26 novembre 2008

The ex-James Bond, ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ 1976 Lotus Esprit Coupé Chassis no. 76090187G. Engine no. 760913101. Estimation on request. Notes: This Lotus Esprit is one of two complete, fully functioning cars that were used for the driving scenes in the motion picture ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’, starring Roger Moore as secret agent James Bond, ‘007’. Approximately nine Esprits were used in different guises, but bar these two the rest were shells, some of which were used in filming the Esprit’s transformation into a submersible.... [Lire la suite]

Oscar Heyman Brothers. Bracelet en platine et or formé d'un large bandeau souple orné en serti invisible de six rangeés diamants carrés entre deux lignes de diamants taillés en brillant en serti clos. Poinçon de Oscar Heyman Brothers 504475. Poids des 348 diamants baguette : env. 42 cts. Lg. : 17,2 cm - Larg. : 2,3 cm. Poids brut : 114,5 g - Estimation 200 000 - 250 000 € Artcurial Paris. Importants bijoux et montres de collection. 8 déc. 2008. Hôtel Marcel Dassault - www.artcurial.com

1934 Rolls-Royce 20/25hp Drophead Coupé Coachwork by J Gurney Nutting. Registration no. AYH 608. Chassis no. GNC42. Engine no. G7L - Estimate: £80,000 - 100,000 Notes: The Rolls-Royce 20/25hp was, of course, an exclusively coachbuilt automobile. Most of the great British coachbuilding firms offered designs, many of them unique, on the 20/25hp chassis. Some of the most widely admired - like that of the car offered here - were the work of J Gurney Nutting, a company associated with quality marques - Bentley in particular -... [Lire la suite]

Bague en or gris sertie d'un diamant jaune de taille rectangulaire à pans modifiée, retenu par quatre griffes serties de diamants taillés en brillant. Poids de la pierre : 10,12 cts. Accompagné d'un certificat du laboratoire F.G.G de Berlin indiquant : couleur Fancy Yellow, pureté VVS. Tour de doigt : 56 - Poids brut : 15,9 g - Estimation 80 000 - 90 000 € Artcurial Paris. Importants bijoux et montres de collection. 8 déc. 2008. Hôtel Marcel Dassault - www.artcurial.com

An Indian Khanjar. 18th Century With finely watered slightly recurved double-edged blade with incised line borders and central fuller over each side, the forte chiselled with a flowering plant on both sides, hilt of pale green-grey mottled mutton-fat jade slightly indented for the fingers and carved in low relief with lotus-blossoms now set with small cabochon rubies, turquoises and a sapphire (two stones missing) on the scrolled rounded pommel and on either side over its lower half from the scrolled base, in its wooden... [Lire la suite]

Collier «Belle Epoque», rivière en platine formant draperie. Exécuté vers 1900. articulé d'une ligne de diamants taillés à l'ancienne réunis par de fines barrettes fil de couteaux coupés de trois nœuds de ruban sertis de diamants taillés en rose retenant six guirlandes serties de diamants taillés à l'ancienne en chute encadrant quatre diamants plus importants en pampille. Poids du diamant central : 5,33 cts. Lg. : 39 cm – Poids brut : 76,9 g - Estimation 60 000 - 70 000 € Note: Le style guirlande qui séduit l'aristocratie... [Lire la suite]

A Fine Shibayama-Mounted Aikuchi. Edo Period The hira-zukuri blade (details of nakago unavailable) with midare hamon (chipped, bent and with large hagire), the gold lacquered tsuka inlaid in horn, mother-of-pearl and coral with a basket of flowers and a vase of flowers on the reverse, the silver fuchi-kashira decorated with leaves and flowers in polychrome enamels, in its gold lacquered saya inlaid in horn, mother-of-pearl, coral and ivory with a cherry tree in blossom, wisteria and two ducks, one in polychrome enamels, the... [Lire la suite]

Felice Bottigliero and Francesco Gallo, Young African Page with Pair of Parrots, late 18th century, h. 11 3/4 in. Collection of the Catello family, Naples. Photo © Archivio dell’arte – Luciano Pedicini / fotografo (www.pedicinimages.com) FORT WORTH, TX.- This Christmas season, the Kimbell Art Museum plays host to an extraordinary loan from Naples, Italy: a magnificent, 18th-century Neapolitan Nativity scene—known in Italian as a presepe after the Latin word for “manger,” praesepe. The Kimbell presepe will feature over 70... [Lire la suite]

La galerie Albert Benamou présente l'exposition collective "Découvertes : retour de Chine", autour des oeuvres de Chen Jiagang, Chen Wenling, Wang Du, Feng Zheng Jie, Gao Brothers, Gao Zengli, Han Bing, Huang Yan, Kang Can, Ma Liuming, Sheng Qi, Sofia Soh, Tian Taiquan, Xu Zhongmin, Wang Xiao Hui, Weng Fen, Zhang Huan et Zhong Biao. 26 nov. 2008 - 04 janv. 2009.  24, rue de Penthièvre 75008 Paris - www.benamou.net

MELBOURNE.- The NGV announced today that it believes the subject of a mysterious Renaissance portrait it has owned since 1965 is Lucrezia Borgia, and that the painter is famed Renaissance artist Dosso Dossi (c1486-1542). As a result of this astounding conclusion, the NGV’s painting could be the only surviving formal painted portrait of the famous Lucrezia. The discovery is attracting considerable international interest following extensive conservation and curatorial research work undertaken by NGV experts. “This new research is... [Lire la suite]