Previews will be held on days immediately prior to the event at a showroom in West Chester, Pa. (WEST CHESTER, Pa.) – A little over 300 lots of quality merchandise will be sold in a two-session, Internet-only auction slated for Saturday, July 20, at 11 a.m. (EDT), by Gordon S. Converse & Co. Internet bidding […]
Christie’s announce the launch of two online-exclusive sales for a Chinese Works of Art in July 2013, the first internet exclusive opportunities for the collecting category. Blanc de Chine: Dehua Porcelain from the Galster-Ireland Collection will run from July 9-23, offering 57 lots of exquisite Chinese porcelain, while Miniature Treasures: Chinese Snuff Bottles From a […]
The auction will be conducted by Crescent City Auction Gallery, in their New Orleans gallery. (NEW ORLEANS, La.) – An 18th century Chinese Qianlong celadon jade censer with a pre-sale estimate of $15,000-$25,000, items from the living estate of iconic New Orleans artist and photographer George Valentine Dureau (b. 1930) and an untitled glazed ceramic […]
A Bible inscribed by Albert Einstein, in which he refers to the book as an “inexhaustible” source of wisdom and solace that deserves frequent reading, sold at Bonhams for $68,500 in the June 25 Fine Books & Manuscripts auction. Inscribed in German and signed by both Einstein and his wife Elsa in 1932, the Bible […]
