Bonhams

It was rather thin pickings at the latest series of Old Master auctions in London.

Bonhams has closed its coin and medals department in London and specialist John Millensted will now work as a consultant to the firm.

Featured in the European Décor and Design auction at Bonhams Skinner in Massachusetts from July 24-August 3, this classical allegorical marble figure of Flora by the German sculptor Anton Werres (1830-1900) is estimated at $10,000-15,000.

You reported on the front page of the ATG (No 2550) that Bonhams has added another auction house to its expanding stable.

The third sale from the eclectic collection of Jim Dixon was held online by Bonhams Skinner (25/20/12% buyer’s premium).

Alan Elliot’s professional life – he ran a world-class provider of time management and communication systems for many years – overlapped with his private interest in collecting clocks.

On June 23 Bonhams Hong Kong sold a version of Cartier’s first-ever mystery clock: the Model A.

The latest themed sale at Bonhams (27.5/25/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) was an auction titled India in Art, offering a mix of pictures and objects relating to the subcontinent.

Asian art ‘circus’ moves to French capital for dealer shows and auctions in early June

The thirties became a period when mass production and Art Deco style combined to power cars to new heights of usage and popularity before war intervened

Whatever Mr Derbyshire, The Worthy Representative of Freedom Loving Great Britain was doing in the Caucasus in 1920, the Armenians of Karabach were obviously pretty pleased about it.

Chinese emperors certainly got the message when it came to artistic advances

On June 14 in Paris Bonhams will hold the first of four sales from the collection of Claude de Marteau which will be on view during the Printemps Asiatique Paris event.

More than 60 Dickens lots appeared in an April 26 sale of the library of Jeremy and Penny Martin, several of them bearing presentation inscriptions.

Alchemical work is best-seller as Vishniac lots create a valuable mix in the saleroom

The Marine Sale at Bonhams (27.5/25/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) included a very rare gold and enamel ring marking the death of Admiral Lord Nelson in 1805.

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A Spanish picture that had been in the same family for at least the past 120 years was among the works bringing demand at Bonhams’ (27.5/25/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) latest sale of 19th Century and British Impressionist Art.