Jun 27, 2024NY Elizabeth 1759 ANTIQUE GERMAN ILLUSTRATED WORLD HISTORY WITH A VIEW OF ISFAHAN VELLUM$100
Jun 27, 2024NY Elizabeth 1760 WORLD'S HISTORY ON OLD GERMAN VELLUM, ILLUSTRATED WITH A MAP OF CENTRAL ASIA$100
Jun 27, 2024NY Elizabeth 1648 BIBLE IN OLD LATIN ANCIENT AND MODERN LATIN TESTAMENT VELUM BINDING$100
Alexander Calder tapestry ‘The Star’ leads our five auction highlightsAlexander 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 […]
Getty collection bidders snapped up everything and the washroom sink at StairHUDSON, N.Y. – For those who had not yet drunk their fill of the Ann and Gordon Getty collection, there was a chance to imbibe once last time on March 1. A day later than planned, Stair Galleries sold the final 340 lots under the poetic title A Confluence of 19th and 20th Century Design. Results […]
Carlo Bugatti furniture stole the show at Bolli & RomitiROME — In 1902, while visiting stands at the Esposizione Internationale d’Arte Decorativa Moderna in Turin, the queen of Italy congratulated Carlo Bugatti on his ‘Moresque’ style of furniture. He reportedly replied, “You are mistaken, majesty, this style is mine!” Bugatti (1856-1940) was undoubtedly a product of 19th-century European Orientalism, and his ideas were much […]
Stahl Collection brings early 20th-century art pottery prizes to market at Toomey Jan. 17CHICAGO — Lee and Susan Stahl are collectors of early 20th-century American and English art pottery, and have amassed an amazing collection in impeccable condition. More than 220 examples from this collection will come to market on Wednesday, January 17 at Toomey & Co. featuring vases, bowls, tableware, landscapes, sculpture, and more. The complete catalog […]