Sotheby’s is exhibiting selected highlights of the London Sale Series of Impressionist & Modern and Contemporary Art at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong from 25 to 27 November (Friday to Sunday) 2011. The exhibition offers an early viewing of important highlights from the major London sales of Impressionist & Modern Art which take [Read More]
Monthly Archives: November 2011
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Bonhams sale of Modern Sporting Guns on December 13 in Knightsbridge features a number of items with fascinating and historic Indian links – a cartridge-magazine, a shotgun case, a pair of Purdey shotguns and a Colt revolver, all with histories linking them to the period of the Raj. A fascinating item thanks [Read More]
Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts sale in New York on 13th December 2011, will include The Jean-Vounder Davis Collection of the Raymond Chandler Library – a unique group of books from the collection of one of America’s greatest detective fiction writers. Many of the titles are personalized by the author and offer [Read More]
Wright are to auction The Kenneth Laurent House and Furnishings by Frank Lloyd Wright as part of their Important Design sale on 15 December 2011. The Kenneth Laurent House In 1948 Kenneth Laurent commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to build a home that integrated his needs as a wheelchair-bound disabled veteran with Wright’s [Read More]
Phillips de Pury & Company will present a pop-up shop of unique works, limited-editions and prints by artists and designers such as Max Lamb, Martino Gamper, Michael Anastasiades, Tauba Auerbach, Faye Toogood, Bethan Laura Wood, DavidDavid, Snarkitecture, Brunno Jahara, Humans Since 1982, Victoria Wilmotte, Jonathan Muecke, Oeuffice, and Ben Adams at at [Read More]
At Koller Geneva autumn auction on 18 November over 70 % of the objects found new owners. The top lots were successfully auctioned. Good results were achieved especially for the 20th century painters from the West of Switzerland, large format sculptures and design objects made of gold and silver. As ever, classic [Read More]
Wright auctions Important Design is comprised of a number of works from prominent collectors and distinguished interiors as well as exceptional forms by the 20th century’s leading artists and designers. The sale includes more than two dozen sculptures by Harry Bertoia, including an excellent Gong and an unparalleled selection of sculptures from [Read More]
Mademoiselle Dryden, a portrait by the Scottish Colourist J.D. Fergusson, painted in Paris in the golden period before World War I, leads Bonhams 19th and 20th Century Pictures and Prints sale in Edinburgh on 8 December. It is estimated at £50,000-70,000. Paris before the First World War was the centre of the [Read More]
Christie’s will present an auction, in London offering the strongest selection of Russian paintings and works of art on the market this season, on 28 November. The sale will offer rediscovered treasures by many of the most celebrated artists in the field, including Natalia Goncharova, Vasily Vereshchagin, Boris Grigoriev, Filipp Maliavin and [Read More]
Historically important objects relating to Guangdong province in Southern China will go to block at the Hong Kong 2011 Autumn Auction of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, on November 28, 2011 at the Island Shangri-La Hotel. Located in Guangdong province, the economic powerhouse in Southern China, Hong Kong is the [Read More]
Bonhams announces its auction of Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection Part IV, to be held in Hong Kong on November 28, 2011 at the Island Shangri-la Hotel. Following extraordinary results achieved by Bonhams for Parts I, II and III of the collection, in which every snuff bottle from [Read More]
Heritage Auctions has announced that, effective Jan. 1, 2012, the structure of its Buyer’s Premium (BP) will be changing in several of its categories. While 13 of the company’s 33 categories will remain at 19.5% or 15%, the rest of the Heritage categories will implement the change. “We make very careful and [Read More]
Christie’s announces the sale of an extraordinary private collection in London in February 2012. Comprising approximately 200 masterpieces from antiquity through to contemporary art, and including paintings, sculpture, furniture and works of art, the collection was assembled with a focus on aesthetic quality, independent of origin or age, and offers a fascinating [Read More]
Christie’s London presents at auction An Iberian Private Collection with Part I: Important Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu on 8 December 2011 and Part II: Furniture, Silver, Jewellery, Paintings, European, Chinese and Islamic Ceramics on 9 December 2011. This eclectic collection, which spans the 16th to the 21st century, reflects the [Read More]
A remarkable cellar put together over ten years by an US businessman whilst working in London heads Bonhams sale of Fine & Rare Wines on Thursday 1st December. A Piedmontese by birth his interest started with wines from the top producers of Barolo and Barbaresco; Aldo Conterno, Giacosa, Sandrone, La Spinetta and [Read More]
Sotheby’s sales of Contemporary Art in Paris at the Galerie Charpentier comprise two auction sessions, on 7 December (Evening Sale) and 8 December 2011 (Day Sale). Some of the 141 works to be offered for auction are fresh to the market and come from prestigious collections – notably the Art Institute of [Read More]
Bonhams announce a stunning highlight to its December 13 Fine Jewelry auction, a magnificent 22.87 carat diamond solitaire ring. This is just one of a group of four exceptional jewelry pieces from a private Californian collection. Susan Abeles, Director of Jewelry US at Bonhams, states about this acquisition, “The jewelry department at [Read More]
Sotheby’s Important Russian Art Evening Auction on Monday, 28 November 2011 will feature exceptional paintings by artists including Konstantin Makovsky, Petr Konchalovsky, Konstantin Korovin, Natalia Goncharova and Niko Pirosmani, as well as the superb Collection of Arthur Ferdinand Hamann. The Important Private Collection of Works by Alexander Benois on Tuesday, 29 November [Read More]