Two birds flying high, A Chinese vessel, sailing by. A bridge with three men, sometimes four, A willow tree, hanging o’er. A Chinese temple, there it stands, Built upon the river sands. An apple tree, with apples on, A crooked fence to end my song. As one of the most […]
The ultimate golden wedding anniversary present is coming under the hammer at Bonhams in London next month. Included in a sale of Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu at 101 New Bond Street on 5 July is a 22 carat gold teapot estimated to fetch between £6,000 – 7,000.
New from Hantel is the Drum Man featuring dumsticks made from made from Tiger’s Eye semi-precious stones.
One of the earliest known paintings depicting a football game is to go under the hammer at Bonhams in Edinburgh this summer. “The Village Ba’Game” c.1830 by Scottish artist Alexander Carse (c.1770 – 1843) is set to make £30,000 – 50,000 at Bonhams’ Scottish Sale, George Street on 25 August. It is very similar to another Carse picture belonging to a Dundee art gallery, which is currently on tour at the World Cup in Germany.
One of the most arresting pictures to go under the hammer at Bonhams’ New Bond Street salerooms on 14 June 2006 has got to be the Portrait of Constable Horace Hood.
All Mine! is a Walt Disney World exclusive from Harmony Kingdom. The piece has been created in a limited edition of 50 pieces.
A fine pair of early 19th century ormolu-mounted ebony cabinets belonging to the family of the Victorian Prime Minister William Gladstone (1808 – 98) is to be sold at Bonhams’ Sale of Fine English and Continental Furniture at 101 New Bond Street on 27 June. They are expected to fetch between £300,000 – 500,000.
T o coincide with the World Cup Football in June 2006, Vectis will be offering in their 16 June auction some rare Corgi Football Trophy models.
A historically significant Jamaican tortoiseshell and silver mounted set of combs and case, dated 1688, believed to be one of the earliest surviving works of art made in Jamaica of European influence will be sold in a sale of Fine Furniture and Works of Art sale at Bonhams in Edinburgh on Wednesday 7th June 2006.
Travelling at the speed of light, they enter the scene with an impressive, sparkling flourish. The crowd erupts into frenzied applause, celebrating the new superstars! Nine animal figurines, nine whimsical and fun characters that are guaranteed to take the heart of every crystal aficionado by storm.
