Across the carpet, Christie's has been masquerading as a dealer called King St Fine Art, through which clients who prefer to dispose of their artworks by private sale rather than public auction are supposed to find an outlet.
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The Fischer sale will be followed on Oct. 14-23 by an auction at Germany's Hermann Historica in Munich featuring arms and armor, hunting collectibles, orders and decorations, as well as other object of historic military interest.
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This improvement is principally due to higher auction and private sale commission revenues, partially offset by an increase in operating expenses that is due, in part, to higher incentive compensation costs, a higher level of direct costs consistent with the volume and composition of auction sales, and the cost of investments in strategic initiatives.
That sale also marked the highest price ever paid for a work by a Scottish artist at auction.
Prior to the auction sale, the Government of Mongolia sought, and was granted, by a Texas State Civil District Judge, a Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the auctioning, sale, release or transfer of Lenny.
"Although there are no legal issues whatsoever regarding the sale of lots six and seven by Banksy, FAAM convinced its consignors to withdraw these lots from the auction and take back the power of authority of these works, " he said.
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Gangel's auction has a third part, a general consignment sale that includes a revolver once owned by Western legend Wyatt Earp, and the rifle Virginia Governor Henry Alexander Wise used to send famed abolitionist John Brown to the gallows in 1859.
And Jamie knows that an auction open to as many bidders as possible will get a higher price than a sale controlled by MLB commissioner Bud Selig.
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MusicFile also has an auction section, but its main feature is a database of millions of titles offered for sale by hundreds of importers, collectors, and small businesses.
Wednesday's sale outperformed two longtime leaders in South African art at auction, Peppiatt said, citing "Landscape Stellenbosch" by Jacob Hendrik Pieerneef sold for 713, 250 pounds, and Irma Stern's "Congolese Beauty" for 541, 250 pounds.
Among them is a work by Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, featuring desert iconography in enamel paint on chipboard, which will be on sale at the auction.
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