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Auctions

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Ronald Reagan's Blood Coming Back Home to Southern California

    Reagan Blood is destined to become the name of a hipster electronic act headed for next year's Coachella. It is not, however, something that is going to be sold this week at auction. The British auction house that had put a vial of what it said was genuine blood from the 40th president up for bidd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Storage Wars' Dan and Laura Dotson on the Secrets to Auctioning Off Trash

    Creatives is a new recurring column about creative people in L.A. following their passions. If one man's trash is another man's treasure, then Dan and Laura Dotson are the guides who bring it all together. The married team of licensed auctioneers owns American Auctioneers in Riverside. Dan Dotson ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    L.A. Riots: "It felt like I had been stabbed in the heart"

    Read L.A. Weekly cover story about the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, featuring more personal stories from that turbulent time. On the evening of April 29, 1992, Barry Abell got a call at home from one of his employees, telling him people with a truck were banging on the front door of the family business: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Rudy Kurniawan, Renowned, Wealthy Wine Collector, Sold Fake Vino, Schemed to Borrow Millions, Feds Say

    If you think wine snobs are full if it, the story of Rudy Kurniawan might prove you right. The 35-year-old from Arcadia was arrested this week after federal authorities accused him of selling what is essentially expensive, counterfeit wine that would have been worth $1.3 million had it been real. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Whitney Houston Auction Will Put Vest From 'The Bodyguard,' Other Items up Sale: Free Exhibition in Beverly Hills

    Warner Bros.​Prized items once owned by Whitney Houston will be offered for sale at auction in Beverly Hills next month. But even if you can't afford the clothing expected to sell for between $400 and $2,000, you can take a look. Julien's Auctions will put the fashion on public display in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 5 Iconic Works of California Design on Sale Sunday

    Courtesy of Los Angeles Modern AuctionsRichard Neutra's VDL House in Silver Lake, photographed by Julius Shulman in 1966. A print of this image, and some of the furniture photographed, are up for auction this weekend. Life in sepia remains unavailable.​In the material world, the past is never ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    104-Year-Old Cookie Sells at Auction

    A 104-year-old cookie from explorer Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition was sold today for £1,250 (about $1949) at an auction at Christie's in London. The cookie, made specifically for the Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909), is a Huntley & Palmers biscuit that measures 3 inches (7.7 cm.) in diamet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Stomp Grapes at Malibu Family Wines Food Fest

    Flickr/MulsanneFirst, take off your shoes.​ If you've ever wanted to stomp grapes a la Lucy and Ethel, now's your chance. The 11th Annual Malibu Family Wines Grape Crush & Harvest Festival is being held this Sunday, September 25 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Saddlerock Ranch in Malibu. And, beca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Marilyn Monroe's Iconic Upskirt Dress to be Sold at Auction in Beverly Hills

    The subway dress.​You could probably argue that it's the dress that started modern fetishism (although Hitler and J. Edgar Hoover might have had something to say about that). At the least, it popularized the "upskirt." Yes, Marilyn Monroe's up-the-air-number from The Seven Year Itch is being ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Patron Saint of STDs: The 600-Year-Old Severed Head of St. Vitalis of Assisi Reportedly Comes Home to Los Angeles

    Irish TimesAssisi.​Rich people in L.A. collect lots of things -- rap sheets, porn stars, nannies and six-figure cars. But severed, 600-year-old heads? It appears so. But this isn't just any head, but the reputed noggin of St. Vitalis of Assisi, the patron saint against STDs. Someone in L.A. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2011

    Walk Like a Venetian

    Irish TimesAssisi.​Rich people in L.A. collect lots of things -- rap sheets, porn stars, nannies and six-figure cars. But severed, 600-year-old heads? It appears so. But this isn't just any head, but the reputed noggin of St. Vitalis of Assisi, the patron saint against STDs. Someone in L.A. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2011

    Goodwill Goes Hollywood: A Star Is Born

    Irish TimesAssisi.​Rich people in L.A. collect lots of things -- rap sheets, porn stars, nannies and six-figure cars. But severed, 600-year-old heads? It appears so. But this isn't just any head, but the reputed noggin of St. Vitalis of Assisi, the patron saint against STDs. Someone in L.A. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2011

    Attention, Dog People!

    Irish TimesAssisi.​Rich people in L.A. collect lots of things -- rap sheets, porn stars, nannies and six-figure cars. But severed, 600-year-old heads? It appears so. But this isn't just any head, but the reputed noggin of St. Vitalis of Assisi, the patron saint against STDs. Someone in L.A. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2011

    Betty White Must Be Stopped!

    Irish TimesAssisi.​Rich people in L.A. collect lots of things -- rap sheets, porn stars, nannies and six-figure cars. But severed, 600-year-old heads? It appears so. But this isn't just any head, but the reputed noggin of St. Vitalis of Assisi, the patron saint against STDs. Someone in L.A. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2011

    Give, Laugh, Repeat

    Irish TimesAssisi.​Rich people in L.A. collect lots of things -- rap sheets, porn stars, nannies and six-figure cars. But severed, 600-year-old heads? It appears so. But this isn't just any head, but the reputed noggin of St. Vitalis of Assisi, the patron saint against STDs. Someone in L.A. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Wanna Buy Slash's Corvette, Top Hats -- Dinosaurs?

    LA Weekly​Billboard reports that Guns N Roses (and Velvet Revolver, Snakepit, etc.) Slash will be holding a garage sale of unwanted stuff that has accumulated in his house. Now, him being Slash, this means the garage sale is run by a big-time Beverly Hills auction house and that if you wanna g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Gatsby and an $18,000 Guinea Pig Picture: Bonhams & Butterfields Book Auction

    ​ Pssst...wanna buy an expensive book? How about a guinea pig painting? Bonhams & Butterfields is auctioning off some fine books and manuscripts this Sunday (9 a.m.). They've got a Beatrix Potter original watercolor of a super-cute guinea pig grooming himself. How much will this super-cutene ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Michael Jackson Glove Goes For $330,000 At Beverly Hills Auction; Johnny Cash Middle-Finger Jumpsuit Reaps $50,000

    Julien's AuctionsNow on display at the Ponte 16 resort in Hong Kong​It was a charged weekend at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills -- most of all, during the paddle war over one of Michael Jackson's most crowd-pleasing staples: the Swarovski-studded glove he wore throughout the "Bad" tour. Th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 4, 2010

    Tribute Night: An Evening with Don "The Snake" Prudhomme

    Julien's AuctionsNow on display at the Ponte 16 resort in Hong Kong​It was a charged weekend at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills -- most of all, during the paddle war over one of Michael Jackson's most crowd-pleasing staples: the Swarovski-studded glove he wore throughout the "Bad" tour. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Johnny Cash's Guitar, Song Books, and San Quentin Jumpsuit Up for Auction

    Johnny Cash's Guitar, Songbooks, and San Quentin Jumpsuit Up for Auction

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2010

    DOING LUNCH WITH PHIL

    Johnny Cash's Guitar, Songbooks, and San Quentin Jumpsuit Up for Auction

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Sotheby's: Legendary Auction House and Local Greengrocer

    analuciababy/FlickrA pink banana pumpkin​ Sotheby's usually concerns itself with selling famous paintings, rare books, and plush estates. Later this month, however, the fourth-largest auction house in the world will push the cream of a different crop: the sort farmers actually yank from the g ... More >>

  • Columns

    August 19, 2010

    Selling the Treasures of Book Soup's Late Owner

    analuciababy/FlickrA pink banana pumpkin​ Sotheby's usually concerns itself with selling famous paintings, rare books, and plush estates. Later this month, however, the fourth-largest auction house in the world will push the cream of a different crop: the sort farmers actually yank from the g ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2010

    PUT A BID ON IT

    analuciababy/FlickrA pink banana pumpkin​ Sotheby's usually concerns itself with selling famous paintings, rare books, and plush estates. Later this month, however, the fourth-largest auction house in the world will push the cream of a different crop: the sort farmers actually yank from the g ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2010

    Navajo Rug Auction

    analuciababy/FlickrA pink banana pumpkin​ Sotheby's usually concerns itself with selling famous paintings, rare books, and plush estates. Later this month, however, the fourth-largest auction house in the world will push the cream of a different crop: the sort farmers actually yank from the g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    For Sale: £2 million Wine Cooler

    Think Bartles & Jaymes meets Ozzy Osbourne. Or maybe Mikhail Prokhorov. This enormous silver wine cooler will be up for auction at Sotheby's in July, and is expected to sell for between £1.5 million and £2 million. The cooler was commissioned by the third Lord Raby in 1706, and was designed by Ph ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2010

    CUT TO THE LACE

    Think Bartles & Jaymes meets Ozzy Osbourne. Or maybe Mikhail Prokhorov. This enormous silver wine cooler will be up for auction at Sotheby's in July, and is expected to sell for between £1.5 million and £2 million. The cooler was commissioned by the third Lord Raby in 1706, and was designed by Ph ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Energizer Bunny To Be Auctioned Off In Beverly Hills

    ​Just in time for Easter weekend a Dallas auction house announced that one of four Energizer Bunnies featured prominently in the battery-maker's commercials will go up for sale in Beverly Hills. This particular Mr. Bunny is expected to fetch at least $20,000 at the Signature Entertainment Auc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Del's Saloon Closes Today: Everything Must Go

    Del's Saloon, a 35 year-old bar on Santa Monica Blvd., is serving its last brews today. If you're a Del's regular, or have never been to the dark spot sandwiched between Smart & Final and Light Bulbs & More--or are doing a tour of your favorite Knocked Up scene locations--the bar is serving half pri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    LACMA Selling Select Works Even As It Buys Others

    ​Even as it has been buying works of art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has been selling paintings from its permanent collection as it wraps up a series of moves museum director Michael Govan describes as a clarifying process. The New York Times on Thursday reported that a number of LA ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2009

    BOOKS FOR ART'S SAKE

    ​Even as it has been buying works of art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has been selling paintings from its permanent collection as it wraps up a series of moves museum director Michael Govan describes as a clarifying process. The New York Times on Thursday reported that a number of LA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Auction Me Barbra: Babs Has a Yard Sale

    Julien's Auctions​There are no fewer than two Hollywood memorabilia auctions taking place this week. Calabasas' Profiles in History is running one of its periodic prop-and-costume bidding wars ("Ever dream of getting into Megan Fox's shorts?" asks today's L.A. Daily News. "It'll only cost you abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    The Horror! The Horror! 'Halloween II' Prop Auction Saturday

    Premiere PropsMichael Myers' clown suit​It wasn't that long ago that props from horror or science fiction films went on the auction block only after the deaths of veteran collectors, or whenever retired prop managers, grips, gaffers or movie construction carpenters who'd salvaged vampire capes or ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 9, 2009

    HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITY AUCTIONS

    Let the bidding begin

  • LA Life

    May 14, 2009

    GO LA: The Man Who Sold the Brangelina Air

    Plus lots more to do, see and inhale in L.A., May 15-21

  • Calendar

    May 7, 2009

    BIDDING IN THE NAME OF ART

    Plus lots more to do, see and inhale in L.A., May 15-21

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2009

    DIG This

    Plus lots more to do, see and inhale in L.A., May 15-21

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Glitter Garage Sale: Auction of Michael Jackson's Stuff to Proceed

    Is there, among the 2,000 auction items culled from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, a Rosebud sled -- some seemingly worthless toy, trinket or tchotke that would unlock the secret to the enigmatic King of Pop? You'd certainly think so from the way Jacko and his lawyers have been fighting to stop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    The Remnants of Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch to Be Auctioned at Beverly Hilton in April

    photos courtesy of Julien's AuctionsThe airbrushed hood of Michael Jackson's Neverland golf cart Parents: avert your childrens' gaze for a second, because we've got some bad news: DREAMS DIE. Even the biggest, grandest, the most luxurious palaces sometimes collapse into a pile of rubble and despair ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Sarah Palin Mannequin Ebay Auction: Inauguration Shenanigans Begin Early

    The Obama Inauguration Day shenanigans are beginning early with Mito Aviles and ChadMichael Morrisette's Ebay auction of their infamous Sarah Palin mannequin. They strung her up last Halloween, much to the dismay/delight of their West Hollywood neighborhood. (For the backstory, go here.) The auctio ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 11, 2008

    POSTPONED!! Forget the Whales -- Save the Puppets!

    The Obama Inauguration Day shenanigans are beginning early with Mito Aviles and ChadMichael Morrisette's Ebay auction of their infamous Sarah Palin mannequin. They strung her up last Halloween, much to the dismay/delight of their West Hollywood neighborhood. (For the backstory, go here.) The auctio ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    April 24, 2008

    SMMOA and LACE Put the Fun in Fund-raisers

    Going ... going ... incognito

  • News

    November 22, 2007

    Fabulous Fake Wine

    Very pricey bottles of faux wine are pouring in from France and Europe

  • Art+Books

    April 19, 2007

    Must See Art

    “Last Resort” by Mark Mann at Taylor De Cordoba and auction time

  • Art+Books

    August 4, 2005

    Scoring the Art Auctions

    “Last Resort” by Mark Mann at Taylor De Cordoba and auction time

  • Art+Books

    November 25, 2004

    Hot Spot

    Talking Culver City and the international art market with Blum & Poe

  • Columns

    February 7, 2002

    Readings: Laughing With Wen Ho Lee

    Talking Culver City and the international art market with Blum & Poe

  • News

    January 10, 2002

    Auction Heroes

    Talking Culver City and the international art market with Blum & Poe

  • LA Life

    May 25, 2000

    Sale Agreed

    For the love of a wee Irish cottage

  • Art+Books

    March 16, 2000

    X-Rated eBay

    For the love of a wee Irish cottage

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