Following the auction of the Crosby Garrett Roman helmet Tullie House are now ending the ‘Keep it in Cumbria Appeal’. In the three weeks leading up to the auction Tullie House were able to raise £1.96 million. Richard Speirs, Chairman of the Friends of Tullie House said: “I have been amazed by [Read More]
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Bonhams announce the 20th Century Decorative Arts sale on December 14, 2010. The auction will begin at 1 p.m. at the Bonhams gallery located at 580 Madison Avenue at 56th Street. Frank Maraschiello, Vice President and Director, 20th Century Arts, said, “It is a pleasure for Bonhams to continue to sell works [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. announced that its 20th Century Furniture & Decorative arts auction will be held in its Boston gallery on December 18th, just in time for last minute holiday shopping. The auction features a large selection of modern artwork including paintings, sculpture, and wall hangings, modern furniture, and furniture, silver and art [Read More]
The finest collectible 1909-O Indian half eagle, MS66 PCGS, the Mitchelson-Clapp-Eliasberg-Price example – designated by legendary numismatist David Akers as “The Coin” – will provide some New Year’s fireworks on Thursday, Jan 6, 2011, when it comes up for auction as part of Heritage’s Tampa FUN Platinum Night U.S. Coin Auction. This [Read More]
The Metropolitan Museum presents Thinking Outside the Box a new installation featuring Cabinets, Caskets, and Cases from the Museum’s Collection, on view December 7, 2010–August 21, 2011. The objects featured in this installation will range from strongboxes to travel cases and from containers for tea or tobacco to storage boxes for toiletries [Read More]
Spanning the period from 1470-1526, covering the Wars of the Roses to ten years before the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the hoard is the largest intact assemblage of its kind. It contains some rare pieces, most notably from the reign of Kings Henry VI, 2nd reign (1470-1471) and Richard III (1483-1485). The [Read More]
As the only international auction house to have dedicated glass and paperweight sales, Bonhams is proud to announce the auction of The Albert Hartshorne Collection of Glass as part of its Fine British & European Glass & Paperweights auction on Wednesday 15th December in New Bond Street, London. Hartshorne is primarily known [Read More]
On the site where the Tannery Yard condominiums stand today, the influential Wilkes Street Pottery operated from 1813-1877. The relationship between the Wilkes Street Pottery, famous for manufacturing Alexandria stoneware, and Hugh Smith & Company, a King Street retailer, was a driving force in Alexandria’s economy during the early half of the [Read More]
The world of Cleopatra VII, which has been lost to the sea and sand for nearly 2,000 years, will surface at Cincinnati Museum Center on February 18, 2011 with Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt. Tickets for the exhibition go on sale today. On view through September 5, 2011, [Read More]
Featuring the largest collection of artifacts ever displayed in North America related to Qin Shihuangdi, the First Emperor of a unified China, The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army on view at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (February 12 – June 26, 2011), is the final stop of an exclusive two-venue [Read More]
With an overall result of EUR 1,9* million, the two day auction of Rare Books at Ketterer Kunst made for the best result in this section for the last twenty years. The evening auction alone realized a stunning 74 percent sold lots and a quota of 128 percent*. The reason for this [Read More]
A collection of furniture, which was bought for the first location of the European Commission in the UK, Kensington Palace Gardens, in 1957, is to be sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, as part of its monthly Period Design sale on 7 December 2010. The furniture moved from Kensington Palace Gardens into 8 Storey’s [Read More]
The Bishop Museum announce the launch of its Hawaiian Archaeological Survey (HAS) on-line database. This searchable database (http://has.bishopmuseum.org) contains information on sites in Hawai‘i excavated by Bishop Museum archaeologists. “HAS opens up archaeological site based information and literature to the greater community, on a scale that’s never been done before,” said Bishop [Read More]
A three year project to return a unique book to the library at Lyme Park and restore the room to its 19th century glory has finally been realised and is home once again to the Caxton Missal. The library at the National Trust’s Lyme Park is home once again to the Caxton [Read More]