Bonhams
Bonhams is an auction house with headquarters in the UK. It operates two London salerooms as well as others in Edinburgh, New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong.
In 2000, Bonhams was merged with Brooks, a specialist Classic Car auctioneer, and Phillips Son & Neale not long after. US auctioneers Butterfields joined the group in 2002.
In September 2018, chairman Robert Brooks stepped down after selling the company to private equity group Epiris. In 2022, the firm went on a buying spree purchasing US auction house Skinner, Swedish saleroom Bukowskis, Danish saleroom Bruun Rasmussen and then French outfit Cornette de Saint Cyr.
Greene shoots of exploration
19 February 2018Further discoveries from recent New York and London auctions including polar rarities.
Bonhams New York offers eight-page Isaac Newton manuscript
19 February 2018Among the lots offered in the March 9 Books and Manuscripts auction at Bonhams New York is an Isaac Newton work now with parallels to the rather more modern Harry Potter books.
Gulf in price for record Daniel Egerton Mexican view
12 February 2018A view of coastal Mexico was knocked down at £280,000 at Bonhams’ latest Travel and Exploration sale in Knightsbridge – a record price at auction for British topographical painter Daniel Egerton (1797-1842).
London numismatic highlights of 2017 - from a 1839 Una and the Lion five pound coin to the Smart collection of banknotes
12 February 2018A coin that a set a record for a British five pound piece features among the hammer highlights for coins and banknotes sold across the year at auction.
Heads and tails of London’s coin market
12 February 2018Almost a quarter of a century since ATG’s first overview of the numismatic market, ATG reviews the comings and goings of 2017
Sylvia Plath’s personal copy of ‘The Bell Jar’ comes to auction at Bonhams
29 January 2018A sketch, family books and other personal effects of poet Sylvia Plath are to be offered at auction this spring.
Composite suit of armour fits together to show its metal
29 January 2018A complete suit of well-matched period armour is rare indeed, so there was no doubting the star of Bonhams’ (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) sale in London.
Rare 19th century topographical painting of Mexico emerges at Bonhams
11 January 2018An original painting showing the Castle of San Juan de Ulúa in Mexico by 19th century British topographical artist Daniel Egerton is one of highlights of Bonhams’ Travel and Exploration auction in London next month.
Bonhams appoints new head of jewellery
08 January 2018Bonhams has announced that Jean Ghika has become its global head of jewellery.
Titanic letters on the rise at two auctions
08 January 2018Two letters sent by passengers who lost their lives when the Titanic sank in 1912 came to auction in the latter part of 2017: one of them posted before she sailed, the other recovered, along with the owner’s pocket book, when his body was pulled from the freezing Atlantic waters.
Record Leonardo sale ‘leads to new buyers’
08 January 2018The traditional Christmas Old Master series in London provided the first test of the market since the spectacular sale of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi in New York three weeks before.
Pick of the Week: Carriage clock lifted to £75,000
08 January 2018Top-quality timekeepers of accessible size by major makers are the main strength of the 19th century clock market.
D-Day dummy drops in to NY auction
02 January 2018Overall, a Voices of the 20th Century sale held by Bonhams New York (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) on December 6 was rather disappointing, with only 100 of 264 lots sold (and only six of the 55 Russian lots). However, among the more curious entries was the ‘Paradummy’ pictured below.
Grosvenor School linocuts add Power to dedicated print sale
22 December 2017A group of Grosvenor School linocuts by Cyril Power (1872-1951) gave a lift to Bonhams’ latest Prints and Multiples sale.
Former Bonhams vice president joins dealership Dickinson
19 December 2017William O’Reilly has joined Dickinson in New York.
Theatrical flourishes and ladies of the night
18 December 2017A fascinating archive of manuscripts, ephemera and artefacts relating to the life and career of the great actor, playwright and theatrical manager David Garrick sold for a far higher than predicted £90,000 at Bonhams (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) on November 15.
Stanley Spencer shines in Modern British art auctions
11 December 2017Modern British art by blue-chip names drove demand during the week-long series of November sales in London.
Raise your glasses to the Kaplan collection sold at auction
11 December 2017A full saleroom and a sell-out are not necessarily features you associate with traditional fields such as English drinking glasses but there are always exceptions.
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