2 juin 2013

Isabella Albonico wearing Balenciaga. Photographed by Gleb Derujinsky for Harper’s Bazaar, April 1961

Gold Crystal with Quartz, Marble Bar, Pilbara Region, Western Australia. Photo Heritage Auctions As Gold specimens go, this one is quite interesting due to the evidence of its bi-modal origin. Part of the specimen shows distinct crystalline form, which can only result from sufficient free space for the developing Gold crystal to grow into or within. Other areas of the piece include rounded pebbles of Quartz that forced some of the Gold to form around them, a situation more typical of how most nuggets start. One edge... [Lire la suite]

  Pierre VINCENT (Ecole FRANCAISE du XVIIIème siècle) "Nature morte aux colverts, sarcelles et chat volant une grive-musicienne". Photo SCP D. LE COËNT-de BEAULIEU et V. de M.. Huile sur toile signée et datée en bas à droite "P. Vincent pinxit 1790". 61 x 81,5 cm (Restaurations anciennes). Estimation 2 000 € - 3 000 € SCP D. LE COËNT-de BEAULIEU et V. de M... et HOTEL des VENTES de SENLIS sarl. Expert : Cabinet TURQUIN, M. Eric TURQUIN. Dimanche 9 juin à 14h30 à SENLIS. Tél. : 03 44 53... [Lire la suite]

Demantoid Garnet - 4.21 ct, Russia. Photo Heritage Auctions There's something about the Russian version of this exotic Garnet that sets it apart from all other localities. The Russian material contains enough Chromium in its structure to give it a clean green with no hints of the blue or brown tones common to other source material. The Diamond like optical properties are the origin of the name: Demantoid = "Diamond-like" in Greek. As is typical for Russian material there are "horse-tail" type inclusions, but not... [Lire la suite]

Pierre VINCENT (Ecole FRANCAISE du XVIIIème siècle) "Nature morte aux lièvres". Photo SCP D. LE COËNT-de BEAULIEU et V. de M.. Huile sur toile signée et datée en bas à droite "Petrus Vincent pinxit 1790". (Restaurations anciennes) 61 x 81,5 cm. Estimation 800 € - 1 200 € SCP D. LE COËNT-de BEAULIEU et V. de M... et HOTEL des VENTES de SENLIS sarl. Expert : Cabinet TURQUIN, M. Eric TURQUIN. Dimanche 9 juin à 14h30 à SENLIS. Tél. : 03 44 53 03 42 - Fax : 03 44 53 01 94... [Lire la suite]

Incomparable Rutilated Quartz "Egg", Madagascar. Photo Heritage Auctions This magnificent Rutilated Quartz egg from Madagascar is a beauty to behold. With glassly clarity, the egg has a copper to gold hue emanating from the rutilated fibers inside the egg - they are complexly intertwined yet elegantly spaced. Featuring one large and several small areas of moss-like inclusions, the vibrant diorama suspended inside this specimen comes to life as though while frozen in place. Measuring an impressive 6 inches... [Lire la suite]

Etui à cigarettes en argent à décor de dragon. Ancien travail d'Extrême Orient (Vietnam). Photo Maître Lydie BRIOULT et BRIOULT ENCHERES SARL 125 gr brut. Estimation 200 € - 300 € Maître Lydie BRIOULT et BRIOULT ENCHERES SARL. Samedi 8 juin à 14h00 à VERNON. Tél. : 02 32 21 67 23 - Fax : 02 32 21 36 66 - maitre.brioult@wanadoo.fr

 A superb end piece of the Fukang pallasite, Fukang, Xinjiang Uygur Province, China. Photo Heritage Auctions Meteorites that originate from the core-mantle boundary of a small planet or asteroid destroyed during, or shortly after, the formation of our solar system are called pallasites. Thus, pallasites were formed at the very beginning of our solar system, and radioactive fission-track dating confirms ages of 4.1 to 4.4 billion years for a large sampling of known pallasites. Pallasites are made up... [Lire la suite]

Vase de forme carrée et étroit en porcelaine décorée en émaux polychromes, Époque Qianlong (1736-1795). Photo Piasa d'un paysage lacustre et montagneux sur chaque face, les côtés ornés d'un poème de Qianlong reprenant des hommages au thé. Les bords émaillés or. Hauteur : 18 cm. Restauration au bord. Estimation : 5 000 / 6 000 €Provenance : Antiquaire Reding - Bruxelles, le 21 février 1949CHINA - QIANLONG Period , (1736-1795)? A rectangular tea-poem vase.  Piasa. Lundi 10 juin 2013. Drouot... [Lire la suite]

Platinum nugget, Kondyor Massif, Khabarovsk Krai, Far Eastern Federal District, Russian Federation. Photo Heritage Auctions In the remote wilderness of Far Eastern Russia, inland from the Sea of Okhotsk, is a circular feature some six kilometers across that looks exactly like a meteorite impact crater: It isn't. Although the towering walls of the structure, some 2000 feet high, look very much like the crater rim of a volcano: They're not. The structure, called the Kondyor Massif, represents the remains of an Dunite... [Lire la suite]