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New York townhouse interior. Thomas Jayne blog.Chinese wallpapers in today's interiors
Interior Design - April 2nd, 2010 03:25
An attractive backdrop for early American antiques, 18th-and-early-19th century Chinese wallpaper has been used in 20th-21st century interiors at historic hotels and in grand spaces such as Winterthur's Chinese Parlor. Contrary to today's usage, Chinese wallpapers were an expensive luxury item designated for small, intimate rooms during the Colonial period, as Margaret Pritchard, Colonial Williamsburg’s curator of prints, maps, and wallpaper, tells interior designer Thomas ...

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A 5-carat, fancy-vivid pink diamond set by Graff Diamonds was auctioned by Christie's International in Hong Kong for HK$83.5 million ($10.8 million) on Dec. 1, 2009. Source: Christie's International via Bloomberg
The battle in Asia among the auction giants is not as much for buyers as it is for the limited supply of quality goods, including classical Chinese art, wine, jewelry, watches, and ...
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The federal complaint filed this week by billionaire collector William Koch is centered on his winning bid of $311,800 spent on four bottles of wine that Christie's authenticated as ...
An important Imperial Russian silver box to be offered April 11th at William J. Jenack in Chester, NY.
A heated bidding battle took an Imperial Russian silver box, with a $4,000 to $6,000 estimate, to $400,000 at a William J. Jenack auction in 2008. The winning bidder never paid up so the ...
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Emil Carlsen at John Moran AuctioneersCalifornia & American Fine Art Sale
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An Art Deco Cartier black, onyx and diamond bracelet sold for $253,000, against an estimate of $30,000 to $40,000. The piece came from the collection of Mrs. Hope Goddard Iselin of New York and Newport, the first woman to compete in the America’s Cup. Skinner Jewelry Auction Exceeds $2.6 Million: Art Deco Bracelet Top Lot
Release Date: 02 April 2010
Fine Jewelry remains as one of the strongest markets in the auction world.  Skinner’s March 16th auction of Fine Jewelry grossed $2.6 million, just short of $1 million over the pre-auction high estimate.  Two prominent collections – that of Hope Goddard Iselin and Elizabeth ...

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