A beautiful blue and white jar decorated with boys at play that tells a very human story with links to royalty, is estimated to sell for £300,000 to £500,000 at Bonhams sale of fine Chinese Art on November 10th in New Bond Street, London. The sale wi…
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Some of this auction’s highlights include lot 200, a baseball autographed by baseball legends “Babe” Ruth (1895-1948) and Lou Gehrig (1903-1941). This item was a local consignment purchased from the previous owners whose husband used to play …
The only two surviving sketch-leaves in private hands for Edward Elgar’s unfinished Third Symphony are to be sold at Bonhams Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs Sale in London on 22 November.They are part of a rich collection of m…
Ivory has been the medium of choice for luxury and precious objects since Antiquity. Indian ivory objects were already in considerable demand during the Achaemenid Empire in Iran (650-330 BC) and one of the most famous examples of Roman Trade with India is the carved ivory mirror handle that was found amongst [Read More]
A unique set of twelve original Japanese Namiki pens from the Alfred Dunhill Archive are to be sold at Bonhams Distinguished Design sale in London on 30 November. The set is estimated at £100,000-150,000.The barrels of the pens date from the 1920s whe…
Bonhams are to auction one of the only known 14th century instruments, an exceedingly rare equal hour horary quadrant marked with the badge of King Richard II, at its Fine Clocks and Scientific Instrument Sale on 13 December 2011. Dated 1396, this extr…
Central House of Artists hosts XXXI Russian Antique Salon the main autumn event on Russian antique market. open through October 30, 2011, 8600 meters accommodate 250 participants. This wide representation demonstrates the stability of the old art market, the investment attractiveness of which increases substantially during the crisis and post-crisis stagnation. While [Read More]
Sotheby’s will offer for auction on November 9, a prestigious and refined collection of 18th century books that is remarkable in terms of content, the quality of its illustrations, and the elegant morocco bindings which constitute a veritable ‘leit…
A very rare and important George II English wooden doll, which has belonged to the same family for over two centuries, is to be sold by Bonhams, as part of its Fine Toys, Dolls and Lead Soldiers Sale on 15 November 2011. Named Marianna after its first …
Christie’s presents an important single-owner collection of exceptional Chinese works of art from a renowned European connoisseur, to be offered on 30 November in Hong Kong This outstanding collection of fifteen rare works in jade, ivory and rhinocer…
Two lavishly illustrated inventories of jewellery belonging to Ksenia Aleksandrovna, the Grand Duchess of Russia, are highlights of the Russian Sale, taking place on the 30th November 2011 at Bonhams, New Bond Street.
As the daughter of Tsar Aleksander…
Sotheby’s Paris will be devoting a whole day to Books and Manuscripts on 9 November 2011, staging two sales: the first devoted to Books & Manuscripts, Including the Library of a Connoisseur: History of Ideas, Science & Letters (2:30pm); the…
Sotheby’s New York four-day auction of Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra concluded on Friday with a total of $45,900,064 (est. in excess of $40 million). The Collections offered more than 800 lots of magnificent European fu…
The only known copy of an early German edition of the ”Legenda aurea“ will be auctioned at Ketterer Kunst in Hamburg on 21/22 November, 2011. A copy in this completeness of the richly illustrated edition of the two volume work can neither be found …