Editor’s picks | | | Clement Clarke Moore was a distinguished theologian, but his best-known work is the 1822 poem A Vist from St Nicholas (‘’Twas the night before Christmas’). This manuscript copy was handwritten by the author and sent to a family friend, the Hon. R.S. Chilton, in 1853. It is one of only five known autograph copies of the work, three of which are in museum collections Price on request Private Sales | | | | | | This majestic 19th-century gold bracelet evokes the spirit of the classical world and its vivid mythology. On one side is a micromosaic of the sun god Apollo in his chariot, surrounded by female attendants and preceded by the winged, torch-bearing deity Phosphorus and Aurora, goddess of the dawn; on the other, in an elaborate filigree setting, is the single word ‘ROMA’ Estimate: €15,000-24,000 until 17 December, Online | | | | | | A Madonna and Child for the modern age, Alex Katz’s Untitled, painted around 1960, depicts his wife Ada and their newborn son Vincent. By using oils on panel and placing the image in a circle, the New York artist alludes to the Italian Renaissance, and more specifically the tondo — a circular artwork of a kind given to wives by their husbands after childbirth Estimate: $100,000-150,000 until 18 December, Online | | | | | | Château La Conseillante 1989 comes from a renowned Pomerol wine estate named after a powerful woman, Catherine Conseillan, who purchased and extended the vineyard in the mid-18th century. Today’s owners, the Nicolas family, acquired it in 1871. The 1989 vintage is praised for its complexity, with notes of crushed violets and exotic spice Estimate: $3,500-4,500 until 19 December, Online | | | | | | |
