Editor’s picks | | | Odilon Redon’s pastel Le vase aux tritomas dates from the 1890s or later. Before that, his works on paper were monochrome and his subjects tended towards the bizarre and uncanny. The intense colours of the blooms suggest something more than mere realism, and the artist’s view was that his flowers existed ‘at the confluence of two riverbanks: that of representation and that of memory’ Estimate: $200,000-300,000 13 May, New York | | | | | | At more than four metres long, this sautoir by JAR is a spectacular statement piece. Crafted from coral and pink opal beads, rose-cut and round diamonds, yellow gold and black silver, it is a visionary creation by Joel Arthur Rosenthal, the legendary New York-born, Paris-based jeweller known by his three initials and revered by collectors worldwide Estimate: CHF 90,000-130,000 14 May, Geneva | | | | | | This image of an insular flying fox, a species of bat found in the Pacific, is from an 18-volume work by Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont D’Urville: Voyage de la corvette l’Astrolabe. His account of the expedition, published between 1830 and 1835, is a landmark scientific treatise, and this copy is from the library of Empress Marie-Louise, with her gilt monogram on the bindings Estimate: €70,000-100,000 22 May, Paris | | | | | | The famous yellow henchmen in the animated comedy Despicable Me (plus its sequels and spin-offs) inspired Konstantin Chaykin to devise this titanium Minions watch. It was produced in a limited edition of 99 and modelled on the character of Bob, who has one brown eye and one green: these serve to show the hours and minutes, while the moon phases are indicated by his smiling mouth Estimate: CHF 15,000-25,000 12 May, Geneva | | | | | | |
