Phillips (established 1792) New York, London, Geneva, Hong Kong Key Personnel: Edward Dolman (Chairman and CEO), Jean-Paul Engelen (Worldwide Head of Contemporary Art), Vanessa Hallett (Senior Director and Worldwide Head of Photographs), Nazgol Jagan (Worldwide Director of Jewels) Notable Design Lots: Marc Newson, Lockheed Lounge, c. 1990, £2,434,500 – April 2015 Isamu Noguchi, The […]
Swiss auction house Koller holds an extensive Old Masters auction on September 23 with lots ranging from an Italian Renaissance bridal cassone panel, exquisite Dutch Still Life paintings and seasonal allegories to drawings signifying the Tulip Mania in the 17th century. Art and Love: Old Masters are making a comeback at Koller […]
This candy colored two-piece seat group with side table is designed in Murano, circa 1990. It is estimated to sell for around € 2,000 at Auctionata’s 20th century design auction. We are inspired by the 1990s style modernist elements, use of glass and candy-like green faux leather, and the reminiscence […]
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 […]
The ancient tradition of Murano art glass began in the city of Venice and the adjacent island of Murano in the 13th century. Vases and other decorative objects in Murano glass are created through a complex manufacturing process consisting of different phases of heating and shaping different types of glass. […]
Premier Italian auction house Cambi Aste is presenting a star-studded Modern and Contemporary Art auction on June 13, featuring Keith Haring, Agostino Bonalumi, Giuseppe Santomaso and many more. See all the lots here. This work by Bonalumi is no doubt the highlight of the sale. The Italian genius painter, draughtsman and […]