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Join Nicolas Chow, International Head of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art and Regina Krahl, Sotheby’s International Research Consultant and the curator of the Meiyintang Collection, as they discuss highlights from this extraordinary collection of imperial porcelains. The Meiyintang Collection will be presented at auction on April 7th.
The Ultimate Cellar Auction will be held in Hong Kong on April 2nd – 3rd, 2011 at 10:00 am.
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Join David Redden and Selby Kiffer as they discuss the iconic Vostok Space Capsule, 3KA-2, from 1961 in this fascinating video. Explore the history behind earth’s first spaceship, and how it changed the course of history. The auction will take place in New York on April 12th, on the 50th Anniversary of humanity’s first voyage into space.
The exhibition will take place through April 12th at Sotheby’s New York Headquarters.
Jewels that stand the test of time are typically characterized by great stones or great design. The New York sale of Magnificent Jewels this April features many such jewels, including an array of white diamond and period Cartier designs offered from a distinguished family collection. Highlighting the diamonds are two pear-shaped stones, both D color with the rare type IIa classification, one weighing 20.74 carats in a pendant mounting, the other 15.31 carats and set in a stylish jabot pin by Cartier.
Collectors will find top quality precious gemstones of every color including an exceptional Colombian emerald mounted by Harry Winston, a beautiful Burma ruby set in a 1920’s Chaumet brooch, and a lively Burma sapphire certified “royal blue”. Complementing such remarkable gems, the sale this April also features beautiful signed jewels made by leading jewelry designers both past and present.
Swann regularly conducts auctions devoted to Photographs. Our sales feature works by classical photographers, such as Edward Curtis and Ansel Adams, prints by the photojournalist Lewis Hine, and pictures by contemporary artists Nan Goldin, Larry Clark, and Robert Mapplethorpe.
The March 24th, 2011 Auction includes Susan Derges’s The Observer and the Observed #6, 1992, as well as many other important pieces. See the full catalogue online for this amazing auction.
This eclectic collection reflects the sophisticated taste of the original collector who combined 18th century French, Italian and English furniture with the Chinese porcelain. Highlights of English furniture include three pairs of splendid George III giltwood mirrors, and a rare pair of George III giltwood and papier-mâché pier tables as well as a William and Mary red-japanned cabinet on stand and an exceptional giltwood console table attributed to Matthias Lock.
The collection is unusual in comprising both Chinese Export ceramics and fine Chinese taste ceramics and works of art: in total over 80 lots. This includes a magnificent large pair of famille-rose ‘soldier’ vases, unusually painted with figures, and a further group of four identically decorated famille-rose soldier vases. This is possibly the first time that six vases of this rare and highly decorative type have appeared together in one sale. The first pair of vases last appeared on the open market in 1969 when they were sold at Sotheby’s in London, whilst a pair of finely painted famille-rose fishbowls, circa 1740, have provenance back to England in the mid-19th century when they formed part of the celebrated Chinese ceramics collection at Fonthill House, Wiltshire.
The Auction – The Classic Cellar From A Great American Collector VII – to be held April 1st 2011, at 10:00 am. Browse the full catalogue for this spectacular auction and find out how you can bid online.
Auction: April 10th 2011, 12:00 pm
Auction: April 11th 2011, 10:00 am
Ivey-Selkirk is seeking consignments for all future auctions. Look below for deadlines for each category, or go to their site for a complete list.
The Fine Chinese Paintings sale is an excellently curated one. The major part of the sale is formed by several special collections like, A Private Collection of Calligraphy by Hongyi, A Private Collection of 20th Century Chinese Paintings, Fine Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy from the Zan De Lou Collection, Important Zhang Daqian Painting from the Jie Ping Collection, Late Ming to Early Qing Fan Paintings from the Baiyun Tang Collection, A Private Collection of Huang Junbi Landscape Paintings After Ancient Masters, and Traces of Ink: Calligraphy Works from Mid Qing to Mid 20th Century.
