Bronze vessels, inlaid with gold and silver were powerful symbols of wealth and power in China, often buried with their owners, only to be dug up 2-thousand years later. At its Asian antiques sale, Elite Auctions will offer an anthropomorphic Wine Container with a removable head cast during the so-called “the Warring states” period (475-221 BC). High estimate, $300,000.The Boynton Beach, Florida, auction house is conducting its sale March 17-18. Among many lots offered are elaborate coral carvings, a pair of very large, (over 6-feet) elephant ivory tusks (high estimate $150,000) and a rhinoceros horn libation cup which may go for up to $250,000.
$300,000 For Chinese Bronze Wine Vessel
February 27, 2012
Controversial Chinese Vase Sells For $40m
January 17, 2013The story begins two years ago, when an 18th century Qianlong porcelain vase sold to a Chinese bidder for more than 50 times its estimate, or $83m at a London auction. It was the highest price ever paid for an Asian work of art. The problem was, that “casino price,” as one dealer called it, was never paid. The bid, according to some, was merely a protest against the original theft of the vase from the Emperor’s Palace in the 1860’s. Now, in a deal reportedly brokered by Bonhams, the vase has finally changed hands in a private sale for an undisclosed sum, reported to be $40m.
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Relics Of Chairman Mao May Sell For $1.6m
September 28, 2012The American collector spent 15-years collecting all things Mao, trinkets, paintings, Warhol and Richter prints, books and an extremely rare 100 yuan note signed twice by the Chairman. A total of 208 lots at a Bloomsbury Auction in London that may fetch $1.6m.
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Inscrutable Price For Chinese Scroll
September 14, 2012The result was as spectacular as it was inscrutable when the hammer came down on a Chinese scroll at Sotheby’s yesterday that went for $3,218,500—3 times more than expected because only half the ink on paper was done by famed artist, Hongren. The second half was obviously executed by someone else.
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Rising Value of Unrestored Cars
By Malcolm Welford, Vintage Car Specialist
