Antiques
Japanese Netsuke Sculptures Highlight at Bonhams Auction
A collection of 58 tiny Japanese netsuke figurines is expected to command big price’s at Bonhams 16 May auction of the Adrienne Barbanson Collection in London. Bonhams achieved a world record for this art form when a single netsuke went for £265,000 at a recent sale. The Japanese are known as masters of miniaturization, and […]
Bonhams Auction of the Laverty Collection Becomes the Most Successful Contemporary Art Sale in Australia
It was standing room only at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney as the greatly anticipated Laverty Collection of contemporary Australian indigenous and non-indigenous art went under the hammer with Bonhams on Sunday March 24, 2013. The mood was electric as more than 300 people crammed into the MCA’s Foundation Hall, for the epic, […]
Skinner, Inc. will host auction of European Furniture and Decorative Arts April 6
Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of European Furniture and Decorative Arts on Saturday, April 6th in its Boston gallery. This sale will feature The Fletcher Collection of Imperial Russia and over 300 lots of fine silver. The sale will also present Continental and British ceramics, clocks, lighting, textiles, antique furniture and a variety of […]
Bonhams to Preview Auctions of European Glass and Asian Art in Amsterdam
Bonhams will hold a preview of three of its most important upcoming sales in Amsterdam from 7 – 9 March. The preview will feature the Mühleib collection of European Glass, Chinese Works of Art as well as works from the Barbanson Collection of Japanese Art. World authority on Asian Art and Bonhams Deputy Chairman, Colin […]
Bonhams to auction 16th century Ottoman Iznik masterpieces
Two rare Iznik bottles from the golden age of the Ottoman Empire will return to New Bond Street in Mayfair after nearly a century when they are auctioned at Bonhams next Indian and Islamic sale on April 23 for an estimated £150,000. The bottles were previously sold by the well-known antiques dealer Frank Dickinson from […]
