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![Meissen 18th-century porcelain figure collection exceeds $1M at Bonhams](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/174371559_4_x-1.jpeg)
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 […]
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Alexander Calder tapestry ‘The Star’ leads our five auction highlights
Alexander Calder Tapestry, The Star, $38,400 The Star, a tapestry after Alexander Calder, which hammered for $30,000 and sold for $38,400 with buyer’s premium at Roland New York. GLEN COVE, N.Y. – Alexander Calder (1898-1976) first produced designs for tapestries made at the Aubusson factory in the early 1960s. However, most that come to auction […]
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Sterling features art, furniture, decoratives and jewelry from Florida estates March 13
NORWOOD, N.J. – Sterling Associates has returned from Florida with two estates packed with art, furniture, and decorative accessories that will be featured in a boutique auction of 177 lots on Wednesday, March 13. The catalog is now open for bidding at LiveAuctioneers. European furniture is led by a 19th-century Northern Italian ebony and bone […]
![Manolovici estate George II armchairs, Faberge donkey carving stand out at Doyle Jan. 24-25](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/169616025_1_x.webp)
Manolovici estate George II armchairs, Faberge donkey carving stand out at Doyle Jan. 24-25
NEW YORK – Three exceptional George II-period chairs lead the line in the Thursday, January 25 Old Masters, English & Continental Furniture auction at Doyle. They are among the English furnishings from the Manhattan Upper East Side apartment of Wall Street research analyst Gerard Manolovici (1937-2020). There are 23 lots from the estate in this […]