Top Lots in the world of antiques
This Week’s Top Lots: April 6 – 10
Top Lots in the world of antiques
Sleeping beauties
Beds offered at Bonhams sale of American furniture
This Week’s Top Lots: March 23 – 27
A week of 20th century design auctions kicked off on Tuesday at Wright in Chicago, with a steady sale that brought in over $1.5 million with 72.5% sold by lot. The top selling items were both by Paul Evans, a Faceted cabinet (model PE-354) that sold for $44,375 (estimate $20,000-30,000) and an Argente cabinet (model PE-38A) which brought $32,500 (estimate …
This Week’s Top Lots: March 16 – 20
* Despite having to remove a portrait by Johann Zoffany of Major George Maule, due to questions over its title, the sale of property from the Lake Como villa of Gianni Versace well exceeded expectations. It brought in over £7.4 million ($10,390,769) at Sotheby’s on Wednesday, doubling the presale high estimate. Indicating the market strength of decorative arts, the top …
The Rabbit and the Rat: Who owns Chinese Antiquities? An interview with Kate Fitz Gibbon
An interview with a specialist in Asian art and cultural property law
Thrilling Results at YSL-Bergé Sale
Attending the historic three-day series of sales of the collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé was always going to be an extraordinary experience. And it was. Imagine queues lasting five hours for the public preview, which saw over 30,000 people waiting to get in. In the rain. Imagine holding a huge sale with an audience of 1500 under …
Eileen Gray Designs Poised to Set Auction Records
On the pieces by Eileen Gray in the YSL/Bergé collection at Christie’s
Rare Lincoln Speech to be Auctioned
Abraham Lincoln’s 1864 victory speech is up for auction
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