At Koller Geneva autumn auction on 18 November over 70 % of the objects found new owners. The top lots were successfully auctioned. Good results were achieved especially for the 20th century painters from the West of Switzerland, large format sculptures and design objects made of gold and silver. As ever, classic [Read More]
Wright auctions Important Design is comprised of a number of works from prominent collectors and distinguished interiors as well as exceptional forms by the 20th century’s leading artists and designers. The sale includes more than two dozen sculptures by Harry Bertoia, including an excellent Gong and an unparalleled selection of sculptures from [Read More]
Mademoiselle Dryden, a portrait by the Scottish Colourist J.D. Fergusson, painted in Paris in the golden period before World War I, leads Bonhams 19th and 20th Century Pictures and Prints sale in Edinburgh on 8 December. It is estimated at £50,000-70,000. Paris before the First World War was the centre of the [Read More]
Christie’s will present an auction, in London offering the strongest selection of Russian paintings and works of art on the market this season, on 28 November. The sale will offer rediscovered treasures by many of the most celebrated artists in the field, including Natalia Goncharova, Vasily Vereshchagin, Boris Grigoriev, Filipp Maliavin and [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]
Heritage Auctions has announced that, effective Jan. 1, 2012, the structure of its Buyer’s Premium (BP) will be changing in several of its categories. While 13 of the company’s 33 categories will remain at 19.5% or 15%, the rest of the Heritage categories will implement the change. “We make very careful and [Read More]
Christie’s announces the sale of an extraordinary private collection in London in February 2012. Comprising approximately 200 masterpieces from antiquity through to contemporary art, and including paintings, sculpture, furniture and works of art, the collection was assembled with a focus on aesthetic quality, independent of origin or age, and offers a fascinating [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]
A remarkable cellar put together over ten years by an US businessman whilst working in London heads Bonhams sale of Fine & Rare Wines on Thursday 1st December. A Piedmontese by birth his interest started with wines from the top producers of Barolo and Barbaresco; Aldo Conterno, Giacosa, Sandrone, La Spinetta and [Read More]
Sotheby’s sales of Contemporary Art in Paris at the Galerie Charpentier comprise two auction sessions, on 7 December (Evening Sale) and 8 December 2011 (Day Sale). Some of the 141 works to be offered for auction are fresh to the market and come from prestigious collections – notably the Art Institute of [Read More]
Bonhams announce a stunning highlight to its December 13 Fine Jewelry auction, a magnificent 22.87 carat diamond solitaire ring. This is just one of a group of four exceptional jewelry pieces from a private Californian collection. Susan Abeles, Director of Jewelry US at Bonhams, states about this acquisition, “The jewelry department at [Read More]
Sotheby’s Important Russian Art Evening Auction on Monday, 28 November 2011 will feature exceptional paintings by artists including Konstantin Makovsky, Petr Konchalovsky, Konstantin Korovin, Natalia Goncharova and Niko Pirosmani, as well as the superb Collection of Arthur Ferdinand Hamann. The Important Private Collection of Works by Alexander Benois on Tuesday, 29 November [Read More]
From January 1st 2012 Victoria Rey-de Rudder will take up a new brief as Bonhams representative in Switzerland, based in Geneva. A Genevoise by birth she speaks fluent French and German as well as English. She will maintain her links with Bonhams Jewellery Department, acting as the company’s Jewellery specialist in Switzerland. [Read More]
Important works by the printmaker and Father of British Pop-Art, Richard Hamilton, who died earlier this year, lead Bonhams Print sale on 29 November in London. Richard Hamilton (British, 1922-2011), I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas (Lullin 82). Screenprint on collotype with collage, 1971, on Schoeller Elfenebein-Karton, signed and numbered 67/150, printed [Read More]
Hôtel des ventes will auction without reserve over 300 original photographs, many of which signed, of the Russian Imperial family, on Monday 12th December in Geneva. Estimated at an approximate total of 30,000 Swiss francs, this ensemble comes directly from the private Swiss collection of Ferdinand Thormeyer, tutor for the Russian court. [Read More]
Some of Washington DC’s most elegant homes were the sources for Quinn’s Auction Galleries’ upcoming sale of international fine and decorative art, with an afternoon session dedicated to Asian art and antiquities. The Dec. 10 event includes 750 lots led by a selection of French paintings whose overall quality surpasses that of [Read More]
Carl Barks the Sport of Tycoons (1974), a classic image of Scrooge McDuck taking a dip in his money bin, finished the auction of The Kerby Confer Collection of original Disney art, comics and memorabilia with a world-record-setting $262,900 price realized. The painting was the top lot in Heritage Auctions’ $5.375+ million [Read More]