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Pair of Vincennes porcelain candleholders achieves $170K at Kinghams
MORETON-IN-MARSH, UK — A pair of mid-18th-century Vincennes porcelain candleholders of distinctive conical form that were discovered in a Warwickshire, England property during the course of a routine valuation sold for a total of $170,560 at auction on May 24. Offered at a sale held by Kinghams, the 4.25in-tall soft paste candleholders (here and here) […]
Chanel pearls: real or imitation, always in vogue
NEW YORK – Designer Coco Chanel transformed the jewelry industry in the 1920s when she made wearing costume jewelry chic. She encouraged women to combine costume jewelry with fine jewelry, and, notably, to wear costume pearls instead of the real thing. Elise Coronado, director of jewelry and timepieces at Michaan’s Auctions in Alameda, California, said […]
Meissen 18th-century porcelain figure collection exceeds $1M at Bonhams
PARIS — The first part of one of the finest assemblages of 18th-century Meissen porcelain figures still in private hands generated a premium-inclusive €948,450 ($1,010,480) at Bonhams on April 17. A total of 44 of the 55 lots from the collection formed by German businessman Hadrian Maria Oskar Merkle (1942-2018) were sold. The auction results […]
English silver mustard pots add spice to your table
NEW YORK – Mustard has been used as a medicine and a spice for millennia. A yellow mustard paste was used to whet the appetite in the courts of Zhou dynasty China and to flavor hot and cold meats by the Romans. The use of mustard as a condiment and a pick-me-up in England is […]
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