Matisse’s Mary Hutchinson drawing could sell for $4 million
A drawing of the writer and socialite Mary Hutchinson by Henri Matisse will sell with an estimate of £2m-3m ($2.6m-4m) at Sotheby’s on June 19. Hutchinson was a member of […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-06-04
WWI Cadbury chocolate tin to sell
A tin of WWI Cadbury chocolate will cross the block at Eddisons CJM auctioneers in Lincolnshire, UK on June 5 with an estimate of more than £2,000 ($2,676). The box […]
By Tom Meyrick
Albert Einstein’s handwritten manuscript offered at RR Auction
Albert Einstein’s handwritten manuscript for a paper he presented to the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin in 1922 will sell on June 13. It’s expected to make upwards […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-06-03
EH Shepard’s Hundred Acre Wood map to make $200,000?
EH Shepard’s original map of Hundred Acre Wood, home to bear and honey fan Winnie-the-Pooh, will star in an English literature auction at Sotheby’s London. This is the first time […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-05-31
Oliver Cromwell’s funeral escutcheon to sell
Bonhams is offering a silk escutcheon – or funeral standard – flown from Oliver Cromwell’s hearse during his funeral in 1658. The estimate for the lot stands at £8,000-12,000 ($10,664-15,997) […]
By Tom Meyrick
Original Star Wars Death Star panel to exceed $11,000?
A piece of the original Death Star from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is offered in an upcoming eBay auction hosted by Hollywood Memorabilia. Bidding on the present […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-05-30
Herge’s original Tintin artwork valued at close to $1 million
A single 12-panel page of Herge’s original Tintin artwork for Coke en Stoke (retitled The Red Sea Sharks for English readers) will star at Heritage Auctions in Dallas on June […]
By Tom Meyrick
Pioneering aviator Katherine Wright’s letters to sell at Christie’s
Christie’s is to auction a collection of letters from Katherine Wright, sister of flight pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright. The correspondence comprises 47 letters between Katherine and her close friend […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-05-29
Picassos’s Femme dans un Fauteuil to sell on June 20
Pablo Picasso’s Femme dans un fauteuil (1942), a portrait of his muse Dora Maar, will cross the block at Christie’s London on June 20. There’s no estimate on the work, […]
2018-05-25
HMS Bounty cannon estimated at up to $668,000
Thomson Riddick will auction an original cannon from the HMS Bounty in its June 9 sale in Dumfries, Scotland. It’s valued at up to £500,000 ($667,670). This ship occupies a […]
2018-05-24
James Bond’s Goldeneye Aston Martin DB5 to star in Bonham’s Goodwood sale
Bonhams will offer a 1965 Aston Martin DB5 that appeared in popular James Bond movie Goldeneye (1995) in its Goodwood Festival of Speed sale on July 13. The annual auction […]
By Tom Meyrick
Enigma machine codebook to auction at Bonhams
A number of Enigma machines have come to auction over the past couple of years. Much rarer are the codebooks used to operate them. Bonhams’ June 12 Books and Manuscripts […]
2018-05-21
Native American etched battle scene to beat $50,000?
A battle scene etched onto a kettle plate by a Native American warrior is to star in a sale at Heritage Auctions. The lot is valued at upwards of $50,000, […]
Tribal arms offered at Bonhams LA on May 22
Bonhams will offer an extraordinary collection of tribal arms from Africa and the south Pacific in a May 22 sale in Los Angeles. Among the finest is a pole club […]
2018-05-17
1904 Olympic Gold medal expected to reach $200,000
Christie’s is to auction a 1904 Olympic gold medal awarded to George Louis Redlein of basketball side the Buffalo Germans. Valued at $100,000-200,000, it’s primed to become one of the […]
