Bonhams sale of Modern Sporting Guns on December 13 in Knightsbridge features a number of items with fascinating and historic Indian links – a cartridge-magazine, a shotgun case, a pair of Purdey shotguns and a Colt revolver, all with histories l…
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The Stanley Gibbons Group plc has acquired of a group of four medals awarded to Major J.S. Knox for his actions in the Crimean War, which includes the first Victoria Cross to be issued to a member of the British Army. The Victoria Cross was instituted by Queen Victoria to cover all [Read More]
Historically important objects relating to Guangdong province in Southern China will go to block at the Hong Kong 2011 Autumn Auction of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, on November 28, 2011 at the Island Shangri-La Hotel.
Located in Guangdong…
Bonhams announces its auction of Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection Part IV, to be held in Hong Kong on November 28, 2011 at the Island Shangri-la Hotel.
Following extraordinary results achieved by Bonhams for Parts I, II and III …
Christie’s London presents at auction An Iberian Private Collection with Part I: Important Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu on 8 December 2011 and Part II: Furniture, Silver, Jewellery, Paintings, European, Chinese and Islamic Ceramics on 9 Decembe…
Hôtel des ventes will auction without reserve over 300 original photographs, many of which signed, of the Russian Imperial family, on Monday 12th December in Geneva.
Estimated at an approximate total of 30,000 Swiss francs, this ensemble comes directl…
The bear is the expected top lot in an auction that will see nearly 400 quality lots change hands.
(BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – A rare, magnificent Chinese solid nephrite jade bear, the largest known jade sculpture of its time and dating back to China’…
A rare 15th century gold iconographic ring found by a metal detector in Stanford, Kent is estimated to sell for £4,000 – 6,000 in the Fine Jewellery Sale taking place at Bonhams on the 8th December 2011.
The ring was a dream find, having remained hi…
Bonhams is to auction The Gerard Hawthorn Collection of Yixing Stoneware on November 28, 2011 at the Island Shangri-la Hotel, Hong Kong.
Part of the Bonhams Autumn Auctions Series in Hong Kong, The Gerard Hawthorn Collection of Yixing Stoneware is an …
Christie’s announces that the sale of a Sheffield-plated silver wine cooler, given by George Washington to Alexander Hamilton in 1797, will highlight the week of Americana sales on January 19, 2012 (estimate: $400,000-600,000). This four-bottle wine …
Hermann Historica arms and armour, arts and crafts objects, hunting collectibles, orders, military objects and antiquities achieved excellent results in the autumn sale. A total of approximately 3,500 selected collectors´ items were offered for biddin…
The 58th Annual Winter Antiques Shows loan exhibition, Celebrating Historic Hudson Valley 60: Rockefeller Patronage in Sleepy Hollow Country highlights more than 25 objects from Historic Hudson Valley’s five National Landmarks and marks the 60th anniversary of John D. Rockefeller Jr.’s founding of Sleepy Hollow Restorations, now Historic Hudson Valley. The exhibition [Read More]
Christie’s announces an important sale of Antiquities on December 7, at 10 am, offering over 225 lots, led by several exceptional works of Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman art, plus Near Eastern and European antiquities, along with some fine example…
Charleston Antique Restorations announced today that the 2012 master antique restoration classes will begin on January 16, 2012, and will be held every other week thereafter throughout the year. The classes are offered by Colonel R. L. Whitmer who was honored and inducted into the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels by Kentucky [Read More]