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Category Archives: Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s Bling: Brooch Hair Combs
Jewelry by any other fitting shines as sweet. A woman can buy almost any brooch or pendant and pin it on a bun, hat, or headband. We don’t have to follow jewelers. We have to follow our imaginations and order … Continue reading
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Tagged brooch, hair comb, hair ornament, jade, Sotheby's, van cleef and arpels
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Sotheby’s: Hair Comb from Scottish Jewelers A & J Smith
The Scottish penchant for austerity is present in both their silversmithing and jewelery making. Alex and John Smith worked in Aberdeen from 1880 to 1932. As Art Nouveau produced ever more nuanced and philosophical pieces in France, A&J Jewelers made … Continue reading
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Tagged A&J Smith, Aberdeen, Alex and John Smith, Scottish hair comb, Scottish silversmiths, Sotheby's
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Sotheby’s Video: 500-Carat Donnersmarck Emerald Tiara
The tiara sold on May 17, 2011, for 11,282,500.00 Swiss Francs, or in today’s currency markets, $14,511,254.51. David Bennett, Sotheby’s Chairman of European and Middle Eastern Jewellery, details the provenance in a video. The emeralds were mined in 16th-Century Columbia … Continue reading
Prices are rising for African combs
On September 15, 2009, a comb from the Ivory Coast made from Hippopotamus bone sold for $1200 at Sotheby’s. It featured a bird on top of a woman’s head, a symbol of fertility. Last Friday, May 13, another comb of … Continue reading
Posted in African Comb, Creative Museum, Ivory Coast comb, Sotheby's
Tagged african comb, baule, bird, creative museum, ivory coast, sothebys
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