Christie's Online Magazine No.194

From: Christie's - Saturday Oct 19, 2019 10:40 am

Christie’s

‘The best of their type’ — up close with 10 rare and precious emblems from the spirit world

Eclectic objects that delighted Oliver Hoare, an inveterate collector of the fabulous

The ‘Grande Dame of Palm Beach’ — highlights from the Terry Allen Kramer Collection

Drinking and brawling in 17th-century Rome: the art and bawdy times of the Bentvueghels

From exclusive luxury cars to the world’s finest wines — how one man built two business empires

Islamic geometry, Western abstraction and the Iranian artist famous for her mirror mosaics

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Scents and sensuality — meet the designer tasked with creating a bespoke fragrance for Classic Week

As a major work by Jan de Beer comes to auction, we talk to the curator of an exhibition of the Flemish painter’s altarpieces

Editor’s picks

In 1954, when Andy Warhol was a children’s book illustrator, he and his mother published 190 copies of a book featuring drawings of 18 of his 25 pet cats — all of which bar one were named Sam. This is book no. 69

Estimate: $60,000-80,000
22-23 October, New York

This copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is thought to have been in a French royal collection. It was acquired by John and Johanna Bass, who in 1964 donated it to the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach

Estimate: $30,000-50,000
29 October, New York

Double-gourd vases are said to bring good fortune because their shape represents fertility. This celadon glazed example has been dated to the Jiaqing period (1796-1820)

Estimate: £50,000-80,000
5 November, London

Only around 300 models of the Rolex Submariner reference 6200 were ever made — but this is the only known example to have the watch’s depth rating printed on its dial. It was purchased more than 60 years ago in Curaçao, and has remained in the same family

Estimate: CHF250,000-350,000
11 November, Geneva

More trending lots

Plan your visit to Christie’s

Tokyo
Admire watches, jewellery and jadeite highlights from our autumn auctions in Hong Kong, 23-24 October

New York
Peer into the faces of the past at the preview of Ancient Sculpture from the Collection of Dr. Anton Pestalozzi, 24-27 October

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Terry Allen Kramer in the grounds of her Palm Beach residence. Photo: © Lauren Lieberman / LILA PHOTO // Photo courtesy of Burkard Bovensiepen // Monir Farmanfarmaian in her studio in Tehran, 1975. Photo: courtesy of The Third Line, Dubai