A bid comes in by phone then another from the left
of the auction room.
When Sotheby's closed its West London saleroom in Olympia in 2007, some of the slack was taken up by a new kind
of auction room around the corner at 25 Blythe Road.
«I wanted to create a destination to best see art outside
of the auction room.»
Buyers who attended the event were able to see all the bids on large screens at the front
of the auction room, while remote bidders used computers to participate.
Don't be discouraged when sourcing salvaged wood — even when damaged, wood can often be restored to its former glory, so you can make the most
of auction room acquisitions or junk - shop finds.
«In the excitement
of the auction room, it's very easy to get carried away, so it's important that you discipline yourself to only bid up to your maximum.»
Not exact matches
When the bidding opened at Christie's in New York on Nov. 15, Prince Bader participated by telephone and was represented in the
room by Alex Rotter, co-chairman
of postwar and contemporary art at the
auction house.
Agents claim there has been a sharp increase in private — or board
room —
auctions where a handful
of serious buyers, or their representatives, make bids in an office, typically a real estate agents» board
room.
Previously, Wahba held a number
of high - ranking positions at various luxury resorts, including general manager
of Stillwater Bar & Grill at The Lodge at Pebble Beach, director
of restaurants at the Ritz - Carlton, Half Moon Bay, and dining
room manager at Meadowood Napa Valley, where he successfully ran three
Auction Napa Valley events and managed the resort's three - star fine dining
room, The Restaurant at Meadowood.
On his website, josecanseco.com, he is
auctioning off all his baseball souvenirs, most
of which were scattered across his dining -
room table last week: his MVP plaque, two World Series rings, a photograph with Queen Elizabeth.
The home, which was recently bought at
auction, is now listed on Airbnb with amenities such as «a giant cut out
of Donald in the Living
Room.»
Celebrities (and Mickey Mouse) Show Up In Support
of the Whitney Art Party — A black Mickey Mouse sculpture with a huge erect penis was up for
auction in one
room — and yes, it sold.
Sandorf had poured thousands
of his own dollars into the
room, buying flatscreen monitors, a sound system, and even desks at school
auctions.
«For such an important car to come to the market, it created interest from around the world and was in the end sold to a delighted German buyer, followed by a round
of applause in the
auction room,» said Chris Routledge, Managing Partner at Coys,
of the sale.
The Tulsa Chapter
of the American Cancer Society held their annual Cattle Baron's Ball April 3rd at the Cain's Ball
Room, and I was asked to «donate» my front cover as a live
auction item for bid.
Via bhatnasx on FlyerTalk, the Salt Lake City chapter
of Blessings in a Backpack has worked through the manager
of a local Hyatt Place to secure many, many
rooms at various Hyatt hotels around the world for its online
auction.
Priceline One
of the original «
auction» sites where you can name your own price and field offers for a hotel
room.
The hotel
auction opportunities that National Commercial Auctioneers has scheduled include: a 139 -
room Quality Inn across the street from Oklahoma State University and a 138 -
room Quality Inn on Hwy 77 in Ponca City, Okla., both properties scheduled to sell at absolute
auction on April 2, 2010; a 225 -
room hotel located in the heart
of Winter Haven, Fla., between Orlando and Tampa, to be sold at absolute
auction on April 19; two hotels selling together with a combined 274
rooms located on I - 10 in Pensacola, Fla., to be sold at absolute
auction on April 20; a 201 -
room full service Holiday Inn, a favorite hotel for business travelers, located in downtown Sheffield., Ala., to be sold at absolute
auction on April 21; and a 70 -
room limited service closed hotel on I - 65 midway between Indianapolis and Louisville to be sold pursuant to Jackson Circuit Court order on May 18.
Business travelers can make use
of the hotel's conference, and meeting
room, which accommodates up to 90 people, and nearby activities include antiquing and
auctions, visiting historical sites, taking in live theater and opera performances, or strolling around the historic town.
«Impulse, Reason, Sense, Conflict; Abstract Art from the Ella Fontanals - Cisneros Collection,» Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL, December 3, 2014 — March 29, 2015; catalogue «The Other Side - Mirrors and Reflections in Contemporary Art,» Belvedere, Vienna, Austria, June 18 — October 12, 2014; travels to Museum
of Modern Art Carinthia, Klagenfurt, Austria, November 27, 2014 — March 1, 2015 «CalArts Art Benefit &
Auction,» Paula Cooper Gallery and Metro Pictures, New York, NY, April 5 — 19, 2014 2013 «Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950,» curated by Kerry Brougher and Russell Ferguson, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., October 24, 2013 — May 26, 2014; traveled to Mudam, Luxemburg City, Luxembourg, July 12 — October 12, 2014; Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria, November 14, 2014 — February 22, 2015 «
Room to Live: Recent Acquisitions and Works from the Collection,» Museum
of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, October 5, 2013 — January 12, 2014 «Nasher XChange,» various sites throughout Dallas, TX, presented by the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX, October 19, 2013 — February 16, 2014 «For the Time Being: Hidden Behind Plaster,» Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden - Baden, Baden - Baden, Germany, July 20 — October 27, 2013; catalogue «Endless Bummer II: Still Bummin»,» curated by Jan Tumlir, Malborough Gallery Chelsea, New York, NY, May 11 — June 29, 2013 «Speak, Memory,» Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY, May 1 — June 8, 2013 «Made in Space,» curated by Peter Harkawik and Laura Owens, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, March 16 — April 15; traveled to Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, NY, July 11 — August 10, 2013 «Selections from the Permanent Collection,» Museum
of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, March 3, 2013 — January 27, 2014.
Images: Jim Hodges, With the Wind, 1997, scarves and thread, Photo by Alan Zindman, © Jim Hodges; Jim Hodges, Untitled (Gate), 1991, steel, aluminum, copper, and brass chain with blue
room, © Jim Hodges; Jim Hodges, Changing Things, 1997, silk, plastic, and wire, Dallas Museum
of Art, Mary Margaret Munson Wilcox Fund and gift
of Catherine and Will Rose, Howard Rachofsky, Christopher Drew and Alexandra May, and Martin Posner and Robyn Menter - Posner, © Jim Hodges; Jim Hodges, and still this, 2005 - 08, 23.5 K and 24K gold with Beva adhesive on gessoed linen, The Rachofsky Collection and the Dallas Museum
of Art through the DMA / amfAR Benefit
Auction Fund, © Jim Hodges; Jim Hodges, Untitled (one day it all comes true), 2013, denim fabric and thread, Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels, © Jim Hodges; Jim Hodges in his Studio, Courtesy Dallas Museum
of Art
Like glimpses into various Xanadus, the subjects here include a blackamoor sculpture from the apartment
of Coco Chanel; a violent bronze in the drawing
room of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé «s Paris apartment; two Chinese scholar stones
auctioned from the collection
of Liz Taylor and a text painting about the Polish Art Deco artist Tamara de Lempicka who died in 1980.
A member
of the mischievous Pictures Generation, Lawler has largely dedicated her career to photographing artworks within their usual ecosystems, from the bleached walls
of museums to the living
rooms of the 1 %, from storage facilities and backrooms to aristocratic
auction houses.
The best works
auctioned at east London's Drawing
Room, by Turner prizewinners and younger artists alike, are self - regarding, silly, and muse on the nature
of drawing itself
I'm confident we'll see a tremendous year for women artists at the very top
of the art market, building on recent outstanding results such as the remarkable Jenny Saville canvas that captivated the
room at our contemporary
auction in London last June.
Beyond the
auction room, Léger's unique style will be on view in a number
of museum shows this year.
Beyond the economy
of galleries, fairs, and
auction rooms, there is an alternative artist - to - artist network rooted in relationships based on aesthetic influences and mutual appreciation.
Christie's expertly managed sale saw 96 %
of the 71 lots sell leaving little or no
room for doubt that the
auction house would make sure its merchandise transacted in one way or another.
Premium table for ten Private
auction preview with the honorees Premium suite for two at Hotel ZaZa with complimentary in -
room breakfast Recognition on all event marketing materials Stage recognition as event underwriter on the evening
of the gala 2 Limited Edition Prints by Trenton Doyle Hancock (limited availability) Limited edition Texas Artist
of the Year catalog signed by the artist for all table guests
The Colony
Room finally closed its doors in 2008 and these are the last
of the company's art works to be sold at
auction.
Francis Outred, International Director and Head
of Post-War & Contemporary Art, Christie's Europe: One
of the most packed
auction rooms I have ever seen witnessed a landmark October
auction series, which, for the first time, approaches the importance
of our February and June
auctions.
Recently they curated an installation
of 90 chairs suspended from the atrium ceiling
of Selfridges, each transformed by artists, designers and architects and
auctioned in aid
of The Art
Room.
But even he hadn't anticipated the shouting match generated by the (always) awkward two -
room arrangement for an
auction that raised modest amounts
of money from lots offering dinners with fashion designers and studio visits with artists.
And then Simon de Pury offed works in a benefit
auction, doing his routine
of walking around the
room, goading collectors to bid, and then announcing to the crowd who's bidding — that is a big no - no at real
auctions but a preferred methodology at benefit ones.
Twenty - eight
of the lots exceeded their high estimate and
auction records were set for 15 artists and the jam - packed
auction room burst into applause several times and at the end
of the sale.
Among all
auctions which took part at this year's gigaweek, it was the Evening sales that stole the show, many
of which saw Asian collectors» assuring return to the
rooms, somethings that was surely not very expected — at least not so soon.
The winner
of the night and one
of the 55 sold lots was Constantin Brancusi's La muse endorse from 1913, which sold for a world
auction record price
of $ 57,367,500 to a client in the
room after 9 minutes
of bidding.
The sale is being staged by the
Auction Room, which was formed earlier this year by Sotheby's former managing director
of Europe, George Bailey, and is directed by Janet Rady, an independent expert in Middle Eastern art.
Tobias Meyer, the auctioneer, characterized the
auction results as strong, noting that it was «a collector's sale» that put a high value
of «freshness» to the market with «spirited bidding» in the
room, in contrast with Sotheby's Impressionist sale that was dominated by telephone bidding.
The second floor sales
room at Phillips
Auction house in Midtown Manhattan was sprinkled with many familiar faces
of gallery owners we interviewed in the past.
A strong sense
of gloom pervaded the Four Seasons» pool
room at the press preview a week before the
auction that would sell off its Mies van der Rohe and Eero Saarinen banquettes and tables, its Garth and Ada Louise... Read More
If only in comparison to last night's $ 691.6 million contemporary sale at Christie's, the mood in the
room was sleepy, with only 16 lots selling for above their high estimates, 4 lots withdrawn before the
auction and 7
of the 61 offered failing to sell.
The truncated groupings for
rooms such as the «Maid's
room» or «Office» also simultaneously look like the viewing
room of a high - end furniture
auction house.
While his current
auction record
of $ 9.9 m (est. $ 2m - $ 3m) for Henry Moore Bound to Fail, 1967 at Christie's in 2001 puts Nauman squarely within the «blue chip» category, consensus seems to be that his market has much
room to grow.
From the posh
auction rooms of New York, London and Hong Kong, to Chinese Tibet and war - torn Afghanistan, ArtAsiaPacific's panoramic lens never stops moving.
January 24: Charles Atlas's Torse presented by Sam Frank and David Velasco January 31: Yvonne Rainer's Kristina Talking Pictures February 7: Jennifer Reeves's Chronic + Sadie Benning's Flat Is Beautiful February 8: Trinh T. Minh - ha's Naked Spaces — Living Is Round February 21: D.A. Pennebaker's Elizabeth and Mary presented with MoMA's Documentary Fortnight February 26: Shinsuke Ogawa's Narita: The Peasants
of the Second Fortress March 10: Three Tapes by Carole Roussopoulos presented by Ridykeulous and Stuart Comer March 13: Tony Buba's Lightning Over Braddock introduced by LaToya Ruby Frazier April 11: Sara Gómez's De cierta manera April 21: Jean - Luc Godard and Anne - Marie Miéville's France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children April 28: Thom Andersen and Noël Burch's Red Hollywood introduced by Lucy Raven May 8: Scott Bartlett's OffOn + Kinji Fukasaku's The Green Slime May 14: Andy Warhol's Paul Swan introduced by Douglas Crimp June 9: Alberto Grifi and Massimo Sarchielli's Anna introduced by Dennis Lim June 12: Michael Thomas's Meat Rack June 23: Ed Pincus's Diaries (1971 - 76) introduced by Nicolas Rapold June 26: An Evening with Cinenova July 3: René Clair's The Crazy Ray + Robert Frank's C'est vrai July 17: Shirley Clarke's The Cool World introduced by Amy Taubin July 24: Nathaniel Dorsky + Susan Howe August 26: For Chris Marker September 9: Michael Snow's La Région centrale introduced by Chantal Akerman September 18: Todd Haynes's Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud + Todd Phillips's Hated: G.G. Allin and The Murder Junkies September 25: Michael Almereyda's Another Girl Another Planet October 8: Esfir Shub + Hito Steyerl October 12: Darmstadt / ISSUE Project
Room at Light Industry: David Grubbs + Anthony McCall October 16: James Benning's 11 x 14 introduced by Julie Ault October 17 - 20: Light Industry Benefit
Auction at Miguel Abreu Gallery October 23: The Interface Effect a lecture by Alexander R. Galloway presented with Triple Canopy November 13: Alexander Kluge's Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed introduced by Gary Indiana November 19: Tony Bicât's Skinflicker + Arthur Johns's Solarflares Burn for You presented by William Fowler November 27: David Hall + Marlon Riggs
On Wednesday, 9 November, Halcyon Gallery is hosting a live
auction of works by leading international artists for The Art
Room charity.
Though Sigmar Polke's Roter Fisch (Red Fish) was projected to be the top lot
of the evening with a # 3.5 - 4.5 M estimate, Jenny Saville's Shift shocked the
room as it tripled the # 1.5 - 2M estimate, selling for # 6.8 M ($ 9M) and setting a new
auction record for the artist.
The
room was stunned into silence as Tracey Emin spontaneously
auctioned one
of her famous neons.
In The Independent, Charles Darwent reports that on Tuesday, a sale
of urban art will be held at the Bond Street
auction rooms of Bonhams.