Christie's Online Magazine No.263

From: Christie's - Saturday Apr 17, 2021 10:37 am

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Lionel Messi’s record-breaking boots, F.P. Journe watches, Bartolini’s bust of Napoleon’s sister, Robert Chang on Chinese art, and more |

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One soccer genius, 644 goals, and the record-breaking boots being offered for charity

‘I make a watch like it was a new child’: is F.P. Journe the finest watchmaker of the modern era?

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The tale of Italy’s top sculptor, Napoleon’s ambitious sister — and her dapper husband Felix

‘Retirement isn’t on my agenda’ — Robert Chang, one of the great collectors of Chinese art

Editor’s picks

This richly coloured painting by Sir Alfred Munnings depicts the Gold State Coach of the British monarch in the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace. It was probably intended as a study for a painting of Edward VIII’s coronation procession, which was abandoned when the king abdicated in December 1936

Estimate: $100,000-150,000
21 April, New York

With the Statue of Liberty on one side of its dial and the Eiffel Tower on the other, this Vulcain watch celebrates Concorde, the famous plane that once offered supersonic flights between Paris and New York. A joint project by British and French aeronautical engineers, the aircraft was taken out of service in 2003

Estimate: HK$40,000-60,000
until 19 April, Online

If two heads are better than one, this Roman sculpture is even more covetable than it may at first appear. On one side is Dionysos, the god of wine and madness, wreathed in a headdress of vine leaves; on the other is a maenad, one of the god’s band of female followers

Estimate: $50,000-80,000
21 April, New York

There’s a touch of fantasy about this Cartier brooch. Made of yellow gold and platinum set with old and single-cut diamonds, cabochon rubies and buff-top sapphires, it features a pet unicorn with a collar and chain in an enclosure overlooked by a tree full of blossoms

Estimate: $4,000-6,000
until 20 April, Online

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Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona during the LaLiga Santander match between Real Valladolid and FC Barcelona on 22 December 2020. Photo: David S Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images