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    A COMPANION TO A PAIR OF COMMODES AT THE FRICK

    Wednesday, August 19th, 2015

    A magnificent companion pair to the Blake of London commodes in the Frick Collection will come up at Sotheby’s in New York on October 15.    The estimate is $300,000-500,000.  Sotheby’s auctions of 19th Century Furniture & Decorative Arts in New York will feature both a dedicated single-owner sale from a distinguished Asian collection and a various owners auction.  The collection was formed over 50 years with the help of renowned dealers in London and Paris.  There are 18th and 19th century pieces based on royal and aristocratic models of the ancien regime as well as creations from Francois Linke and Leon Message.

    The Frick Commodes’ Companion Pair Boulle Style Marquetry Commodes by George-Henry Blake (19th Century Furniture & Decorative Arts)

    The Frick Commodes’ Companion Pair Boulle Style Marquetry Commodes by George-Henry Blake (19th Century Furniture & Decorative Arts)

     

    A Large Louis XVI ormolu mantle clock (Property from a Distinguished Private Asian Collection)

    A Large Louis XVI ormolu mantle clock, Paris c1765 – (Property from a Distinguished Private Asian Collection) ($25,000-35,000).

     

     

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    A GREAT HOUSE RE-AWAKENED IN DORSET

    Monday, August 10th, 2015

    The re-awakening of one of Britain’s great houses, St Giles House in Dorset ancestral seat of the Earls of Shaftesbury, has emerged as the winner of the 2015 Historic Houses Association (HHA) & Sotheby’s Restoration Award. St. Giles, which has remained in the family since the 14th-century, had been abandoned and derelict for over 50 years. It was transformed over the past four and a half years through a restoration project undertaken by the 12th Earl and Countess of Shaftsbury. Lord Shaftesbury inherited the house and 5,000 acre estate in 2005, aged only 25, following the tragic death of his father and, only a few months later, of his elder brother.  With the help of grants from Natural England and the Country House Foundation, the grounds and grand interiors of St Giles House have now been returned to their former glory.

    Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftsbury (1621-1683), a founder of the Whig party, built the nucleus of the house. The estate continued to be developed over successive generations.  It was uninhabited for the latter part of the 20th century.  Only a few years ago snow was blowing into the library and sections of the house were at risk of collapse.

    Lord Shaftesbury said: “It is a huge honour to receive this award after four and a half years of hard work. It’s amazing now to look back at the project and think where we’ve come – it’s safe to say we’ve achieved far more than any of us imagined possible. Hopefully it will inspire others to do the same.”

    Library (copyright Marcus Peel)

    Library (copyright Marcus Peel)

    North Drawing Room (copyright Marcus Peel)

    North Drawing Room (copyright Marcus Peel)

    St Giles House 1862 (copyright St Giles House Archives)

    St Giles House 1862 (copyright St Giles House Archives)

    Great Dining Room (copyright Marcus Peel)

    Great Dining Room (copyright Marcus Peel)

    St Giles House from Great Avenue (copyright Philip Hughes)

    St Giles House from Great Avenue (copyright Philip Hughes)

    Tapestry Room (copyright Justin Barton)

    Tapestry Room (copyright Justin Barton)

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    WORKS FROM YOSHIHARA JIRO COLLECTION AT SOTHEBY’S

    Friday, July 31st, 2015
    Yoshihara Jiro’s Work (1971) (US$129,000-258,000).

    Yoshihara Jiro’s Work (1971) (US$129,000-258,000).

    The first dedicated sale of works from the Yoshihara Jiro collection ever to appear on the market will come up at Sotheby’s Contemporary Asian Art sale in Hong Kong on October 5. It will feature works both created and coveted by Yoshihara, the celebrated founder of Japan’s 20th-century avant-garde Gutai movement.  There are more than 20 original Yoshihara canvas, paper and ceramic works, many from his iconic Circle series.

    Evelyn Lin, Head of Contemporary Asian Art, Sotheby’s, said: “Dating from the mid-1930s to the early-1970s, Full Circle encompasses a comprehensive array of works rarely seen on the market, showcasing Yoshihara’s immaculate art, vision and taste, as well as his exploration on the circle motif in the later stage of his artistic career.  At a time when Gutai has received much international acclaim on its art-historical contributions, we look forward to presenting the collection this autumn, as a much deserved tribute to the contemporary master.”

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    A FRENCH ROYAL FAMILY SALE AT SOTHEBY’S PARIS

    Wednesday, July 29th, 2015

    Paintings, drawings, furniture and historical memorabilia from the French royal family will come up at Sotheby’s in Paris on September 29.  The sale  from the collections of the late Comte de Paris (1909-1999) and Comtesse de Paris (1911-2003)  is from the dynasty that reigned over France for nearly a thousand years.  There are 200 lots from various residences of the Orléans family, the cadet branch, which later became the eldest branch of the Royal House of France.  In 1848, during the July Revolution which ended the reign of Louis-Philippe, they went with the royal family into exile, firstly to Claremont House in England, then to the Manoir d’Anjou in Belgium, and then to Portugal.  They returned to France in the 1950s when the exile act barring pretenders to the French throne from French territory was repealed.  They have always remained the private property of the descendants of King Louis-Philippe.  The works have been housed since 1974 by the Fondation Saint-Louis and were restored to the heirs of the Comte and Comtesse de Paris by a district court ruling in 2013.

    Louis-Phillippe, duc de Valois au Berceau by Nicolas Bernard Lepicie (150,000-200,000).

    Louis-Phillippe, duc de Valois au Berceau by Nicolas Bernard Lepicie (150,000-200,000).

    an 1821 portrait by Horace Vernet of the Duc de Chartres (50,000-70,000).

    an 1821 portrait by Horace Vernet of the Duc de Chartres (50,000-70,000).

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    SOTHEBY’S RECORDS 28% INCREASE IN ONLINE BIDDERS

    Friday, July 17th, 2015
    Andy Warhol's One Dollar Bill (Silver Certificate) selling for £20.9 million.

    Andy Warhol’s One Dollar Bill (Silver Certificate) selling for £20.9 million.

    A significant growth in online transactions including a 28% increase in online bidders so far in 2015 was reported by Sotheby’s today.  In what has been a good season for the auction house there has been  a 45% increase in the number of lots purchased online and a 35% increase in value spent by online buyers this year.

    The Impressionist and Modern Art sales series in London achieved a 40% rise compared to the values of 2014 and Contemporary Art sales are 30% up in value terms. The Impressionist and Modern sale recorded an increase of 20% in geographical reach and 20% of Contemporary Art buyers were new to this category.  In the Old Masters sales series there was a doubling in the number of buyers from Asia and an 18% increase in buyers from Russia.

    Overall there has been an increase of 30% in new buyers at Sotheby’s this year.  There has been a 51% increase in spend by Chinese buyers and a 35% increase in the number of buyers from China.

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    STUDY FOR “FLAMING JUNE” SELLS FOR £167,000

    Wednesday, July 15th, 2015

    The only known head study for one of the most famous masterpieces of the nineteenth century, Frederic, Lord Leighton’s Flaming June sold to an American private collector for £167,000 at Sotheby’s in London today.  The pencil and white chalk study sold for four times it pre sale low estimate (£40,000-60,000) to make an auction record for a work on paper by the artist.

    Various museums possess studies for the draperies in Flaming June, for the nude figure and for the overall composition, but this unique head study was only known from an illustration in the Magazine of Art of 1895. It was rediscovered hanging on a bedroom wall at West Horsley Place, the 400-acre Surrey estate that was home to the late Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe, by Sotheby’s Victorian Art specialist Simon Toll. The head study represents one of the most important surviving drawings relating to this famous painting and provides the missing link in the preparatory work for what has become known as ‘The Mona Lisa of the Southern Hemisphere’.

    The sale also featured Leighton’s oil painting Catarina, another re-discovery, which sold to an UK private collector for £233,000 against a pre-sale estimate of £100,000-150,000.

    Frederic, Lord Leighton - Study for Flaming June - sold for £167,000.

    Frederic, Lord Leighton – Study for Flaming June – sold for £167,000.

    Frederic, Lord Leighton - Catarina -sold for £233,000.

    Frederic, Lord Leighton – Catarina -sold for £233,000.

     

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    ALICE IN WONDERLAND BUTTONS AT SOTHEBY’S

    Monday, July 13th, 2015
    ALICE LIDDELL'S SILVER BUTTONS

    ALICE LIDDELL’S SILVER BUTTONS  UPDATE: THESE SOLD FOR £2,500

    Two silver buttons belonging to Alice Pleasance Liddell (1852-1934) who inspired Lewis Carroll to write “Alice in Wonderland” come up at Sotheby’s sale of English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations in London on July 14. Estimated at £2,000-3,000, the pair of cherub-shaped art nouveau buttons were “worn from childhood to the date of her death”, according to the inscription on the presentation box accompanying them.

    In 1862, an Oxford don, Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll’s real name), took the three daughters of the Dean of Christ Church college Oxford, including his young friend Alice, on a picnic. When the girls cried out for Carroll to tell them a story, he complied by beginning a tale about Alice’s adventures down a rabbit hole. And thus, two of the great children’s classics of all time were born: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.

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    METAL DETECTOR FIND – A 15TH CENTURY MARRIAGE RING – AT SOTHEBY’S

    Tuesday, July 7th, 2015
    The 15th century ring.

    The 15th century ring.  UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR £35,000

    A 15th century marriage ring unearthed with a metal detector comes up at Sotheby’s sale of Old Master Sculpture and Works on Art in London on July 9.  It was discovered in 2013 near Launde Abbey, an Elizabethan manor house once home to Thomas Cromwell’s son and is estimated at £20,000-30,000. The ring is an exceptionally lavish example of its kind, on which the bond between husband and wife is symbolised by two different gems, a point-cut diamond and a rounded ruby. The engraved sprigs on the partially enamelled shoulders of the ring are typical of a goldsmith’s work in fifteenth-century England.

    From the 12th century onwards, the site near Launde Abbey – situated in the valley of the river Chater in East Norton, Leicestershire – was occupied by a large and wealthy Augustinian Priory. Thomas Cromwell was so impressed by the building and the location that he presented it to himself after surveying it as part of the dissolution of the monasteries. His execution in 1540 prevented him from moving in. Instead his son Gregory and his wife Elizabeth Seymour, the sister of Henry VIII’s third wife Jane Seymour, took residence there.

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    WORKS FROM CASTLE HOWARD AT SOTHEBY’S NEXT WEEK

    Saturday, July 4th, 2015
    Paintings from the collections of Castle Howard are installed at Sotheby’s London ahead of their sale on 8 July 2015, including works by Ferdinand Bol, Bernardo Bellotto and a magnificent Portrait of Henry VIII from the Workshop of Hans Holbein

    Paintings from the collections of Castle Howard at Sotheby’s including works by Ferdinand Bol, Bernardo Bellotto and the Workshop of Hans Holbein

    An image of paintings from the collections of Castle Howard being installed at Sotheby’s in London ahead of their sale on July 8, including a rare Portrait of Henry VIII from the Workshop of Hans Holbein, and a portrait by Ferdinand Bol.

    Spanning a range of periods and media, from Roman antiquities to Old Master paintings and 17th century Italian furniture, nine carefully selected works from the magnificent collections of Castle Howard will be offered.
    Works from Castle Howard will feature at the Treasures Sale and the Old Master and British Paintings evening sale on July 8.
    Yorkshire’s finest stately home and garden is familiar the world over as the incredible backdrop to the TV drama Brideshead Revisited and Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for March 29, 2015)

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    ROMAN EMPEROR BUSTS FROM GUINNESS FAMILY COLLECTION

    Friday, July 3rd, 2015

    A pair of white marble busts of Roman Emperors from the Guinness family come up at Sotheby’s in London on July 9.  Estimated at £50,000-70,000 the late 17th/early 18th century busts are classified as Irish or British.  By tradition they were in the collection of the Earls of Mayo, Palmerstown House, Co. Kildare and in the collection of Desmond Guinness at Leixlip Castle from around 1960 and thence by family descent.  Sotheby’s say the over life size busts are likely to have been carved  by a Flemish or Dutch sculptor operating in Britain or Ireland.  The pre-eminent sculptors active at that time were Dutch or Flemings drawn to the country in the wake of the Restoration.  The figures will come up at the sale of Old Master Sculpture and works of art.

    UPDATE: THESE WERE UNSOLD

    One from a pair of monumental busts of Roman Emperors.

    One from a pair of monumental busts of Roman Emperors.

    One from a pair of monumental busts of Roman Emperors

    One from a pair of monumental busts of Roman Emperors

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