Bad Taste Bears have just announced the latest batch
of retirements in Europe.
Other News
2005 Summer Wadefest This Weekend
The 2005 Summer Wadefest takes place this weekend 30-31st
July.
Gift Industry Bestows Honors On Enesco
Enesco Group, Inc., received several top honors
this past weekend from the National Association of Limited Edition
Dealers (NALED), the gift industry’s largest trade association,
during their 26th Annual Industry Achievements Awards held in
Chicago, Ill.
Bonhams To Sell £1-Million Iconic Henry Moore – A Seminal Work, The Visual Climax Of His Early Years
Bonhams
International Fine Art Auctioneers will sell the most important
sculpture by Henry Moore to appear at auction in recent
years on Tuesday 29 November 2005. Mother and Child, 1931,
described by Moore himself as “one of my best earlier
pieces” was purchased soon after Henry Moore’s
exhibition at the Leicester Galleries in the same year,
for just £18–18 guinneas. Today, the work is
estimated to fetch £1 million.
C&S Collectables Announce Wade Betty Boop Uptown Girl Colourway for Collect it! Fair
C&S will be attending the Collect It! Fair in
October with a special 250 limited edition colourway Wade Betty
Boop ‘Uptown Girl’.
Sotheby’s To Auction 75 Specially Designed Mickey Statues As Finale To Mickey Mouse’s 75Th Anniversary Celebration
DIS) will conclude the celebration of Mickey
Mouse’s 75th anniversary by auctioning 75 uniquely-designed
statues of Mickey, an icon of American popular culture beloved
for more than three generations.
New Harry Potter Breaks All Records and Sells Over 2 Million Copies in One Day
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has, as expected,
broken all known and independently validated UK book sales records
for first day sales with an incredible 2,009,574 copies sold through
UK bookshops, supermarkets, internet sites, and newspapers on
its first day of release — Saturday 16 July 2005.
Limited designer edition in black Jet crystal – Swarovski Black Bull
For
the very first time Swarovski presents a Limited Designer
Edition in black faceted Jet crystal – the Black Bull.
Designed by Adi Stocker, the crystal object has been produced
exclusively for the Swarovski Crystal Society.
Collectors Of Sporting Art Have British Masters In Their Sights At Bonhams’ Sale
Next week’s Sporting & Ornithological Pictures
sale at Bonhams Knightsbridge holds an exciting selection for
enthusiasts of the genre. Works by Thorburn, Turner, Wheelwright,
Munnings and Landseer will go under the hammer on 27 July 2005
in Montpelier Street.
Charming and fun miniatures from Swarovski
Meet
Paul, Tommy and Conrad, three fun new miniatures in a refreshing
young design from the world of toys and travel.
