English Heritage’s proposals to transform the setting of Stonehenge and the visitor experience received a major boost from the Heritage Lottery Fund on 19 November 2010 with a grant of £10 million. Computer generated view of proposed Visitor Centre Baroness Andrews, Chair of English Heritage, said: “We are tremendously grateful for this [Read More]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a collaborative group of California scientists from the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), The Aerospace Corporation, and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) at Stanford $495,723 over three years to investigate the chemical and physical makeup of Attic pottery—long considered to be the [Read More]
With the triumphant Grand Opening of its Park Avenue offices in New York, and a very successful inaugural Illustration Art Auction under its belt in October, Heritage Auctions will hold a suite of five auctions – American Indian Art, Vintage & Contemporary Photography, Timepieces, Lalique, Art Glass, & Perfume Bottles and Pre-Columbian [Read More]
Around 250 lots of fine clocks, estate jewelry and other small items that would make excellent holiday presents will be sold in an online-only auction (already online) slated to end Friday, Dec. 10, by Gordon S. Converse & Co. The auction is already online and all lots may be viewed at the [Read More]
The Michael and Diane Schoeman Collection of Vintage Radios will be presented to collectors at Bonhams on Wednesday, December 14, 2010 at 11 a.m. in New York. The international auctioneers will conduct the third sale of this kind, which will surely serve as yet another benchmark in the collecting history of vintage [Read More]
The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) hosts its 38th Annual Thanksgiving Weekend Antiques Show on November 26th – 28th. Featuring dozens of top antique dealers from New England and across the United States, this year’s event showcases exceptional offerings, from Shaker furniture and Oriental rugs, to estate jewelry and English majolica pottery. The [Read More]
Sotheby’s in London have sold a rare and magnificent Yuan Dynasty Blue and White ‘Peony’ Jar, Guan £2.6 million/$4.1 million, more than six times pre-sale expectations (estimate: £400,000-600,000), in the biannual Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Sale. Blue and white wares are undoubtedly one of the greatest contributions to the [Read More]
Skinner, Inc. will host its annual auction of Science, Technology & Clocks on November 20th in its Marlborough gallery, located at 274 Cedar Hill Street. The sale, which starts at 10 a.m., includes an impressive collection of rare clocks and timepieces, a strong offering of militaria including Revolutionary and Civil War material, [Read More]
A stunning piece of China’s Imperial history – a seal personally commissioned and used by the Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799) – sold for £2,708,000 at Bonhams Sale of Fine Chinese Art on November 11th in London. The perfect four centimetre square jade seal bearing the inscription ‘Zi Qiang Bu Xi’, (‘Self-Strengthening Never Ceases’) [Read More]
The British Museum’s major Autumn exhibition, supported by BP, will present and explore ancient Egyptian beliefs about life after death. Journey through the afterlife: ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead will showcase the rich textual and visual material from the British Museum’s unparalleled collection of Book of the Dead papyri. Exhibition open [Read More]
A very rare pair of French silver-mounted flintlock pistols by Napoleon’s gunmaker, Boutet, once in the collection of Field Marshall Sir Frances Festing, will be offered in Bonhams Fine Antique Arms and Armour sale in Knightsbridge on Wednesday, 24th November. The pair is estimated to fetch between £50,000 to £75,000. The pistols, [Read More]
The Walters Art Museum is to present Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe, opening Feb. 13, 2011, exploring the convergence of art and spirituality in medieval times. This is the first major U.S. exhibition of Christian relics and reliquaries co-organized by the Walters, the Cleveland Museum of Art [Read More]
The Louisiana State Museum will host a Winter Art and Antiques Show, December 3-5, 2010 at The Old U.S. Mint 400 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans. The 2010 Winter Art and Antiques Show, presented by Louisiana Life and Antiques & Fine Art magazines. Early winter in New Orleans is the best and most [Read More]
A ceramic sculpture which sat for years unrecognised in a family house in Edinburgh has been identified as a master work by the Italian Art Deco designer Sandro Vacchetti. It will be offered for sale at Bonhams ‘Design from 1860’ auction in London on 17 November (est £8,000–10,000). The sculpture, known affectionately [Read More]