AUCTIONS AT GUERNSEY'S
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The Dinosaur Auction- If you've ever ventured into New York City's Museum of Natural History or any of the world's other great natural history museums, you know what it looks like when coming face to face with a huge brontosaurus or Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton. You also now know what it looked like at Guernsey's remarkable Vinous Auction at New York City's cavernous Park Avenue Armory. |
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Rock Greats Collection - Chet Atkins, Jimi Hendrix and John Entwistle's guitars, Kiss's costumes and Motown treasures... this auction had it all! |
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Meteorites from Mars - in 1996, shortly after scientists discovered evidence of life in meteorites from Mars, Guernsey's presented the only privately-owned complete collection of such meteorites. |
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Beasts - in 1996, shortly after scientists discovered evidence of life in meteorites from Mars, Guernsey's presented the only privately-owned complete collection of such meteorites. |
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Artists of the Hampton's - When a previously unknown pair of important early 1950’s paintings by Willem de Kooning were consigned to Guernsey’s, a year was spent seeking out other treasures from Pollack, Kline and the many other great artists who spent portions of their careers on Eastern Long Island. |
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Civil War - Conducted within the prestigious halls of the New York Historical Society (New York City’s oldest museum) Guernsey’s presented the most comprehensive array of artifacts from the Civil War ever to come to auction. |
The Tennis Auction - There never has been a major auction held directly in conjunction with a national sporting event, never that is until Guernsey’s worked with the United States Tennis Association in producing our landmark Tennis Auction literally at the U.S. Open the most well attended annual sporting event in the world. |
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Beer Steins - A legendary collection of antique beers steins made its way from Wisconsin to New York for an auction that undoubtedly made many beer aficionados most happy. |
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The Jazz Auction - Working directly with families of such Jazz legends as John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, and Thelonius Monk, Guernsey’s produced the first Jazz Auction ever at New York’s then-brand new Jazz at Lincoln Center. |
The Henry Ford Museum Auction - Dearborn’s prestigious Henry Ford Museum chose Guernsey’s to sell an extraordinary collection of 800 brass model locomotives, collections of antique motorcycles and bicycles and assorted other rarities related to transport. This auction included the first vintage automobile to ever receive a million dollar bid at auction. |
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The Mickey Mouse Auction - The first drawings of Mickey Mouse lead the lineup of many great original and comic art figures to appear in this auction. |
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Lead Soldiers - When a fine old Boston private school received a gift of thousands of rare antique lead toy soldiers, it turned to Guernsey’s to turn the collections into funds needed to complete the building of its library. |
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The Sporting Auction - Including uniforms, equipment, art and ephemera from all major American sports, this auction’s highlights included Muhammad Ali’s punching bag, Gordie Howe’s hockey equipment, and the baseball card holy grail: a rare Honus Wagner T206 card. |
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Princess Diana: Swan Lake Suite - The only jewelry worn by Princess Diana ever available for sale was sold by Guernsey’s following the Princess’ tragic death. Proceeds supported Diana’s various causes. Many years later, we sold the same beautiful diamond and south sea pearl necklace and earrings again, this time by private treaty sale.
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The Graffiti Auction - The only jewelry worn by Princess Diana ever available for sale was sold by Guernsey’s following the Princess’ tragic death. Proceeds supported Diana’s various causes. Many years later, we sold the same beautiful diamond and south sea pearl necklace and earrings again, this time by private treaty sale. |
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Elvis: The Archives of Graceland - Make no mistake about it…there has been one-and only one-Graceland Auction of Elvis Presley’s treasured objects. Guernsey’s was proud to work with the Presley family in producing an extraordinary event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas where a good part of the record-setting auction results were used to build a village for Memphis’ homeless. |
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Titanic - There couldn’t have been a more appropriate or spectacular setting for Guernsey’s auction of historic items relating to the Titanic than New York City’s South Street Southport Museum. Many competed for items ranging from surviving dinner menus to life preservers. |
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The Dick Clark Auction - If one grew up in mid-twentieth century America, one grew up with Dick Clark. It was Guernsey’s, of course, that Dick came to to sell his extensive array of objects relating to the history of Rock ‘n’ Roll. |
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Yankee Stadium - When the brand new Yankee Stadium was completed in 2008, guess who sold the architectural drawings and engineering plans from the original Stadium? |
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Illustration Auctions - At a time when a debate was gently raging within the art world as to whether commercial illustration should even be called “art” (the thought that it wouldn’t be is now viewed as preposterous). Guernsey’s produced the first illustration auctions. With works by such great artists as Norman Rockwell and J.C. Leyendecker, these pioneering auctions have often been credited for opening people’s eyes towards the importance of illustration. |
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The Baseball Auction - One of the most coveted marks in the annals of auction records is that of the most spent for a single baseball. Only months after the world’s largest auction house boasted of selling a ball for the then record setting $126,000, Guernsey’s held a baseball auction at Madison Square Garden. Two balls in that event sold for the then remarkable amounts of $1 million each, but the “Star of the Show” was a ball we sold for $3 million, or twenty times the previous world record amount. Astounding! |
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The Presidential Auction - This comprehensive auction focusing on the Presidency not only included treasure items from John F. Kennedy, Franklin Roosevelt, and a host of other important figures in American history, it also included controversial material such a the presidential portrait scorned by Lyndon Johnson. Although the President obviously didn’t care for the work, we sold it to the National Portrait Gallery. |
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The Nautical Auction - The nautical theme has been featured in a number of Guernsey’s specialized events where literally hundreds of handsome ship models have sat side by side classic marine paintings and rare artifacts. |
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The Cartoon and Comic Art Auction - Captain America, Spiderman and Wonder Woman made frequent appearances in our cartoon and comic sales that often featured the work of legendary artist Winsor McCay. |
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The Animation Auction - Preston Blair, famed Disney animator who worked on Bambi and Fantasia, went on to create cult cartoon figure, Red Hot Riding Hood. His entire archive of original animation drawings were featured in one of our several animation auctions. |
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New York City Art - Love it or hate it, New York City probably conjures up more visual images for ore people than any other place on Earth. In this unique event. Guernsey's offered hundreds of original works of art... all with New York City as the theme. |
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Rocky Springs Amusement Park - When is an auction like a football game? When so many show up that the event looks more like the Orange Bowl than the sale of the contents of an old Lancaster County, Pennsylvania amusement park. |
