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.
Other News
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.
Hantel Collectors Meet 2006
This years Hantel Collectors Meet is to be held at the Royal
Albion Hotel in Brighton on Sunday the 21st May.
Lorna Bailey’s Collectors Club 2006 Gifts
The Lorna Bailey Collectors Club have just
released details of their latest club gifts.
Easter Basket Surprise Pin Set
Open
up The Great Egg-citing Easter Mystery and find out which four
pins are yours!
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 .
