At the Beginning of the Month we search Sotheby’s, Heritage, eBay, Christie’s Auction Results and Post the TOP 10 Auction Highlights that Sold for the highest price. This listing was one of the Top 10 sales at month, we hope you enjoy this information as much as we enjoy posting it! Please make sure you come back periodically to see the Top Collectibles that Sold.
Top 1
Francis Bacon Portrait Painting Fetches $70 Million.
Francis Bacon (1909-1992). Portrait of George Dyer Talking, titled and dated Portrait of George Dyer Talking 1966 Fetches $70 Million.
eBay Art (Painting)
Top 2
1915 Juan Gris Painting $56 Million. Juan Gris (1887-1927). Nature morte à la nappe à carreaux, signed and dated ‘Juan Gris 3-15’ (on the reverse), oil on canvas. 45.7/8 x 35.1/8 in. (116.5 x 89.3 cm.). Painted in March 1915.
eBay Art (Painting)
Top 3
Gerhard Richter Sold for $32,487,030.Gerhard Richter (b. 1932). Abstraktes Bild, signed, numbered and dated ‘709 Richter 1989’ (on the reverse), oil on canvas, 102.1/8 x 78.7/8in. (259.4 x 200.3cm.). Painted in 1989.
eBay Art (Painting)
Top 4
Camille Pissarro Sold for $31,747,873. Signed C. Pissarro and dated 97 (lower left). Oil on canvas. 65 by 81cm. 25 1/2 by 31 7/8 in. Painted in 1897.
eBay Art (Painting)
Top 5
1955 Jaguar Race Car Sells for $5 Million. RM Auctions, the classic sports car was purchased new by Bob Stillwell, an Australian racecar driver who raced the D-Type to success.The Jaguar was Chassis XKD 520, a very rare racing version of the popular D-Type sports car and, with its great history, the key to the high value of this wonderful classic.
eBay Cars
Top 6
1890 $1000 Treasury Note Fetches $3.2 Million. The rarest and arguably the most famous of all US currency notes, the 1890 $1,000 Treasury Note, popularly referred to as the “Grand Watermelon note” — due to the design of the large zeroes on the reversed side of the bill that resemble watermelons — became the single most valuable piece of currency in the world when it was sold for $3.29 million, including buyer’s premium, by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.
eBay Treasure Note
Top 7
Muhammad Ali Gloves $863,000. The boxing gloves worn by Muhammad Ali when he claimed his first Heavyweight Championship title have sold in auction for £520,000. The gloves were used by the boxing legend, then known as Cassius Clay, when he took to the ring against Sonny Liston Miami Beach, Florida, in February 1964.
eBay Memorabilia
Top 8
ChippendaleTea Table Collects $905,000. A Chippendale Carved Mahogany Scallop-top Tea Table. Probably the shop of benjamin randolph (1737-1791) with carving possibly by richard butts, philadelphia, circa 1770.
eBay Furniture
Top 9
Banksy ‘Kissing Coppers’ Street Art Fetches $575,000. One of three works by the elusive British street artist Banksy has sold at a Miami auction for $575,000.
eBay Art (Painting)
Top 10
Rare Safavid Carpet ‘Fragment’ Fetches $365,000. The rarest and arguably the most famous of all US currency notes, the 1890 $1,000 Treasury Note, popularly referred to as the “Grand Watermelon note” — due to the design of the large zeroes on the reversed side of the bill that resemble watermelons — became the single most valuable piece of currency in the world when it was sold for $3.29 million, including buyer’s premium, by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.
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