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Trepanning Anyone? Macabre Specialty Items At Auction
April 10, 2012One of the stranger offerings heading to auction next month can be found at a “Specialty Auction” at Germany’s Team Breker. It’s a complete set of 18th century French trepanning instruments. For those not versed in superannuated medical procedures, that’s the practice of removing a circular section of the human skull, still performed into the 19th century. The set, in “original” condition, comes complete with everything a surgeon of the time might need, including ebony-handled trephine, perforators, elevator and lenticulars (est. $9500-$12,700).
Read more...Checkmate At Bonhams
January 03, 2011One of Bonhams’ early moves in 2011 will be a sale of rare and unusual chess sets. At the January 17th auction in Knightsbridge buyers can choose between various representations of world dominion. There’s a 1780 French “bust” set with images of Europeans and Moors (est. $11-$14,000), and a still timely 1820 Cantonese set depicting the contest between East and West ($4600-$7700).
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