Original artworks by Warhol and Chagall (not prints) will headline Stevens ...
Offered will be hundreds of rare items, including antique furniture, grandfather clocks and other old clocks, hand-made Persian rugs, brilliant cut glass, hand-painted porcelains, 19th century lighting, sterling silver, china, breathtaking mantle ...
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July 24, 2015
Works by Lichtenstein, Botero, Nierman to headline Ahlers & Ogletree's Aug. 8 ...
From clocks and timepieces comes a Tiffany & Company Louis XVI-style gilt bronze and paste-brilliant mounted white marble mantel clock garniture set with matching candleholders, made in America circa 1890; and an American early 19th century mahogany ...
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July 23, 2015
Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers Hosts Inaugural Auction in St. Louis
A Portrait of a Woman by Adrian Henri Tanoux (French, 1865-1923) is signed and dated and features a nude female figure tying her hair with a flower (estimate, $10,000-15,000). Sure to delight buyers is an untitled Rounding out the Asian arts ...
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July 17, 2015
MASTERPIECE LONDON SAW RECORD ATTENDANCE OF 40000 AND STRONG SALES ACROSS THE FAIR
Masterpiece London 2015, in association with Principal Sponsor Royal Bank of Canada, resulted in strong sales to private collectors and international institutions alike. Held for the sixth year at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, many exhibitors saved ...
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July 6, 2015
Advertiser Bulletin: Major Estates Auction This Weekend at Crescent City ...
A 1918 collage by the French artist Henri Laurens (1885-1954), a 19th century French bronze figural mantel clock by Vincenti & Cie., a pair of 19th century Venetian parcel gilt polychrome and lacquer carved wood blackamoors, and an early 19th century ...
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March 2, 2015
Great Auspiciousness Confirmed for Chinese Tribute Clock
French clocks joined marine chronometers, watchmaker escapement models, Connecticut brass and wooden works shelf clocks, antique and quality reproduction banjo clocks, Howard hanging regulators, and three tall-case clocks. Now in her mid-80s, she ...
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June 6, 2015
Gilty pleasures
Indeed, the simply fabulous gilt-bronze mounted parquetry commode (pictured above), made during the last quarter of the 19th century, and modelled on a 1775 original made by the great Parisian royal ébéniste J.H. Riesener for Louis XVI and Marie ...
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May 11, 2015
– Original artworks by Andy Warhol and Marc Chagall – two of the most famous and highly sought after names in the world of fine art – will come up for bid on Saturday, August 8th, at a sale of the contents of one of Mississippi's most stately... Frank Nichols, the current owner of Lauri Mundi, has decided to sell his dream home, nestled in a beautiful 18-acre sanctuary in historic Aberdeen,” said Dwight Stevens of Stevens Auction Company, the Aberdeen-based firm conducting the sale. ” Lauri Mundi is for sale, but it it isn't in this auction. The Warhol work is a synthetic polymer and silkscreen ink on canvas, purchased by the seller's grandmother, a serious art collector, from a Canadian art gallery in 1985 and descended in the family ever since. It is a stylized rendering of Warhol's friend and contemporary Coco Chanel, the French fashion designer and founder of the iconic Chanel brand. The rare, authentic and one-of-a-kind piece measures 15 inches by 17 ½ inches (sight) and has the original estate stamp from the artist's estate to the gallery label on the back. The piece is 13 inches by 14 inches (sight) and is in a gold gilt frame. In addition to the items owned by Dr. Nichols, the auction will also feature select pieces from estates out of Morganza, La. Jackson, Tenn.
ATLANTA, Ga. – Two signed lithographs by famed American Pop Art icon Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), three works by the noted Mexican artist Leonardo Nierman (b. 1932), and a signed lithograph by renowned Colombian artist Fernando Botero (b. 1932),... The sale will be conducted by Ahlers & Ogletree, in the firm's gallery at 715 Miami Circle (Suite 210) in Atlanta. 8th session will focus on modern and contemporary works of art, design and furniture. 9th session will feature outstanding Atlanta estates, including those of Sam and Florence Inman, Charlotte Topping Smith and Henry J. Muecke, Jr. More than 1,050 lots will come up for bid over the course of the two days. Start times for both Saturday and Sunday will be 11 a. m. Eastern time. The signed lithographs by Roy Lichtenstein are both from 1969. One, titled Pyramids, is an artist proof color lithograph on paper, pencil signed and dated. The graphic image in yellow and black depicts three large pyramids in Giza, Egypt. The other, titled Repeated Design, is a color litho on paper, pencil signed, dated and numbered (33/100). It depicts three repeated geometric patterns. A star lot of the Leonardo Nierman triology will be an acrylic on Masonite board titled Bird of Paradise. The work by Fernando Botero is an offset lithograph in colors on woven paper, pencil signed and numbered (123/200), titled La Toilette (1983). It is a bedroom scene, showing a nude woman tending to her hair in the mirror.
Masterpiece London 2015, in association with Principal Sponsor Royal Bank of Canada, resulted in strong sales to private collectors and international institutions alike. Held for the sixth year at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, many exhibitors saved their very finest pieces to unveil and sales across all principle categories supported the Fair's ethos of 'cross-collecting'. The fair saw record visitor numbers of 40,000, a significant increase on 2014, and an influx of international collectors, a number of whom stated that they had flown into London to enjoy Masterpiece Week and the capital at the height of the season. Of the 2015 Fair, Nazy Vassegh, CEO of Masterpiece London commented “It has been an absolute privilege to oversee the 6th edition of Masterpiece London in association with Royal Bank of Canada. Hugh Gibson of Thomas Gibson Fine Art commented “Masterpiece 2015 has been a very successful Fair for us. We have made sales to both new and existing clients. It has rapidly become a permanent fixture and meeting point for both international collectors and the wider art market in London. David Gill of David Gill Gallery commented “I was delighted with the exceptional quality of all aspects of the fair.
Paris 'dropped trousers' to return Chinese gold
An angry French antique dealer said the French government ... The most hotly pursued items are a collection of 12 bronze animal heads that formed a Chinese zodiac water clock in the palace gardens. Two were returned in 2013 by Pinault himself -- and ...
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July 23, 2015
Collector's fury as Chinese antiques returned from Paris
Beijing (AFP) - More than 30 ancient gold ornaments went on show in a Chinese museum this week after Paris quietly insisted a billionaire collector and France's top antique ... of 12 bronze animal heads that formed a Chinese zodiac water clock in the ...
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July 23, 2015
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July 12, 2015
American gems from oak furniture to cut glass
($10,000-$20,000), and “The Arab Falconer,” a 29½-inch bronze figure of a man riding a horse with a falcon perched on his hand ($10,000-$15,000) after the French sculptor Pierre-Jules Mêne (1810-79). The July 19 auction featuring ceramics and silver ...
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July 12, 2015
Rare 19th century Chinese gilt bronze with enamel automaton clock fetches $526,750 at S & S Auction
News-Antique.com - Jun 23,2015 - REPAUPO, N.J. – A rare 19th century Chinese gilt bronze with enamel automaton clock boasting elaborate jewel ... Rounding out the Sunday session was a set of four French Empire-style brass curtain tiebacks mounted with ...
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June 23, 2015
Advertiser Bulletin: Major Estates Auction This Weekend at Crescent City Auction Gallery
$3,000-$5,000). Another highlight in the antique clock category could well be the French Restoration gilt bronze figural mantel clock, made circa 1820 and 18 inches tall. It’s expected to bring $1,400-$2,000. Other notables in the clocks category will be ...
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June 17, 2015
Antiques | Mystery clock
There are collectors who search for vintage airline and railroad china ... $1,215. •Tall case clock, Federal, cherry, line inlay, painted dial, eight-day, French feet, signed John Fisher, c. 1805, 103 inches, $2,500. Write to the Kovels at King Features ...
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May 14, 2015
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