L.S. Lowry’s painting of the village that inspired Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights will go under the hammer on 1st July at Bonhams New Bond Street Sale of 20th Century British Art estimated at up to £180,000.
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The Big Apple from Adam Binder
Adam Binder has added ‘The Big Apple’ to his Netsuke Series. The model features Frogs and Mice enjoying a Big Apple. The edition of 250 features 125 Yellow and 125 Green.
Records broken at Tintin auction
Tintin mania swept a Belgian auction house on Sunday with almost 600 lots associated with Herge, creator of the famous cartoon reporter, breaking national and world sales records, an expert said. The sale in Namur, southern Belgium, dominated by five large hand-drawn pages of original cartoon strips, raised 1,172,000 euros […]
Barbie Turns Fifty!
Barbara Millicent Roberts is fifty years old this year, yet she is looking younger and more glamorous than ever. How does she do it? It’s just not fair. This American icon, with her huge family of friends and relations, is famed world-wide and recently a megastore dedicated just to […]
Pinocchio Wishes Upon A Star by Thomas Kinkade
Available from February is the Pinocchio Wishes Upon A Star picture by Thomas Kinkade.
The picture is inspired by the Disney feature film Pinocchio and follows on from Snow White Discovers the Cottage which was released in August 2008.
Charisma announces the recent retirement of Marie Osmond dolls
Charisma has announced the recent retirement of Marie Osmond dolls.
Outstanding Rock ‘N’ Roll Memorabilia featuring Beatles, Buddy Holly, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix And More
Memorabilia from some of the greatest acts in rock ‘n’ roll history – the Beatles, Buddy Holly, the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix and others – will be sold at an auction slated for Sunday, Mar. 1, by Philip Weiss Auctions. The Buddy Holly items are timely, as the 50th anniversary of the singer’s death in a tragic plane crash in 1959 (known as “the day the music died”) is February 9th.
Auction Record Price for Edgar Degas Sculpture at Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s sale of Impressionist & Modern Art at Sotheby’s in London saw 22 works realise a total of £32,564,300 ($46,238,050). The sale was 75.9% sold by lot and 67.7% sold by value and it saw two works command prices in excess of £5 million, and six for more than £1 million.
American Girl’s New 2009 Girl of the Year Tackles Bullying
To bring awareness to the devastating effects of bullying and to give girls the skills to stand strong and speak out against it, American Girl is proud to introduce Chrissa™, 2009 Girl of the Year®. A friendly, creative girl who finds the courage to stand up for herself and for others, Chrissa will launch on January 1 with two books, an 18-inch Chrissa doll, accessories, and two 18-inch friend dolls.
Roy Rogers Collection for Auction
An outstanding Roy Rogers collection will be auctioned on January 10. The collection is owned by James and Nora Hood from Taneytown, Maryland. The Hoods have collected Roy Rogers items for many years.
