Intaglio Perfume Bottles & Atomizers

BIRMINGHAM, U.K. – A gold ring sold at auction for 450 times its original estimate of £150-£200 on April 13 in England. The garnet intaglio ring achieved a hammer price of £90,000 (about $110,000) and a total of £117,000 (about $145,000) including fees.

NEW YORK – Half a dozen Alfred Dunhill ‘aquarium’ lighters will be offered at Capsule Auctions on Thursday, May 2. The six lighters, decorated with a variety of underwater subjects, come from an Upper East Side collection with estimates between $1,500 and $3,000 each. It’s not difficult to see how these uber-collectable lighters made between […]

Enamel and Copper Tryptic by Phoebe Anna Traquair EDINBURGH, UK – This enamel and copper triptych is the unmistakable work of Phoebe Anna Traquair (1873-1936), an important member of the Arts and Crafts movement in Edinburgh and the first woman to be given honorary membership in the Scottish Royal Academy, in 1920. She is considered […]