21 juin 2011

Cigogne noire II-A-CE baguée CIC spécimen rare Cinonia nigra. Photo Osenat Fontainebleau via Interenchères Estimation : 1200/1500€ Flamand du Chili II-B Phoenicopterus chilensis. Photo Osenat Fontainebleau via Interenchères Estimation : 1200/1500€ Grue couronnée II-B baguée Balearica pavonina. Photo Osenat Fontainebleau via Interenchères Estimation : 800/1000€ Ibis rouge II-B bagué Eudocimus ruber. Photo Osenat Fontainebleau via Interenchères Estimation : 800/1000€ Flamand nain II-B Phoenicopterus minor. Photo Osenat... [Lire la suite]

Bergkristallkrug aus der Keir Collection. Ägypten – wahrscheinlich Kairo, fatimidisch, spätes 10. bis frühes 11. Jh.  Fassung in Gold durch Jean–Valentin Morel, 1854 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Sammlung Edmund de Unger, Foto: Andy Smart BERLIN.- The discovery of this intricately crafted rock crystal ewer recently caused a sensation on the British art market. The priceless object first made a stir in the press for being a 'sleeper', after being originally priced between ₤100 to ₤200 and mistaken by a smaller auction house... [Lire la suite]

Extraordinaire chimère composite. Photo Osenat Fontainebleau via Interenchères (oiseau mammifère insecte batracien etc).. Spécimen rare vendu sous globe - Estimation : 2800/3200€ Chimère. Photo Osenat Fontainebleau via Interenchères (assemblage de différents plumages d autres oiseaux) perroquet gris du Gabon II-B Psittacus erithacus - Estimation : 200/250€ Chimère. Photo Osenat Fontainebleau via Interenchères (assemblage de différents plumages d autres oiseaux) perroquet gris du Gabon II-B Psittacus erithacus - Estimation :... [Lire la suite]

The painting was obscured by a thick layer of discolored varnish. Photo: Courtesy Whitfield Fine Art. LONDON.- The Caravaggio of St Augustine, exhibited for the first time in the current exhibition in Ottawa, Caravaggio & His Followers in Rome, is a rediscovery from the collection made by the artist’s patrons Cardinal Benedetto Giustiniani and his brother Marchese Vincenzo. A label tucked in the back of the stretcher revealed the name of the heir to the collection in the nineteenth century, and its subject, dimensions and... [Lire la suite]

Ara bleu II-B bagué Ara ararauna. Photo Osenat Fontainebleau via Interenchères Estimation : 1200/1500€   Eclectus couple II-B bagué Eclectus roratus. Photo Osenat Fontainebleau via Interenchères Estimation : 800/1000€ Cacatoes rosalbin bagué Eolophus roseicapilla. Photo Osenat Fontainebleau via Interenchères Estimation : 400/500€ Amazone à front bleu II-B Amazona aestiva. Photo Osenat Fontainebleau via Interenchères Estimation : 400/500€ Amazone à front jaune II-B Amazona ochrocephala. Photo Osenat... [Lire la suite]

A Yaozhou celadon glazed stoneware bowl. Northern Song Period. Photo Bonhams The walls of its deep curving well divided by six radiating lines and the exterior incised with a single band below the rim, the olive green glaze applied to all surfaces except the foot pad exhibiting a dense web of craze lines and burnt to a golden brown where thinly applied around the foot area. 7 7/8in (20cm) diameter - Estimate: US$4,000 - 6,000 Property from the Harvard Art Museums, sold to benefit the Asian Acquisition Fund    A... [Lire la suite]

Vanité. Photo Osenat Fontainebleau via Interenchères rare association d'une corneille noire tenant une dent et d'un crâne humain factice en polymère de synthèse Corvus corone - Estimation : 800/1000€ Osenat Fontainebleau. SAMEDI 25 JUIN à 14H00. 5, rue Royale, 77300 Fontainebleau. Tél. : 01.64.22.27.62 - Fax : 01.64.22.38.94 - Email :  contact@osenat.com

Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Japanese Lacquer Commode with secretaire en suite, attributed to Adam Weisweiler. Est. $5/7 million. Photo: Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Six years after the landmark auction of Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra,* Sotheby’s announces a second sale dedicated to the remarkable Lily and Edmond J. Safra Collections. The four-day auction will be held from 18 to 21 October 2011 in New York, featuring six dedicated sale volumes whose contents represent the pinnacle of their respective... [Lire la suite]