Antiques

Sotheby’s winter sale of Antiquities brought a total of $30,918,375, soaring past the $5/7.6 million estimate, with 84% of the lots sold.* The sale was led by A Marble Group of Leda and the Swan, Roman Imperial, circa 2nd Century A.D which sold for $19,122,500 (est. $2/3 million). The sculpture was sought [Read More]

The Bonhams 20th Century Decorative Arts auction on December 14 will feature a wide range of exciting works from periods such as Art Nouveau, Post War Design and the Contemporary Studio Craft movements. The Art Deco period is well represented by Clara, a superb figure by Demetre H. Chiparus, circa 1925 (pre-sale [Read More]

An old-fashioned American Christmas traditionally includes a statuesque, fragrant tree, topped by either an angel or star and accompanied by a vintage toy train that chugs energetically around its base to announce that Santa has arrived. Finding the perfect train to complete the classic holiday scenario is as easy as bidding in [Read More]

On December 17, Christie’s 20th Century Decorative Art & Design sales in New York will showcase the entire range of 20th Century Decorative Arts, from Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts, and Art Deco, to the Modernist and Contemporary movements. The auctions featured are Magnificent Tiffany: Including Property from the Estate of Jeanne [Read More]

Sotheby’s New York December 6, 2011 auction of Important Watches & Clocks sale achieved $8,832,572, selling a strong 85.9% by lot and well within pre-sale expectations of $6.7/9.6 million. This marks the highest-ever total for an ‘Important Watches & Clocks’ auction at Sotheby’s New York. In addition, 93% of sold lots brought [Read More]

Nearly 300 items will be offered in the Fine Books & Manuscripts auction, December 15 at Bonhams in New York. Being one of the last auctions of this year, and adding to holiday anticipation, the sale boasts several Christmas-related items among its offerings, including: early printed books and illuminated manuscripts, travel literature [Read More]

A Rattray & Co. Scottish Gold Presentation Bowl, circa 1931, inscribed with the coat of arms of the 14th Earl of Strathmore, and the house’s motto, IN TE DOMINE SPERAVI, is expected to bring $50,000+ as the top lot of Heritage Auctions’ Dec. 7 Silver & Vertu Signature® Auction, taking place Dec. [Read More]

A circa 1860 studio camera that was used by Mathew Brady, the quintessential Civil War photo-documentarian and one of America’s greatest photographers, is being offered by Heritage Auctions on Nov. 30 as part of its Americana & Political Memorabilia Signature® Auction. It is expected to bring $25,000+. “Virtually every public figure of [Read More]

A pair of important Fran?ois Linke (French, d. 1846) Kingwood and Tulipwood Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine Cabinets with Wedgwood Jasperware Plaques, made in Paris, circa 1900, may bring $200,000+ as the top lot in Heritage Auctions’ Dec. 7 Decorative Art Signature® Auction, being held at the company’s Dallas Design District Annex, 1518 [Read More]

Sotheby’s New York sale of Important Judaica on 14 December 2011 will offer important examples of Hebrew ceremonial metalwork, illuminated manuscripts, early printed books, original decorative bindings and fine art. The auction is led by the most important manuscript Hasidic prayer book still in private hands, Siddur Tefilah min ha-Ari”zal. The sale [Read More]

A rare and previously unrecorded plate by the important Maiolica artist Francesco Xanto Avelli, dated 1537, has been uncovered by Lyon & Turnbull auctioneers. The plate was discovered on a regular house valuation and is expected to realise over £100,000 at auction at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on the 7th December [Read More]

The top lot at Heritage Auctions’ $1.84 million Lalique & Art Glass Signature® Auction, was a superb Tiffany Studios Daffodil table lamp that brought $56,763. All prices include 19.5% Buyer’s Premium. “This beautiful lamp was received by the consignor as a wedding present in 1917,” said Nick Dawes, Vice President of Special [Read More]

Bonhams is pleased to offer Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts on December 5 in Los Angeles. The 350-lot sale will feature an array of works for varied tastes and collecting levels from the 16th through the 20th centuries, with a focus on English, French, Italian, Spanish and German properties. Highlights from [Read More]

Bonhams Hong Kong set a new outright world record for a Chinese snuff bottle on 28 November 2011, at the auction of the celebrated Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part IV at the Island Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong. The tiny, yet exquisite, ‘famille-rose’ enamelled glass ‘European-subject’ snuff bottle made in the Imperial [Read More]

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]

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]

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]