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Sale N08752
18 May 11
Sale Total: 4,809,502 USD

London – Phillips de Pury & Company are pleased to announce the return of the Jewels Auction to London, taking place on June 7^th and comprising over 300 lots.

The main highlight of the auction is a spectacular and important emerald & diamond parure comprising of a necklace, bracelet and earrings. Accompanied by an SSEF report, dated April 2011, stating the emeralds to have a total estimated weight of 213 carats, and to be of Colombian origin; 7 emeralds to exhibit no clarity enhancement; 12 to exhibit minor enhancement. Total diamond weight estimated to be approximately 135.00 carats. Assembling such a selection of natural emeralds of this purity and colour match is exceptional and the parure with its combination of outstanding characteristics is a very rare treasure. Estimated at £1,600,000 – 2,000,000

London – Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to announce the highlights of the forthcoming London Photographs sale on Thursday May 19, 2011. The London photographs department, a leader in the European market, will offer a full range of exciting works from diverse genres and movements integral to 20^th and 21^st century photography.

Sotheby’s Evening sale of Important Russian Art features over 50 paintings from the 1850s to Perestroika. We are thrilled to present an exceptional group of seven works by Vasily Vereschagin, one of Russia’s most daring and ambitious artists of the period, including rare canvases from his Balkan and Indian series of museum quality, such as Taj Mahal at Evening and Shipka Pass. A highlight of the sale is Repin’s intimate portrait of his young wife, Vera – an exciting rediscovery and one of the most important of his Russian portraits ever to be offered at auction. Ivan Aivazovsky’s spectacular Ukrainian pastoral scene and Valerian Kamenev’s The Harvest show native landscape painting at its very best, while Bogoliubov’s serene Venetian view is a superb example of 19th century Russian art abroad.

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Sale GE1102
17 May 11
Sale Total: 78,944,900 CHF

Sotheby’s offers regular specialist watch auctions in Geneva, London, Hong Kong and New York. One of the pioneers of wristwatch auctions, Sotheby’s first offered them as a separate category in 1980, well before wristwatch collecting became the established worldwide phenomenon it is today.

Viewing 19 – 24 May

Monday – Saturday  10am-6pm
Sunday 12pm-6pm

Auction 25 May 2pm
450 Park Avenue, New York

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Sale GE1101
15 May 11
Sale Total: 7,754,000 CHF