The Saint Louis Art Museum presents Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea, a breathtaking exhibition that showcases more than 90 works of Maya art, many shown for the first time in the United States. The works on view are from Mexico, Belize, Honduras and Guatemala and reveal the ancient Maya [Read More]
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Sotheby’’s will offer in Hong Kong on the 7th April 2011 selections from one of the grandest collections of Chinese Art formed in the last century, The Meiyintang Collection. Assembled over a period of more than 50 years,is world-renowned for having brought together magnificent examples of Imperial Porcelain and the sale will [Read More]
Bonhams sale of Antiquities on April 13 includes a beautiful but inscrutable Egyptian cat cast in bronze, with gold earrings, that dates from circa 664-32BC estimated to sell for £15,000 to £20,000. This charming hollow cast bronze cat is shown alert, sitting upright with the tail curled to the right side, the [Read More]
Bonhams Chinese and Japanese departments will offer two sales on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, starting with The Linda Riddell Hoffman Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles at 10am, followed by Fine Japanese Works of Art at 2pm. Both auctions will take place at the Bonhams saleroom located at 580 Madison Avenue at 56th [Read More]
Grogan and Company will host their first auction of the 2011 season on Sunday, February 13th at 12 noon. Comprised of American and European Paintings, Prints and Sculpture, 18th and 19th century Furniture and Decorations, Silver, Jewelry and Oriental Rugs and Carpets, the auction will aslo include property three important estates and [Read More]
Staffordshire auction house Cuttlestones ongoing success is seeing the firm attract lots from across the country. The firm’s next Fine Art Sale, set to take place on Friday 4th March, is no exception – and one lot in particular has travelled a considerable distance to be sold at the progressive auction house. [Read More]
Jewellery and silver belonging to the daughter of the famous French society painter Paul Cesar Helleu, one of the models for a central character in Marcel Proust’s monumental novel ‘In Search of Lost Time’ (sometimes known as ‘Remembrance of Things Past’),’ is to be auctioned at Bonhams in Edinburgh on 2 March. [Read More]
The Botleigh Grange Antiques and Fine Art Fair returns to Southampton, from Friday 20 until Sunday 22 May 2011, following its successful launch last April at the Legacy Botleigh Grange Hotel, Grange Road, Hedge End, Southampton SO30 2GA Exhibitors include picture dealers Baron Fine Art from Chester, Elford Fine Art from Devon, [Read More]
The Clover Market, an outdoor market in Ardmore, PA featuring art, antiques, vintage, and handmade items, announces the spring 2011 dates: Sunday April 10 Sunday May 1 Sunday June 5 The Market will be open rain or shine from 10 am – 4 pm in the Schauffele Plaza Municipal parking lot (at [Read More]
In late spring 2011, over 150 items from Bolton Museum’s ancient Egyptian collection will be travelling to Taiwan to begin a tour of China and neighbouring regions. This tour is being arranged for China Media Times by United Exhibits Group, whose headquarters are in Copenhagen. The tour will last about 2 years. [Read More]
More than 100 pieces of historic, rare Orange County California paper money from the collection of the late William (“Willie”) Pannier, long-time owner of the Fullerton Coin & Stamps store, will be offered in an auction to be conducted by Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles (www.GoldbergCoins.com) in Beverly Hills, February [Read More]
Stanley Gibbons will be exhibiting in India for the first time in more than 20 years, having taken a stand at Indipex 2011 being held in Delhi’s largest exhibition venue, Pragati Maidan, from 12-18th February. Members of their Great Britain and Commonwealth specialist departments will be on the stand and the company [Read More]
An 18th century mahogany bureau table carved by Newport’s most celebrated cabinetmaker sold for a stunning $5.7 million at Christie’s New York on Wednesday morning, placing it among the highest auction prices ever realized for an item of American furniture. Offered at $700,000-900,000, the table was pursued by multiple bidders, who rapidly [Read More]
“The Savannah Collection,” a newly discovered grouping of more than 40,000 comic books, spanning from 1958 to the present, and acquired directly from the distributor, valued in total at more than $1 million – roughly $350,000 of which is in this auction – makes its debut in Heritage Auctions’ Feb. 24-26 Signature® [Read More]