dimanche 2 décembre 2012

Results- 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe including Oriental Carpets, 29 &30 November, Christie's New York‏

Christie's New York

The sale of 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe including Oriental Carpets achieved $7,167,475/£4,443,835/€5,518,956 and was 70% sold by lot and 76% by value. The top lot of the sale was a
bronze group of St. George and the Dragon Circle of Hubert Gerhard and Caspar Gras, probably Innsbruck or Munich, circa 1615, realizing $458,500/£284,270/€353,045.

The sale of The Vertical Art Collection: Walking Sticks was 100% sold and achieved $796,625 on November 30 as part of the 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe including Oriental Carpets.  The collection included 77 canes and walking sticks from varied materials ranging from jewels, exotic hardwoods, precious hardstones, historic figures and animals, classic Victorian canes, to a doctor’s cane complete with medical instruments, and finely crafted canes by Fabergé that all sold in the Important Russian Art sale in London on November 26.  All proceeds will benefit the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and the University of California San Francisco Thoracic Oncology Lung Cancer Program.

Next sale : London, 6 December

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