Pair of Vincennes porcelain candleholders achieves $170K at KinghamsMORETON-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 vogueNEW 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 […]
English silver mustard pots add spice to your tableNEW 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 […]
Paul Klee portrait with spectacular provenance appears at Caza Sikes, Sept. 14CINCINNATI – On Thursday, September 14, Caza Sikes will present the Friedlander Collection, an 86-lot sale of avant-garde 20th-century art and sculpture bought by two generations of an Ohio family. These include a 1934 portrait by Paul Klee, a large still life by Tom Wesselmann, a polished bronze by Barbara Hepworth, and a Rene Magritte […]