Ninety six years after the fateful night when the world’s
worst shipping disaster took place – the sinking of
RMS Titanic – Bonhams & Butterfields will auction an
original deckchair from the ship at its annual Marine Paintings,
Ship Models, Scrimshaw and Ocean Liner Memorabilia Sale
at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, Massachusetts,
on Sunday, 7 May 2006.
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Author’s Portrait by ‘Tarka the Otter’ Illustrator to Sell at Bonhams
A remarkable portrait of the author Henry Williamson
(1895 – 1977), painted by the man that illustrated his much-loved
nature story ‘Tarka the Otter,’ is to be auctioned at Bonhams
in Chester later this month .
Postcards From a German Concentration Camp to Sell at Bonhams
A remarkable album containing 77 postcards documenting details
of life in Ruhleben Prisoner of War Camp will be offered
for sale in Bonhams’ Postcard sale at Knightsbridge on 22
March.
Bonhams to sell Bjorn Borg’s Wimbledon trophies
Bjorn Borg, one of the greatest sportsmen
of all time and the only person to win five consecutive
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship titles, has instructed
Bonhams to sell all of his Wimbledon-winning trophies and
two racquets from his 1976 and 1980 final matches. No other
tennis player has sold a Wimbledon-winning trophy at auction
before.
Bonhams To Sell Mark Golledge Collection Of Liverpool F.C. Memorabilia
One of the highlights of Bonhams’ Sporting Memorabilia Sale
on 13 March at Chester will be Mark Golledge’s rare collection
devoted solely to ephemera associated with Liverpool Football
Club .
Hollywood Literary Agent’s Personal Papers Along with Marilyn Monroe Manuscripts at Auction
Fine arts auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields
will feature letters and documents from Hollywood’s
“Golden Age,” as property from the files of H.N.
Swanson, a Hollywood literary agent who represented F. Scott
Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Raymond Chandler, James M.
Cain and others, is sold to the highest bidders during the
Sunday, February 19, 2006 auction of Fine Books & Manuscripts
in Los Angeles.
Ayrton Senna’s last gift to Murray Walker to sell at Bonhams
One of the last personal items to be signed
by F1 legend Ayrton Senna on the weekend that he died, is
to be sold by Bonhams on 20 March. The blue baseball cap
is one of a whole host of personal and poignant items in
this important F1 and Motorsport memorabilia single-owner
collection sale, to be held at Bonhams salerooms in New
Bond Street.
Chinese Armorial Porcelain: A Window on a Patrician World
The story of
British aristocracy’s love affair with Chinese Armorial Porcelain
which transformed life in manor houses two centuries ago lies
at the heart of a sale of Chinese Armorial wares at Bonhams on
June 20th at New Bond Street.
Bonhams to sell George Best’s Manchester United blazer
A 1968 Manchester United Blazer, owned by one of the world’s most
accomplished football players the game has ever seen, the late
George Best (1946-2005), is to be sold by Bonhams on 13 March
in Chester.
Highly Important Lalique from the Collection of Tsuyoshi Kajikawa
Christies, New York will offer a exemplary collection of works
by René Lalique—the most distinguished French artist
working in glass through the first four decades of the 20th century.
