James Bond’s Lotus from The Spy Who Loved Me fetches £111,500 at London auction
With the 007 movie Quantum of Solace bringing James Bond back into the public eye, Bonhams today (1 December 2008) sold the 1976 Lotus Esprit, driven by Roger Moore in The Spy Who Loved Me, for £111,500.
The classic white sports car, […]
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Bonhams Sells James Bond Car for £111,500
Hanns Bolz was one of the most influential precursors of Modernism in the early 20th century. A contemporary of his, the writer Karl Otten, pronounced that Bolz’s “pictures went further than even Delaunay and Picasso dared to go”.
Many of Hanns Bolz’s works are believed lost since he left explicit instructions in his will for […]
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Sensational Flea Market Find Museum piece by Hanns Bolz surfaces
Christie’s have announced an extraordinary group of watercolors by the great 19th century British artist Joseph Mallord William Turner. The five watercolors, including four landscapes and one rare study of a woman’s face, will be among the highlights of Christie’s Important Old Master Paintings auction on January 28, 2009. The group comes from the estate […]
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Turner Watercolors Highlight New York Auction
Christie’s will present their bi-annual series of exhibitions and auctions dedicated to Russian art from 24 to 27 November in London. Russian Art Week will offer important Russian paintings and works of art, a fine selection of Russian Silver including a unique soup tureen in the form of a battle ship, selected icons celebrating the […]
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Christie?s Russian Art Week Auctions
Bonhams is to hold a New York sale of European furniture, decorative arts, silver, rugs and carpets, on November 20th. The auction features property from several prominent private collections and estates, highlighted by several extraordinary pieces in a variety of categories.
Highlights include:
A monumental Russian gilt-bronze-mounted porcelain vase created by the Imperial Porcelain Factory at St. […]
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European Furniture, Decorative Arts, Silver, Rugs & Carpets Auction Nov 20
