International (print edition)


img_44-5.jpg

Small toenail from a colossal statue comes to New England auction

30 October 2023

This ancient Egyptian sculptural fragment, part of the Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ Autumn Majestic Sale in Maine on November 10-12, comes in a silver mount inscribed 'Small toenail from colossal Statue of Ramses II. Temple of Luxor, Feb. 13th, 1899'.

img_44-4.jpg

Moret on a rare visit outside France

30 October 2023

A textbook 1900 oil by the French Impressionist Henry Moret (1856-1913) led the field at Clars (26% buyer’s premium) in Oakland, California, on September 14.

img_44-3.jpg

European modernist rug owned by music executive Stein sells in New York auction

30 October 2023

An Ivan Da Silva Bruhns rug from the estate of Sire Records founder and art collector Seymour Stein outperformed expectations at Capsule Auctions’ (25% buyer’s premium) Art & Design sale in New York on September 27.

img_44-2.jpg

Silver collection from Angela Gross Folk comes to New Orleans auction

30 October 2023

With her art collection dispersed through recent auction activity at Sotheby’s, Freeman’s and Toomey & Co, it is now time for the late Angela Gross Folk’s silver collection to come to market.

img_44-1.jpg

Handmade model of Dorothy Gale’s Kansas home takes six-figure sum at auction

30 October 2023

A handmade model of Dorothy Gale’s Kansas home, created for the famous tornado scene in the 1939 MGM classic 'The Wizard of Oz', was competed to $445,000 (£367,000) at Studio Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) in Manhattan Beach, California on October 7.

img_43-4.jpg

Phyllis Lucas Gallery's drawings and art come to auction in New York

30 October 2023

On November 4, Roland Auctions in New York will offer the final part of a vast gallery inventory of original prints, lithographs, etchings and paintings.

img_43-3.jpg

Napoleon portrait takes more than 10-times estimate at US auction

30 October 2023

On the third day of Austin Auction Gallery’s (22% buyer’s premium) September 22-24 sale this portrait of Napoleon hammered for $15,000 (£12,400) – a multiple of the estimate of $800-1200.

img_43-2.jpg

Indian silver with a British touch at Californian auction

30 October 2023

The September 24 sale at Fine Estate, Inc (23% buyer’s premium) in San Rafael, California, included this example of Anglo-Indian silver.

img_43-1.jpg

Feuchere’s Satanic majesty attracts bids at Bonhams Los Angeles auction

30 October 2023

A highlight of Bonhams’ (28/27/21% buyer’s premium) Home & Interiors sale on September 26 was this clock surmounted by a bronze cast of the Jean-Jacques Feuchere (1807-52) sculpture Mephistopheles or Satan.

img_42-4.jpg

‘Votive’ Egyptian sculptor’s tools with provenance to two American museums

30 October 2023

Artemis Gallery’s (21.5% buyer’s premium) September 22 sale in Louisville, Colorado, included a set of finely preserved ancient Egyptian sculptor’s tools.

img_42-2.jpg

Heavyweight sums for ‘paperweights’

30 October 2023

Charity donation from the collection of the man who brought Woolworths to the UK includes rare Tiffany vases.

img_44-6.jpg

Simeon Solomon drawing depicts his historical heroes

30 October 2023

This drawing by Victorian artist Simeon Solomon (1840-1905) is titled 'Simeon Solomon’s and Henry Holiday’s Artistic Heroes'.

img_62-1.jpg

Pen and wash works marked for Hans Bols make waves

23 October 2023

Old Master drawings inscribed for Flemish artist Hans Bols blow away the estimates in Chartres

img_63-1.jpg

Bidder contemplation of Mai-Thu brings five figures

23 October 2023

An example of 20th century French-influenced painting by the Vietnamese artist Mai-Thu (1906-80) proved to be atop-selling lot.

img_62-5.jpg

Southern barbarians march into a Nanban work

23 October 2023

Nanban, meaning ‘southern barbarians’, was the Japanese term for Europeans.

img_45-3.jpg

Chinese art from a German family

16 October 2023

A collection of Chinese art from a German family collection formed over many decades is to be offered in Paris by Bonhams Cornette Saint Cyr on October 26.

img_45-2.jpg

Work of Wiese father and son team

16 October 2023

On December 5 in Paris Tajan will be selling items from a private collection of jewellery assembled over the past 40 years.

img_45-1.jpg

Mansion once owned by marquis furnishes desirable lots

16 October 2023

On November 8 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Aguttes will auction contents from La Maison Sémonville.

img_44-3.jpg

Bullish price for Capron creation

16 October 2023

The Roger Capron Navettes table from Tajan’s (26/21/14% buyer’s premium) September 19 sale of modern and contemporary ceramics, which was previewed in ATG No 2609, sold for €1000 (£870) including premium.

img_44-1.jpg

French marshal’s baton handed on to new owner after auction

16 October 2023

Relic belonging to French military hero sells in Versailles, with one of Napoleon’s bicorn hats still to come

News

Categories