By Intelligent Collector Staff Heritage Auctions’ July 16–18 Hollywood/Entertainment Signature® Auction realized $23.54 million, the second-highest-grossing Entertainment auction in history, and helped push the week’s combined total to $24.96 million when paired with the July 15 Treasures From the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Collection sale. The sale was led by Orson Welles’ screen-used Citizen Kane […]
Continue ReadingHeritage’s Largest Fine Jewelry Auction Realizes $9.22 Million
Heritage Auctions celebrated the largest Fine Jewelry sale in its history when the Sept. 29 Fall Fine Jewelry Signature® Auction finished at $9,220,693. The marathon event ran just under 12 hours and drew more than 1,900 bidders competing for 500-plus lots. Leading the day was a 41.54-carat fancy dark brown–greenish yellow diamond in a platinum […]
Continue ReadingH.R. Giger’s “The Tourist” Sets $325,000 Artist Auction Record at Heritage
By Intelligent Collector Staff An original painting by H.R. Giger, a concept design for an unproduced script titled The Tourist, realized $325,000 in Heritage Auctions’ Sept. 26 sale The Guillermo del Toro Collection: Bleak House Part 1, establishing an auction record for the artist. Offered from Guillermo del Toro’s famed “Bleak House” collection, the 1980s-era […]
Continue ReadingKeith Haring’s “Andy Mouse” Sets $325,000 Auction Record at Heritage
By Intelligent Collector Staff A standout print from Keith Haring’s beloved Andy Mouse series realized $325,000 in Heritage Auctions’ April 22 Prints & Multiples Signature® Auction, setting a new auction record for a print from the series. Created in 1986 as a tribute to Haring’s friend and mentor Andy Warhol, Andy Mouse depicts a Haring-styled […]
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