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SOTHEBYS GENEVASOTHEBYS GENEVASOTHEBYS GENEVASOTHEBYS GENEVAIMPORTANT WATCHESIMPORTANT WATCHESIMPORTANT WATCHESIMPORTANT WATCHESSunSunSunSunday, 13 Novemberday, 13 Novemberday, 13 Novemberday, 13 November

Sothebys autumn sale of Important Watches on 13 November 2011 willbe spearheaded by the Clarin Mustad 1518 a unique Patek PhilippePatek PhilippePatek PhilippePatek PhilippeReference 1518 chronograph (est. CHF 800,000-1,200,000 / $890,000-1,330,000*, illustrated) and an 18K yellow gold automatic centre secondswristwatch with date and bracelet (ref. 6305/1) presented to the first

Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Konrad Adenauer in1955 (est. CHF 60,000-80,000 / $66,500-89,000). Tracing thedevelopment of watchmaking from 1574 to the present day, the sale willcomprise iconic pieces from pivotal moments in horological history, fromvery fine examples of Renaissance watches to highly complicatedmodern wristwatches, through luxurious pocket watches made for theChinese, Ottoman, India and Hispanic markets in the nineteenth century.Featuring 270 lots estimated in excess of CHF 8 million, the sale will alsoinclude a large selection of rare vintage and modern wristwatches by themost prestigious watchmakers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

SOTHEBYS GENEVASOTHEBYS GENEVASOTHEBYS GENEVASOTHEBYS GENEVAMAGNIFICENT JEWELSMAGNIFICENT JEWELSMAGNIFICENT JEWELSMAGNIFICENT JEWELSTuesday, 15 November 2011Tuesday, 15 November 2011Tuesday, 15 November 2011Tuesday, 15 November 2011

The Geneva sale of Magnificent Jewels will be spearheaded by one of the mostimpressive diamonds to come to auction in recent years. The SunThe SunThe SunThe Sun----DropDropDropDropDiamondDiamondDiamondDiamond, at 110.03 Carats, has been graded Fancy Vivid Yellow, the highestcolour grading for a yellow diamond, by the Gemological Institute of America(GIA). This exceptional stone ranks as the largest known pear-shaped fancyvivid yellow diamond in the world, and has a purity of VVS1. The stone was

exhibited earlier this year at Londons Natural History Museum. The rough forthe Sun-Drop Diamond was discovered in South Africa in 2010, and was cutand polished by Cora International, one of the worlds leading manufacturers ofexceptional diamonds, with its headquarters in New York. This stunningdiamond comes to the market with an estimate of $11-15 million. In addition,


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Sothebys will present a superb and unique suite of imperial jewelsa superb and unique suite of imperial jewelsa superb and unique suite of imperial jewelsa superb and unique suite of imperial jewels probably the most important parureof antique coloured diamond jewels to appear at auction in the last 50 years. Comprising a necklace, abrooch and a pair of earrings, this magnificent diamond parure contains jewels which may have formed partof a gift presented by Empress Catherine I, wife of Peter the Great of Russia to Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III(1673-1736) to negotiate peace after the Pruth River Battles. The jewels from the Russian Empress arebelieved to have then passed into the Ottoman Treasures. By tradition, they are said to have been used bythe Sultan Abdl Hamid II (1842-1918) for the present necklace which he offered to the wife of the KhediveTeufik of Egypt, possibly on the occasion of the birth of their son and heir, Abbas II Hilmi Paa (1874-

1944).This autumn sale will further comprise a rich selection of some 500 lots, including an impressive arrayof exceptional coloured gemstones and white diamonds in addition to rare period jewels and creationssigned by the worlds greatest jewellers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

SOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONVICTORIAN & EDWARDIAN ARTVICTORIAN & EDWARDIAN ARTVICTORIAN & EDWARDIAN ARTVICTORIAN & EDWARDIAN ARTTuesday, 15 NovemberTuesday, 15 NovemberTuesday, 15 NovemberTuesday, 15 November

Sothebys London sale of Victorian & Edwardian Art on 15 November2011 will present an important example of the work of one of the

Aesthetic Movements most sophisticated exponents, Albert JosephAlbert JosephAlbert JosephAlbert JosephMooreMooreMooreMoore. Waiting to Cross, estimated at 300,000-500,000, was theartists only contribution to the Grosvenor Gallery exhibition of 1888. Itcomes to auction following the success of the exhibition The Cult ofBeauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1890 at the Victorian & AlbertMuseum in London earlier this year and currently on view at the MusedOrsay in Paris. The Aesthetic Movement had its own dedicatedshowplace, namely the Grosvenor Gallery in New Bond Street, whichhad opened in 1877. It would have shown Moores picture to maximumadvantage. The composition of three female figures standing togetherwith their arms entwined is ordered and harmonious, its formalperfection in alignment with the sensibilities of the AestheticMovement. In addition the sale includes a Private Collection of six worksby Henry Scott Tuke in watercolours, oils and a bronze. Alsorepresented are works by the artists John Atkinson Grimshaw, ArchibaldThorburn, John William Godward, Edmund Blair Leighton and William James Blacklock.

SOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONTRAVEL, ATLASES, MAPS & NATURAL HISTORYTRAVEL, ATLASES, MAPS & NATURAL HISTORYTRAVEL, ATLASES, MAPS & NATURAL HISTORYTRAVEL, ATLASES, MAPS & NATURAL HISTORYTuesday, 15 NovemberTuesday, 15 NovemberTuesday, 15 NovemberTuesday, 15 November

Sothebys London is to offer a remarkable group of more than 220newly-discovered early photographs by Linnaeus TripeLinnaeus TripeLinnaeus TripeLinnaeus Tripe depictingIndia and Burma in the mid-1850s, including 42 images of which noother prints are recorded, and five previously unknown photographs.Tripe was one of the greatest photographers working in India in thenineteenth century and this is the largest single collection of hisphotographs ever to have been offered for sale. Tripes Views ofMysore of 1854 (est. 100,000-200,000) and his Views of Burma of1855 (est. 200,000-300,000, illustrated) are highlights of SothebysTravel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History Sale on 15 November 2011.

These extraordinary photographs were presented by Tripe to theGovernor-General of India, the 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, and havecome by descent to the present owner. They have not been seen byscholars for 150 years and are being offered for sale for the first time.


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The sale also includes the first systematic city atlas, Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarium, withexquisite birds-eye-views of towns from London to Constantinople, alongside atlases by Ptolemy, Orteliusand Mercator. The Near and Middle East is well represented in books and prints and there is a fine copy ofYoung's Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey. Wonderful material on the British Isles includes Kip's Theatre ofGreat Britain, Gould's always-popular Birds of Great Britain and Speeds country atlas.

SOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONMODERN & POSTMODERN & POSTMODERN & POSTMODERN & POST----WAR BRITISH ARTWAR BRITISH ARTWAR BRITISH ARTWAR BRITISH ART

Tuesday and Wednesday, 15Tuesday and Wednesday, 15Tuesday and Wednesday, 15Tuesday and Wednesday, 15 andandandand 16 November16 November16 November16 November

Sothebys London is delighted to be staging itsfirst Evening Auction of Modern and Post-WarBritish Art on 15 November 2011. The salecomprises 37 lots and is estimated to reach acombined total of 7.2 - 10.8 million. Thegreatly anticipated highlight of the two-dayauction is the first work by Nat TateNat TateNat TateNat Tate, theabstract expressionist post-war artist, to ever

appear at auction. It was revealed in 1998 thatNat Tate was in fact a fictitious figure created byrenowned British author William Boyd, in a hoaxwell embedded in art historical lore. The drawing,

Bridge No. 114 (est. 3,000-5,000) is one of only 18 in existence. Proceeds from the sale will benefit theArtists Benevolent Institution. The sale also includes an exceptional group of artworks from the DartingtonHall Trust collection, comprising works by Ben NicholsonBen NicholsonBen NicholsonBen Nicholson, Christopher WoodChristopher WoodChristopher WoodChristopher Wood, HHHHenenenenri Gaudierri Gaudierri Gaudierri Gaudier----BrzeskaBrzeskaBrzeskaBrzeskaand important ceramics by Bernard Leach, Lucie Rie and Hans Coper. The Dartington Hall Trust is apioneering charity founded in 1925 by Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst based in South Devon, which supportsthe arts, social justice and sustainability. The sale of the selected works will benefit the upkeep anddevelopment of the Trusts estate. Additional highlights of the Modern & Post-War British sale includemasterpieces by L.S. LowryL.S. LowryL.S. LowryL.S. Lowry, Stanley SpencerStanley SpencerStanley SpencerStanley Spencer, FFFFrank Auerbachrank Auerbachrank Auerbachrank Auerbach and Leon KossoffLeon KossoffLeon KossoffLeon Kossoff. In Lowrys bestpaintings, he is able to combine the great and the small; the expansiveness of a view over a town, or themilling swell of a crowd, yet never loses sight of the individual, their quirks and idiosyncrasies. The RailwayPlatform of 1953, estimated at 1-1.5 million, amply demonstrates this genius (illustrated). The auction alsofeatures what may be the first British depiction of a film crew at work in William Roberts The Boxing Match(est. 200,000-300,000).

SOTHEBYS PARISSOTHEBYS PARISSOTHEBYS PARISSOTHEBYS PARISORIENTALIST PAINTINGS AND ISLAMIC ARTORIENTALIST PAINTINGS AND ISLAMIC ARTORIENTALIST PAINTINGS AND ISLAMIC ARTORIENTALIST PAINTINGS AND ISLAMIC ARTWednesday, 16 NovemberWednesday, 16 NovemberWednesday, 16 NovemberWednesday, 16 November

One of the most prominent and important selections of worksin this sale is a group of nine distinguished paintings andgouaches by Jacques MajorelleJacques MajorelleJacques MajorelleJacques Majorelle. These include several marketscenes that are testimonies of the artists travels, revealing ataste for contrasting bright sun with the facers and costumes ofAfrica. The works also reveal his fascination for indigenousbeauties and spectacular crowd scenes in Marrakech. Otherexponents of Orientalism from across Europe feature in thissale. Fernand Allard lOlivier gives a brilliant insight into

Belgian Africanist painting with Le fou du chef (Kanda-Kanda)(est. 25,000-35,000 / 21,300-29,800), while American

Frederic Arthur Bridgmans charming Oriental woman exhibits both captivating looks and elegant attire.Both are joined by major works from Jose Cruz-Herrera (Les Trois Amies, est. 60,000-80,000 / 51,000-


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68,000, illustrated), Henri Pontoy, Eugne Deshayes and Delahogue. The sale will also include a group ofmodern Turkish paintings from French Private collections acquired directly from the artists in the 1960s and1970s. Among this group, are a number of important works by Orhan Peker, Bedri Rahmi Eyuboglu andFikret Moualla. The final section of the sale will be dedicated to Ottoman works of art.

SOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONEUROPEAN PAINTINGSEUROPEAN PAINTINGSEUROPEAN PAINTINGSEUROPEAN PAINTINGSTuesday, 22 NovemberTuesday, 22 NovemberTuesday, 22 NovemberTuesday, 22 November

Sothebys Sale of European Paintings on 22November 2011 will bring together some 242 workscomprising Spanish Painting, The ScandinavianSpanish Painting, The ScandinavianSpanish Painting, The ScandinavianSpanish Painting, The ScandinavianSale, The Greek SaleSale, The Greek SaleSale, The Greek SaleSale, The Greek Sale and German, Austrian andGerman, Austrian andGerman, Austrian andGerman, Austrian andCentral European PaintingsCentral European PaintingsCentral European PaintingsCentral European Paintings, and encompassesprime works by Sorolla, Hammershi, Peterssen,Egger-Lienz, Moralis, Ralli and Sykora. The auctionis estimated to bring in excess of 11 million. Majorhighlights include Interior with Ida in a White Chair

by Vilhelm HammershiVilhelm HammershiVilhelm HammershiVilhelm Hammershi, estimated at 500,000-700,000 and one of the most important works bythe artist ever to be offered at auction and JoaqunJoaqunJoaqunJoaqunSorollaSorollaSorollaSorollas Children in the Sea, Valencia Beach,,,, theartists evocation of childhood innocence and oneof the freshest and most iconic beach scenes to have come to market in recent years (est. 2,000,000-3,000,000, illustrated). The Greek Sale features an important work by Modern Greek master YiannisYiannisYiannisYiannisMoralisMoralisMoralisMoralis and three masterpieces by Theodoros RalliTheodoros RalliTheodoros RalliTheodoros Ralli. The German, Austrian and Central European sectionof the sale will be highlighted by Albin EggerAlbin EggerAlbin EggerAlbin Egger----LienzLienzLienzLienzs Der Smann (The Sower), estimated at 400,000-600,000.

SOTHEBYS PARISSOTHEBYS PARISSOTHEBYS PARISSOTHEBYS PARIS20202020THTHTHTH CENTURY DECORATIVE ARTS AND CONTEMPORARY DESIGNCENTURY DECORATIVE ARTS AND CONTEMPORARY DESIGNCENTURY DECORATIVE ARTS AND CONTEMPORARY DESIGNCENTURY DECORATIVE ARTS AND CONTEMPORARY DESIGNTuesday, 22 NovemberTuesday, 22 NovemberTuesday, 22 NovemberTuesday, 22 November

Sothebys Paris will offer seven Art Deco masterpieces from1920s-30s Paris, including two major works by Eileen GrayEileen GrayEileen GrayEileen Gray, inits 20th Century Decorative Arts & Contemporary Design saleon 22 November 2011. Grays legendary Transat armchair (est.800,000-1,000,000 / 700,000-875,000) and anextraordinary monumental curved bar by Eckart MuthesiusEckart MuthesiusEckart MuthesiusEckart Muthesius

(est. 400,000-600,000 / 300,000-525,000), both designedfor the Palace of the Maharajah of Indore are highlights of thesale. Other important works featured include: a table EileenGray designed for her own home, the villa Tempe Pailla inthe South of France; a spectacular pair of mirrored doors byRen LaliqueRen LaliqueRen LaliqueRen Lalique; a monumental panel by Jean DunandJean DunandJean DunandJean Dunand and aniconic table by Eugne PrintzEugne PrintzEugne PrintzEugne Printz.


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SOTHEBYS MSOTHEBYS MSOTHEBYS MSOTHEBYS MILANILANILANILANMODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARTMODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARTMODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARTMODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARTTuesday and Wednesday, 22Tuesday and Wednesday, 22Tuesday and Wednesday, 22Tuesday and Wednesday, 22 andandandand 23 November23 November23 November23 November

Sothebys Milan is to offer Italian Identity, a secondselection of the Private Collection which saw record-breaking sales in the companys London October sale of

20th Century Italian Art. The sale comprises ground-breaking works by early-twentieth century Italian MastersGiacomo BallaGiacomo BallaGiacomo BallaGiacomo Balla, Arturo MartiniArturo MartiniArturo MartiniArturo Martini, Giorgio de ChiricoGiorgio de ChiricoGiorgio de ChiricoGiorgio de Chirico,Massimo CampigliMassimo CampigliMassimo CampigliMassimo Campigli and Mario SironiMario SironiMario SironiMario Sironi, among others. Ahighlight is Giacomo Ballas Canto Patriottico (est.300,000-400,000), a vibrant canvas which combines theiconic Italian flag colours with a composition recalling the1915 protests and marches in Italy. Giorgio de Chirico isrepresented in the sale with Pictor Classicus (est. 150,000-200,000), executed in 1924 during the artistsromantic period, which saw his reverence for the idyllic union of the human figure, art and nature. An iconic

Giorgio MorandiGiorgio MorandiGiorgio MorandiGiorgio Morandi still life, Natura Morta (est. 500,000-700,000, illustrated), features prominently, as wellas contemporary masterpieces by Lucio FontanaLucio FontanaLucio FontanaLucio Fontana, with Concetto Spaziale-Attese (est. 400,000-600,000)and a collection of ceramics from the Fondazione Lucio Fontana.

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Since the launch of the Swiss Art sale in 1979, Sothebys Zurichhas sold some of Ferdinand HodlerFerdinand HodlerFerdinand HodlerFerdinand Hodlers most importantlandscapes to have come to auction often for record prices. Inits sale of Swiss Art on 28 November 2011 Sothebys Zurich willpresent a major landscape by the celebrated Swiss painter:Genfersee von Chexbres aus (Lake Geneva from Chexbres). Anexceptional group of works by Albert Anker, depicting some ofthe painters favourite themes, will spearhead the sale.Estimated in excess of CHF 11 million, the 121-lot auction alsocomprises works by eminent Swiss artists from the nineteenth,twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including Giovanni and

Augusto Giacometti, Flix Vallotton, Cuno Amiet, Adolf Dietrich, Albert Mller, Alice Bailly and GustaveBuchet. The view of Lake Geneva from Chexbres inspired many landscapes by Hodler between 1895 and

1911. Highly sought after, most of these paintings were purchased by private collectors and Swiss Museumsimmediately after they were produced by the artist. Hodler painted only two landscapes from the vantagepoint featured in Genfersee von Chexbres aus. Painted in May 1904, this work was probably executed shortlybefore a very similar canvas which is now part of the collection of the Muse dArt et dHistoire in Geneva. Itreflects the stylistic direction taken by Hodler in the early 1900s. In 1904, the artist took part in the ViennaSecession and the influence of theJugenstilmovement is clearly mirrored in the ornamentation, curves andlines of the painting. Testament to Hodlers style are also the compositions parallel design, the depiction offorms as large spreads of colour and the dominance of the colour blue, symbol of transcendence for theartist (est. CHF 3-5 million / 2,420,000-4,030,000).


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SOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONIMPORTANT RUSSIAN ARTIMPORTANT RUSSIAN ARTIMPORTANT RUSSIAN ARTIMPORTANT RUSSIAN ARTMonday, 28 NoMonday, 28 NoMonday, 28 NoMonday, 28 Novembervembervembervember

Sothebys London sale of Important Russian Art on 28 November2011 will feature a number of masterpieces, among them Portrait ofa Boyarinya by Konstantin MakovskyKonstantin MakovskyKonstantin MakovskyKonstantin Makovsky (est. 150,000-250,000,

illustrated), which evokes the romance and extravagance of abygone, gilded age in Russia. Makovskys boyarina portraitsfeaturing the decadent Russian nobility, whose long-standinghierarchical order was dismantled by Peter the Great in the late17th centuryare inspired by the character Elena in Tolstoys TheSilver Prince, a tale of Russian aristocratic life. This piece richlydemonstrates Makovskys love of painting luxurious fabrics andelaborate costumes, and is one of the finest boyarina portraits bythe artist to come to auction. Another piece is PetrPetrPetrPetrKonKonKonKonchalovskychalovskychalovskychalovskys exceptionally rare, pre-revolutionary painting

Tatar Still Life, dated 1916 (est. 500,000-700,000). This still lifewas executed at the height of Konchalovskys creative output,several years after he founded the Jack of Diamonds artistssociety, which pioneered the Russian avant-garde. The Collection of Arthur Ferdinand HamannThe Collection of Arthur Ferdinand HamannThe Collection of Arthur Ferdinand HamannThe Collection of Arthur Ferdinand Hamann isincluded in the evening sale and sees a marvellous group of Russian paintings come to the market. One ofthe auctions most important paintings comes from the Hamann collection, by artist Nicholas RoerichNicholas RoerichNicholas RoerichNicholas Roerich. Hisseminal pre-war or prophetic painting series is an extraordinary body of work which pre-figured theoutbreak of World War I. The most important of the series is the extremely rare painting, The Doomed City(est. 400,000-600,000). Of further interest is the darkly luminous Moonlit Night, St Petersburg by AlexeiAlexeiAlexeiAlexeiPetrovich BogoliubovPetrovich BogoliubovPetrovich BogoliubovPetrovich Bogoliubov (est. 500,000-700,000). This moonlit view of the Rostral Columns and the gildeddome of St Isaac's in the foreground is one of the largest works by Alexei Bogoliubov ever to have appearedat auction.

SOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONAN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF WORKS BY ALEXANDER BENOISAN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF WORKS BY ALEXANDER BENOISAN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF WORKS BY ALEXANDER BENOISAN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF WORKS BY ALEXANDER BENOISTuesday, 29 NovemberTuesday, 29 NovemberTuesday, 29 NovemberTuesday, 29 November

The Russian Art Sale Series at Sothebys London thisNovember will be highlighted by an Important PrivateCollection of Works by Alexander BenoisAlexander BenoisAlexander BenoisAlexander Benois. The 130-lot salefeatures exquisite works on paper spanning the artists lifetime

and artistic oeuvre. The auction is expected to bring between830,000-1,200,000. The collection, comprising ballet, operaset and costume designs, watercolour views of Russia, Franceand Italy, book illustrations, sketchbooks, and portraits of theartists family represents the largest collection of works byBenois to be offered for sale in recent history.


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SOTHSOTHSOTHSOTHEBYS PARISEBYS PARISEBYS PARISEBYS PARISHOMAGE TO THE 18HOMAGE TO THE 18HOMAGE TO THE 18HOMAGE TO THE 18THTHTHTH CENTURYCENTURYCENTURYCENTURY: ADRIANO RIBOLZI, ANTIQUAIRE: ADRIANO RIBOLZI, ANTIQUAIRE: ADRIANO RIBOLZI, ANTIQUAIRE: ADRIANO RIBOLZI, ANTIQUAIREWednesday, 30 NovemberWednesday, 30 NovemberWednesday, 30 NovemberWednesday, 30 November

Sothebys Paris is to offer for sale on 30 November 2011 an ImportantCollection of Furniture & Objets dArt owned by antiques dealer AdrianoRibolzi. This refined collection consists of one hundred works which

together present a rich overview of late-seventeenth and eighteenthcentury French creativity: cabinet-making, furniture, bronzes, carpets andprecious textiles, along with scientific objects, are all represented by majorworks from the period. Throughout his career Adriano Ribolzi, a highlycultivated man with an extensive knowledge of the art market, hasrigorously selected works imbued with the qualities sought by the world'smost demanding connoisseurs.

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IMPORTANT EUROPEAN SILVER, OBJECTS OF VERTU AND GOLD BOXESIMPORTANT EUROPEAN SILVER, OBJECTS OF VERTU AND GOLD BOXESIMPORTANT EUROPEAN SILVER, OBJECTS OF VERTU AND GOLD BOXESIMPORTANT EUROPEAN SILVER, OBJECTS OF VERTU AND GOLD BOXESThursday, 1 DecemberThursday, 1 DecemberThursday, 1 DecemberThursday, 1 December

Sothebys Paris sale of Important European Silver, objects of Vertu and Gold Boxesbrings together a range of items that span centuries of artistry and craftsmanship.One of the earliest pieces is an Important Holy Water Stoup from Genoa, datingfrom the sixteenth century. Among the seventeenth century treasures fromGermany, France, the Netherlands, Hungary and Spain is a rare German silver-giltand corporation cup, shaped as an arquebusier made in Nurnberg by PaulusWideman circa 1600 (est. 80,000-120,000 / 68,000-120,250, illustrated). Thearray of gold boxes and objects of vertu include a rare group of fans such aslAllgorie de lAmour, most likely made for Princess Marie von Hohenzollernsmarriage to Philippe, Count of Flanders in 1867.

SOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONEUROPEAN SCULPTURE AND WORKS OF ART, MEDIEVAL TO MODERNEUROPEAN SCULPTURE AND WORKS OF ART, MEDIEVAL TO MODERNEUROPEAN SCULPTURE AND WORKS OF ART, MEDIEVAL TO MODERNEUROPEAN SCULPTURE AND WORKS OF ART, MEDIEVAL TO MODERNTuesday, 6 DecemberTuesday, 6 DecemberTuesday, 6 DecemberTuesday, 6 December

Sothebys London sale of European Sculpture and Works of Art:Medieval to Modern on 6 December 2011 will showcase 800extraordinary years of artworks that form an uninterrupted history

from the twelfth century through to the mid-twentieth century. Theauction comprises medieval, Old Master, eighteenth, nineteenth, andtwentieth century sculpture and works of art and the sale will continuein this format biannually every July and December. The departmentis returning to presenting Sculpture as it did from 2000 to 2005 in aninterrupted tradition from around the 10th century to the beginningof the 20th century. The auction is to present an exciting rediscovery,an Italian Romanesque stone relief ofThe Presentation in the Templethat formed part of a lost doorway from the Cathedral of San Pietroin Bologna (est. 80,000-120,000, illustrated). Other highlights

include a partially polychromed limewood figure ofSt John the Baptist,restituted to the heirs of Jacob and Rosa Oppenheimer this year (est.

100,000-150,000), a set of Flemish Baroque eighteenth-century terracotta sculptures depicting Four PuttiPersonifying The Senses: Smell, Taste, Sight and Touch (est. 150,000-250,000), a rock crystal Tazza,


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attributed to Giovanni Battista Metellino and dating to a Milanese workshop circa 1700 (est. 60,000-80,000), a sublime marble sculpture Nu assis de dos (Seated Nude) by Alfred Boucher and a good selectionof New sculpture, which includes several works by Alfred Gilbert, among them Comedy and Tragedy, a pairof bronzes estimated at 15,000-20,000. Bringing the sale full-circle is a set of mid-twentieth century bronzereliefs by Gilbert Bayes, known as The Aveling-Barford Reliefs.

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Sothebys London sale of Old Master and British Paintings on 7December 2011 will be headlined by the two most importantworks by Johann ZoffanyJohann ZoffanyJohann ZoffanyJohann Zoffany to appear on the market in recentyears. Both commissioned by David Garrick, Britains greatestactor, they depict him with his family and friends in the gardenof his house on the banks of the river Thames at Hampton.Painted in 1762, The Garden at Hampton House, with Mr andMrs David Garrick taking tea and The Shakespeare Temple at

Hampton House, with Mr and Mrs David Garrick (illustrated)have only appeared once on the open market, when they weresold in 1823 from Garricks estate, and have descended in the

family of a distinguished private collection ever since. From 2007 until 2010 the paintings hung together onloan at Tate Britain, in London, and are highlights in the recently published book on Zoffany by MaryWebster. They will be offered with an estimate of 6-8 million. Among the British painting is an exceptionalview of Durham Cathedral by John GloverJohn GloverJohn GloverJohn Glover. Glover was one of the leading figures in the late eighteenth andearly nineteenth century British art scene, however his work is very rare and does not often appear on themarket, hence he is not as well known today as his contemporaries Turner and Constable. The large scalework is one of his masterpieces and has never been on the open market before. A highlight among the OldMaster works is Jan Havicksz S

Jan Havicksz SJan Havicksz SJan Havicksz Steen

teenteenteens Figures Seated in an Interior with a Man and a Woman Seated at a

Table Playing Cards (circa 1660, est. 4.5-6 million). This oil-on-panel is one of Steens best-preserved worksand a masterpiece of seventeenth-century Dutch genre painting. Steens choice of subject, a soldier beingdisarmed by a womans charms, is a popular seventeenth-century theme based on the biblical story ofSampson and Delilah a complex exploration of interaction between the sexes, with the idiosyncratichumour often present in Steens work. It is a masterpiece of technical and intellectual distinction, making itone of the best examples of Steens work and of seventeenth-century Dutch genre painting to come to themarket in recent years.

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A stellar cast of Post-War artists headlines the evening sale ofContemporary Art in Paris, which includes works by Jean DubuffetJean DubuffetJean DubuffetJean Dubuffet,Antonio SauraAntonio SauraAntonio SauraAntonio Saura and Vieira da SilvaVieira da SilvaVieira da SilvaVieira da Silva. The auction will also offer three worksfrom the Art Institute of Chicago: a rare AtlanAtlanAtlanAtlan painting (est. 120,000-180,000 / 102,200-153,350); the iconic Ogre by Germaine RichierGermaine RichierGermaine RichierGermaine Richier (est.180,000-250,000 / 153,350-213,000) and an Hourloupe Mask by JeanJeanJeanJeanDubuffetDubuffetDubuffetDubuffet (est. 70,000-90,000 / 59,600-76,670). Beside a group ofbeautiful works by Modern Chinese artists Chu TehChu TehChu TehChu Teh----ChunChunChunChun and Zao WouZao WouZao WouZao Wou----

KiKiKiKi, Huang Young PingsHuang Young PingsHuang Young PingsHuang Young Pings sculpture Walking Up Language will be theartists premire at auction in France (est. 150,000-200,000 / 128,000-170,400). Following Martial RaysseMartial RaysseMartial RaysseMartial Raysse record-breaking French sale atSothebys last May, Raysses LAstronaute, expressing the artists passion


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for Modernity and new technologies, will come to auction (est. 300,000-400,000 / 255,600-340,800).International artists will also feature prominently, including JeanJeanJeanJean----Michel BasquiatMichel BasquiatMichel BasquiatMichel Basquiat, whose large-formatpainting MP can be seen as a self-portrait (est. 700,000-900,000 / 596,000-766,700, illustrated). Thesales panoramic journey through the post-war and contemporary schools is followed by a day sale,comprising significant artworks by NicolasNicolasNicolasNicolas de Stalde Stalde Stalde Stal, Geer Van VeldeGeer Van VeldeGeer Van VeldeGeer Van Velde, HansHansHansHans HartungHartungHartungHartung, ArmanArmanArmanArman, CsarCsarCsarCsar, JoanJoanJoanJoanMitchellMitchellMitchellMitchell, TakashiTakashiTakashiTakashi MurakamiMurakamiMurakamiMurakami, ValdesValdesValdesValdes, Yan Pei MingYan Pei MingYan Pei MingYan Pei Ming and MiquelMiquelMiquelMiquel BarcelBarcelBarcelBarcel.

SOTHEBYS PARISSOTHEBYS PARISSOTHEBYS PARISSOTHEBYS PARIS

IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ARTIMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ARTIMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ARTIMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ARTFridayFridayFridayFriday, 8 December, 8 December, 8 December, 8 December

Sothebys Paris sale of Impressionist & Modern Art on 8December 2011 will feature a group of paintings by Max ErnstMax ErnstMax ErnstMax Ernstthat come to the market for the first time in their history. LaCarmagnole, circa 1927, is estimated at 1,500,000-1,800,000(1,278,000-1,533,730) and Fleur Exotiques, 1928, at400,000-600,000 (340,800-511,000). Of further interestare masterworks by MattaMattaMattaMatta and Wilfredo LamWilfredo LamWilfredo LamWilfredo Lam that are also

fresh to the market: Mattas Le Pendu (The Hanged Man), 1942,est. 1,000,000-1,500,000 / 852,000-1,278,000 has been in aEuropean collection for the past 40 years and previously was inthe collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York;Lams LArbre aux miroirs, 1945, est. 700,00-1,000,000 / 596,450-852,000 has been in a private Americancollection for 25 years. Three iconic works by Joan MirJoan MirJoan MirJoan Mir include Femme, oiseau, toiles, 1943, est.500,000-700,000 / 426,000-596,450 and Personnage, a sculpture from 1967, est. 600,000-800,000 /511,000-681,650.

SOTHEBYS LONSOTHEBYS LONSOTHEBYS LONSOTHEBYS LONDONDONDONDONFINE WATCHESFINE WATCHESFINE WATCHESFINE WATCHESTuesday, 13 DecemberTuesday, 13 DecemberTuesday, 13 DecemberTuesday, 13 December

The Fine Watches sale in London on 13 December 2011 features theexceptionally rare watches of a master watchmaker, the late GeorgeGeorgeGeorgeGeorgeDaniels, CBEDaniels, CBEDaniels, CBEDaniels, CBE (1926-2011). Since 1969 Daniels has produced only 37watches, each unique piece hand-crafted in his workshop. A superbexample is a Fine And Rare Yellow Gold Automatic Centre SecondsWristwatch with Date and Daniels Slim Co-Axial Escapement, circa 1999Millennium (est. 40,000-60,000), bearing Daniels innovative Co-axialescapement mechanism which revolutionised the performance of high-end

mechanical watches. The sale will also comprise historic pieces, the mostexquisite example of which is A Fine and Rare Silver Pair Cased VergeWatch with Tortoiseshell Piqu and Mother-of-Peal Case by Johnson,London circa 1690 (est. 35,000-50,000, illustrated).

SOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONFINE JEWELSFINE JEWELSFINE JEWELSFINE JEWELSWednesday, 14 DecemberWednesday, 14 DecemberWednesday, 14 DecemberWednesday, 14 December

The Fine Jewels sale in London on 14 December 2011 will feature a dazzling Diamond Corsage Ornament

by Tiffany & Co.Tiffany & Co.Tiffany & Co.Tiffany & Co. circa 1920 (est. 40,000-60,000, illustrated). Its delicate interlacing lines are formed fromplatinum, and backed in gold. The designs bows and ribbons were a popular motif in early twentieth-centuryand Garland-Style jewellery, and are well-documented in the Tiffany & Co. archives. Another distinctivepiece is a BoucheronBoucheronBoucheronBoucheron Gold, Enamel, Gem-Set and Diamond Brooch circa 1890 (est. 15,000-20,000). The


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cicada design features wings decorated with plique--jour enamel and sapphires, and the abdomen and headset with diamonds, sapphires, and cats-eye chrysoberyl in an array of sophisticated cuttings. A CulturedPearl and Diamond Demi-Parure by GrimaGrimaGrimaGrima, 1972 (est. 6,000-10,000), comprises a matching set of

necklace and earrings with black and white cultured pearls and brilliant-cutdiamonds. A further highlight of the sale is the exceptional jewellery piecesdesigned by the late Andrew Grima, a master of contemporary British jewellery design who rose to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s, and wasawarded the Royal Warrant in 1966. His highly distinctive works are cast in

unusual and organic forms inspired by nature, predominantly in gold andwith unusual stones and geodes. Some of Grimas most remarkable piecesat auction are the Gold and Gem-Set Ornament Super Shells (est.5,000-7,000), in which gold and gem accents innovatively transform aseashell into an elegant marine bird; a Diamond Demi-Parure (est. 5,000-7,000); a Ruby and Diamond Brooch/Pendant (3,000-5,000); and aDiamond Bracelet (est. 4,000-6,000). The Fine Jewels sale will alsocomprise exquisite period and contemporary pieces spanning the

nineteenth through twenty-first centuries, some of which are accompanied by aristocratic provenance.

SOTHEBYS PARISSOTHEBYS PARISSOTHEBYS PARISSOTHEBYS PARISAFRICAN AND OCEANIC ARTAFRICAN AND OCEANIC ARTAFRICAN AND OCEANIC ARTAFRICAN AND OCEANIC ARTWednesday, 14 DecemberWednesday, 14 DecemberWednesday, 14 DecemberWednesday, 14 December

The Paris sale of African and Oceanic Art brings to the market both iconic andunpublished pieces, produced by the most talented artists. The masterfulworks convey the timeless beauty of the spirits, gods and ancestors, amongthem an exquisite group of very rare masks, including a Punu black mask and aKwele mask, both from Gabon, and a Boa mask. An exceptional couple ofaltar figures by the most talented YorubaYorubaYorubaYoruba----NagoNagoNagoNago artist interpret Yorubacosmogony through with an artistic freedom (est. 400,000-600,000 /340,800-511,000 each). From Oceania, the very rare Rarotonga Staff God ofthe Cook Islands one of only 16 complete Staff Gods documented inmuseum and private collections pays tribute to Tangaroa, the creator-god.

SOTHEBYS PARISSOTHEBYS PARISSOTHEBYS PARISSOTHEBYS PARISASIAN ARTASIAN ARTASIAN ARTASIAN ARTThursday,Thursday,Thursday,Thursday, 15 December15 December15 December15 December

Sothebys Paris Asian Arts sale will include several major pieces ofporcelain of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Prominent among them is an

exceptional archaistic "tea dust" vase of the Qianlong reign (1736-1795),est. 800,000-1,200,000 / 681,500-1,022,300. Its stylized dragondecoration belongs to a special group of porcelain that took itsinspiration from archaic ritual bronzes and it demonstrates the EmperorQianlong's taste for the antique towards the middle of his reign. Thesale also features an important Qianlong mark and period blue andwhite porcelain moonflask decorated with peaches and bats amongstscrolling lotus (est. 500,000-700,000 / 426,000-596,450). Anexceptionally large blue and white archaistic vase of the Ming dynasty,Wanli mark and period (1573-1620), est 200,000-300,000 / 170,400-

255,600; a blue and white dragon basin of the same reign, est.150,000-200,000 / 127,800-170,400; and a Ming Dynasty, Zhengde mark and period (1506-1521) yellowground and underglazed blue decorated dish (est. 150,000-200,000 / 128,000-170,400) complete thisselection of fine porcelain. Other highlights include an impressive Imperial four panels zitan cabinet carved


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with dragons (est. 50,000-70,000 / 42,600-59,650) and a variety of works of art from the scholars studio,among them a large white jade archaistic vase from a French private collection (est. 150,000-200,000 /127,800-170,400) and the remaining selection of rhinoceros horn libation cups from the Edward.T.Chowand Franklin Chow collection.

SOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONSOTHEBYS LONDONENGLISH LITERATURE, HISTORY, CHILDRENS BOOKS & ILLUSTRATIONSENGLISH LITERATURE, HISTORY, CHILDRENS BOOKS & ILLUSTRATIONSENGLISH LITERATURE, HISTORY, CHILDRENS BOOKS & ILLUSTRATIONSENGLISH LITERATURE, HISTORY, CHILDRENS BOOKS & ILLUSTRATIONSThursday, 15 DecemberThursday, 15 DecemberThursday, 15 DecemberThursday, 15 December

Sothebys London sale of English Literature, History,Childrens Books & Illustrations on 15 December 2011includes an unpublished manuscript by Charlotte BrontCharlotte BrontCharlotte BrontCharlotte Brontthat reveals a precursor to one of the most famous scenes in

Jane Eyre (illustrated). Estimated at 200,000-300,000, it isthe most important Bront manuscript to have appeared atauction in more than thirty years and has never before beenseen by scholars. Set in Glass Town, the earliest fictionalworld that the four Bront siblings created, and written by a

fourteen-year-old Charlotte in miniature magazine format,The Young Mens Magazine, Number 2, is dated August

1830 17 years before the celebrated author wrote Jane Eyre. The auction will also include aaaa previouslypreviouslypreviouslypreviouslyunrecorded example of the earliest version of the original Dockwra handunrecorded example of the earliest version of the original Dockwra handunrecorded example of the earliest version of the original Dockwra handunrecorded example of the earliest version of the original Dockwra hand----stampsstampsstampsstamps, the Murrays Poststamp. Marking a crucial development in postal history, the triangular hand-stamp (est. 15,000-20,000) wasused in the first penny post, established by William Dockwra and Robert Murray in London in 1680, pre-dating the Penny Black by 160 years. The stamp offered for sale is printed on a letter sent by WilliamFarmerie, a lawyer working in Holborn, to the politician Sir John Reresby at his house in the newly developedarea of Leicester Fields (todays Leicester Square). Of further interest is a unique, exquisitely leather-boundboxed set of Stieg LarssonStieg LarssonStieg LarssonStieg Larsson's internationally bestselling and award-winning Millennium Trilogy. Estimated at8,000-12,000, the one-of-a-kind set, comprising The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played withFire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, includes the original letter of rejection sent to a youngLarsson in 1972 by the Joint Committee of Colleges of Journalism. Larsson kept this letter among hispersonal possessions until his death, and it reveals, overleaf, an original pencil portrait by the author himselfwhich has never before been seen by the public. Stieg Larsson's drawing skills are well documented, but hisdrawings have not previously been published. This document has been donated by the author's familyspecifically to be included with this boxed set, the sale of which will benefit Expo, the anti-discriminationfoundation set up in 1995 by Larsson and his peers. Larsson served as president of the foundation as well aseditor-in-chief of Expo magazine until his death in 2004.

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