Strong Results for Bonhams & Butterfields’ November Antique Arms Sale

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Antique arms, edged weapons, suits of armor and modern sporting guns brought more than $1.5-million during a day-long auction at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco on Monday, November 23rd 2009. A global audience of collectors and dealers vied for Colt firearms, edged weapons and militaria, with strong prices realized throughout the sale. A rare ornate lime squeezer made in San Francisco in the mid-1800s brought nearly $30,000 – six times its pre-sale expectation.

A rare silver and [...]

Glasgow School of Art has Produced 30% of Turner Prize Nominees Since 2005

GLASGOW.- The winner of the Turner Prize 2009 is a 1995 graduate of The Glasgow School of Art’s world renowned MFA program. With another GSA graduate Lucy Skaer, also nominated for this year’s Turner Prize, the School can now claim to have produced 30% of the Turner Prize nominees since 2005. Three of the Turner Prize winners since its inaugural year in 1984 have been graduates of The Glasgow School of Art – Douglas Gordon, Simon Starling and now Richard [...]

Buying Art: Passion or Investment?

Since the dawn of time —once man felt secure and well fed— he has spent his time and financial resources on art. So it’s not surprising, therefore, that in the modern era, where  we are all immensely well fed and there is a growing disposable income among the middle classes in the Western world, that there should be a terrific increase in interest in art and art collecting.
Indeed, there are now a number of investment funds dedicated to art. But [...]