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Largest and Most Wanted Book of Photographs for Sale at Bonhams

Largest and Most Wanted Book of Photographs for Sale at Bonhams

All art lovers can find a wide selection of photographs at at Bonhams Book, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs sale in London on 12 June. The highlight of the sale will definitely be a copy of one of the largest and most sought after books of photographs ever published, which is estimated at £50,000-£70,000 ($78,000-$109,000). [...]

Rare Lalique’s Serpent Oviform Amber Vase Could Fetch $55,000 at Bonhams

Rare Lalique’s Serpent Oviform Amber Vase Could Fetch $55,000 at Bonhams

All Rene Lalique enthusiasts, his admirers, and all interested Lalique collectors and observers should go to London on 12 June 2012, and participate at Bonhams’ The Colours of Rene Lalique and Design from 1860 Sale. At upcoming auction will be offered all Lalique’s creations in a stunning array of different colours which made him famous. [...]

Proof Copy of Andy Warhol’s Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II for Sale at Bonhams

Proof Copy of Andy Warhol’s Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II for Sale at Bonhams

Bonhams Print Sale in London on 11 July will offer a rare proof copy of Andy Warhol’s Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. This signed and numbered print of Queen Elizabeth II, part of the Reigning Queens 1985 series is estimated to fetch between £40,000-60,000 ($62,000-93,500). It was his last print-portrait before his untimely death in [...]

Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato Sanction II Coupé Sells for Record $1.9 Million

Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato Sanction II Coupé Sells for Record $1.9 Million

Yet another world auction record fell during the week when a 1991 Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato Sanction II Coupé was sold by Bonhams for £1.23 million ($1.93 million). Sharing place with other iconic Aston Martin cars, this rare beauty set a new world record for such a car at auction. It was owned by Tony Smith, [...]

Private Lotus Collection Could Make $2.4 Million at Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale

Private Lotus Collection Could Make $2.4 Million at Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale

One of the world’s largest private collections of Lotus racers and road cars is set to go under the hammer on Friday the 29th June 2012 at the Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale. This significant Lotus collection of Olav Glasius is expected to realise in excess of £1.5 million ($2.4 million). Dutch textile magnate [...]

The World’s Most Beautiful Book on Fish to Fetch $80,000 at Bonhams Angling Sale

The World’s Most Beautiful Book on Fish to Fetch $80,000 at Bonhams Angling Sale

Enthusiast book collectors, who have the passion and money to buy some of the world’s most expensive books written by this world’s extraordinary thinkers, scientists, influential authors and the works of seminal masters, can now also buy the world’s most beautiful book on fish. A magnificent copy of the first edition of Markus-Elieser Bloch’s monumental work, [...]

1929-’32 Bentley 4 1/2-Litre To Be Offered at Bonhams’ Goodwood Sale

1929-’32 Bentley 4 1/2-Litre To Be Offered at Bonhams’ Goodwood Sale

The George Daniels Collection of motorcars and motorcycles will headline the 2012 Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed auction, scheduled for Friday 29th June on the Tapestry Lawn at Goodwood House in Chichester, Sussex. The jewel in the crown of the George Daniels Collection is the ex-Sir Henry Tim Birkin 1929-32 Bentley 4½-Litre Supercharged Single-Seater which set [...]