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Bonhams Impressionist & Modern Art Sale Totals £2.7m

Bonhams Impressionist & Modern Art auction on 7th February 2012 made a total of £2,657,700 with a Picasso, a Modigliani, a Renoir and a Chagall amongst the top lots sold were:
A stunning painting of ‘Notre …

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Bonhams to auction Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian art during New York Asia Week 2012

Bonhams will be participating in Asia Week 2012, which brings together a variety of art outlets to celebrate Asian art from China, India, Japan, Korea, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia. Bonhams will highlight this week …

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Bonhams Fine & Rare Wines sale – 9th February 2012

Following on from another excellent year in 2011, with an increase in sales of nearly 50% for the second year in succession, Bonhams first wine sale of 2012 will be held on 9th February. Whilst the prestigious first growths of Bordeaux have been largely responsible for driving the market up, there has been a significant correction in this area over the last six months. It is therefore very encouraging to be able to produce a wonderfully eclectic range of wines for this sale with the…
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Qianlong Emperor’s seal from Hall of ‘The Three Rarities’ in Beijing’s Forbidden City heads Bonhams sale of Fine Chinese Art in London




An important Imperial spinach green jade double-gourd San Xi Tang seal, of the revered Qianlong period (1736-1795), estimated to sell for over £1m, is one of the outstanding items in Bonhams Fine Chinese Art sale on 17th May, in London.

The rare double-gourd shaped seal, measuring 8.7cm long, has been authenticated by the leading Chinese academic in this field, Guo Fuxiang, of the Palace Museum,…
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Bonhams to sell shotgun of Indian Prince of the Punjab, a godson of Queen Victoria




Bonhams next Sporting Gun sale on 4th April at Knightsbridge includes a weapon with a remarkable history – it was made for a young Indian Prince whose father lost his kingdom in the Punjab and who spent his life shooting and gambling.

An unusual 12-bore hammer gun by J. Purdey & Sons, made for Prince Victor Duleep Singh, is estimated to sell for £2,000 to £3,000 at Bonhams. The makers have kindly confirmed that the…
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Bonhams Name Contemporary art expert Amelie von Bulow as representative in Cologne

Bonhams, the international fine art auction house, has announced the appointment of Amelie von Bülow as the company’s new representative in Cologne with immediate effect.
For the last four years Amelie has worked as an expert …

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Artworks from Oxfordshire have outstanding results in sales at Bonhams London


Madonna, Edvard Munch sold for £1.25 million

Residents asked to search attics and basements for hidden treasures, whilst regular valuation days are held in the Oxford area

Michael Wynell-Mayow, Director of Bonhams Oxford, says that Oxfordshire is producing some of the company’s outstanding items, with excellent results at auction, both in Oxford and London.

Last year a steady stream of artworks that had…
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South Africa’s Irma Stern at the height of her powers, dazzlers with Zanzibar masterpiece for sale at Bonhams in London

A stunning image from one of Irma Stern’s trips to Zanzibar which inspired some of her best work, titled ‘The Pink Sari’ , signed and dated 1947, and with its original Zanzibar frame ,will be sold by Bonhams in London on March 21st for an estimated £800,000-1,200,000.Never before seen on the open market, the painting was acquired directly from the artist circa 1961 and then passed by direct descent to the current owner. It is the top lot in Bonhams next sale of South African Art which has…
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Property From Serendipity Books, Part I – Works from Peter Howard’s legendary bookstore on offer at Bonhams






Los Angeles – Timed to coincide with the 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair, Bonhams is pleased offer property from the Serendipity Bookstore in Berkeley, CA on February 12. Highlights will include general antiquarian books, art and fine press, modern literature and poetry with a section dedicated to John Steinbeck, Americana and early baseball literature.

Peter Howard [1939-2011] of the landmark Bay Area…
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Very rare Chelsea Porcelain head to feature in Bonhams Auction






A Masterpiece of 18th Century English Porcelain re-discovered

An immensely important, rare and charming porcelain head, made in the Chelsea porcelain factory, is the highlight of the next British Pottery & Porcelain auction on April 18th at Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London. Fergus Gambon, Department Director of British Ceramics at Bonhams, was moved to tears by…
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