EditorialSylvester Stallones personal collections from Rocky and Rambo movies among plethora of memorabilia going under the hammer from Hollywood stars long career
EditorialClose Helmet (from a funerary achievement?), c.1590-1625. Holland (?), late 16th-early 17th Century. Gilded steel (invaded with rust); red velvet lining, plume holder; overall: 33 x 34 x 21.3 cm (13 x 13 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.).
EditorialGorget (from a funerary achievement?), c.1590-1625. Netherlands(?), late 16th-early 17th Century. Gilded steel (invaded with rust); red velvet lining, plume holder; overall: 32.4 x 24.8 x 19.1 cm (12 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.).
EditorialVictorian men of achievement. Her Majesty's glorious Jubilee, 1897. The record n. [London, 1897]. Illustrated page celebrating the progress made during the reign of Queen Victoria due to the achievements of science and engineering. The portraits are of...
EditorialTureen in the form of a capercaillie, ca. 1750, French, Strasbourg, Faience (tin-glazed earthenware), Overall (confirmed): 20 1/2 x 18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (52.1 x 46.4 x 36.2 cm), Ceramics-Pottery, Although we ought not to judge works of art by their size...
EditorialPonte San Rocco and Waterfalls, Tivoli, ca. 1810?20, Oil on canvas, 14 7/8 x 11 1/8 in. (37.8 x 28.3 cm), Paintings, Fran?ois Marius Granet (French, Aix-en-Provence 1775?1849 Aix-en-Provence), This painting perfectly illustrates Granet's achievement as...
EditorialDress, 1912, French, silk, Perhaps the most radical achievement in Poiret's career, underestimated by the designer himself, was his development of the chemise silhouette. Although other couturiers might arguably share credit with him for advocating the...
EditorialSherd, Halaf, ca. 5600?5000 B.C., Syria, Tell Brak, Halaf, Ceramic, paint, 1.56 x 2.05 in. (3.96 x 5.21 cm), Ceramics-Vessels, Halaf potters far surpassed their predecessors and successors in the embellishment and delicacy of their designs and the fine...
EditorialZaragoza ? Pamplona y Barcelona - Puente de Zuera, ca. 1867, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 33.9 x 24.8 cm (13 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.), Photographs, Juan Laurent (French, 1816?1892, active Spain, 1857?1880s), Jos? Martinez S?nchez (Spanish, 1808?18...
EditorialElizabeth Green (Mrs. Ebenezer Storer II), ca. 1767, Pastel on paper mounted on canvas, Framed: 28 9/16 x 22 9/16 x 2 1/8 in. (72.5 x 57.3 x 5.4 cm), Drawings, John Singleton Copley (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1738?1815 London), John Singleton Cop...
EditorialClose-Helmet, ca. 1560, British or Flemish, Steel, polychromy, H. 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm); W. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm); D. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm); Wt. 4 lb. 15 oz. (2239 g), Helmets, The prow-like lower visor of this helmet is the most recognizable characteristi...
EditorialThe Greek Slave, 1849, Made in England, American, Parian porcelain, H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); Diam. 4 in. (10.2 cm), Ceramics, After Hiram Powers (American, Woodstock, Vermont 1805?1873 Florence), Beginning in the late 1840s, versions of Hiram Powers?s ...