Archive for September, 2010
ART GLASS, PICKARD, ROYAL BAYREUTH, WAVE CREST, TOOTHPICK HOLDERS AND MORE WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE SAT., OCT. 23 IN ST. CHARLES, MO
The auction will be conducted by Woody Auction, based in Douglass, Kan., starting at 9:30 a.m. (ST. CHARLES, Mo.) – An important estate auction featuring the Dorothy and Malcolm Reich collection, plus an outstanding Pickard collection from the Chicago area, will be offered without reserve (everything sells, regardless of price) Saturday, Oct. 23, in the […]
Sotheby’s to Auction Manuscript Dedicated to The Sultan of Brunei
Sotheby’s London will offer an important and rare Qur’an manuscript dated 1660 and dedicated to The Sultan of Brunei. The manuscript will form part of the sale of A Princely Collection – Treasures from the Islamic World which take place in London on Tuesday, 5 October, 2010. Estimated at £60,000 80,000, the Qur’an is remarkable […]
Sotheby’s Presents Arts of The Islamic World Sale
After the recent successes achieved in the field of Islamic Art at Sotheby’s, the company’s forthcoming biannual Arts of the Islamic Works Sale in London, which presents more than 400 lots, on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 will be the company’s strongest ever staged. The auction contains a fine selection of rare objects, including weaponry, textiles, […]
Early Books on Polynesian Art, Archaeology and Society to Highlight Bonhams November Auction of African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
Bonhams is pleased to announce the fall auction of African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art on November 11, 2010. The New York sale will offer a diverse group of unique and traditional works from Africa, Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Indonesia and Australia, created in the early 20th Century as well as pieces from Central and South America […]
Unique contemporary document of Lea Grundig to be auctioned
Phillips, famous for his striking photo articles in the American Life Magazine, discovered it in Israel. Lea Grundig’s work “Holocaust (Aufstand)“ came via New York to Ketterer Kunst in Munich, where it will be auctioned off on 22 October. A work from the 1940s like this, made by one of the most important artists of […]
