Building upon the very strong results of Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art sales worldwide, Sotheby’s New York continues its commitment to presenting the finest and rarest examples of Chinese art to the market. One of the outstanding highlights of the sale on March 23rd is an Imperial battle painting commemorating the victory over Nian rebel forces, commissioned by the Guangxu Emperor. Two highlights from the ceramics section are an exquisite 14th Century white ewer, and a Qianlong mark and period reticulated revolving vase. Also included in this season’s sale is an Imperial ‘zitan’ long table, adorned with finely carved leaf-tip scrolls; a rare celadon jade brushpot carved in deep relief with ‘Hundred Boys’; and an album by Dong Qichang transcribing the biography of Wang Xiangqian’s family.

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Phillips de Pury & Company announces highlights from its Under the Influence auction in New York. Included will be Stephen Colbert’s portrait re-contextualized by Shepard Fairey, Andres Serrano, and discussed by Steve Martin and Frank Stella.

Also featuring works by:

KEHINDE WILEY, ARANDALASCH, ANSELM REYLE,

STERLING RUBY, SUBODH GUPTA, JACOB KASSAY, MARK

GROTJAHN, DAN COLEN, KAREN KLIMNIK

Auction Thursday March 10th, 2011

Featuring early slavery relics, including a carved Ballast Stone from a 16th-century ship wreck, as well as a large collection of materials related to Frederick Douglass.

The Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts department at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers specializes in offering an array of property guaranteed to draw both experienced and emerging collectors from around the world.  The auctions are held four times a year and feature fine selections consigned by estates, private individuals, museums and institutions from across the country.  Each encompasses centuries of craftsmanship, design, innovation, and evolution from across the world and includes American, English and Continental Furniture and Decorative Arts; Twentieth Century Decorative Arts; Asian Works of Art; and Rugs, Carpets and Textiles.

Consignments being accepted for Rago’s Saturday, June 11: Arts & Crafts/Early 20th C. & Sunday, June 12: Modern/ 20th-21stc. Auctions. Consignment deadline April 25th. Contact Rago for more information.

Auction: March 7th, 2011 at 10:00 am

Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to announce Vienna and the
Wiener Werkstätte, an auction of important 20th-century Austrian design to be
held March 3rd at the company’s New York flagship, 450 Park Avenue.

Phillips de Pury’s Design auction will include works produced for many of
Wagner’s and the Wiener Werkstätte’s most significant commissions: the
Österreichische Postsparkasse, the telegraph office of Die Zeit, the Palais
Stoclet, the Cabaret Fledermaus, and the Alfred Roller apartment. In addition to
designs produced by the Wiener Werkstätte’s own craftsmen, the auction will
include works made by the finest producers of the period including Loetz, E.
Bakalowits Söhne, J & L Lobmeyr, J & J Kohn, and Thonet.

The Spring sale of Jewels to be held in London on March 17^th, 2011 features a wide variety of jewels, from engagement rings and earrings, to bracelets and tiaras.  One particular highlight is a very versatile late 19^th Century jewel that can be worn as a corsage ornament, a tiara and also as a necklace, as well as converting to pendants, brooches and jeweled hair decorations.

Striking jewels from the Art Deco period are represented in the form of double clip brooches and bracelets.  Many jewels from the famous jewelry houses of Bulgari, Boucheron, Van Cleef & Arpels appear in the sale.  And from Cartier, a collection of beautiful hand-colored jewelry designs from the 40s and 50s.

Anyone with an interest in jewelry will find something desirable in this sale.