A large collection of period Mouseman oak furniture will be sold by auction precisely seventy-five years after it was commissioned for Leeds Girls’ High School’s Senior Library in 1933. The sale of this Arts and Crafts furniture will no doubt be of interest to many of the old girls from the school [Read More]
Daily Archives: May 3, 2008
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A rare presentation copy of a first edition book by one of England’s greatest female novelists will be sold for an estimated £50,000 at Bonhams on 24 June at 101 New Bond Street, London. The three-volume set of Emma by Jane Austen (1775-1817) – author of Pride & Prejudice, and Sense & [Read More]
London – Sotheby’s Sale of Indian Art in London realised £4,289,775, a figure handsomely in excess of pre-sale expectations (estimate was £2.4-3.4 million*). The sale, which was extremely well attended both during the pre-sale exhibition and in the saleroom today, saw spirited and competitive bidding throughout. It demonstrated that the international profile [Read More]
New York, NY – On May 22, 2008, Sotheby’s is offering a masterpiece of American 19th century painting, The Peaceable Kingdom with the Leopard of Serenity, by the most celebrated American folk art artist, Edward Hicks, of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Arguably one of the most important and beautifully preserved examples of the [Read More]