UNIQUE TYPE 55 IS MOST VALUABLE AUCTION LOT SOLD DURING RETROMOBILE WEEK A magnificent 1932 Bugatti Type 55 Roadster– one of the most important sports cars of Bugatti’s golden era – was the star lot in the Bonhams Grand Palais Sale, selling…
Bonhams Goodwood Revival Sale 2018 – Shelby Cobra, Mercedes 300SL
Bonhams Goodwood Revival Auction held in September 2018. The star of the sale was undoubtedly the Shelby Cobra Competition Roadster. Photographs by Marcia White for Join The World. Lot 255 the 1957 Mercedes Benz 300SL Roadster Created to spearhead…
Bonhams Auction Goodwood Festival of Speed McLaren P1 Alfa Romeo
Bonhams presented a fine selection of Important Collectors Motor Cars and Automobilia at their recent Goodwood Festival of Speed Auction. From the modern McLaren P1 supercar to the historical Alfa Romeo Tipo B. McLaren P1 and Aston Martin DB5 Sports…
SAPPHIRES SOAR AS THEY BECOME THE MUST-HAVE GEM
SAPPHIRES SOAR AS THEY BECOME THE MUST-HAVE GEM FOR 2016 ACCORDING TO BONHAMS Top: a ring set with a cabochon-cut Kashmir sapphire, 7.13 carats, estimated at £50,000 to £70,000. Below: A fine pink sapphire set in a Cartier…
MAGNIFICENT DIAMONDS, COLOURED GEMS, SIGNED JEWELLERY
MAGNIFICENT DIAMONDS, COLOURED GEMS AND SIGNED JEWELLERY HEADLINE BONHAMS LONDON FINE JEWELLERY SALE Magnificent diamonds from Harry Winston and coloured stones are set to go under the hammer at Bonhams Fine Jewellery sale in London next month (20 April 2016),…
ROYAL JEWELS AND RARE GEMS ACHIEVE TOP PRICES AT FINE JEWELLERY SALE
FINE JEWELLERY SALE AT BONHAMS LONDON ROYAL JEWELS AND RARE GEMS ACHIEVE TOP PRICES Bonhams jewellery sale sets three new world records Christmas has come early for a number of lucky bidders following Bonhams London’s last Fine Jewellery sale of…
JAGGER SETS WORLD RECORD AT BONHAMS MODERN ART SALE
THE OTHER JAGGER SETS WORLD RECORD AT BONHAMS MODERN ART SALE The Conscientious Objector, by David Jagger, sold for £115,300 The Conscientious Objector, a painting by David Jagger, sold for more than 23 times its pre-sale estimate of £5,000-8,000 at…
NEW WAY TO SHOP BONHAMS’ HOME & INTERIORS SALE
THE NEW WAY TO SHOP BONHAMS’ FIRST HOME AND INTERIORS SALE L-R: An impressive Syrian mother-of-pearl, bone and ebonised parquetry inlaid hardwood kneehole desk, estimate £3,000-5,000; An Italian pink chandelier in the manner of Venini, estimate £1,500-2,000; A French…
A Kiss by Russian master Pavel Aleksandrovich Svedomsky
SVEDOMSKY’S ‘A KISS’ LEADS BONHAMS’ RUSSIAN SALE Pavel Aleksandrovich Svedomsky, A Kiss; estimate £80,000 – 120,0000 A Kiss, one of the finest works by Russian master Pavel Aleksandrovich Svedomsky (1848 – 1904), will lead The Russian Sale…
ENIGMATIC MASTER’S FINEST WORK: Francesco Zanin
ENIGMATIC MASTER’S FINEST WORK ON OFFER AT BONHAMS’ 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS SALE: Francesco Zanin Francesco Zanin, The Piazza San Marco, Venice, in the early hours of the last evening of carnival; estimate US$100,000 – 150,000 Francesco Zanin’s dramatic…