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No language barrier to sales of Nuremburg Chronicle at auction
07 January 2019German and Latin versions of ‘Nuremburg Chronicle’ impress in separate sales.
Eight bidders show flower power
07 January 2019Eight determined bidders were on hand when Karl & Faber (25% buyer’s premium) sold a floral still-life by Nicolaes van Veerendael (1640-91) at auction in Munich.
Imperial helmets and Archduke’s sword impress in Munich
07 January 2019Two pieces with imperial connections took the top honours during the November 5-23 sale at Hermann Historica (25% buyer’s premium) in Munich.
Expressionist work by Kirchner tops list at Berlin auction
07 January 2019Topping the results list at a recent sale at Grisebach (30/25/20% buyer’s premium) in Berlin was a work by the German Expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner that was created on island in the Baltic.
Price of Robert Capa’s 'Falling Soldier' photograph rises high
07 January 2019One of the most iconic photographic images of war came under the hammer at a recent Westlicht (20% buyer’s premium) auction in Vienna.
Thonet furniture from international expert's collection emerges in Cologne auction
07 January 2019Since the early 1990s Wolfgang Thillmann, a German and philosophy teacher, has devoted himself to collecting Thonet bentwood furniture and become an internationally acknowledged expert in the process.
Sixteen new exhibitors and a guest appearance from Gilbert & George at BRAFA 2019
04 January 2019The 64th edition of Brussels’ BRAFA Art Fair will feature 133 dealers and galleries from 16 different countries.
The year of the Dragon – Chinese bronze sculpture could be Summer Palace discovery
21 December 2018Did the final days of 2018 provide the year’s greatest discovery? Bidders who pursued a bronze dragon head from €20,000 to €2.4m (£2.2m) at the Drouot in Paris on December 17 certainly thought so.
Export clock at Frankfurt auction ticks Chinese taste
21 December 2018Chinese bidders were the driving force at this autumn’s German and Austrian auctions of Asian art.
Wanderings in the Irish market
21 December 2018A copy of WB Yeats’ The Wanderings of Oisin… offered in a recent Irish sale was an example of Fisher Unwin’s 1892 second issue. That is rare enough, but this copy bore an inscription that made it very special indeed.
British and Irish book auctions: January 4-31, 2019
21 December 2018ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from January 4-31, 2019.
Art Deco stand-out sculpture at Munich sale delivers at top level
21 December 2018For 30 years the London lawyer David Cooper and his wife Marie devoted themselves to building a collection of Art Deco sculpture.
New faces for art fair TEFAF Maastricht’s Showcase revealed
17 December 2018London dealer ArtAncient is among the six selected to show at TEFAF Maastricht on March 16-24, 2019.
Monet shines bright in Paris auction
17 December 2018When this Monet maritime sunset below was hammered down for €860,000 (£767,860) – or €1.18m/£1.05m including premium – in Millon’s (25% buyer’s premium) sale of Modern Art on November 26 it not only overturned its €80,000-100,000 estimate but also achieved the second highest result at auction for a pastel by the famous French Impressionist.
Toulouse-Lautrec litho tribute
17 December 2018Featuring 17 lithographed illustrations by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, one of 100 special copies of Gustave Geoffroy’s 1894 homage to the celebrated singer, actress and, in later years, writer, Yvette Guilbert – all of which were signed by the chanteuse – is shown here.
British and Irish book auctions: December 18-January 17, 2018
17 December 2018ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from December 18-January 17, 2018.
French modernist villa furnishings head back home after auction
17 December 2018Selection of contents from landmark French inter-war modernist building resurface after 1985 dispersal.
More Perlès pearlers up at the Drouot auction centre
17 December 2018The second stock sale from the French ceramics specialist Christophe Perlès was held at Drouot by Pescheteau-Badin (26% buyer’s premium inc VAT) on November 26.
Stella stars in Angers auction
17 December 2018Star turn in a sale held in the French city of Angers on December 5 was this small painting by the 17th century French artist Jacques Stella (1596-1657), below.
Armorial parchment given to Columbus on his return to Spain offered in Madrid auction
12 December 2018On March 15, 1493, Christopher Columbus disembarked from his ship in Palos and headed straight to Barcelona where he recounted tales of his discovery of America to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.
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