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Auctions of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art took place in New York as usual in May. The auction house Sotheby's realized a flawless result, smashing several world records for many artists and won the palm with the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction to date.
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Simple Object of paper, the book does not acquire its value on its single material, often unrepresentative of its importance. If the state of the binding or stapling is important, the value of the book lies primarily in the role of text in history.
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April 26, the auctioneer Woolley and Wallis in Salisbury, United Kingdom, sold a pair of natural pearl and diamond earrings for £ 1.4 million
Let's look at this jewel and its history.
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Mochica culture has developed on the north coast of Peru between the
first century and the ninth century AD. It is famous for its ceramics
deposited in graves as offerings to the dead.
Their decor modeled and / or painted iconography shows a richness
and variety greatly appreciated by art lovers. The price of a
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Neoclassical sculptor of recognized talent in the late eighteenth century, the name of Louis-Simon Boizot is now unknown to the general public. His name appears frequently in the catalogs of auctions leaning against that of Sevres or that of a bronze sculptor.
Rediscovering this talented artist who gave birth to many
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Increasingly rare, the restoration of gilded wood requires great patience and respect for traditional techniques. Authenticite offers you to rediscover these techniques where the use of the aerosol is strictly banned!
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Following the Manet retrospective in 2010 and Monet in 2011, the Musée d'Orsay associated with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston presents Edgar Degas (1834-1917). The bias of this exhibition is not to make us rediscover the works of Degas, whose last retrospective was in 1988, but to present a new angle
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Ergonomic, economic, aesthetic, practical ... These are the qualities that
can be attributed to the chair named RAR (Rocking Arm Chair Rod
Base) by Charles and Ray Eames. Emblematic of Design, it crossed the
decades without a wrinkle and always wins a huge market success.
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Buy at auction, for the newcomer this may seem complicated and
reserved for the initiated.
Are- there fees? Should I be present? What is a absentee bid? How will I
know if I bought the lot? Is it possible to bid by telephone? And the
internet? are questions we hear frequently in the auction rooms in
London,
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The art history was written without José Maria Sert (1874-1945), quickly
forgotten after his death in 1945. Support of the artist to the nationalists
and Franco after the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) has certainly
contributed to the ouster as his artistic choices.
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May 15, 2012, the auction house Sotheby's will sell at auction in Geneva, a diamond royal, the Beau Sancy, and witnessed four centuries of European history. This exceptional gem weighing 34.98 carats is cut in modified pear double rose is estimated between $2 and $4 million. A particularly low estimate let us remember
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Rendezvous of lovers and collectors of beautiful drawings, the 21st
edition of the Salon du dessin will be held in the Bourse de Paris from
March 28 to April 2. Take a sneak preview, our selection of five
exceptional drawings old masters, modern and contemporary.
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Of all the great sculptors of the second half of the 18th century, Claude Michel said Clodion is probably one of the best known and his name evokes in the minds of many an bacchanal in clay, a bas relief or a bronze cast saw in an auctioneer, a gallery, or at Drouot or in a museum.
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Date, and estimate a Louis XV commode, your dream? Authenticite Partnership revealed to you today some of the "stuff" the expert use for recognizing and assessing the value of a classic furniture.
The model studied here will be auctioned on April 1.
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In a difficult economic environment in 2011, the auction houses in Paris
have shown a remarkable dynamism either Anglo-Saxon auction houses
, Sotheby's or Christie's, or auctioneers in Paris performing at Drouot,
the proceeds from sales of works and objects of art has progressed
significantly.
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Despite its ascending cotation, the tireless hero of 24 albums is always
between two investigations, kidnapping or assassination attempts
which he escapes continuously, at 26 rue du Labrador in Brussels.
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On January the 14th, the auction house Philocale with the assistance of
our cabinet d'expertises auctionned books, old masters and modern
paintings, furniture and objets d'art. The majority of the lots was sold in
their estimation, but there were some noticeable surprises.
Back on the most significant results
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Quality, rarity and high end. This trio sums up the new edition of the
BRAFA - the antiques fair held in Brussels until January 29, in the vast
warehouse of Tour & Taxis - and undermines the discourse surrounding
pessimistic weighed down by the economic crisis.
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The manufacture of Boch Frères Kéramis (Belgium, Province of
Hainaut, La Louviere) is now well known through the work of the very
dynamic Charles Catteau . The one of the sculptor Catherine Barjansky
is much less even though her career is international: Rome, Berlin, New
York, Vienna, Paris, Brussels ...
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Saturday, January 14, the SVV Philocale, in collaboration with our team
of experts in antique furniture and works of art, will auction in Olivet old
books, old masters and modern paintings and drawings, jewelry,
watches, silverware and furniture and works of art.
Let's have a look to some lots.
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