One of the most valuable tea services ever assembled, sold for £541,250 at Bonhams, yesterday 5th December 2012. In a busy saleroom, bidders competed for eight items of the legendary ‘Half-Figure Service’-type, a highly important set of Meissen porcelain in the Said and Roswitha Marouf Collection. Meissen porcelain with ‘Half-Figure Service’ decoration [Read More]
Daily Archives: December 6, 2012
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An oil painting of Saint Peter attributed to Domenikos Theotokopoulos, better known as El Greco, sold for £791,650 against a pre-sale estimate of £40,000 – 60,000 at Bonhams yesterday, 5th December 2012. Saint Peter oil on canvas 68 x 56cm (26 3/4 x 22 1/16in). unframed Attributed to Domenikos Theotokopoulos, called El [Read More]
Bonhams offered Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts on December 3 in Los Angeles. The 450-lot sale brought nearly $2 million and featured an array of works for varied tastes and collecting levels from the 16th through the 20th centuries, with a focus on German, French, Italian and English properties. Highlights from [Read More]
Watchung, New Jersey – One of only ten known 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth cards has been consigned to Robert Edward Auctions’ spring 2013 sale. Many consider the 1914 Babe Ruth to be the single most important and miraculous baseball card in the world. This card features Ruth as an unknown minor [Read More]