LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams announces the upcoming sales of the Collection of Sir Daniel Donohue. The extraordinary Collection is that of a true antiquarian, a manner that is rarely seen today. The offering is all encompassing and features more than 1,00…
The Collection Of Sir Daniel Donohue for Sale at Bonhams & Butterfields In Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams announces the upcoming sales of the Collection of Sir Daniel Donohue. The extraordinary Collection is that of a true antiquarian, a manner that is rarely seen today. The offering is all encompassing and features more than 1,00…
Valencia’s IVAM Presents a Retrospective Exhibition of the Sculptor Baltasar Lobo
VALENCIA.- The IVAM presents a retrospective exhibition of the sculpture Baltasar Lobo, on display until May 1, 2011. The exhibition gathers 92 works between sculptures and paintings that represent the different stages of his creative production from t…
Late Queen Juliana’s Attic Sale Draws Crowds of Royal Fans at Sotheby’s in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM (AP).- From threadbare armchairs to marble mantel clocks, garden furniture to a silver pocket knife, thousands of the late Dutch Queen Juliana’s possessions are going under the hammer in an attic sale fit for a king. The four-day auction by S…
Valencia’s IVAM Presents a Retrospective Exhibition of the Sculptor Baltasar Lobo
VALENCIA.- The IVAM presents a retrospective exhibition of the sculpture Baltasar Lobo, on display until May 1, 2011. The exhibition gathers 92 works between sculptures and paintings that represent the different stages of his creative production from t…
Late Queen Juliana’s Attic Sale Draws Crowds of Royal Fans at Sotheby’s in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM (AP).- From threadbare armchairs to marble mantel clocks, garden furniture to a silver pocket knife, thousands of the late Dutch Queen Juliana’s possessions are going under the hammer in an attic sale fit for a king. The four-day auction by S…
Palevsky Estate Propels Los Angeles Modern Auctions to Record Sales
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) recorded its highest grossing auction to date on Sunday, March 6, 2011, with total sales reaching $2,256,323 and a sell through rate of 82%. Custom designs by Ettore Sottass for the late Max Palevsky…
Historic Table from Brightling Park, Sussex, Makes £216,000 at Bonhams
LONDON.- An important carved and painted, marble-topped George II side table, which has been at Brightling Park in East Sussex for over 250 years, fetched an astonishing £216,000 today (2 March 2011) at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of the Fine En…
Historic Table, Which has Been at Brightling Park, Sussex, for Over 250 Years, to Sell at Bonhams
LONDON.- An important carved and painted, marble-topped George II side table, which has been at Brightling Park in East Sussex for over 250 years, is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of the Fine English Furniture and Works of Art sale on…
Blind Sculptor Recreates Untouchable Masterpiece
By Barbara Cornell
SALA BOLOGNESE, ITALY (REUTERS).- When blind sculptor Felice Tagliaferri was forbidden to touch one of Italy’s most famous statues, he decided revenge was best served not just cold but stone cold. Tagliaferri, 41, spent much of two y…