Daily Archives: December 17, 2011

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Sotheby’s auctions unpublished autograph manuscript by Charlotte Brontë for £690,850 / $ 1,069,229

Sotheby’s London announces that in a tense bidding battle yesterday, in its English Literature, History, Children’s Books & Illustrations sale, Charlotte Brontë’s autograph manuscript, The Young Men’s Magazine, Number 2, was sold for £690,850 / $ 1,069,229, more than twice the pre-sale estimate of £200,000-£300,000 – a record at auction for a [Read More]

RARE CHINESE EASTERN HAN DYNASTY SOLID NEPHRITE JADE BEAR (CIRCA 475 B.C.-220 A.D.), TOPS $8 MILLION AT ELITE DECORATIVE ARTS AUCTION, DEC. 10th

The bear was actually a bargain for the buyer, as the pre-sale estimate was $10-$20 million. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – An exceedingly rare, ancient Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty solid nephrite jade bear, made between 475 B.C.-220 A.D. and exhibiting extensive calcification due to centuries of extended burial, sold for a little more [Read More]