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Valuations of a French silver travel necessary in our next auction
Hotel des ventes de Clermont-Ferrand auction house in Clermont- Ferrand, in collaboration with our experts specialized in free valuation and free appraisal will auction a French Charles X period silver travel necessary and its chest, Thursday 16th of May in Clermont-Ferrand.
Valuation of a Gae Aulenti desk in our next auction
Valuation of a tulip table by Saarinen for Knoll in our next auction
Valuation of a Christian Liaigre Ecume armchair in our next auction
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Valuations of a French silver travel necessary in our next auctionHotel des ventes de Clermont-Ferrand auction house in Clermont- Ferrand, in collaboration with our experts specialized in free valuation and free appraisal will auction a French Charles X period silver travel necessary and its chest, Thursday 16th of May in Clermont-Ferrand.
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Sunday 1st December at Saint-Cloud, master Guillaume Le Floc'h
auctioneer will sell jewelry, watches, fashion items especially Hermes
and many silverware lots.
Let's look at lot 129, a pair of table covers and a heater, sold by one of
our client following a free online valuation.» Read more
Cartier, the name evokes, for each of us, luxury, jewelry, gold, precious
stones and watches. More than the story of a personality, Cartier is a
family in which four successive generations perpetuated and expanded
the art of jewelry and watches.» Read more
On June 11 the auction house Bonhams London organized a good sell
of watches at its premises in Bond Street. Buyers, especially Rolex one,
were at the rendezvous.» Read more
Famous worldwide for its clocks creations and in particular watches
include the most known the Reverso, the Jaeger-LeCoultre produces
the famous Atmos clock with a perpetual motion for 85 years.» Read more
René Jules Lalique (1860-1945) is one of the most famous jewellers and
glassmakers of the movements Art Nouveau and Art Deco. His name is
today one of the most prestigious for luxury in the world.» Read more
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.» Read more
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» Read more
Friday, February 11, Art Valorem will auction the collection of Mrs. R.
This sale includes a large collection of silverware of the 18, 19 and 20th
centuries. We draw your attention to estimates that are particularly
reasonable. Lets have a look on some lots that we spoted through the
catalogue.
» Read more
To achieve the most lavish gifts of their time, Alexander III and Nicolas II, last Tsar of Russia, involve illustrious silversmith houses in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Often, colorful enamel, precious art objects from the workshops of Faberge or Ovchinnikov: kovsh, table service, vodka, cigarette, easter egg, are offered to the relatives and guests of prestige. For 10 years, these symbols of the splendor of the former Russian empire fetch record prices at auctions. » Read more
Some jewels are made of non-precious metal. Are they therefore not precious jewels? To answer this question the creator of unique jewelry, Salome Osorio, wants to remind us how this gem has established itself over the centuries against his older brother, the high jewelry. » Read more
In all the cutlery, spoon is the first to emerge from the Paleolithic, it is
made of bone or wood. It is not until the fifteenth century that silver
spoon develops coincident with the appearance of the fork with which
they form what is called a couvert, a fork and a spoon of the same
model, the same silversmith and made on the same date. » Read more
François-Désiré Froment-Meurice is one of the most important French
Romantic artists. Leader of a famous nineteenth century dynasty of
Parisian goldsmiths and jewelers it was nicknamed the "Cellini" in
reference to the great Florentine sculptor of the Renaissance.» Read more
Whether reading an auction catalog, a book or a specialized article,
amateur frequently meets the word "poincon", mark in english, attached
to a piece of silverware or jewelry. What do they mean ? Do they have
any influence on the price and value of jewelry and silverware on which
they are found ?» Read more
Last week, a diamond known as the Wittelsbach became the most
expensive gem ever sold at auction. Sold € 18.70 million by Christie's
London to the famous London jeweler, Laurence Graff, the Wittelsbach
diamond is an exception in many ways ...
» Read more
Jean Puiforcat is the leader of the Art Deco silverware in France.
Modern artist, he is one of the first to develop simple and geometric lines
in French luxury silverware.» Read more
Biennais, ce nom évoque pour beaucoup l’Empire et Napoléon mais qui
est-il ? Et que connaissons-nous de sa production ?» Read more
Lorsqu’au cours du XVIIIème siècle, le sucre remplace définitivement le
miel sur nos tables, un nouveau type de cuiller fait son apparition. » Read more
Offrir un œuf à Pâques est une tradition remontant à l’Antiquité.
Déjà les grecs offraient au dieu Bacchus au moment de l’équinoxe de
Printemps, un œuf, symbole de fécondité et de renaissance. » Read more
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