12 mars 2015

A ruby and gold snake ring, South India, 19th Century. Diameter: 3 cm. Size: US 8. Weight: 12 grams. Susan Ollemans at Asia Week New York 2015 Pair of Gold Ear Ornaments. Cyprus, 2nd Millenium BC. 1.5 x 1.5 inches (3.5 x 3.5 cm). Susan Ollemans at Asia Week New York 2015 A Gold and Coral Saddle Ring (ga tshi-go), Tibet, 19th Century. Length: 3 cm; Width 2.5 cm; Weight: 23.73 grams. Susan Ollemans at Asia Week New York 2015 A Diamond and Enamel... [Lire la suite]

Shigaraki stoneware tsubo with upraised neck, 15-16th century. Glazed stoneware, 16 1/4 x 15 1/8 in. Joan B. Mirviss Ltd at Asia Week New York 2015 Kuriki Tatsusuke. Ovoid, lobed vessel with linear patterning in pink-silver glaze and sculpted mouth. Japan, 1988. Glazed stoneware. 11.37 x 10.25 inches. Joan B. Mirviss Ltd at Asia Week New York 2015 NEW YORK, NY.- With its unparalleled and unbroken history in ceramics, Japan continues to lead the world in the important field... [Lire la suite]

Pablo Picasso, Bullfight Scene with Picador, 20 April 1951. © 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Picasso Ceramist and the Mediterranean is a carefully curated, exceptional selection of more than 140 of Pablo Picasso's ceramic pieces that reveal how the prolific artist reshaped the very notions of how clay could be used. Reflecting the artist's strong attraction to Mediterranean colors, shapes, and mythological creatures, the exhibition is the first of its kind to be shown in the United... [Lire la suite]

Andreas Vesalius, De humani corporis (On the fabric of the human body), second edition, 1555. Woodcut. The Eskind Biomedical Library Special Collections. NASHVILLE, TENN.- Drawing on the combined resources of the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery, the Eskind Biomedical Library Special Collections, local museums, and several private collections, Memento Mori – Looking at Death in Art and Illustration will reveal multiple perspectives on the nature of death and our attempts to memorialize the dead in order to give meaning to their lives.... [Lire la suite]

1967 Ferrari 330 GTC by Pininfarina. Estimate $700,000 - $850,000 © 2015 courtesy RM Sotheby’s. 300 bhp, 3,967 cc SOHC V-12 engine with three Weber 40 DCZ/6 twin-choke downdraft carburetors, five-speed manual rear-mounted transaxle, four-wheel independent suspension, and four-wheel disc brakes. Wheelbase: 94.5 in. Offered from the estate of Donald C. Mann Original matching-numbers engine Fewer than 8,000 documented actual miles Single-enthusiast ownership from 1969 to 2013 Fully equipped with air conditioning... [Lire la suite]

1968 Toyota 2000GT. Estimate $900,000 - $1,100,000 © 2015 courtesy RM Sotheby’s. Chassis no. MF10L-10189 - Engine no. 10225 - Body no. 1179 150 bhp, 2,000 cc DOHC Yamaha aluminum hemi-head inline six-cylinder engine with three Solex twin-choke side-draft carburetors, five-speed fully synchromesh manual transmission with overdrive, four-wheel independent suspension, and four-wheel power-assisted Dunlop disc brakes. Wheelbase: 91.7 in. Only 351 built; one of 84 left-hand-drive examples Comprehensive restoration... [Lire la suite]

1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Touring. Estimate $775,000 - $975,000 © 2015 courtesy RM Sotheby’s. Chassis no. 9113601108 - Engine no. 6631067 - Body no. 831087 210 bhp, 2,687 cc SOHC air-cooled horizontally opposed six-cylinder engine with Bosch mechanical fuel injection, five-speed manual gearbox in the rear transaxle, four-wheel torsion bar independent suspension, and four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes. Wheelbase: 89.4 in. The “ultimate” and legendary road going first-generation 911 Matching numbers and... [Lire la suite]

1961 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster. Estimate $1,100,000 - $1,300,000. © 2015 courtesy RM Sotheby’s. Chassis no. 198.042.10.002753 - Engine no. 198.980.10.002817 - Body no. 198.042.10.00264 215 bhp (DIN), 240 hp (SAE), 2,996 cc SOHC inline six-cylinder engine, four-speed manual transmission, coil-spring independent front suspension and coil-spring single-point swing axle rear suspension, and servo-assisted drum brakes. Wheelbase: 94.5 in. Offered proudly by its owner of 35 years Reportedly... [Lire la suite]

1950 Ferrari 275S/340 America Barchetta by Scaglietti. Photo: Darin Schnabel © 2015 courtesy RM Sotheby’s. AMELIA ISLAND, FLA.- A highly significant 1950 Ferrari 275S/340 America, chassis 0030 MT, leads early entries for RM Sotheby’s flagship Monterey sale, returning August 14 – 15 to California’s Monterey Peninsula. Born as one of only two 275S barchettas built, 0030 MT was campaigned by the Factory and driven by legendary Italian racing driver Alberto Ascari in one of the most grueling competitions in motorsport, the 1950... [Lire la suite]

Bernard Palissy (c. 1510–1590), Ewer, Saint-Porchaire ware, c. 1545−65, glazed earthenware, The Frick Collection, purchased through the Sidney R. Knafel Fund, 2015. NEW YORK, NY.- Since the mid-nineteenth century, Renaissance Italian bronze statuettes, maiolica wares, Limoges enamels, and French sixteenth-century ceramics belonged to the category of objects that every serious art collector in Europe hoped to own, their value and association with royal and noble provenance bestowing upon their owners an aura of cultivation and... [Lire la suite]