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Friday 18th May, 2012
image COMPASS SCHOOL DESK - JEAN PROUVE 'Important double school desk type ‘Compass’ No.850 designed by Jean Prouve (1901-1984) for Ateliers Jean Prouve in 1952. Rectangular wooden desk top, with magazine shelve below rests on 4 bent steel feet which support the top and a tubular frame where 2 small chairs rest on. Literature: Jean Prouve Complete works Vol.2 page 184-185. Measurements: Height: 78 cm / Width: 120 cm / Depth: 95 cm' Direct link
http://www.midmod-design.com/industrial/4c2bb3de4aae0/Jean-Prouve-Compass-school-desk-for-Ateliers-Jean-Prouve-in-1952
Thursday 17th May, 2012
image 1972 CADILLAC SEDAN DE VILLE Very crisp. Direct link
http://www.rmauctions.com/FeatureCars.cfm?SaleCode=AL12&CarID=r044&fc=0#
Thursday 03rd May, 2012
image HELMUT NEWTON, SELF PORTRAIT WITH WIFE Christies 16th May 2012 London, King Street. Lot 61 is the brilliantly choreographed 'Self-Portrait with Wife and Models', 'Vogue' Studios, Paris, 1980 by Helmut Newton. Gelatin silver print, signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso). Image 46½ x 47 5/8in. (118.1 x 121cm.) Sheet approximately 55 x 57in. (139.7 x 144.8cm.) Direct link
http://www.christies.com/lotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5551801
Tuesday 01st May, 2012
image 1955 BREGUET 'TYPE XX' Sotheby's 'Important Watches' sale 15th May 2012, Geneva. 'A rare stainless steel fly-back chrongraph wrsitwatch with register 1955 'Type XX' No. 7211. Sold on 16th November 1955 to Ministere de L'Air. Cal. Valjoux 222 manual winding nickel lever movement, glucydur balance, metal dust cover / black lacquer dial, luminescent Arabic numerals and hands, two subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 30-minute register / scre-down case back, two round chronograph pushers to the band, rotating bezel / case numbered and signed Breguet, case back further inscribed with military inscriptions / diameter 38.5mm. Direct link
http://www.sothebys.com/en/catalogues/ecatalogue.html/2012/important-watches#/r=/en/ecat.fhtml.GE1201.html+r.m=/en/ecat.lot.GE1201.html/374/
Monday 23rd April, 2012
image FIRST EDITION KEYNES The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes. Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1936. First edition, first impression. Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. A particularly sharp copy in the dust jacket with some typical tanning at the spine. Direct link
http://www.peterharrington.co.uk/store/economics-politics/product/the-general-theory-of-employment-interest-and-money-13/
Wednesday 18th April, 2012
image HISPAN-MORESQUE PLATE 1430-70 25th April sees the 'Arts of the Islamic World' sale at Sotheby's. Lot 549 is this very pretty plate from Manises, Valencia decorated in cobalt blue and ochre lustre. Diameter: 48.2cm. Direct link
http://www.sothebys.com/en/catalogues/ecatalogue.html/2012/arts-of-the-islamic-world#/r=/en/ecat.fhtml.L12220.html+r.m=/en/ecat.lot.L12220.html/549/
Monday 16th April, 2012
image OLYMPIC TORCHES Wednesday 18th April sees the 'Vintage Posters and Olympic Icons' sale at Christie's. Although sold as separate lots we've put these past Olympic torches together. Some are more desirable, we think than others - we particularly liked the Berlin 1936 torch (far left) unfortunately designed by sculptor Walter Lemcke who’s previous work involved designing the swastika bearing eagles that adorned Goring’s Air Ministry buildings in Berlin. And is it just us or is there a bit of 'light sabre' in Atlanta's '96 torch (far right). For fans of Chariots of Fire Lot No. 30 offers Harold Abraham's French gold medal. The torches from left to right: Berlin 1936 / London 1948 / Mexico 1968 / Moscow 1980 / Seoul 1988 / Barcelona 1992 / Atlanta 1996. Direct link
http://www.christies.com/Vintage-Posters-and-Olympic-23758.aspx
Friday 13th April, 2012
image 1950'S ITALIAN VALET CHAIR An Italian faux bamboo and rope valet chair that conviently folds away. C1950. Measurements: height: seat 18" / second height: overall 46" / depth: 14" / width/length: 16. Direct link
http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=611492
Wednesday 04th April, 2012
image WRIGHT AND TISSANDIER, 1909 Black and white photograph, 7½ x 9½ inches, mounted. Bonhams hosts the 'Space History Sale' on 26th April in New York. They title this piece (lot no. 1010) "FROM CARRIAGES TO FLYING MACHINES" stating "One of the most extraordinary images in the history of flight: Wilbur Wright and his pupil Paul Tissandier soar over three horse-drawn carriages and their drivers in January 1909. In the background, a horse starts at the plane, unaware that his role as a method of transport is on the wane, and that he is witnessing the future." Direct link
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19632/lot/1010/
Thursday 29th March, 2012
image 1950'S TRIPPENSEE ORRERY Orrery, USA 1950's made in Saginaw, Michigan, by Trippensee Planetarium Company, this model is fully functional, with all gears working smoothly. Measurements: height: 5.12 in. / depth: 2.76 in. / width/length: 11.02 in. Materials: Metal, plastic, bakelite. Direct link
http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=624526
Wednesday 28th March, 2012
image GIRLS AT THE POOL 3rd April sees 'Photographs' at Sotheby's New York. A tight and tidy sale. Lot 201 caught our eye -'Girls At The Pool' (still from the video 'The Rape of the Sabine Women') by Eve Sussman. digital chromogenic print, flush mounted, framed, 2005, no.3 from an edition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs. 100.3cm by 121.9cm. Direct link
http://www.sothebys.com/en/catalogues/ecatalogue.html/2012/photographs-n08841#/r=/en/ecat.fhtml.N08841.html+r.m=/en/ecat.lot.N08841.html/201/
Friday 23rd March, 2012
image BLACKSTOCK'S ROTTEILERS Gregory Blackstock 'The Rottweilers' (color) 18 x 35, 2006. Crayon, marker, pencil on paper. Direct link
http://www.garde-rail.com/artists/greg/a_11.html
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