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A large model of a British ship-of-the-line carved from bone and ebony, a 1916 New York Yacht Club trophy, and a scrimshaw whale’s tooth depicting the female pirate Fanny Campbell are some of the rare and enticing collectibles included in Christie’s Maritime Decorative Arts sale on January 15, 2009. The auction of over 200 items […]

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Maritime Collectibles for Christie?s New York Auction

The Empress Josephine and Tsar Nikolas I were early admirers of their work: whereas Napoleon’s first wife acquired several paintings by Jan-Frans van Dael for her gallery, Carl Timoleon von Neff was the favourite painter of Tsar Nikolas I. Two major works by these artists are to go under the hammer at Ketterer Kunst in […]

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Van Dael and von Neff lead off at Ketterer Kunst auction in Hamburg