Very good results were achieved at the two-day Ketterer Kunst auction marathon in Hamburg. The evening auction alone achieved overall proceeds amounting to € 550 000*, topping an estimated sales volume of € 450 000. At approx € 1 300 000, the overall proceeds from the auction of Rare Books – Manuscripts – Autographs – [...]

At Pandolfini’s Auction House, in Florence and Milan, two of the most important art auctions in Italy will take place. Two catalogues will be published for these auctions in Italy.
For more information visit: http://www.pandolfini.it
About Pandolfini Auction House
Pandolfini Auction House, specialised for over 70 years in all sectors of antiques (antique furnishings and accessories, Classical and [...]

Sotheby’s failed to sell the top three diamond lots at its Magnificent Jewels Sale in Geneva on Wednesday.
“The diamond market is currently in a period of transition and it will probably not be clear where it is headed until the end of the year,” said David Bennett, Sotheby’s chairman of jewelry in Europe and the [...]

Antiquorum raised about $12.7 million, in its weekend auction of Important Collector’s Wristwatches, Pocket Watches, Clocks and Horological Tools in Geneva on Nov. 15-16.
Top lot of the sale was Lot 730, “The Royal Presentation Mirror-Image Pair” of gold pocket watches with painted-on enamel and pearls. The very rare pocket watches, made circa 1815, fetched 2.6 [...]

Austria Clearingbank (OeCAG ) has held it’s held its first auction. Clearingbank is a new money auction facility backed by the Austrian government to unfreeze Austria’s interbank lending
In Wednesday’s auction, banks could say how much 2-month and 3-month money they were either offering to lend or requesting to borrow. The Clearingbank matches those bids and [...]

Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers will hold it’s next Oriental Art and Carpets auction at Bredgade, Copenhagen, 27 November 2008 at 1.00pm
Auction info www.bruun-rasmussen.dk

Sotheby’s Milan will hold an auction on Monday 17 November 2008, 6.00 p.m. The catalogue – consisting of over 140 lots – opens with a pictorial group of Fondo oro panels among which is a striking gold-ground painting by Salomone de’ Grassi, The Trinity, commissioned by the Visconti family. Salomone, a renowned miniaturist and painter, [...]

Rapp auction house will hold a stamp auction in Wil, Switzerland, from 24 to 27 November. For the first time, bidders will have the opportunity to join in the bidding live on the internet. Sales totalling around 15 million Swiss francs are anticipated.
Auction info
Rapp Auction House
Phone: +41-71-923 77 44
info@rapp-auktionen.ch
www.rapp-auktionen.ch

Sotheby’s sale of 20th Century Decorative Arts & Design in Paris on 26 November includes a section of the original staircase of the Eiffel Tower.
The section is numbered n°15, has sixteen steps, stands 12ft (3.6m) tall and weighs 750kg (estimate: €40,000-60,000).
In 1980 the company in charge of the Tower assessed its overall condition as it [...]