EditorialOriginal Harry Potter watercolour illustration introducing boy wizard to the world on first book cover sets auction record with $600,000 pre-sale estimate
EditorialCannon, Sinhalese cannon or Lewuke's cannon, Bronze cannon, on the top a complicated decoration, partly cast in relief and then covered with silver, the ground of gold inlaid with silver, in some places small rubies have been used. Main form European. ...
EditorialPolished axe-head, ca. 1800 BCE The Neolithic period is characterized by the advent of ground and polished axes and adze heads. Polishing the stone tool by grinding a fine abrasive against it gave the axe a smoother cutting edge and greater strength. P...
EditorialModel of a 16-Pounder Stone Howitzer on a Ship's Carriage, Model of a howitzer on a horse. The howitzer is 19.6 cm long and has a caliber of 33 mm. The inscriptions are engraved on the barrel, along with crossed anchors and palm branches. The barrel ha...
EditorialPolished axe-head, ca. 1800 BCE The Neolithic period is characterized by the advent of ground and polished axes and adze heads. Polishing the stone tool by grinding a fine abrasive against it gave the axe a smoother cutting edge and greater strength. P...
EditorialThe Red Fort and Jama Masjid at Delhi. c.1786. 'View of a part of the King’s Fort and residence with the Jemma Musjeed at Delhi. The material, a reddish stone'. c.1786. Wash; 44 by 62.5 cm. Source: WD 3766.
EditorialBugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Flintstones voice actor Mel Blanc memorabilia to go under the hammer, including studio microphone and signed animations
EditorialVillage of Pashwar, Kafirestan. 27 Sep 1885 View looking towards the fortified village enclosure, with a group of villagers standing beside the stream in the foreground. On arrival the guests were taken into the village, a square three-storied enclosu...
EditorialFolding fan with a pastoral scene, flanked by oval medallions and musical instruments on ribbon ribbons, Folding fan with sheet of paper with a watercolor and gold paint pastoral scene is depicted, flanked by oval medallions and musical instruments and...
EditorialLying panther, tuff stone, Total: Height: 48 cm; Width: 58 cm; Depth: 20 cm, funeral monument, grave equipment, early archaic, The panther is especially rare among the preserved early animal sculptures. He is shown lying down, his head turned to the le...
EditorialMake-up palette in the shape of a fish, slate, beaten, retouched (stone work), smoothed, drilled, graywacke, Total: Height: 17.2 cm; Width: 26 cm, ritual objects and accessories, grave goods, fish (animals), The make-up palette in the shape of a fish h...
EditorialMake-up palette in the shape of a tilapia fish, slate, beaten, retouched (stone work), smoothed, incised, graywacke, Total: Height: 3.2 cm; Width: 4.8 cm; Depth: 0.8 cm, ritual objects and accessories, grave goods, fish (animals), It is not certain whe...
EditorialNetherlands Roman time, gem, intaglio, ringstone, Material, stone, onyx, Color, black, opaque, Shape, oval, standing, Machining, Maaskant-Kleibrink, M, Catalog of the engraved gems in the Royal Coin Cabinet, 1978, p.60, fig. 2, type F1, 14 x 12 mm., Th...
Editorialthe standing figure looks like a representation of Mercury with the caduceus behind the shoulder, a stylized money pouch in the left hand and the right hand raised to the head. An unidentified animal at the feet, possibly a bird. Another possibility, b...
EditorialClassical antiquity, gem, intaglio, ring stone with finger ring, Material, ring and stone, metal, gold and stone, carnelian, Color, stone, orange-brown, transparent, Shape, stone, ovaa, standing, Machining, stone, Maaskant, Clay green, M, Catalog of en...
EditorialNetherlands Roman period, gem, intaglio, ringstone, Material, stone, agate or sarder, Color, brown, transparent, Shape, oval, horizontal, Machining, Maaskant-Kleibrink, M, Catalog of the engraved gems in the Royal Coin, Cabinet, 1978, p.60, fig. 2, typ...
EditorialOld Europe, gem, intaglio, ringstone, material, stone, carnelian, color, orange-red, transparent, shape, oval, standing, machining, Maaskant-Kleibrink, M, Catalog of the engraved gems in the Royal Coin Cabinet, 1978, p.60, fig. 2, type 4, 17 x 13.5 mm....
EditorialNetherlands Roman time, gem, intaglio, ring stone, Material, Glass, Color, black, opaque, Shape, oval, horizontal,?, Machining, Maaskant-Kleibrink, M, Catalog of the engraved gems in the Royal Coin Cabinet, 1978, p.60, fig. 2, type F1, 11.5 x 15 mm., T...