NEW YORK – THROCKMORTON FINE ART is presenting an unprecedented selection of pre-Columbian artifacts at the 62nd Annual Winter Antiques Show. This is the gallery’s thirtieth year participating in the legendary New York show. “The Winter Antiques Show is the very best of the best in fine art and antiques and we [Read More]
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BOULDER, CO – Provenance is always desirable, no matter what the collecting category may be, but when the object of pursuit is a premier cultural antiquity, prior ownership and the assurance that an item is legal to purchase escalate from “important” to “absolutely essential.” Artemis Gallery’s owners, Bob and Teresa Dodge, established [Read More]
BOULDER, Colo. – Artemis Gallery will unlock the mysteries of ancient times on Thursday, June 11 with an approximately 225-lot auction of important classical antiquities, plus ancient and ethnographic art. The carefully curated selection includes museum-quality pieces from Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian and Native-American cultures. Additionally, there are [Read More]
BOULDER, CO – Attention time travelers and antiquities collectors: No boarding pass is required for Artemis Gallery’s May 21 journey to past civilizations. All that’s required is an Internet connection and you’ll soon be browsing a fascinating auction catalog filled with more than 400 choice Classical, Near Eastern and Far Eastern antiquities; [Read More]
THROCKMORTON FINE ART (www.throckmorton-nyc.com) is presenting an important selection of Pre-Columbian art and artifacts at the 61st Annual Winter Antiques Show. (www.winterantiquesshow.com). This is the gallery’s 29th year participating in New York’s best known art fair. Among prized examples of Pre-Columbian art at the Throckmorton stand is a Mayan Middle Classic Mosaic [Read More]
BOULDER, Colo. – Once in a great while, an auction house is blessed with an “embarrassment of riches.” That may very well describe the offerings in Artemis Gallery’s Oct. 23-24 absentee/online auction of antiquities, Pre-Columbian and tribal art, featuring the collection of career diplomat William N. Dale. “This is surely one of [Read More]
The over-life-size bronze statue Boxer at Rest a realistic ancient Greek sculpture created between the late fourth and the second century B.C., on loan from the Museo Nazionale Romano – Palazzo Massimo alle Terme—will be shown outside Europe for the first time in The Boxer: An Ancient Masterpiece, a special presentation at [Read More]
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University presents Prehistoric Malta, 3600-2500 BCE an exhibition on view March 21 – July 7, 2013. “The Xag?ra Twin Seated Figure”. Stone, Red Ochre. H. 12.5, W. 11.0, D. 9.0 cm. Xaghra Circle (Gozo), 3600–2500 BCE. Heritage Malta–Gozo Museum of Archaeology: [Read More]
A researcher at LostWorlds.org has announced the discovery of Mayan glyphs, the symbols used to write the Mayan language, on 2,000 year old pottery unearthed throughout the state of Georgia. The pottery known as Swift Creek Complicated Stamped was a highly decorated type of pottery produced in Georgia starting around 100 A.D. [Read More]
The Biblical Archaeology Society, publisher of Biblical Archaeology Review, presents “Scholars on the Scrolls,” a series of three informal yet intriguing interviews with five world-renowned Dead Sea Scroll scholars. Host Hershel Shanks, editor of Biblical Archaeology Review, chats with experts Weston Fields, George Brooke, Joseph Fitzmyer, James Charlesworth and Sidnie White Crawford [Read More]
Hixenbaugh Ancient Art Ltd announces the exhibition of two rare and important Neo-Assyrian military artifacts dating to the 9th century BC: a bronze quiver inscribed with the name of King Shalmaneser III, ca. 859-824 BC, and a unique bimetallic helmet. These rare objects are among the few surviving examples of the military [Read More]
Christie’s has announced it’s upcoming Antiquities sale on 6 October 2011.
The auction will feature 252 lots, with items dating from 4th millennium B.C. to the 15th century A.D.. Offering a broad spectrum of quality pieces from Egypt, Greece, t…
Sculpture was one of the most powerful presences in the cities of both Greek and Roman cultures, it was found in parks and squares, in temples and cemeteries and within many of the homes of the affluent too. The next Bonhams sale of Antiquities on October 5th, has a strong offering of [Read More]
Lot 528, a Regency writing table has just sold for a staggering £8k at a local Fine Art Auction breaking the auction house records for a table of this type.
The elegant writing table veneered in amboyna with gilt gesso mounts had been discovered in a …