Unless you’re excited by lots of olde tyme bottles, June 15 Fine Glass Crap auction at Bonhams is zzzzz. They do have this unusually fancy, monogrammed glass in a gilded, red-leather carrying case. Its origins “circumstantially” yet “strongly suggest” it was Napoleon’s. It will run you $3K-$5K. Perfect for sipping very old shipwrecked champagne — recently bought by an anonymous internet bidder for $78K — or ornately disguising your alcoholism.
The much hyped Bonhams Urban Art Sale went over well, selling 39 out of 50 lots and $coring predictably big with a $121k Banksy, zzz. Eine’s piece cashed in on twice its high estimate at a little over $10K, which might have had something to do with him being an Obama’s White House street artist. See the rest of the auction results here.
Someone who is way into children’s fiction and has money to burn, bought a first edition, slightly misprinted, Harry Potter book for over $10,000 at a recent Bonhams auction.
On Wednesday, Bonham’s is auctioning off a collection of post-war and contemporary pieces of art and design at Vision 21 in London. Art sales are still pretty abysmal, so it’s a chance to blow a little less money on Damien Hirst’s music merch and Supreme skateboards, an Eminem oil painting, work by Murakami, as well as a bunch of prints and paintings by Banksy, FAILE and the others highlighted after the jump. Read more »
While contemporary art sales are dipping, the market for dinosaurs bones might be holding steady. Bonhams recently held its ‘Natural History‘ auction and two dinosaur offerings both fetched more than their estimated prices according to the New York Times. A fierce looking Tyrannosaurid skull (pictured) sold for $206,000 while a more peaceful and popular Triceratops head sold for $242,000. The auction house refused to identify the buyers, but did hint that the dinosaurs were likely bought as “home decorations.”
“Rather than focusing on the details of Moss’s now extremely ‘familiar’ face, Emin has decided to expose a more personal side of the model using a line that simply traces the curve of the leg, the suggestion of an arm, and the cursory but delicate outlining of her face,” reads the description for this polymer gravure etching of the waif model. It was created by artist Tracey Emin and is being sold off at Bonhams “Vision 21″ auction tomorrow in London. It’s expected to fetch around $2000. Other Kate Moss derived works include BANKSY’S famed screenprint—estimated sale price: $60K—and this magnificent photo print of her naked spiny back by Albert Watson. |ArtDaily|
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