As the summer ends, it seems like many beautiful and quality antiques, collectibles and paintings have found their way to the Skånes Auction House. Their online auction, starting on August 23 18:00 CEST, features highlights such as an incredible painting by Bengt Lindström, an impressive silver bowl from the 16th century […]
Have you ever wondered what meanings are hidden behind 17th-century still-life paintings? When these artworks were painted, their audience could understand what messages were conveyed at the first glance. However, for a modern audience, these still-life scenes can look like just random supermarket objects. At the Mearto Magazine, we have […]
This Etruscan terracotta figure of a man dates back to the dawn of the Etruscan civilization around 7th century BC and served as an urn cover. The figure features the idealized upper body of the deceased in worship posture with hands raised. This figure is impressive with its significant size of 43 […]
Historic auction for The Four Seasons restaurant in New York by Wright closed for a record breaking sum of $ 4,105,623 — over four times the original estimate. Thousands of bidders participated from all over the world to buy in the 650 lot sale, which lasted from 10 a.m. until after midnight. Held at […]
Wright presents The Four Seasons, a special auction featuring the furniture and designed tableware and objects from the iconic restaurant’s historic interior. The event will take place at The Four Seasons in New York on July 26, 2016. Designed in 1959 by Philip Johnson for Mies van der Rohe’s landmark […]
This two-sided bracteate (c. 975 – 985) dates back from the reign of Harald Bluetooth, famous Viking king of Denmark and Norway. The coins from 10th century Denmark are often called half-bracteates as they are so thin that the stamp on the two sides easily gets mixed up. Harald Bluetooth […]
Consisting from 258 pages, this Book of Hours is probably from Florence and it is on sale at Stockholms Auktionsverk. A book of hours is a Christian devotional book very popular in the Middle Ages. They contain religious texts, psalms and prayers, accompanied with unique decorations that bear witness to the […]
Finding the perfect gift for the man that raised you is never easy. This year, skip the socks or another boring tie for your dad, and impress him with a Scandinavian design armchair, a vintage Breitling, aged cognac from the cellars of a French castle or crystal whiskey glasses from […]
Prime Swedish auction house Bukowskis is holding a highly comprehensive Classics sale on June 8-10. We gathered the highlights for you. The auction is very versatile. The categories are: On June 8: Oriental, Glass, Ceramics, Carpets and textiles; On June 9: Furniture, Miscellaneous & Decorative Arts, Art, International Art, Sculpture, Swedish old […]
A nearly 150 million year-old skeleton of a stegosaurus is still available for sale for € 3,313,410 after it didn’t sell under the hammer on May 28. Dinosaurs create good entertainment, proven by the popular Jurassic Park series of Steven Spielberg. Although the stegosaurus skeleton didn’t sell at auction, its suitors […]