Showing posts with label Auctions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Auctions. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Reaching a stage

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On March 7th, an exceptional collection of 28 Victorian wrought-iron horse-drawn carriages will be auctioned off for an estimated $2.26 m...
Monday, December 1, 2014

Cromwellian relic

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Before British former Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell suffered the posthumous punishment of being disinterred; hanged, drawn, and quartered...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Napoleon's hat

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In the 1801 painting "Napoleon Crossing the Alps” ( IMAGE HERE ), Jacques Louis David depicts the French emperor in his trademark bic...
Saturday, July 26, 2014

Jewel

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" It's rare that a car with connections to some of the most important figures in history is offered on the market ," says ma...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Strings and rings

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We have just bought you " the most fabulous violin in the world ," wired the parents of American heiress Huguette Clark , when s...
Friday, April 18, 2014

Poveglia

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If you have money to spare and are in the market for your own private island , you may wish to consider Poveglia . The 17-acre island in I...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Van Gogh in the vernacular

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In a letter he wrote in 1888, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) mentioned he had been to Montmajour, in Provence, France, more than 50 times t...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Hambleton gets hammered

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I feel a great affinity for people who have special collections ,* having had one myself, though I have since sadly had to disassemble mos...