Byzantine Coins, Currency & Stamps

LONDON — Apollo Art Auctions’ online-only sale of ancient art and antiquities on Saturday, August 24 and Sunday, August 25 opens with a session dedicated to ancient coins. Coins from the Roman Empire, Greek, and Byzantine periods will be offered in 377 lots. A group of gold and silver issues from the Macedonian kings are […]

NEW YORK – Little girls are encouraged to dream of the day their prince will come, bearing lavish gifts of jewelry. The only gift that could top such a thing would be jewelry that is actually made by a prince. The great and the good of 20th-century Europe and America enjoyed something very close to […]

LONDON, UK — One of the best-preserved Italian Renaissance armors in private hands comes for sale at Apollo Art Auctions in London this month. Part of the so-called Prince collection, it is estimated at £600,000-£1.2m ($760,000-$1.5m) on July 13 and July 14. While its commission is uncertain — it was perhaps made for Gonzalo Fernández […]