Bonhams much anticipated sale of The Hoffmeister Collection of Meissen Porcelain Part I took place today at their New Bond Street saleroom raising £1,091,100. The sale attracted worldwide interest with lively bidders in the saleroom joined on the telephone by collectors from all four corners of the globe. 77.29% of the exquisite […]
Daily Archives: November 26, 2009
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An early collection of ‘silver religious ornaments’ from the Ashkenazi Plymouth Hebrew Congregation’s synagogue built in 1762, the oldest in the English-speaking world, sold at Bonhams on 25th November for £175,000. This earliest and rarest set of 14 lots of silver prayer instruments was estimated to sell for £100,000, but instead took […]
On December 4 and December 9, Christie’s New York will present three sales offering over 550 lots of important and rare books, manuscripts, and maps from distinguished private collections. The first day of sales begins with part II of The William E. Self Library of important English and American Literature and immediately […]