Cabinet de curiosités

A large limestone panel, South Arabia, 3rd-2nd century BC, 45cm x 74cm. © Oliver Hoare Ltd LONDON.- Oliver Hoare presents Every Object Tells a Story, a public exhibition on view from 4 May to 5 July 2017 at 5 Cromwell Place, London. The exhibition is dedicated to approximately 400 rare and fascinating objects spanning five millennia and representing countless civilisations, each selected on the basis of their backstory and historical interest. Leading highlights and curiosities of the exhibition include a... [Lire la suite]

DALLAS, TX.- Samples of rare Petrified Wood will be among the most coveted lots at Heritage Auctions' Nature & Science Auction April 29-30 in Dallas.  The Petrified Wood comes from the collection of Lewis Goodman, a successful financier who turned a 1980s visit to a Colorado gift shop into a lifetime spent collecting petrified wood and agates. "The Lewis Goodman collection features some exceptional samples of Petrified Wood, some of the finest we have ever seen," Heritage Auctions Nature & Science Director... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3057. A Small Gogotte, Oligocene (30 Million Years Old). Fontainebleau, France. Estimate: HKD 3,000 — 5,000 (365 - 608 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's oriented with a tapered and curved outline with swelling layers cascading onto the the globulous lower body, stand - 14 by 13 cm, 5 1/2  by 5 1/8  in. Provenance: A French private collection. Note: A gogotte is a millions-of-years old naturally shaped mineral rarity consisting of tiny quartz fragments held... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3036. A Gogotte, Oligocene (30 Million Years Old). Fontainebleau, France. Estimate: HKD 90,000 — 150,000 (10,950 - 18,249 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's impressively oriented with an almost circular structure resting on twisting and swirling layers, the irregular assemblage of sandstone with a greyish-white surface, metal stand - 58 cm, 22 3/4  in. Provenance: A French private collection. Note: A gogotte is a millions-of-years old naturally shaped mineral... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3023. A Gogotte, Oligocene (30 Million Years Old). Fontainebleau, France. Estimate: HKD 250,000 — 350,000 (30,416 - 42,582 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's of expansive proportions and moderately flattened form, the irregular structure of natural greyish-white sandstone amassed of soft rounded twisting layers and swirls, the assemblage perforated by natural apertures, metal stand - 125 by 120 cm, 49 1/8  by 47 1/4  in. Provenance: A French private... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3027. An Impressive Allosaurus Dinosaur Skull, Late Jurassic Period, Wyoming, USA, approx. 79.8cm. Est. HK$2.2 – 2.8 million / US$284,000 – 361,000. Photo: Sotheby's. HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong will present Curiosity III on 4 April at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The sale offers a total of 76 lots estimated in excess of HK$50 million / US$6.4 million *. Curiosity III features a gathering of objects formed by nature and man-made, a cross between the Western cabinet of curiosities and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 46. Impressionnant crâne de Silure Silurus glanis. Estimation : 1 300 - 1 500 €. Photo Binoche et Giquello Socle en chêne noir et verre; H. 64,5 cm - L. 39 cm Le silure est le plus grand poisson européen d'eau douce.Natif d'Europe de l'Est et de l'embouchure de la mer Caspienne, celui-ci a été pêché en 2014 en Hongrie. Cette tête pesait 18 kilos. On peut observer que ce monstre ne mord pas ses proies, mais laisse faire ses enzymes de digestion: ses dents sont minuscules. Binoche et... [Lire la suite]

Lot 47. Très beau squelette de python réticulé Malayopython reticulatus, Asie du Sud-Est. Estimation : 3 800 - 4 000 €. Photo Binoche et Giquello Ce serpent âgé de 18 ans est mort dans un zoo Italien en 2013, il atteignait 3,5 mètres de long. Cette espèce est originaire d'Asie (Thaïlande, Malaisie...). Socle laqué noir et verre. H. 120 cm - L. 65 cm. Annexe II/B. Binoche et Giquello. Histoire naturelle - nature et merveilles, mardi 07 mars à 16h00, Salle 9 - Drouot-Richelieu,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 9. Rare tigre blanc naturalisé en entier en position couchée. Estimation 15 000 - 20 000 €. Photo SCP AYMARD DEBUSSY et Sarl CANNES ENCHERES L : 180 ; P : 73 cm (environ). CITES I/A Panthera tigris délivré par les autorités du Danemark en date du 23 septembre 2015 : EU0923-2692/15. CITES Protocole Tag n° 361318.  Note : Le tigre blanc - connu également sous le nom de tigre blanc royal - est un tigre de l’espèce Panthera tigris, mammifère carnivore de la famille des félidés, présentant une mutation... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2880. A large gogotte, Oligocene (30 million years old), Fontainebleau, France. Estimate HKD 150,000 — 180,000 (16,939 - 20,327 EUR). Lot Sold 1,250,000 HKD (141,159 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's. of expansive horizontal proportions and moderately flattened form with one side slightly concave, the sandstone assemblage of soft rounded volumes with burgeoning layers and cascading concretions perforated by natural openings, metal stand - stone 61 by 114.5... [Lire la suite]