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The Wild West Rides Again at Bonhams & Butterfields – Firearms of Geronimo, Wyatt Earp and Buffalo Bill Bring Big Bids in San Francisco Auction

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Antique arms, armor and modern sporting guns were the fancy of collectors and dealers on Tuesday, 20 November, 2007 during the $1.3-million auction at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco. The day-long sale included multiple bidding battles as those in the salesroom competed with bidders on telephones from across the US and the globe. Among … Read more

Bonhams Inaugural Offering of African and Oceanic Arts in New York City Marked by Exemplary Sales

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AuctionPublicity.com – A standing-room-only crowd, as well as an international pool of telephone bidders, gathered on Tuesday, November 13th for Bonhams’ inaugural sale of African and Oceanic Art, held at the New York auction gallery located in the historic Fuller Building. The nearly 400-lot sale, featuring historical works and masterpieces of African, Melanesian and Polynesian … Read more

Gibson Sotheby’s Celebrates Its First Year Anniversary (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

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BOSTON—-“We never dreamed that we could achieve this kind of success in our first year. It is like an early holiday gift,” said Larry Rideout. He and his partners, Paul McGann and Michael Hansen, acquired Boston’s largest independent real estate company in November of 2006 and brought it into the Sotheby’s International Realty network one … Read more