5 février 2017

Lot 29. 1936 Delahaye 135 châssis court compétition cabriolet Figoni Falaschi. Estimation : 1 200 000 € / 1 800 000 €.  Carte grise française - Chassis n° 46837 - Caisse Figoni n° 572 - Moteur n° 46837 - Veritable Châssis court 135 Competition - Une des plus belles réalisations de Figoni et Falaschi - Historique suivi et connu - Un des Chefs d'Œuvre de l'Automobile   - Cette voiture est un des six coupés réalisés sur châssis court Delahaye Type 135-20cv, par Figoni en 1936. Ces... [Lire la suite]

Lot 122. 1960 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Pinin Farina. Estimation : 1 300 000 € / 1 600 000 €. Photos: Copyright Cymon Taylor  Titre de circulation italien - Châssis n° 2139 GT - Moteur n° 1893GT - Carrosserie Pinin Farina n° 29793  - Restauration de très haut niveau chez Bacchelli e Villa - Rare teinte "Grigio Fumo" d'origine - Modèle rare et extrêmement séduisant - Méticuleusement entretenu - Provenant d'une importante collection milanaise   Chez... [Lire la suite]

Lot 80. An Art-Déco Cartier brooch, London, c. 1925-30. Estimate €1500. Photo Nagel 18ct. white gold. Set with emeralds, sapphires and diamonds. Signed "Cartier London". L. 3,4 cm Provenance: German private property, acquired at Ledebur Antiques, Munich in 1979. Nagel. Sale 744, 22nd February 2017

Lot 79. A pair of Cartier sapphire and diamond ear clips, Paris, 1930s. Estimate €6000. Photo Nagel Platinum. Set with two cabouchon cut sapphires (c. 5/5,6 ct.) and 60 diamonds (tog.c. 3,2 ct.). French standard mark, signed "Monture Cartier" and unreadale numerals. L. 2,5 cm Provenance: Bavarian private collection, acquired at Ledebur Antiques, Munich in 1990, DM 36.800.- Nagel. Sale 744, 22nd February 2017

Lot 8. A big French Chinoiserie pattern octogonal shaped faience tray (table tray), Rouen, 1st half of 18th century. Estimate €4000. Photo Nagel Painted "à grand feu" with music making Chinese people in a traditional painted East Asian landscape with architecture, floral and insect pattern on the rim. Some scratches and minor chips or hairline cracks. Old inventory labels at the bottom.   Provenance: From a Badois private collection. Formerly Collection Tumin, Paris, sold Drouot, sale 11. June 1936, Lot 47. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2. A rare Baroque Chestcross, probably Spain, late 17th century. Estimate €8000. Photo Nagel 14ct yellow gold and gilt silver, set with 6 rectangular cut emeralds, 6 carré cut amethysts and 32 rose-cut diamonds. C. 59,8g. Provenance: Private property, Switzerland. Collection of Alferd Rütschi, Zurich (1868-1929), Collection of Jürg Stuker, Bern/Gerzensee (1914-1988). Personal gift of Jürg Stuker to the present owner. Rütschi's large and important collection of valuable silver- and goldsmith creations was exposed... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1. A German baroque vermeil tankard, Augsburg, c. 1696-98. Estimate €7000. Photo Nagel Augsburg hallmark, silver proof, maker's mark of Paul Solanier. At the front a later engraved monogram "BB". C. 567g. Minor wear. H. 16 cm.  Provenance: From a Franconian collection.  Literature: Seling, Augsburger Goldschmiede, vol. III, no. 155/156, 1669. Form and decoration equal to another lid-blower Paul Solaniers, depicted in Seling, vol. II, no. 430. Nagel. Sale 744, 22nd February... [Lire la suite]

Anish Kapoor British-Indian artist Anish Kapoor has released a riff on German artist Joseph Beuys’ famed 1974 performance piece, “I Like America and America Likes Me,” as a protest to the exclusionary policies of the Trump administration. Kapoor has reimagined the poster that Beuys made for his performance, placing his own portrait in the work and rewriting the text to “I Like America and America Doesn’t Like Me.” Explains Kapoor on his website, "I call on fellow artists and citizens to disseminate their name and image using... [Lire la suite]

Pipo Nguyen-duy, Untitled L9, Monet’s Garden, Giverny, 1998. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, verso. Cyanotype (Unique), 15 x 11.5 inches, $1650.00. NEW YORK, NY.- ClampArt announces the opening of “AnOther Expedition: Monet’s Garden,” Pipo Nguyen-duy’s first solo show in New York City. These cyanotype prints of botanical specimens were made by Vietnamese-born artist Pipo Nguyen-duy in Claude Monet’s garden. Nguyen-duy was awarded a grant from The Wallace Foundation and The Reader’s... [Lire la suite]

 Four blue and white porcelain cups and saucers from the Nanking Cargo.  ATLANTA, GA.- When the Geldermalsen ship crashed into a reef and sank in the South China Sea during its return journey to the Netherlands in January of 1752, it claimed the lives of eighty crew members who went down with the vessel’s precious cargo of tea, textiles, gold, silk, lacquer, and porcelain. As part of the fleet of the powerful Dutch East India Company commissioned for the Zeeland division, the loss of the mighty Geldermalsen hardly... [Lire la suite]