LONDON.- An Impressive Private Collection of great wines from France, lovingly put together by a British collector, is to lead Sotheby’s London sale of Finest and Rarest Wines on Wednesday, 15 and Thursday, 16 June, 2011. The collection, which com…
Historic Mirrors from Setting of Brideshead Revisited, Castle Howard, Make £120,000 at Bonhams
LONDON.- Two George II carved giltwood mirrors, which were commissioned for Castle Howard in Yorkshire, the stately home featured in the 1981 TV series and the 2008 film adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited, sold for an impress…
17th Century Portrait Returns to Lydiard House
LONDON.- The Art Fund has helped return an important 17th century portrait to Lydiard House in Swindon. The portrait of Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick, has come back to the stately home after almost 70 years in a private collection. Art Fund director…
Historic Mirrors from the Setting of Brideshead Revisited to Sell at Bonhams
LONDON.- Two important George II carved giltwood mirrors, part of a set of four commissioned for Castle Howard in Yorkshire, the stately home featured in the 1981 TV series and the 2008 film adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited, ar…
Sotheby’s to Hold Auction of Property from England’s Most Magnificent Stately Home
LONDON.- This autumn Sotheby’s will hold a once-in-a-lifetime sale at the most magnificent of all England’s stately homes – Chatsworth, in Derbyshire. Chatsworth: The Attic Sale – a three-day auction – will have in it all the ingred…