SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields announces its September 19, 2011 auction of Salon Jewelry and Watches in San Francisco, simulcast to Los Angeles. The sale, timed to coincide with the firm’s SoMa Estate Auction with Jewelry the day prior…
Blackbeard Artifacts Exhibit Opens at North Carolina Museum
BEAUFORT, NC (AP).- The largest exhibit ever of artifacts from what’s believed to be the remains of Blackbeard’s flagship is opening at the North Carolina Maritime Museum, with bells, cannon, lead shot and part of the hull among the items on display. …
Tony Duquette’s Talismans of Power is 100% Sold and Brngs More than $350,000
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields offered the Tony Duquette “Talismans of Power” auction, which followed the firm’s sale of 20th Century Decorative Arts, on April 18, 2011. The energy in the full Los Angeles saleroom was electric as the auction…
Philbrook Features Precious Possessions: The Art of the Portrait Miniature
TULSA, OK.- One of Philbrook’s smallest collections (literally) is the focus of a new exhibition through July 3, Precious Possessions: The Art of the Portrait Miniature. The objects on view are portraits, but not in the traditional sense – th…
Christie’s to Offer a Beautiful Rectangular-Cut Diamond Ring Owned by Gloria Swanson
PARIS.- Christie’s Jewels Department will offer a beautiful rectangular-cut diamond ring weighing 5.1 carats (estimate: €70,000-100,000) in Paris on May 23rd. This ring belonged to Gloria Swanson, the American actress, who was a superstar of …
Sotheby’s New York to Offer an Exceptional Tahitian Sculpture Carved by Paul Gauguin
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- An intricate wooden bust carved by Paul Gauguin is expected to sell for as much as $15 million when it is auctioned on May 3, according to Sotheby’s. “Jeune tahitienne,” which was carved by Gauguin during his first trip to Tahiti b…
Tony Duquette’s Talisman’s of Power on Offer at Bonhams & Butterfields in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields announced the Tony Duquette “Talismans of Power” Auction on April 18, 2011, which will follow the firm’s sale of 20th Century Decorative Arts. The Los Angeles auction will feature a unique offering of approxim…
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Exhibition Opens Window onto Little-Known Cultures of Ancient Nubia
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The rich cultures of ancient Nubia, located in present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan, are the subject of an exhibition on view at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University from March 11 throu…
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Exhibition Opens Window onto Little-Known Cultures of Ancient Nubia
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The rich cultures of ancient Nubia, located in present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan, are the subject of an exhibition on view at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University from March 11 throu…
Jouin Manku Designs Installation for "Set in Style" Exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- French partners Patrick Jouin and Sanjit Manku of Jouin Manku studio designed a site-specific installation for the “Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels” exhibition, which draws on the domestic history of the 1902 Carnegie…