ANTIQUES & COLLECTING
A history of CREWELWORK, preview of the LAPADA BERKELEY SQUARE FAIR, a buyer’s guide to PEWTER, plus STAR SALES
THE AUCTION Rothschild Masterpieces
11th–13th October, Christie’s New York
As a family, the Rothschild banking dynasty were collectors of global renown; so famous that they even have a style named after them – Le Goût Rothschild – which means amassing the best of everything. Now, a sale of Rothschild riches is taking place in New York, appealing to deep-pocketed buyers. The auction reflects the connoisseurship of Baron James de Rothschild and his wife, Betty, and their son, Baron Alphonse, and his wife, Leonora, who lived in Paris in the 19th and early 20th centuries. ‘The sale will be both scholarly and sumptuous, with some 600 lots up for auction including furniture, enamels, maiolica, Renaissance jewels, silver and paintings,’ says Jonathan Rendell, deputy chairman of Christie’s Americas. The sale is expected to exceed the total estimate of $20m and kicks off with an evening sale for the most glamorous pieces on the 11th, followed by two daytime sales on the 12th and 13th, plus an online sale for the trinkets.
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THE FAIRS WINTER ART & ANTIQUES FAIR
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The 32nd edition of the Winter Art & Antiques Fair at Olympia returns on 30th October. Prices start below £100 (and heading well over £100,000 for rare, museum-qual
