30 août 2015

Habit à la française 3 pièces en soie noire façonnée effet 'galuchat', circa 1785. Estimation : 1 000 CHF / 1 500 CHF. Photo HÔTEL DES VENTES DE GENÈVE veste à bords brodés au point de feston de bouquets de fleurs et de feuillages, col haut, manches avec revers à l'avant-bras, boutonnage brodé au point de feston assorti, manches et haut matelassés de laine avec doublure en lin et soie, gilet en soie écrue brodée avec dos en laine et lin, culotte à pont (boutons modernes sur la ceinture). Man's French formal... [Lire la suite]

Jean Etienne Liotard (1702-1789), Portrait de Pierre-Philippe Cannac d'Hauteville (1705-1785) et Portrait d'Anne-Adrienne Huber (1704-1777). Estimation : 15 000 CHF / 25 000 CHF. Photo HÔTEL DES VENTES DE GENÈVE paire d'huiles sur toile, 50x41,2 cm Expositions: Lausanne, Art Vaudois, 1921, no.41, Lausanne, Musée historique de l'Ancien-Evêché, Le Refuge huguenot en Suisse, 7 juin-27 octobre 1985, no. 293 (uniquement Pierre Philippe Cannac) Bibliographie: F. Grand d'Hauteville, Le Château d'Hauteville, 1932, p.202,... [Lire la suite]

Jean Etienne Liotard (1702-1789), Portrait de Pierre-Philippe Cannac d'Hauteville (1705-1785). Estimation : 20 000 CHF / 30 000 CHF. Photo HÔTEL DES VENTES DE GENÈVE pastel sur feuilles de papier marouflées sur bois, 88,7x67,2 ,cm Bibliographie: F. Grand d'Hauteville, ,Le Château d'Hauteville, 1932, p. 201, illustré, N.Trivas, ,monographie sans titre et catalogue des oeuvres ,de Liotard, dans ,Musées d'Art et d'Histoire, Genève, 1936, nos. 96 (tel qu'exécuté vers 1760 à Genève, à la date où... [Lire la suite]

1965 Aston Martin DB5 Convertible. Registration no. GUV 30C - Chassis no. DB5/C/2119/R - Engine no. 400/2273. Estimate £1 million - 1.2 million (€1.4 million - 1.6 million) © Bonhams 2001-2015 *One of only 123 DB5 convertibles made*Delivered new to the UK*Comprehensive rebuild by Chris Shenton Engineering in 2005*Present ownership for ten years Notes: 'More and more cars today reach the magical "ton" but those which can do it with the same ease and rapidity of the Aston can be counted on the... [Lire la suite]

1953 Bentley R-Type 4.9-Litre Continental Sports Saloon. Coachwork by H J Mulliner - Registration no. 813 FUF - Chassis no. BC32C - Engine no. BCC31. Estimate £850,000 - 1.1 million (€1.2 million - 1.5 million) © Bonhams 2001-2015 *Delivered new to France*Factory-fitted 4.9-litre engine*Current ownership for 36 years*Restored in the early 1990s  Notes: 'The vocabulary of motoring being a lame and limited thing, it is difficult to put into words the gulf that separates a Continental from... [Lire la suite]

1938 BMW 328 Sports Roadster. Registration no. Not UK registered - Chassis no. 85378 - Engine no. 79280. Estimate £550,000 - 650,000 (€750,000 - 890,000). © Bonhams 2001-2015 *One of fewer than 200 surviving*One owner from 1965 to 2013*Extensively restored 2009-2011*Mille Miglia eligible Notes: BMW's emergence as a manufacturer of fine sporting motor cars can be traced back to the annual Eifelrennenevent held at the Nürburgring on 14th June 1936, when Ernst Henne beat a field that... [Lire la suite]

The Ex-Alan Phipps, Harold Bevan, Bill Burton. 1935 Aston Martin Ulster 2/4-seater Tourer. Coachwork by Enrico Bertelli - Registration no. CMF 764 - Chassis no. D5/570/U - Engine no. D5/570/U. Estimate £700,000 - 900,000 (€960,000 - 1.2 million). Photo Bonhams *One of only four Special Order 2/4 seat Ulsters produced by the works*Extensive period racing history including victory in the 1936 Stanley Cup at Donington*Regularly maintained over many years by marque specialists *Proven track record in historic racing and... [Lire la suite]

Bergdorf Goodman Archives. Coctail & Evening Dresses: Patou

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A Manchu lady's pink silk informal robe, Late Qing dynasty. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. with side opening, standing collar and layered sleeves, the silk ground woven with roundels enclosing peonies, the black borders and ivory sleeve bands worked in satin stitch with peonies, begonias and orchids, bordered with woven floral ribbon and piping, the sleeves edged in lace - Length 55 1/2  in., 141 cm; Width 54 in., 137.2 cm Provenance: Jenny Lewis, Hong Kong.James... [Lire la suite]