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Sizeable Guanyin figure generates large demand

11 August 2025

This unusually large giltwood figure of Guanyin, the Chinese goddess of compassion and mercy, attracted numerous bidders to Nagel’s (24.5% buyer’s premium) sale of Asian art on June 6-7 in Stuttgart.

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Something in the air tonight: Raynaud eroticism excites bidders

11 August 2025

A classic example of fin-de-siècle eroticism caught the eye of several collectors at Hampel (29.5% buyer’s premium) on June 26 in Munich.

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Russian imperial vase salutes crushing naval victory of Navarino

11 August 2025

Piece made by St Petersburg factory was produced to mark 1827 allied triumph over Ottoman forces

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Parrot prized by a princess now immortalised in micromosaic form

11 August 2025

According to tradition, supported by handwritten documents, this 19th century, gold-mounted micromosaic brooch was given by Prussian King Frederick William III to his second wife Auguste von Harrach, Princess of Liegnitz.

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Turkestan textiles take high sums at German auction

11 August 2025

Textiles from the nomadic Tekke tribe of Turkestan were highly sought after at Rippon Boswell’s (25% buyer’s premium) May 31 auction in Wiesbaden.

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German tropical grandeur embodied in an elaborate pith helmet

11 August 2025

When the situation demanded it, German consular officials in the tropics were required to wear a ceremonial helmet.

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Miniature portrait of Egyptian scholar bid to 20 times estimate

21 July 2025

A watercolour portrait of the 19th century Egyptian scholar Mohammed-el-Chabassy was one of the surprising high points at a recent auction of 16th to 19th century drawings, held by Bassenge (25% buyer’s premium) in Berlin.

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Schlemmer estate opens up market after bitter legal dispute

21 July 2025

Descendents of Bauhaus artist finally reach settlement allowing first 22 works to come for sale in Cologne

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Savery’s animal kingdom awakened in Stuttgart

21 July 2025

The auctioneers at Siebers (26.5% buyer’s premium) in Stuttgart were fairly confident that the 'Landscape with Birds' they had been entrusted with for a recent sale was an autograph work by the 16th and 17th century Flemish artist Roelant Savery (1576/1639).

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Flemish Old Master generates great excitement in Frankfurt

30 June 2025

The demand for a well-documented genre painting by the 17th century Flemish artist Jan Steen surprised the auctioneers at Döbritz (26% buyer’s premium) in Frankfurt.

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Stereo viewer dances up to five figures

30 June 2025

An unusual, possibly unique stereo viewer from the last decade of the 19th century attracted numerous bids at Auction Team Breker (21.8% buyer’s premium) in Cologne.

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Glowing example of Gallé vase at German auction

30 June 2025

Numerous bidders at a recent Mehlis (24% buyer’s premium) auction in Plauen were not prepared to let a late 19th century vase by Emile Gallé get away for the estimated €350.

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Painting by follower of Hieronymus Bosch takes six-figure sum at auction

30 June 2025

A recently discovered floral still-life by Jan Davidsz de Heem sold for €2.8m.

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Touch of French animalier magic at German auction

30 June 2025

Roger Godchaux is regarded as one of the most accomplished French animalier sculptors of the first half of the 20th century.

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Hidden chest discovered during demolition of a medieval house revealed silver treasures

30 June 2025

The workers who were given the task in 1869 of demolishing a medieval patrician house in the Bavarian city of Regensburg found much more than they had expected.

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Rather startled Batman from Japan appears in German auction

30 June 2025

Since his inception in 1939, Batman, the Caped Crusader, has never really been out of fashion.

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Mask symbolises promise of protection to young boy

30 June 2025

One of the star lots at an auction of African and Oceanic works of art held by Zemanek-Münster (25% buyer’s premium) in Würzburg was a dance mask of the Telei people in the Buin district of Bougainville, one of the Solomon Islands.

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Enticing estimate for gold watch brings rapid exchange of bids

30 June 2025

An unusual 19th century gold watch by the Swiss maker Sylvain Mairet caught the eye of numerous bidders at a recent sale at Dr Crott (25% buyer’s premium) in Mannheim.

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Blaschkas recreated marine life as intricate glass models

23 June 2025

The Bohemian glassmaker Leopold Blaschka’s fascination with marine life began in 1853, when the ship in which he was travelling to the US became becalmed off the Azores.

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Porcelain producer Nast was regarded as rival to Sèvres

23 June 2025

In its day, the Parisian porcelain manufacture founded by the Austrian born Jean Népomucène Hermann Nast in 1783 was regarded as a worthy competitor to Sèvres.