LOS ANGELES.- Bonhams & Butterfields offered Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts on June 14, 2011 in Los Angeles. The 550-lot sale featured an array of works for varied tastes and collecting levels from the 16th through the 20th centuries, with…
Christie’s Sale of Decorative Arts Europe Including Oriental Carpets Achieves $7,612,875
NEW YORK, NY.- The 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe including Oriental Carpets sale realized $7,612,875/£4,670,475/€5,286,719 and was sold 70% by lot and 85% by value. The top lot of the sale was a George III Ormolu-Mounted Pollard Oak, Indian …
Sotheby’s Smashes World Record for Any Piece of English Furniture Sold at Auction
LONDON.- In the midst of the excitement surrounding the record price achieved for Audubon’s Birds of America yesterday, another world record was set in a different field. An exquisite serpentine-shaped Harrington Commode, dating to circa 1770 and …
Sotheby’s Smashes World Record for Any Piece of English Furniture Sold at Auction
LONDON.- In the midst of the excitement surrounding the record price achieved for Audubon’s Birds of America yesterday, another world record was set in a different field. An exquisite serpentine-shaped Harrington Commode, dating to circa 1770 and …
Contents of ‘Time Lord’ Severin Wunderman’s Cote D’Azur Home Sell Out at Bonhams
LONDON.- The contents of the late luxury watch manufacturer Severin Wunderman’s 12-bedroom chateau in the South of France made a staggering £357,000 today (23 June) when they went under the hammer at Bonhams, Knightsbridge. The third in a series …