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Thursday 11th March, 2010
image DESK CLOCK BY GEORGE NELSON Desk clock by George Nelson mid 20th Century, American. Walnut base, glass body h: 9.5 x w: 16 x d: 7 cm / h: 3.7 x w: 6.3 x d: 2.8 in Direct link
http://frankandoliver.com/
Wednesday 10th March, 2010
image ARM CHAIR 1938 BY WARREN MCARTHUR Arm Chair (Green Anodized) Style No. 1014 by Warren McArthur, 1938. Tubular and Machine Anodized Aluminum, Steel Rod and Fasteners, Rubber, Laminated Wood and Upholstery. h: 33.5 x w: 24 x d: 30 in / h: 85.1 x w: 61 x d: 76.2 cm Direct link
http://www.rohrerfineart.com/
Tuesday 09th March, 2010
image JOEL STERNFELD FROM 'WALKING THE HIGHLINE' Joel Sternfeld, Looking East on 30th Street on a Morning in May, 2000 (from Walking the Highline) C-print 39 7/16 X 49 7/8 inches (100.17 X 126.68 cm). The High Line was originally constructed in the 1930s, to lift dangerous freight trains off Manhattan's streets. Section 1 of the High Line is open as a public park, owned by the City of New York and operated under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Friends of the High Line is the conservancy charged with raising private funds for the park and overseeing its maintenance and operations, pursuant to an agreement with the Parks Department. When all sections are complete, the High Line will be a mile-and-a-half-long elevated park, running through the West Side neighborhoods of the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Clinton/Hell's Kitchen. The High Line is located on Manhattan's West Side. It runs from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to 34th Street, between 10th & 11th Avenues. Section 1 of the High Line, which opened to the public on June 9, 2009, runs from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street. When photographer Joel Sternfeld published the first edition of Walking the High Line in 2001, his beautiful, melancholy images brought the public in contact with the High Line's otherworldly self-seeded landscape for the first time. This stunning collection of High Line landscape photographs, by a true American landscape master, was instrumental in gaining support for the preservation of the High Line. For more information on the High Line itself have a look at www.thehighline.org. Direct link
http://www.luhringaugustine.com/index.php?mode=artists&object_id=67
Monday 08th March, 2010
image ASTON MARTIN DBS V8 1971 Aston Martin DBS V8 (1971/J). The meticulous and thoroughly comprehensive rebuild and restoration makes this probably the finest DBSV8 to come to the market in recent years. The 'four headlight' DBS ,evocative of the seventies has become highly valued. Direct link
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1491704.htm
Friday 05th March, 2010
image BRONZE PARROT PAPERWEIGHT An Asprey cold painted bronze parrot paperweight modelled in the sitting position with head postion straight forward on a turned plated base, engraved round the edge 'Asprey London'. 9cm wide, 5.5cm deep, 8.5cm high (3.5" wide, 2" deep, 3" high). To be auctioned (with a very tempting estimate) at Bonhams, Edinburgh on 19th March. Direct link
http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=4537746&iSaleNo=17983&iSaleSectionNo=1#
Thursday 04th March, 2010
image SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF JOSEPH CONRAD Photographic portrait of Joseph Conrad by Malcolm Arbuthnot. "Signed by the photographer and with Conrad’s signed presentation inscription on the mount, “H. Goodburn with regards from Joseph Conrad 1923”. The recipient was Harold Goodburn, the tutor of Conrad’s son John. Inscribed photographs of Conrad are uncommon. Original silver print from the negative, mounted and framed under glass. Some oxidization to the image but in very nice condition" Direct link
http://www.peterharringtonbooks.com/store/autographs-signed-books/product/photographic-portrait-of-joseph-conrad-by-malcolm-arbuthnot/
Wednesday 03rd March, 2010
image VINTAGE JELLY MOULD A small aluminium jelly mould in the shape of a rabbit. 17 cm long. Direct link
http://www.thevintageweddinglist.co.uk/products/kitchenalia/rolling-pins-and-other-things/a-small-aluminium-jelly-mould-k293/
Tuesday 02nd March, 2010
image ZEPPELIN TABLEWARE Three plates from the tableware of the German Zeppelin Shipping Line. A flat, a deep, and a dessert plate of ivory coloured, glazed porcelain with gold (partially etched) and blue trim, the borders emblazoned with the company's logo and the letters "WB" within a blue oval. The bottoms with the green manufactory mark "H & Co. Selb Bavaria" and the red inscription "Heinrich-Elfenbein-Porzellan". Diameters 25.5 and 20 cm Direct link
http://www.hermann-historica.com/
Monday 01st March, 2010
image PATEK PHILLIPE REF. 530 Patek Philippe & Co. Genève, Ref. 530. Case Stainless Steel. Direct link
http://ndtradingcorp.com/zen/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=270
Friday 26th February, 2010
image VINTAGE ALEXANDER MCQUEEN BELT C2001 Rare Alexander McQueen Belt on e-bay from around 2001.The 'McQueens' tapestry logo on the belt measures 15.5 inches in length and 4.5inches width. The straps measure 42.5inches. Direct link
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fantastic-Vintage-Alexander-McQueen-belt_W0QQitemZ170449488424QQcmdZViewItemQQptZWomen_s_Accessories_UK?hash=item27af94ca28
Thursday 25th February, 2010
image A GEORGE III SNUFF BOX From Wartski's website: "A George III silver memento mori snuff box, in the form of a coffin containing skull and crossbones, the lid exterior with gold name plaque and with engraved coffin rivets, opening to reveal gilt interior with a skull and crossbones on the lid. Maker probably James Beattie London, 1790. Length 5.8 cm. In Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens puts such a box into the hands of Mr Sowerberry the undertaker: ''You’ll make your fortune, Mr. Sowerberry,’ said the beadle, as he thrust his thumb and forefinger into the proffered snuff-box of the undertaker: which was an ingenious little model of a patent coffin.'' (Oliver Twist, first published in serialized form 1837-39). A coffin snuff box dating from 1792, formed from copper with an hourglass engraved on the lid, is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (object number M.1030-1926)." Direct link
http://www.wartski.com/
Wednesday 24th February, 2010
image MAHOGANY GENTLEMAN'S WARDROBE The sale at the 'Spring Athenaeum', 3 Mar 2010 to 4 Mar 2010 at the Athenaeum, Bury St Edmunds (Bonhams) includes this Victorian mahogany gentleman's wardrobe (with what looked like a very reasonable estimate of £500-£700). The piece: "The central arched gallery back above five graduated drawers, flanked by twin full height wardrobes with peaked cornices and turned knops, to a plinth base, 220cm wide x 190cm high (86.5" wide x 74.5" high)". Direct link
http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=4527814&iSaleNo=18021&iSaleSectionNo=1