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The personal notebooks and sketchbooks of world-renowned double Oscar®-winning British costume designer, John Mollo, the concept artist behind the international Star Wars franchise, are to be offered at Bonhams in a stand-alone 62-lot sale, Designing an Empire: The John Mollo Archive, in London on Tuesday 11 December 2018. The archive […]
Twelve plates from the famous ‘Marly Rouge‘ dessert service made at the Sèvres porcelain factory for the Emperor Napoleon in 1809, and delivered to the Château of Fontainebleau, sold for £81,250 at Bonhams Fine European Ceramics Sale in London on Thursday 5 July. The 12 plates were estimated at £70,000-90,000. The hand-painted […]
The Spring sale of Asian Art at Sotheby’s France attracted a packed saleroom, and 20 phone lines with bids from around the world. The sale got off to an explosive start with the auction record achieved in France by the extraordinary recently-discovered treasure of Imperial China: a unique Imperial 18th […]
Bonhams and TCM Present … A Celebration of Robert Osborne, an auction of more than 400 posters and memorabilia from the estate of the beloved Turner Classic Movies host. The sale – which will take place June 13 at Bonhams New York – features Bette Davis’ personal Sarah Siddons award, […]
James Bond’s Goldeneye Aston Martin DB5 will be the highlight on 13 July at Bonham’s Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale. On offer will be the ultimate Bond car – the 1965 Aston Martin DB5 driven by James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) in the 1995 motion picture GoldenEye. The estimate is £1,200,000-1,600,000. The DB5 has become synonymous […]
Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper auction takes place on the 31st May in London. The sale is just after the ABA Rare Book Fair and includes a number of Tolkien items including a superb first edition of Tolkien’s landmark work The Hobbit. The book includes a […]
Julien’s Auctions, the world–record breaking auction house, will celebrate the life and career of the late “King of Comedy” in PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JERRY LEWIS, an exclusive presentation of the legendary entertainer as part of their two day HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS auction event with day one featuring Jerry Lewis on June […]
Babe Ruth’s 60th Home Run Record Bat From 1927 Season May Bring $1 Million in Heritage’s Sports Memorabilia Catalog Auction The game-used bat Babe Ruth swung to smash a terrific 60th home run – the 1927 right-field bomb that set a 34-year record – is estimated to sell for $1 […]
Lincoln Auctioneers Unique Auctions will be selling a set of First and Second World War medals awarded to Oliver Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (eldest son of Conservative Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin) consisting of War and Victory Medal (2nd Lieutenant O.R. Baldwin), 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal […]
Catawiki have a small James Bond 007 auction which includes includes an Italian A View to a Kill quad poster featuring Roger Moore and Grace Jones, a James Bond Corgi car collection, but the lot which really grabbed out attention is a collection of five sealed 1960s Gilbert figures. This […]
