This never released Harmony Garden box figurine prototype is being auctioned to raise money to support NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness), the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families.
Other News
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.
Lorna Bailey Open Day and one day only pattern
The Lorna Bailey Open day is to be held on Saturday 29th
April, doors will open at 10am. A new pattern
‘Burslem’ will only be produced for the day.
Her Majesty The Queen’s 80th Birthday Stamps
Just released from Royal Mail are a set of stamps to commemorate the Queen’s 80th Birthday. The set features eight informal photographic portraits.
Lowry Print Breaks World Record Price
Bonhams sale of Sir William Russell Flint and L.S. Lowry limited edition prints on April 11th in Leeds produced a clear star of the show with Lowry’s picture `Going to the Match’ making a world record price at auction for a Lowry print.
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.
Rare Titanic Deckchair to be Sold by Bonhams & Butterfields
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.
Hantels’ New Cub Gift – Cinderella’s Slipper
The
new Hantel Collectors Society is Cinderella’s Slipper on a Purple
Cushion.
Maria Callas and Swarovski – Jewels on Stage
“Maria
Callas & Swarovski – Jewels on Stage” is a unique
exhibition and was born of an inspiration by Rinaldo Albanesi,
Swarovski International Vice President. The exhibition is composed
of the stage jewellery and the prototypes created for Maria Callas
by the famous Atelier Marangoni of Milan, Italy.
Liberation of Moscow Immortalised on Canvas
A remarkable painting named ‘Fires of
Victory, Moscow,’ by Sir Claude Francis Barry (1883
– 1970) is to be sold at Bonhams’ forthcoming
sale of 20th Century British Art on 11 July in London. Last
year saw the 60th anniversary of the celebrations, so it
is fitting that this painting is likely to attract bids
above its upper estimate of £60,000, creating a world
record price for the artist.
