Archive for the 'Europe' Category

Geneva Watch and Clock Auction Takes $12.7m

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

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 […]

Austrian Clearingbank Auctions

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

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 […]

Copenhagen Oriental Art and Carpets Auction Nov 27

Monday, November 17th, 2008

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

Milan Old Master Paintings Auction

Monday, November 17th, 2008

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, […]

Swiss Stamp Auction Nov 24-27

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

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