Auction News

Bonhams kicks off on Monday, followed by Christie's , Sotheby's and Phillips de Pury .

Good afternoon and thank you for joining us to discuss Collectors Universe's financial results for the second quarter ended December 31st, 2011.

Sotheby's International Realty just lowered the price of this never-before-lived-in house at 640 Island Drive to $13.75 million.

The auctioneer rattled off prices and artists' names with breathtaking speed, punctuating every sale with the announcement "Saa ... saa ... saa -- TIM!" meaning sold in English.

It's the time of year when hammers are poised at the world's major auction houses and the strength of the art market for the coming year is tested.

When the venerable PBS appraisal show airs the three hours shot in Pittsburgh beginning Monday, one of the locals who made the cut was Robert, a retired schoolteacher from the Mon Valley.

"Vue de l'Asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy" by Vincent van Gogh. The 1889 painting was part of the collection of Elizabeth Taylor.

Collectors Universe, Inc. , a leading provider of value-added authentication and grading services to dealers and collectors of high-value collectibles, will release second quarter 2012 financial results on Thursday, February 9, 2012 after market close.

Sotheby's London sale of Musical Instruments on Tuesday, 6 March, 2012 will offer a violin by Nicolo Amati, one of the greatest names in violin making history.

Ritchie Capital Management, a Chicago-based hedge fund that says it lost hundreds of millions of dollars in the Petters Ponzi scheme, is suing Petters' outside legal firm, Minneapolis-based Fredrikson & Byron.

Mark Rothko, Gerhard Richter and Francis Bacon paintings will boost auctions this month that may raise more than $611 million as sellers are spurred by rising prices for museum-quality works.

February 6, 2012: Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. the leading live and live-online salvage auto auction company and wholly-owned subsidiary of KAR Auction Services, Inc.

Auction houses pinching themselves after bumper 2011 sales are now turning their attention to 2012, amid cautious optimism that the two-year bull run for top works of art will continue.

Of the $40 million in annual sales that Leslie Hindman Auctioneers has tallied up in recent years, about 10 percent of that total alone came from jewelry consigned by customers in Palm Beach and the surrounding area.

Over 400 customers, including local businesses, are without power in the Corn Hill area.

About 50 University of Vermont students, labor leaders and community activists told the university board of trustees Friday that Trustee William Ruprecht should either end a lockout of 42 unionized workers at Sotheby's art auction house in New York City where he is CEO or he should resign from the board.

A group of activists are planning to protest the labor practices of New York's Sotheby's art auction house at a meeting of the University of Vermont board of trustees in Burlington.

Venetian artist Canaletto's "Venice, a View of the Churches of the Redentore and San Giacomo, with a Moored Man-of-War, Gondolas and Barges," was Sotheby's top lot, fetching just under $5.7 million.

Madison, 02/01/12---Madison Mayor Robert H. Conley, l, Realogy CEO Richard A. Smith, President of Hampshire Real Estate Companies, James E Hanson II, Governor Chris Christie, Founder & Chairman of Hampshire Real Estate Companies Jon Hanson and Lt.

LAGUNA BEACH Locals turned out to see if their treasures had more than sentimental value Tuesday at Laguna Art Museum.