Tag
provenance
Tools
The Auction-House Catalogue as a Research Tool
A run of Christie's spring decorative-arts catalogues from 1962 to 2024 sits on a shelf in Amsterdam. The pages, more than the prices, are what one collector consults.
Fairs & Auctions
An English Country House Sale in Wiltshire
Two days at the contents auction of a Georgian house in the Wylye Valley, where a thousand lots are sold from the rooms themselves.
Fairs & Auctions
Spring Decorative Arts at Christie's New York
A morning at Rockefeller Center for the Christie's spring sale of American decorative arts, where the room is quiet and the bidding is not.