Researching Old Master paintings is sometimes likened to putting together the pieces of a jigsaw. But for one […]
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The inscription London on the barrels of this pair of 19th century, silver-mounted flintlock pistols is entirely spurious. […]
Tightly bound, clean and crisp, and “about the nicest copy we have seen” was the assessment by a […]
On May 17, Cologne auction house Lempertz is selling 115 bronze mortars from the 8th-18th centuries. Extracted from […]
Furniture, works of art and Old Master paintings collected by members of the famous Rothschild banking family are […]
This highly elaborate chest of drawers decorated in boulle marquetry technique with a variety of different figural and […]
A Renaissance revival jewel perhaps from the same workshop as the famous Canning Jewel has sold at auction […]
Two cased Stuart Devlin silver gilt surprise eggs of unique designs sold for £4400 at 1818 Auctions (20% […]
The government is hoping to find a buyer for four works – three rugs and a painted screen […]
The biggest surprise at the sale of works of art at Koller (25/22/15% buyer’s premium) in Zurich on […]
A Meiji period vase by one of the greatest exponents of the intricate art of cloisonné enamel will […]
Modern British ceramics are rarely offered by German auction houses. Among the notable exceptions is the Kunst & […]
The extensive spring sale at Schuler (20/18.6/16.6% buyer’s premium) in Zurich lasted from March 18-22. The results were […]
As a rule, Lempertz (24/20% buyer’s premium) in Cologne always opens its spring season with a sale of […]
An Elkington electroplated duck press outsold silver proper at Halls (20% buyer’s premium) of Shrewsbury on March 20. […]
An early Coca-Cola bottle, a 1915 prototype of the design still used today, has been sold at auction […]
Offered as a sale within a sale, 34 silver snuff boxes and vinaigrettes came fresh to market at […]
Russian works of art are coming up for sale at Dr Fischer in Heilbronn on May 17. Extracted […]