OAKLAND, CA.- Highlighted by a world record-price for an Oriental carpet sold at auction and the remarkable interest in rug-based interior design projects, the year 2010 has pushed the level of interest in art-level Oriental rugs to unprecedented heigh…
Asian Demand, Proved by Record-Breaking $390 Million Autumn Sales, Pushes Up Prices to Pre-Boom Levels
CHINA.- After the record-breaking $390 million autumn sales at Sotheby’s Hong Kong last month and China Guardian’s $620 million record sales last week – the overall Chinese art market is becoming very hot once again. Whilst other art mar…
Asian Demand, Proved by Record-Breaking $390 Million Autumn Sales, Pushes Up Prices to Pre-Boom Levels
CHINA.- After the record-breaking $390 million autumn sales at Sotheby’s Hong Kong last month and China Guardian’s $620 million record sales last week – the overall Chinese art market is becoming very hot once again. Whilst other art mar…
Jewels & Objects Formerly in the Collection of The Duchess of Windsor Sell for Double-Estimate
LONDON.- Tonight at Sotheby’s, a group of 20 exceptional jewels and precious objects formerly in the collection of The Duchess of Windsor were presented for sale, some 23 years after they were last auctioned in the legendary auction of “The J…
Property from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp to Be Offered During Old Masters Week
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s will offer drawings, furniture and decorations from the private residences of museum director and art collector Charles Ryskamp on 25 January 2011, as a highlight of Old Masters Week in New York. Mr. Ryskamp served as Dire…
Property from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp to Be Offered During Old Masters Week
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s will offer drawings, furniture and decorations from the private residences of museum director and art collector Charles Ryskamp on 25 January 2011, as a highlight of Old Masters Week in New York. Mr. Ryskamp served as Dire…
Important Items from the Hanoverian Royal Family to Be Sold in Arms and Militaria Auction
LONDON.- An historically important collection from the Hanoverian Royal Family – the ancestors of today’s British Royal Family – will be offered in an auction of Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria in London on Wednesday, December 8 2010….
From Panini to Zandomeneghi in the Milan Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Sales
MILAN.- 82 lots devoted to Old Master works on sale at Sotheby’s Milan on 16th November 2010. The selection shows among first lots a big oil on canvas of the Florentine painter Matteo Rosselli which figures the Sacrificio di Isacco. Rosselli durin…
The Birth of an International Pastime: Sotheby’s to Sell the Rules that Invented The Game of Basketball
NEW YORK, NY.- In December 1891, a two-page typed document comprising a set of 13 rules to a new game was tacked up in a Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA gym – and “Basket Ball” was born. The game was the invention of a 30-year old physic…
James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5, A Cultural Icon, Comes to the Market for the First Time
LONDON.- RM Auctions will consign of one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century – the 1964 Aston Martin DB5 James Bond movie car – to its annual ‘Automobiles of London’ event at the Battersea Evolution in London …