EditorialOver 1,200 of Hollywoods biggest blockbuster film Artifacts and 20th and 21st century screen gems including John Travoltas Pulp Fiction suit and casino chips from James Bond film Casino Royale to dazzle the auction block
EditorialGrasp All, Lose All (Qui trop embrasse, mal etrient). Dated: c. 1816. Dimensions: image: 27.1 x 21 cm (10 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.) sheet: 34.8 x 25.6 cm (13 11/16 x 10 1/16 in.). Medium: lithograph.
EditorialBattle of Cape La Hogue, the French defeated by the fleet of England and Holland, Silver Medal. Front: man's bust inside the inside. Reverse: sea battle with a sinking French ship and a ship flying in the sky in the foreground, the French rooster flees...
EditorialTwo glass holders Cup screw with bullet ship and weapon Amsterdam, Cup screw of gold-plated silver. On the high, arched foot the cog ship and the weapon of the City of Amsterdam. The vase-shaped baluster stem is decorated with ecclesiastical symbols. T...
EditorialTwo glass holders Cup screw with bullet ship and weapon Amsterdam, Cup screw of gold-plated silver. On the high, arched foot the cog ship and the weapon of the City of Amsterdam. The vase-shaped baluster stem is decorated with ecclesiastical symbols. T...
EditorialBox, rectangular with rounded corners, with a rebus on the lid, Copper rectangular box with rounded corners, painted black. On the sides flower branches inlaid in mother-of-pearl. On the lid a rebus within rectangular mother-of-pearl frame. The figures...
EditorialFive images of two fighting men, Five glasses with images of two fighting men, one with a red jacket and blue pants, the other with a blue jacket and red pants. Each of the images shows a grasp or technique from combat art, hand-to-hand fighting (battl...
EditorialTerracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking), Classical, ca. 460 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Vases, The molded part is in the form of a cow's head. On the wheel-made lip, women and youths.. The molded, figu...
EditorialBirth of the Buddha Shakyamuni, Kushan period, ca. 2nd century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Stone, H. 6 15/16 in. (16 cm); W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); D. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm), Sculpture, This panel, together with the one showing Maya's dream, was ...
EditorialA young girl, seen from behind, lifting a rabbit into the air for a dog above to grasp, another dog at her feet, from'Ornaments or Grotesques' (Ornamenti o Grottesche).
EditorialThe actors Otani Hiroji and Ichikawa Danzo in a Kabuki " armour-tugging" (Kusazuri-biki) scene, Edo period, around 1717. The play " the Battle of Coxinga" was performed at the Ichimura Theatre and a large signboard showing Hiroshi b...
EditorialA young girl, seen from behind, lifting a rabbit into the air for a dog above to grasp, another dog at her feet, from'Ornaments or Grotesques' (Ornamenti o Grottesche).
EditorialA young girl, seen from behind, lifting a rabbit into the air for a dog above to grasp, another dog at her feet, from'Ornaments or Grotesques' (Ornamenti o Grottesche).
EditorialA young girl, seen from behind, lifting a rabbit into the air for a dog above to grasp, another dog at her feet, from'Ornaments or Grotesques' (Ornamenti o Grottesche).
EditorialA young girl, seen from behind, lifting a rabbit into the air for a dog above to grasp, another dog at her feet, from'Ornaments or Grotesques' (Ornamenti o Grottesche).
Editorial"The coxwain loosed his grasp upon the shrouds ...". A fight in the sails. Jim Hawkins shooting Israel Hands. Treasure Island ... New edition, with original illustrations by Wal Paget. London : Cassell & Co., 1899. Source: 012624.f.3 frontispiece. Lang...
EditorialMiniature in two parts, with eighteen saints (or disciples), nine on each register. A bas-de-page scene of Nero seated on the left, with Paul, in the grasp of an officer, borrowing a veil from Plautilla. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (Lon...
EditorialFalmouth borough octopus attempting to grasp the parishes of Falmouth and Budock. Political map of Falmouth. An octopus is superimposed over a plan of the area, denoting perceived attempts at expansion by Falmouth borough (essentially the town) and the...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of a crowned Alban in the grasp of two men wearing chain mail before a king; a decorated initial 'F'(eci). Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source: Royal 2 B. VII...
EditorialIt was a beautiful and exhilarating sight to see the red-nosed man writhing in Mr. Weller's grasp. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club ... Illustrated by Cecil Aldin. London : Chapman & Hall; Lawrence & Jellicoe, 1910. Source: 12612.i.28 vol.2 p...
EditorialVirgin and Child (Madonna of the Rose Garden),1508-10. The child reaches out to grasp the columbine,symbol of the Holy Ghost,thus prefiguring the Passion. Oil on panel, 70 x 63 cm.
EditorialGrasp All, Lose All (Qui trop embrasse, mal etrient). Dated: c. 1816. Dimensions: image: 27.1 x 21 cm (10 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.) sheet: 34.8 x 25.6 cm (13 11/16 x 10 1/16 in.). Medium: lithograph.
EditorialA young girl, seen from behind, lifting a rabbit into the air for a dog above to grasp, another dog at her feet, from'Ornaments or Grotesques' (Ornamenti o Grottesche).
EditorialTerracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking), Classical, ca. 460 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Vases, The molded part is in the form of a cow's head. On the wheel-made lip, women and youths.. The molded, figu...
EditorialBirth of the Buddha Shakyamuni, Kushan period, ca. 2nd century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Stone, H. 6 15/16 in. (16 cm); W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); D. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm), Sculpture, This panel, together with the one showing Maya's dream, was ...
EditorialQuintain exercises, 14th century. Two men with their feet together attempt to pull a stick from the other's grasp. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876.
EditorialThe laying of the cable: John and Jonathan joining hands, 1858. A crude but engaging picture, celebrating the goodwill between Great Britain and the United States generated by the successful completion of the Atlantic telegraph cable between Newfoundla...
EditorialA meeting of Freemasons for the reception of apprentices: The Master in raising the candidate gives the Grasp, Embrace and declares him Duty Elected a Master Mason. Lithograph published 1st March 1812, by Thomas Palser, Surry Side, Westminster Bridge.
EditorialVirgin and Child (Madonna of the Rose Garden),1508-10. The child reaches out to grasp the columbine,symbol of the Holy Ghost,thus prefiguring the Passion. Oil on panel, 70 x 63 cm.
EditorialThe actors Otani Hiroji and Ichikawa Danzo in a Kabuki " armour-tugging" (Kusazuri-biki) scene, Edo period, around 1717. The play " the Battle of Coxinga" was performed at the Ichimura Theatre and a large signboard showing Hiroshi b...