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Antiques, painting, drawing, sculpture, furniture, fine art, porcelain, ceramic, work of art, carpet, tapestry, silver are among the subject studied.
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Heritage conservation is everyone's business, especially when it comes to his family heritage and its collections in its most diverse forms (old papers, furniture, art objects, paintings ...).
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Niderviller is one of the many ceramic factories in the East of France during the 18th century. It distinguishes from the other by the originality of the paintings and the shapes of the pieces. Niderviller produced ceramics from 1735 to 1824 after that the production became industrial.
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Some jewels are made of non-precious metal. Are they therefore not precious jewels? To answer this question the creator of unique jewelry, Salome Osorio, wants to remind us how this gem has established itself over the centuries against his older brother, the high jewelry.
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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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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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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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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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After the golden age of Brussels tapestry in the
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century, Flanders will be gradually overtaken by France and the spirit of
the tapestry will evolve, becoming closer of painting ...
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Colorfull and charming, French tole peinte seduce amateurs and
collectors. They are real works of art but not "serious" one.
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Micromosaics are formed by very small pieces of colored enamels that
put together create a picture without any painting. This art realised by
talented artists, such as Giacomo Raffaelli, started in the late 18th
century but its golden age was the 19th century.
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Snuff bottles became true objects of desire for collectors but what is
their history?
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From ancient times to today, sexuality and eroticism were important
sources of inspiration for artists, painters, designers, sculptors and
printmakers. In Japan, this issue created significant production of prints,
named Shunga.
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Over the past ten years the cartoons ' auction became a market
independant of the book with its own specialists and auctions catalogs.
The museums themselves are beginning to look at this art, since 2008
the Centre Georges Pompidou presents an original drawing by Hergé
from the album "The Calculus affair".
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Two men reknown for their taste, a collection of works and objets d'art
unique, five auctions "event, a total of 373.9 million euros, hundreds of
world records ... The so called the Sale of the Century seems to have
kept all its promises ...
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Whether reading an auction catalog, a book or a specialized article,
amateur frequently meets the word "poincon", mark in english, attached
to a piece of silverware or jewelry. What do they mean ? Do they have
any influence on the price and value of jewelry and silverware on which
they are found ?
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La vente de la collection d’œuvres et objets d’art d’Yves Saint Laurent et
de Pierre Bergé se déroulera du 23 au 25 Février prochain au Grand
Palais. Organisée en association par les maisons de ventes aux
enchères Christie’s et Pierre Bergé et Associés, cette vente pourrait
bien être « La Vente du Siècle ».
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Au cours des siècles, la ville de Limoges s’est particulièrement illustrée
dans l’art de l’émail. Avant même d’être connue pour sa production de
porcelaine, la ville fût l’un des centres artistiques les plus actifs du
XVIème siècle. A cette époque, ses maîtres émailleurs se spécialisent
dans la technique de l’émail peint et réalisent sur cuivre des peintures
d’une remarquable qualité.
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Biennais, ce nom évoque pour beaucoup l’Empire et Napoléon mais qui
est-il ? Et que connaissons-nous de sa production ?
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Le terme de
miniature désigne un tableau de petites dimensions
ayant généralement pour sujet un portrait. Apparue pour la première fois
au 16e siècle, la miniature connaît son âge d’or en Europe entre 1760 et
1840.
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Lorsqu’au cours du XVIIIème siècle, le sucre remplace définitivement le
miel sur nos tables, un nouveau type de cuiller fait son apparition.
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