BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Invaluable, the world’s largest online live auction marketplace, is pleased to offer online bidding on a variety of important auction sales taking place in July and August 2014 from some of the premier auction houses around the world. Upcoming auctions taking place this summer on the Invaluable platform will feature watches, fine jewelry and handbags, fine art, Asian art and vintage posters, as well as decoys, boats, rare books and more.
A selection of noteworthy auctions offering live online bidding through Invaluable this summer follows below.
Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo: Watches &
Vintage Handbags
The Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo auction
house in Monaco is hosting two notable auctions on the Invaluable
platform at the end of July. On July 20, the Watches
sale includes a variety of high end timepieces including a Patek
Philippe wristwatch from 1991 and a special
edition 2008 Luminor Panerai, both expected to realize €50,000 -
€70,000, as well as a Patek
Philippe Calatrava model circa 1940 estimated at €5,000 - €7,000.
The second auction, featuring Vintage
Handbags, is being held on July 22. Notable lots include a Louis
Vuitton Trunk priced at €3,000 - €4,000 and a Hermes
Crocodile Birkin bag valued at €28,000 - €35,000.
Lyon & Turnbull: Interiors, the Summer Sale
Auction
house Lyon & Turnbull, based in Edinburgh, UK, will be hosting a two-day Summer
Interiors sale on July 22 and 23. Highlights of the sale include the
watercolor The
Bathers by Frank McKelvey (1895-1974) which is estimated to sell
for £1,200 - £1,800, a 20th
century crystal chandelier expected to realize £500 - £700 and a
pair of upholstered
stained pine benches valued at £2,500 - £3,500.
Artcurial – Briest – Poulain – F. Tajan: Fine
Jewellery
The two-day Fine
Jewellery sale by Artcurial - Briest – Poulain – F. Tajan will be
held on the Invaluable platform on July 23 and 24. Of the 350 lots being
offered at auction, especially noteworthy items include a diamond
and platinum ring expected to realize €80,000 - €100,000, a diamond,
citrine, pearl, sapphire and 18K yellow gold necklace and ear pendant
set by Bulgari estimated at €28,000 - €30,000 and an 18K
yellow gold goblet valued at €2,000 - €3,000.
Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraisers: Asian Art
Ohio-based
Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraisers is holding an Asian
Art sale on July 24 with online bidding available through
Invaluable. With nearly 250 lots being offered, highlights of the sale
include a scroll
painting by Xu Beihong (1895-1953) expected to realize $50,000 -
$80,000, a gilt
bronze Bodhisattva estimated at $25,000 - $35,000 and a 19th
century white jade covered censer expected to realize $10,000 -
$18,000.
Osenat: Classic Boats
French
auction house Osenat will host a Classic
Boats auction on July 26 with online bidding available on the
Invaluable platform. Noteworthy lots from the sale include an Italian 1967
Riva Ariston valued at €60,000 - €70,000, a 1958
Riva Junior estimated at €30,000 - €35,000 and a 1963
Chris Craft Utility boat expected to realize €9,000 - €12,000.
Coeur d’Alene Art Auction: The 2014 Coeur
d’Alene Art Auction
Invaluable will be offering online
bidding on The
2014 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction on July 26. Over 300 lots will be
offered at auction and noteworthy items include Trail
of the Iron Horse by Charles M. Russell (1864-1926), oil
painting The
Story of Where the Sun Goes by Frederic Remington (1861-1909)
and A
Water Pocket, Northern Arizona by Thomas Moran (1837-1926), all
expected to realize $1,500,000 - $2,500,000. Also featured in the
auction is the painting Too
Many Snows by Howard Terpning (b. 1927) which is estimated at
$400,000 - $600,000 and Boulevard
de Capucine painted by Edouard Cortes (1882-1969), valued at
$20,000 - $30,000.
Tajan: Contemporary Art & Design
Parisian
auction house Tajan will host a Contemporary
Art & Design auction on July 29 with online bidding available
through Invaluable. Highlights from the sale include the oil on canvas Nuit
de la Saint-Jean by Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908 – 1992)
expected to realize €300,000 - €500,000, an ink wash on paper entitled San
Titres by Walasse Ting (1929-2010) valued at €10,000 - €15,000,
as well as Nuage
Sur la Mer painted by Miquel Barceló (b. 1957) which is
estimated at €80,000 - €120,000.
Guyette & Deeter: Decoys
Guyette
& Deeter’s two-day Decoys
auction will take place on July 29 and 30 on the Invaluable platform. Of
the hundreds of decoys for sale, one of the most noteworthy lots is a
rare “dust jacket” style Black
Bellied Plover by Elmer Crowell expected to realize $125,000 -
$150,000. Other noteworthy items include a Pinch
Breasted Pintail Drake by the Ward Brothers and a Presentation
Black Duck by Shang Wheeler, both estimated at $65,000 - $85,000.
Eldred’s: Americana & Paintings
Eldred’s
auction house, located in East Dennis, MA, will be hosting a three-day
auction of Americana
& Paintings from July 30-August 1, with online bidding available
through Invaluable. Highlights from the sale include an oil
painting of a still life of peonies and Asian porcelain by William
McGregor Paxton (1869-1941) estimated at $50,000 - $70,000, the oil
painting View
of Niagara by Albert Biderstadt (1830-1902) which is expected to
realize $30,000 - $50,000, watercolor Narragansett Bay by William
Trost Richards (1833-1905) which is estimated at $7,000 - $9,000, a Fine
Antique American Tall-case Clock by Isaac Brokaw which is expected
to realize $8,000 - $12,000 and a pair of English
Flintock travel pistols from the 18th century estimated
at $800 - $1,200.
Swann Auction Galleries: Vintage Posters
On
August 6, Swann Auction Galleries will be hosting a Vintage
Posters sale with online bidding available through Invaluable.
Featured lots include a “Keep
Calm and Carry On” poster from 1939 estimated at $12,000 - $18,000,
a poster by H.R.
Hopps (1869-1937) titled Destroy this Mad Brute/Enlist
expected to realize $15,000 - $20,000 and an Alphonse
Mucha (1860-1939) poster titled Job estimated at $20,000 -
$30,000.
Addison & Sarova Auctioneers: Fine Books &
Illustrations
Addison & Sarova Auctioneers, located in
Macon, GA are holding a Fine
Books & Illustrations auction on the Invaluable platform on
August 23, 2014. Noteworthy lots include a Collection
of Histories from the Second Shakespeare Folio from 1632 which are
expected to realize $12,000 - $18,000, a rare copy of the first
illustrated Aldine edition of Dante which is expected to realize
$4,000 - $7,000 and a collection of Christmas
Books by Charles Dickens, including the first issue of A Christmas
Carol, which is estimated at $4,000 - $6,000.
Bidders interested in these sales can view the fully illustrated catalogs and place live or absentee bids for all sales by visiting www.Invaluable.com.
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