The auction went online Sept. 1 and concluded Sept. 14. In all, 149 quality lots changed hands. (WOODSTOCK VALLEY, Conn.) – A vintage American Calabash flask showing a tree-in-leaf bust portrait of George Washington (circa 1845-1860) soared to $28,080 to take top lot honors in an auction held Sept. 1-14 by Norman [Read More]
Daily Archives: October 18, 2011
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Christie’s will offer a pair of Russian porcelain vases in their 28 November Russian Art Sale. These magnificent vases were presented by Emperor Nicholas I to Karl Ludwig Graf von Ficquelmont (1777-1857), who served as the Austrian Ambassador Extraordinaire to the Russian court from 1829-1839. Graf von Ficquelmont was one of Chancellor [Read More]
Sotheby’s London will present for sale an exceptional range of Imperial porcelain, monochrome ceramics, bronzes and jades in its biannual sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on Wednesday, 9th November 2011. The auction will comprise 560 lots, estimated to realise in the region of £12 million. Highlights include a [Read More]
Antik A.S., will auction exceptional paintings by the most important Modern & Contemporary Turkish Artists. The auction will take place on October 22, 2011 at the Swissotel the Bosphorus and will present selected 175 lots among the finest which ever to have appeared on the market for the first time. Special collection [Read More]
Christie’s New York Important Silver and Objects of Vertu sale on October 21, will present 218 precious works in silver and gold by well-known craftsmen such as Paul Storr, Mario Buccellati and many others. Highlighting the sale is an extraordinary Swiss gold, enamel and pearl-set singing-bird box with a rare double watch [Read More]
Several paintings from the collection of one of the UK’s first abstract expressionist painters, Frank Avray Wilson (1914-2009), are to be sold by Bonhams as part of its Contemporary Two sale at Knightsbridge on Knightsbridge Wednesday 19 October. Hans Hartung (German, 1904-1989) Untitled 1948 signed and dated 48 mixed media on brown [Read More]
Pierre Auguste Renoir’s oil painting, Le Bouquet, 1910, is expected to bring $500,000+ as the top lot in Heritage Auctions’ American & European Art Signature® Art Auction, being held Nov. 8 at the company’s Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum Street. Le Bouquet, 1910, comes to auction from the family of famed Texas [Read More]