Louis XV Wall Lighting & Sconces

GLEN COVE, N.Y. – Roland Auctions NY will present its spring multiple estates auction on Friday, March 25 and Saturday, March 26, starting at 10 am Eastern time both days. The sale will feature fine art, collectibles, furniture, antiques, silver, decorative arts and jewelry consigned from prominent East Coast estates and private collectors across the […]

BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – A gorgeous pair of 18th-century Louis XV giltwood fauteuils à la reine sold for $225,000 at an Estate Treasures Auction held March 14 and 15 by Nye & Company Auctioneers. The French armchairs were easily the auction’s top lot. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.

Important 18th-century Botanical Book, $45,410 BERLIN, Germany – Published between 1750-73, Plantae selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini in hortis curiosorum (A selection of plants from natural specimens nurtured in London’s curious gardens) is considered the most important botanical work ever printed in Germany. Christoph Jacob Trew (1695-1769), a wealthy doctor and amateur botanist from […]