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Bonhams has unveiled an impressive line-up for its annual sale of Important Collectors’ Motor Cars & Fine Automobilia at London’s Olympia on 7 December
Leading the charge is a 1906 Rolls-Royce Light 20hp Tourer, one of only two survivors of the 17 built when the company was in its infancy and the sixth oldest Rolls-Royce remaining […]

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Bonhams Auction of Important Collectors Motor Cars & Fine Automobilia at Olympia

Santa Fe, Dec. 2, 2009 — Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower requested a simple $80 government-issue casket when he died in 1969. A $115 glass seal was added.
Eisenhower was laid to rest in his World War II uniform: pink trousers and one of the olive green “Ike” jackets he made so famous. […]

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A 5lb (2.25kg) pearl, dubbed the ‘Palawan Princess’, the second largest pearl ever discovered, valued at as much as £250,000 is set to go under the hammer at Bonhams auction of Natural History in Los Angeles on December 6, 2009.
The pearl measures six inches in diameter and bears an uncanny resemblance to a human […]

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Brain Shaped Pearl for Auction at Bonhams

The Dec. 8 Heritage Auctions Signature® Timepieces Auction will offer more than 650 lots of fine watches and assorted timepieces that are no less than a survey of the last 300 years of the art of horology. Headlining the Dallas auction is a magnificent Cartier jade, coral, diamond and rock crystal mystery clock estimated at […]

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Cartier, Rolex, Patek Philippe in Heritage Auctions Dallas Fine Timepiece Auction

At Sotheby’s Amsterdam two important, newly discovered still lifes by the much sought-after Dutch artist, Adriaen Coorte, were both the subject of long and spirited bidding battles and the two paintings brought a combined total of €3,097,500 (£2,827,219), far in excess of pre-sale expectations.
Six bidders competed for Still life of strawberries in an earthenware bowl […]

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Newly Discovered Still Lifes by Adriaen Coorte Soar Above Estimate