MARIEHAMN (AP).- An anonymous Internet bidder on Friday paid €54,000 ($78,200) for two bottles of 200-year-old Champagne salvaged from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, auction organizers said. The buyer from Singapore paid a world-rec…
Controversial Israeli Billionaire and Art Collector Sammy Ofer Dies at Age 89 in Tel Aviv
JERUSALEM (AP).- An Israeli billionaire at the center of a recent scandal involving trade with Iran died Friday in Tel Aviv. He was 89. Shipping magnate and philanthropist Sammy Ofer was listed last year by Forbes as Israel’s richest person, and appear…
Controversial Israeli Billionaire and Art Collector Sammy Ofer Dies at Age 89 in Tel Aviv
JERUSALEM (AP).- An Israeli billionaire at the center of a recent scandal involving trade with Iran died Friday in Tel Aviv. He was 89. Shipping magnate and philanthropist Sammy Ofer was listed last year by Forbes as Israel’s richest person, and appear…
Bonhams Achieve Blockbuster Sales of Chinese Art in Hong Kong Today with All Lots Sold
HONG KONG.- Bonhams Hong Kong secured another ‘Golden Gavel’ triumph today (25 May 2011) with the sale of the legendary Mary and George Bloch Collection of Chinese Snuff bottles: Part III. All 142 lots sold out for a total of HK$38,361,600 (…
Bonhams Achieve Blockbuster Sales of Chinese Art in Hong Kong Today with All Lots Sold
HONG KONG.- Bonhams Hong Kong secured another ‘Golden Gavel’ triumph today (25 May 2011) with the sale of the legendary Mary and George Bloch Collection of Chinese Snuff bottles: Part III. All 142 lots sold out for a total of HK$38,361,600 (…
Baba Bling: The Peranakan Chinese of Singapore at the Musée du Quai Branly
PARIS.- This exhibition tells a fascinating story: how an immigrant community created a unique culture by abandoning their own original culture and immersing themselves in the influences, customs and beliefs of their adopted country. In Singapore, the …
Baba Bling: The Peranakan Chinese of Singapore at the Musée du Quai Branly
PARIS.- This exhibition tells a fascinating story: how an immigrant community created a unique culture by abandoning their own original culture and immersing themselves in the influences, customs and beliefs of their adopted country. In Singapore, the …
Sotheby’s Hong Kong to Offer Lots Estimated in Excess of $205 Million
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Autumn Sales 2010 will be held at Hall 3, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 2 to 8 October 2010. The sale series will offer over 3,200 lots of Modern and Contemporary Asian Art, traditional Chinese pai…