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French silver spoon
Published : February, 15 2010
 
In all the cutlery, spoon is the first to emerge from the Paleolithic, it is made of bone or wood. It is not until the fifteenth century that silver spoon develops coincident with the appearance of the fork with which they form what is called a couvert, a fork and a spoon of the same model, the same silversmith and made on the same date.

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Venetian mirrors
Published : February, 09 2010
 
The mirrors produced in Venice reflect the elegance and sophistication that reigned in the city of the Doges. The most fantastic exemples are sought after by collectors, dealers and museums.

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Art Market is there a crisis?
Published : February, 02 2010
 
January auctions are usually quiet without any important lot. They were sold in December. Despite that two lots caught our attention in the past few weeks, one at Chiswick Auction and the second at Donnington Priory.

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Dieppe carved ivory figures
Published : January, 26 2010
 
For over 200 years, the city of Dieppe was one of the greatest European centers for ivory. Statuettes, chess, model boats, snuff boxes, fans in carved ivory were produced by Dieppe workshops. These works of art, sometimes of very high quality, are now the delight of collectors of sculptures and objects de vertu.

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Louis XV French Furniture
Published : January, 17 2010
 
Following the Regence style, transitional style between the styles Louis XIV and Louis XV, Louis XV style develops in France and especially in Paris between 1715 and 1770.

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Napoleon III liquor caskets
Published : January, 12 2010
 
The second half of the 19th century was the golden age of the liquor caskets, work of art dedicated to men.

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French commode at record price
Published : January, 05 2010
 
2009 was a year a spectacular bid for French commode. Let us have a look on some of the top result.

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French Portico Clock
Published : December, 15 2009
 
Appreciated by art lovers of the Ancien Regime, sought after by the Emperor Napoleon's generals, the French portico clock is today one of the "must have" for collectors of old clocks.

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French Auction
Published : December, 08 2009
 
Sold, auction, specialist, reserve, viewing, auctioneer, withdrawn, bid, commission bid are some of the words you can hear in an auction room. What do they mean? And how to sell at auction?

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Table à jeux
Published : December, 01 2009
 
Born in the Middle Age, games tables facing many changes until their virtual disappearance in the twentieth th century. Sometimes dedicated to one set, sometimes several, tables games are often ingenious objects full of refinement.

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