the week: Early draft of colonial American map impresses at New York auction
17 June 2019A pre-press version of a key map of colonial America emerged for sale at Swann Auction Galleries in New York on June 6. Carrying an estimate of $30,000-50,000, it sold at $100,000/£76,900 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) – a sum that reflected its extraordinary provenance.
Signed photo is a Curie curiosity
17 June 2019Bid to a much higher than expected $23,000 (£17,970) in a Massachusetts auction was the signed photograph of Marie Curie shown here.
Early Golf magazine sells a fair way above guides
17 June 2019Early magazine runs brought some unexpectedly high prices in the latest of the regular golfing literature sales held by a Californian saleroom.
An Egyptian expedition in Los Angeles
17 June 2019A set of the monumental 'Description de l’Égypte…' in its specially made case was sold last month in a US sale.
First original cover art of Tintin sells at US auction for more than $1m
11 June 2019The very first original cover art featuring comic character Tintin has sold at auction in the US for a premium inclusive $1.125m.
US auctioneer Hindman to launch buy-it-now option as it seeks to be ‘America's premier mid-market auction house’
10 June 2019Chicago-headquartered US auctioneer Hindman, formerly Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, has an ambitious agenda that goes beyond its recent rebrand.
Art Nouveau dragon vase emerges in Denver
10 June 2019The fine and decorative arts sale to be held by Morphy Auctions in Denver, Pennsylvania, on June 18-19 includes a selection of ceramics from the Amphora factory set up in what is now the Czech Republic.
Elkington silver offered in New Orleans
10 June 2019A mixed-discipline summer estates sale to be held by Neal Auction Company in New Orleans on June 22-23 will include this pair of 70oz, silver-gilt Edwardian figural tazzae by Elkington & Co marked for Birmingham 1907 with removable glass bowls.
British Waterloo Medal offered at New York sale
10 June 2019Included in Weiss Auctions’ sale in Lynbrook, New York, on June 26 is this British Waterloo Medal for Henry Gronemann, who was in the 5th Line Battalion of the King’s German Legion.
CEO of US saleroom Hindman on the Chicago-based firm's ambitious agenda
10 June 2019Chicago-headquartered US saleroom Hindman, formerly Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, has an ambitious agenda that goes beyond its recent rebrand, as its CEO Thomas Galbraith tells ATG.
Franz Bergman bronze figure features in British Columbia sale
10 June 2019This Franz Bergman cold-painted bronze figure will feature in Maynards’ June 26 sale to be held in Richmond, British Columbia.
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