In the year that Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee Baldwin’s are delighted to be selling at auction the most British of coin collections. Formed over 34 years by a private collector, the Bentley Collection is the ultimate collection of British gold Sovereigns and is sure to generate interest from collectors [Read More]
Daily Archives: March 23, 2012
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Seven unique ceramic works by Dutch contemporary designers and artists, inspired by Dutch old master paintings in the Wallace Collection, are to be offered for sale in a silent auction on the occasion of the re-opening of the Dutch Galleries at the Wallace Collection in London. The famous Dutch Galleries of the [Read More]
Sotheby’s auction of Fine Classical Chinese Paintings brought a total of $35,162,938, totally eclipsing the pre-sale estimate of $9.8/13.7 million. Estimates tumbled throughout the sale and nine lots sold for over $1 million. The auction was led by Emperors of the Southern Song 12th to 13th Century, Calligraphy In Various Script Forms [Read More]
Sotheby’s Scandinavian Sale on Monday, 11 June 2012, features Vilhelm Hammershoi paintings. Four of the paintings depict Hammershøi’s home in Strandgade 30 in Copenhagen, which provided the backdrop for the artist’s most iconic and celebrated works. Together, the group is estimated to bring in excess of £1.45 million. Ida Reading a Letter, [Read More]
It was the living estate of Brenda McCarthy of Tupelo, Miss. The sale was held in Aberdeen. (ABERDEEN, Miss.) – A spectacular, all-original three-door mahogany bookcase, beautifully crafted around 1890 by the renowned American furniture maker R. J. Horner, sold for $22,425 at a sale of the living estate of Brenda McCarthy [Read More]