NEW YORK, NY.- Jonathan LeVine Gallery presents A Gentle Kind of Cruelty, new works by Toronto-based artist Ray Caesar, in what is his fourth solo exhibition at the gallery. The show features printed multiples as well as several large-scale, original, …
The Wallace Collection Announces Plans for Newly-Refurbished Dutch Galleries
LONDON.- In early 2012 the Wallace Collection will unveil the newly-refurbished Dutch galleries in the East wing galleries of Hertford House, the first stage of refurbishment of the more traditional, top-lit galleries to add to the sumptuous twelve dom…
Blue and White Porcelain Dragon Jar Sells for $7.66 Million at Bonhams & Butterfields
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- A blue and white porcelain Dragon jar sold for $7,658,000 in the Fine Asian Works of Art sale on Monday December 13th at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco. The 360-lot sale brought more than $19 million with the vast majority…
Blue and White Porcelain Dragon Jar Sells for $7.66 Million at Bonhams & Butterfields
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- A blue and white porcelain Dragon jar sold for $7,658,000 in the Fine Asian Works of Art sale on Monday December 13th at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco. The 360-lot sale brought more than $19 million with the vast majority…
Bonhams Make World Record Prices for Glass and Porcelain Chinese Snuff Bottles
HONG KONG.- Bonhams Hong Kong today (23 November 2010) celebrated its second “Golden Gavel Auction”, when Part II of the world’s finest collection of important Chinese snuff bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, sold 100% and ac…
Bonhams Make World Record Prices for Glass and Porcelain Chinese Snuff Bottles
HONG KONG.- Bonhams Hong Kong today (23 November 2010) celebrated its second “Golden Gavel Auction”, when Part II of the world’s finest collection of important Chinese snuff bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, sold 100% and ac…
The Home of Leading Scientist Who Helped Develop the ‘Bouncing Bomb’ to Be Sold
LONDON.- Christie’s will offer the contents of one of the finest Regency villas in Bath, Crowe Hall, at the King Street salerooms on Thursday, 16 December 2010. Crowe Hall was the home of Sir Sydney Barratt (1898-1975), a chemist whose advice to S…
The Home of Leading Scientist who Helped Develop the ‘Bouncing Bomb’ will be Sold at Christie’s
LONDON.- Christie’s will offer the contents of one of the finest Regency villas in Bath, Crowe Hall, at the King Street salerooms on Thursday, 16 December 2010. Crowe Hall was the home of Sir Sydney Barratt (1898-1975), a chemist whose advice to S…
Sotheby’s Sells Magnificent Yuan Dynasty Blue and White ‘Peony’ Jar For $4.1 Million
LONDON.- This morning at Sotheby’s London a rare and magnificent Yuan Dynasty Blue and White ‘Peony’ Jar, Guan sold for the exceptional sum of £2.6 million/$4.1 million, more than six times pre-sale expectations (estimate: £400,000-600,000), in …
Sotheby’s Sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics to Be Highlighted by a Blue And White "Peony" Jar
LONDON.- In the wake of Sotheby’s record-breaking Autumn sales series in Hong Kong, which totalled over HK$3 billion, Sotheby’s biannual sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art in London will take place on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 …