One of the most arresting pictures to go under the hammer at Bonhams’ New Bond Street salerooms on 14 June 2006 has got to be the Portrait of Constable Horace Hood.
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A cabinet fit for a Prime Minister – Gladstone’s cabinets to fetch half a million at bonhams
A fine pair of early 19th century ormolu-mounted ebony cabinets belonging to the family of the Victorian Prime Minister William Gladstone (1808 – 98) is to be sold at Bonhams’ Sale of Fine English and Continental Furniture at 101 New Bond Street on 27 June. They are expected to fetch between £300,000 – 500,000.
One of the earliest surviving Jamaican combs to be sold at Bonhams
A historically significant Jamaican tortoiseshell and silver mounted set of combs and case, dated 1688, believed to be one of the earliest surviving works of art made in Jamaica of European influence will be sold in a sale of Fine Furniture and Works of Art sale at Bonhams in Edinburgh on Wednesday 7th June 2006.
Bonhams sells most expensive watch auctioned in London for a decade
The second most expensive watch ever sold at a London auction, and the highest price achieved in the capital for a decade, fetched a groundbreaking £354,585 at Bonham’s’ Sale of Fine Watches and Wristwatches yesterday (Wednesday 24 May).
Good price for World Cup tickets on offer at Bonhams
With anticipation building for England’s chances of winning this year’s world cup, the Bonhams Sale of World Cup Memorabilia will provide football fans with an opportunity to revel in the past and hark back to 1966. The ‘Sporting Legends – Football, Cricket, Rugby and Tennis’ sale will take place on 7 June in Knightsbridge, London, SW7.
John Lennon – "It wasn’t a rip off, it was a love-in"
Bonhams to sell John Lennon’s letter to journalist justifying The Beatles Early Cover Records inspired by American Black Music.
World record price for golf ball sold at Boston auction
A new auction world record has been achieved by Bonhams & Butterfields at its first US Golf Sale, held yesterday (5 May 2006) at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum, in Brookline Massachusetts. The dollar coin sized Bramble-patterned ball fetched a staggering US $10,516 and was bought by the renowned Minikahada Golf Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Chris Rea’s "Road To Hell" Piano Sells at Bonhams Auction
A piano used by one of the UK’s biggest selling rock artists, Chris Rea, sold at a Bonhams auction (24 April 2006) for £6,960. The piano features in Rea’s recordings made over the last 11 years, and was bought by a concert pianist who prefers to remain anonymous.
The Wentworth Collection of Britains
The Wentworth Collection to be auctioned by Vectis on Thursday 4th May will be a sale of International importance to Britain’s collectors around the World. Featuring over 650 quality lots, the sale includes many [boxed examples] of, early [pre 1905], rare and unlisted variants of Britain’s military sets and “Paris Office” examples.
Bonhams to Hold First Newmarket Racing Sale
Bonhams will hold its first Racing Sale at Newmarket on 20 July featuring every aspect of horse related art from paintings to sculpture and jewellery to winning jockey’s silks.
