Chairs embroidered with Picasso custom art commanded $228K at PiasaPARIS – The February 15 sale at Piasa titled Pablo Picasso and his Friends included a series of artworks to which the great man had contributed in some way. Items from the collection of the French banker and Modern art collector Max Pellequer included a pair of otherwise humble Louis XIII dining chairs upholstered with two […]
Limoges enameled copper plaques attributed to Leonard Limousin top $537K at Freeman’s HindmanPALM BEACH, FL — An exceptional pair of 16th-century Limoges enamels emerged for sale in Florida on May 22. Freeman’s Hindman’s Palm Beach Furniture and Decorative Arts sale included large-scale oval portraits of two scions of a French noble family, attributed to the royal enameler Leonard Limosin (circa 1505-circa 1577). They hammered for $410,000 ($537,100 […]
Yonezawa Atom Jet Friction Race Car leads our five lots to watchYonezawa Atom Jet Friction Race Car WILLOUGHBY, OH – Released in 1954, Yonezawa’s Atom Jet friction race car is one of the largest lithographed-tin toys made in postwar Japan for the export market. Measuring nearly 30in in length, the toy rides on rubber tires and has a noise generator when pushed along the floor. It […]
Boy-king Edward VI portrait comes for sale at Andrew Jones April 28-29LOS ANGELES — A portrait of Edward VI, the Tudor monarch who reigned as a boy for just six years from 1547 to 1553, will be presented at Andrew Jones Auctions. Estimated at $30,000-$50,000, it is among the highlights of a single-owner collection from Pebble Beach, California offered on Sunday, April 28 and Monday, April […]