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January 2023 Auction Block
• January 11, 2023
A new year full of new items auctioned from Doyle, Christie’s, Weschler’s, Potomack, Hindman and Sotheby’s. This month, a Tiffany flatware set sold for well over asking price, a baby […]
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, Dec. 2022
• December 7, 2022
A 1776 George Washington manuscript, Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” from a private collection, a rare U.S. Liberty Head coin that sold for twice its asking price, and a Picasso […]
October Auction Block
• October 17, 2022
A sparkling necklace with an interesting past, a unique French sculpture, a priceless whisky collection by Macallan and a gorgeous Chinese brushpot: this month in Auction Block. WESCHLER’S Claude-LaLanne-sculpture-apple.jpg Claude […]
June 2022 Auction Block
• June 15, 2022
Off the auction block this month are a Chanel bag, Roman marble portrait, an unburnable book and a magnificent diamond. DOYLE Chanel Black Suede and Gold Python Double Flap Bag […]
April 2022 Auction Block
• April 14, 2022
The beginning of 2022 included a host of fascinating sales including luxury jewelry, 20+ year-old rye whiskey and even a Steinway grand piano. Also, don’t miss the Potomack Company’s auction […]
Auction Block – December 8, 2021 Issue
• December 13, 2021
This month’s auction block includes a bejeweled bracelet from Doyle, a seasonally appropriate Norman Rockwell from Weschler’s, a Picasso original at Sotheby’s and signed items from Ben Franklin and the […]
Auction Block: $2.4 Million Vase; Top Dollars for Painting, Watch
• October 14, 2021
We’re back for another auction block. This month, Doyle sold a vase that topped millions. The Potomack Company and Sotheby’s boasted paintings that did well and Hindman and Christie’s auctioned gorgeous pieces […]
The Auction Block: Asia Week 2018
• March 15, 2018
Here are several choice lots coming up during Asia Week auctions in New York on March 19 and 22-23.
The Auction Block Feb. 7, 2018
• February 7, 2018
BONHAMS “A Throne for Two Kings” Gonçalo Mabunda (b. 1975) Estimate: $14,000 – $21,000 Auction Date: February 28 Two years after Mozambique gained independence in 1972, civil war broke out. […]
