On March 23rd, Sotheby’s is set to auction off a rare imperial ‘zitan’ stand and base, at a projected $180,000 to $250,000.
Highly regarded as one of the most luxurious materials, zitan was only reserved for the upper ranks of the Imperial court. On this specific item, the artwork is nearly identical to one of the [...]
Crafted in the “City of Swords”, the Siglo Seki cigar cutter comes directly off the anvils of Seki’s famed sword makers.
With over 800 years of samurai sword artistry, Seki was able to use the intricate stainless steel craftsmanship to create a reliable precision in every cut. The unique nature of the Seki cutter is accentuated [...]
Beginning March 4 and continuing through the 9th (closed Sunday, March 7th), Sotheby’s will be exhibiting works from their upcoming Russian Art auctions.
Coinciding with the ‘L’année de la Russie en France’, this exhibition will take place in Paris and will feature works that will be sold at the upcoming April New York and June London [...]
Featuring roughly 350 lots, Christie’s will auction off an assortment of sculptures, vases, bronzes and a selection of ancient jewelry this April.
Set to take place on the 29th in South Kensington, this is the first Antiquities sale since Georgiana Aitken was appointed head of the Antiquities department. The most expensive item is a Roman marble statue of [...]
With baseball season right around the corner, why not celebrate some one of the game’s greatest players?
New York Yankees’ legend Mickey Mantle was one of the greatest players of all time, best known for his 1961 season where he and teammate Roger Maris went after Babe Ruth’s single season home run record of 60, with [...]
William Bouguereau’s L’Amour et Psyché will be the crown jewel of Sotheby’s upcoming auction.
Set to be part of the 19th Century European Art sale in New York on April 23, this recently discovered work by the French Academic painter is sold from a Distinguished Private Collection. It’s been off the market for almost fifty years [...]
Beginning March 31 and continuing through May 26, Heritage Auctions will be selling off the Dorothy Factor Collection in a series of four unique auctions.
Dorothy, daughter-in-law of makeup icon Max Factor Sr., was known for her and her husband Sidney’s philanthropic ways; these sales will go to benefit various charities the family supported. The first [...]
Highlighted by Niki de Saint-Phalle’s Lili ou Tony, which is estimated at €200,000-€300,000, Sotheby’s auction house’s sale of the former Peter Stuyvesant Collection (now property of British American Tobacco) is the largest sampling of post-war and contemporary art to go under the mallet in the Netherlands.
Set to take place in Amsterdam on March 8, this sale features [...]
Following last November’s successful Part I of a sale of Meissan porelain which garnered over £1 million, Bonham’s ”Hoffmeister Collection of Meissen Porcelain Part II” will take place on May 26 in New Bond Street, London at 10:30 am.
This much-anticipated sale will include two items previously owned by Pope Benedict XIV, a cup and [...]
Ever wanted to have a tiger roaming around your backyard?
Due to the depleting population of tigers around the world, the Indonesian government is taking steps to ensure some of them will be around for the next couple of decades. In an attempt to stave off the extinction of the Sumatran Tiger, the country will offer [...]
