EditorialMemorabilia from Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn to Chris Hemsworth, Samuel L. Jackson and Star Wars to go under hammer at huge Hollywood auction
EditorialCrucifix, 1370?75, Tempera on wood, gold ground, 18 x 13 1/4 in. (45.7 x 33.7 cm), Paintings, Master of the Orcagnesque Misericordia (Italian, Florence, active second half 14th century), This crucifix could have been displayed on an altar or carried in...
EditorialNecklace with lion head terminals, Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Gold, Other: 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm), Gold and Silver.
EditorialGold necklace with lion's head terminals, Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Gold, Other: 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm), Gold and Silver.
EditorialGold strap necklace with seedlike pendants, Hellenistic, ca. 330?300 B.C., Greek, Gold, H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); length 12 3/4 in. (32.3 cm); length of terminals 13/16 in. (2 cm), Gold and Silver, Gold strap necklace with seed-like pendants, part of the ...
EditorialDiadem, 1200?800 B.C., Made in Carpathian Basin region, east-central Europe, Eastern European, Copper Alloy, Overall: 5 3/8 x 10 7/16 x 10 1/4 in. (13.7 x 26.5 x 26 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, It is not clear precisely how this headpiece would have be...
EditorialPlate 129 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. The Business Center of the City, Within the First Circuit Boulevard, Showing the Proposed Grand East-and-West Axis and Its Relation to Grant Park and the Yacht Harbor; the Railway Terminals Schemes on ...
EditorialBow Brooch, 500?550, Frankish, Silver-gilt, niello, garnets, Overall: 1 15/16 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 in. (4.9 x 9.5 x 1 cm), Metalwork-Silver, The bow brooch was a component of many Germanic women?s dress. In Frankish territory brooches were generally worn in p...
EditorialSquare-Headed Bow Brooch, second half 6th century, Frankish, Silver-gilt, niello, Overall: 4 x 9/16 x 9 15/16 in. (10.1 x 1.4 x 25.2 cm), Metalwork-Silver, The bow brooch was a component of many Germanic women's dress. In Frankish territory brooches we...
EditorialSquare-Headed Bow Brooch, second half 6th century, Frankish, Silver-gilt, niello, Overall: 3 15/16 x 9/16 x 1 3/4 in. (10 x 1.4 x 4.5 cm), Metalwork-Silver, The bow brooch was a component of many Germanic women's dress. In Frankish territory brooches w...
EditorialBow Brooch, first half 6th century, Frankish, Silver-gilt, garnets, Overall: 1 15/16 x 3 1/4 x 1/2 in. (5 x 8.2 x 1.2 cm), Metalwork-Silver, The bow brooch was a component of many Germanic women's dress. In Frankish territory brooches were generally wo...
EditorialBow Brooch, first half 6th century, Frankish, Silver-gilt, garnets, Overall: 1 15/16 x 3 5/16 x 1/2 in. (5 x 8.4 x 1.2 cm), Metalwork-Silver, The bow brooch was a component of many Germanic women's dress. In Frankish territory brooches were generally w...
EditorialBow Brooch, 500?550, Frankish, Silver-gilt, niello, garnets, Overall: 1 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 in. (4.7 x 9.5 x 1 cm), Metalwork-Silver, The bow brooch was a component of many Germanic women?s dress. In Frankish territory brooches were generally worn in pai...
EditorialBow Brooch, 500?550, Frankish, Silver, gilt and cast; garnet with unpatterned foil backing; bone; iron spring/pin, Overall: 2 1/16 x 3 3/8 x 3/8 in. (5.2 x 8.5 x 1 cm), Metalwork-Silver, The bow brooch was a component of many Germanic women's dress. In...
EditorialBow Brooch, late 5th?early 6th century, Made in Germany, Alemannic, Silver-gilt, Length of each: 3 7/16 x 2 5/16 x 1/2 in. (8.7 x 5.9 x 1.2 cm), Metalwork-Silver, The bow brooch was a component of many Germanic women?s dress. In Frankish territory broo...
EditorialBow Brooch, late 5th?early 6th century, Alemannic, Silver-gilt, Overall: 3 7/16 x 2 5/16 x 1/2 in. (8.8 x 5.8 x 1.2 cm), Metalwork-Silver, The bow brooch was a component of many Germanic women?s dress. In Frankish territory brooches were generally worn...
EditorialOpening of St John's Gospel. Text beginning with initial 'I', acanthus leaf pattern with interlace knotwork terminals adorned with birds heads holding leaf-sprays in their beaks. Borders of 'Winchester' type acanthus with corner bosses and two roundels...
EditorialMiniature of a winged horse (Pegasus) with a facted initial 'D'(ivitias), epigraphic capitals and two shields in the lower margin: one of two crossed sceptres with fleur-de-lis terminals on a blue ground, the other of a tower on a white ground. Works. ...