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Auction Block, Sept. 2023
• September 13, 2023
September’s auction block sees the wrapping-up of summer auctions. A rare book from Doyle, paintings out of Bonhams and Potomac and a Jean-Michel Basquiat from Christies are highlighted. Doyle […]
August 2023 Auction Block
• August 16, 2023
This month’s auction block includes a black opal gemstone from Bonhams, a collection of first and early edition volumes from Mark Twain from Weschler’s, a diamond and gold evening clutch […]
July 2023 Auction Block
• July 12, 2023
July’s auction block includes a unique stamp from H.R. Harmer, a $1 million Bulgari Kashmir sapphire and diamond ring, a 19th century Chinese carved wooden figure, a Western-Americana Daguerrotype portrait […]
June 2023 Auction Block
• June 14, 2023
An 18th-century musical clock from Doyle, a Bonhams auction featuring a 1952 woodcut from Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher, a sparkling multi-colored sapphire and diamond Bulgari necklace from Christie’s and […]
April 2023 Auction Block
• April 12, 2023
April’s auction block includes a variety of interesting items including a rare chandelier, unique diamond earrings, Jack Nitzsche-owned guitar and a pair of rare sand bottles. Doyle Max Ingrand […]
Auction Block: March 2023
• March 8, 2023
This month’s auctions brought luxe jewelry to the fore as well as paintings from Matisse and Maik. The Potomack Company A Panoramic View of Pilgrims Visiting Holy Sites at the […]
February 2023 Auction Block
• February 8, 2023
Luxury abounds in this month’s Auction Block. An Italian table sold at Christie’s for over $1 million, Bonhams sold a painting for more than five times its estimate and fine […]
Real Estate: Auction Houses Boomed in 2022
• December 27, 2022
It was a good year to be an auction house. They’re celebrating a banner year with the release of their 2022 year-end reports. Christie’s reported global sales at a whopping […]
Auction Block, Nov. 2022
• November 14, 2022
Our November Auction Block features a Van Cleef & Arpels diamond brooch that sold for over $50,000, a sugar and honey bowl set gaveled at 40-times its asking price, a […]
Auction Block, July 2022
• July 7, 2022
Off the auction block this month, a classic and exquisite Tiffany & Co. diamond and platinum ring and band, a 1995 tribute to Michael Jordan for his 32nd birthday, a […]
