http://www.bonhams.com Bonhams: auctioneers of fine art, antiques, collectables and motor cars en-gb Copyright 2008 webmaster@bonhams.com http://www.bonhams.com/images/TitleBlockTopblue.gif Bonhams: auctioneers of fine art, antiques, collectables and motor cars Extraordinarily wide range of property to be presented at first Americana sale for Bonhams

Bonhams' highly anticipated inaugural New York sale of American Furniture and Decorative Arts will be presented in January 2009. The more than 200 lots feature a full spectrum of 18th and 19th century furniture, folk art, silver and ceramics, and include collectibles from Phyfe to Herter Brothers.

Taking place on January 22nd, the American Furniture and Decorative Arts sale...]]>http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?Screen=HeadlineDetails&iHeadlineNo=3989 Bonhams is delighted to announce its global motoring sales schedule for 2009. There are a number of enhancements to the calendar next year, including the location of its first UK sale in March.

Having acquired and developed new auction rooms in the heart of the Cotswolds earlier this year, Bonhams has decided to move its first UK sale from Stoneleigh to Oxford in March 2009. The salerooms are perfectly positioned. Five miles north of Oxford, they are close to Oxford Airport,...]]>http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?Screen=HeadlineDetails&iHeadlineNo=3985 The first Bonhams South African Art Sale in 2007 attracted paintings and sculpture from the UK and South Africa, but thanks to the growing success of these sales, a wider group of South African expats and nationals is sending art to London.

Bonhams is holding the next South African Art sale on Wednesday 18 February 2009 sponsored by Maitland, the premium international wealth and professional services firm in conjunction with the Nelson Mandela Childrens’ Fund. A small selection...]]>http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?Screen=HeadlineDetails&iHeadlineNo=3980 Bonhams Treats Dog Devotees to New York's Only Dog Art Sale in February 2009
Bonhams New York will hold its 27th annual sale devoted to the art of dog paintings on Tuesday, February 10, 2009. This year, Bonhams will be the only auction house presenting a dog-themed sale as dog-lovers from across the country converge on New York City for the popular Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

Additionally, 2009 will be the fourth year that Bonhams partners with the American...]]>http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?Screen=HeadlineDetails&iHeadlineNo=3978 Because of the growth of buying interest in Modern and Contemporary South Asian and Middle Eastern Art, Bonhams has created a new specialist department to service this area of collecting.

The new department evolved out of the Indian and Islamic Department, headed by Claire Penhallurick, which has grown the Modern and Contemporary area so successfully that the time has come to establish a stand-alone specialist area.

Mehreen Rizvi-Khursheed who has extensive experience in...]]>http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?Screen=HeadlineDetails&iHeadlineNo=3968 One of the most important motor cars in the world emerges from its secret hideaway for the first time in 50 years.

The 1937 Bugatti Type 57S originally owned by Earl Howe, whose existence has only been known to a handful of people during the last 50 years will be sold at Bonhams’ Retromobile sale in Paris on 7 February 2009. This highly significant motor car is conservatively estimated to realise in excess of €3,000,000.

The Bugatti with Atalante coachwork retains...]]>http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?Screen=HeadlineDetails&iHeadlineNo=3959 Spring ’09 sale features strong examples of Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern & works by Contemporary Studio artists

Bonhams & Butterfields’ spring 2009 auction of 20th Century Decorative Arts, to be held in Los Angeles on April 6th, features a diverse group of works spanning a century of design. The works on offer will highlight the full range of 20th century artistic output, from the important early years through the modern period.

The...]]>http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?Screen=HeadlineDetails&iHeadlineNo=3951 FREQUENTED BY ROYALTY, HOLLYWOOD, POLITICIANS AND BOHEMIA
A playground for the rich and famous, The Café Royal has been the hub of glamour and scandal for decades. Generations of the world’s most celebrated and notorious film stars, writers, artists, politicians and royals have celebrated at the Café Royal making it not only a London landmark but also the setting for many dramas.

Bonhams is delighted to announce that it has been appointed to sell selected contents...]]>http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?Screen=HeadlineDetails&iHeadlineNo=3934 1913 Bugatti Type 18 first owned by aviator Roland Garros

The 1913 5-litre Bugatti Type 18 Sports Two-Seater known as ‘Black Bess’ and widely regarded as the most important Type 18 in existence will star in Bonhams’ Retromobile sale in Paris on 7 February 2009.

With continuous history from new, this Bugatti has the most extraordinary provenance and in 95 years has had just a handful of owners – featuring many distinguished names. This is the first time that ‘Black Bess’...]]>http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?Screen=HeadlineDetails&iHeadlineNo=3919