EditorialKobe Bryant LA Lakers jacket and Cristiano Ronaldo and Diego Maradonas football shirts among slew of memorabilia hitting auction block form host of sporting greats
EditorialPhotograph, Portrait of J.J. Rouse, 1925 - 1935, Framed photograph of John Joseph (J.J) Rouse, former managing director of Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd. Likely taken in the late 1920s, early 1930s. This photograph is marked as belonging to Edgar Rouse, on...
EditorialDwelling of a humble and cottage charakter, adapted for the retirement of a small family, Floor plan and profile of a small house, Plate 1, to p. 23, 1835, Edmund Aikin: Designs for villas and other rural buildings ...: together with a memoir of the au...
Editorial? ??? ?????? ?, Record of the Following One's Ancestor Studio, Yuan dynasty (1271?1368), dated 1345, China, Handscroll; ink on paper, 10 3/4 x 37 3/4 in. (27.3 x 96 cm), Calligraphy, Zheng Yuanyou (Chinese, 1292?1364), This text, written when scholars ...
EditorialCharles Grant (1746-1823), Painted c.1890 from an original portrait of 1819 Full-length seated figure facing half-right. Grant is seated in a red armchair, his right hand resting on the arm, his left on a red covered table on which lie papers, an ink-w...
EditorialSir Robert Montgomery (1809-87) c.1891, from the original of c.1866. A three-quarter length portrait, the subject standing and facing left. He is plainly dressed in a dark frock-coat; a red cordon supporting the badge of the Bath, the star of the same ...
EditorialIllustration showing Captain Henry Avery, also know as Henry Every or Evory. (1659 - after 1696). An English pirate, one of the few who lived to retirement. He was the perpetrator of what has been called the most profitable pirate raid in history, cap...
EditorialBill Richmond. Boxiana; or Sketches of ancient and modern pugilis. G. Smeeton: London, 1812. Bill Richmond (1763-1829). Pugilist/Boxer. Portrait. The son of former slaves, Richmond became a respected boxer. He fought a famous match against the British ...
EditorialCharles Grant (1746-1823), Painted c.1890 from an original portrait of 1819 Full-length seated figure facing half-right. Grant is seated in a red armchair, his right hand resting on the arm, his left on a red covered table on which lie papers, an ink-w...
EditorialGiw before Kay Khusraw. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 49 miniatures. Opaque w. 1590-1600. Giw before Kay Khusraw, whom he has found in his retirement. A trifle discoloured. 12.5 by 15 cm. Image taken from Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 49 miniatures. Opaque ...
EditorialSir Robert Montgomery (1809-87) c.1891, from the original of c.1866. A three-quarter length portrait, the subject standing and facing left. He is plainly dressed in a dark frock-coat; a red cordon supporting the badge of the Bath, the star of the same ...
EditorialKinkaku - the Golden Pavilion - is the name given to Rokuon-ji Temple on Kyoko-chi pond in Kyoto. Built as a villa for the retirement of the 3rd Shogun of Ashikaga in 1394, it was made into a Zen-temple according to the Shogun's will. The second and ...
EditorialKinkaku - the Golden Pavilion - is the name given to Rokuon-ji Temple on Kyoko-chi pond in Kyoto. Built as a villa for the retirement of the 3rd Shogun of Ashikaga in 1394, it was made into a Zen-temple according to the Shogun's will. The second and ...
EditorialDrunken Fisherman by a Reed Bank, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 28 7/16 x 14 9/16 in. (72.2 x 37 cm), Paintings, Tang Yin (Chinese, 1470?1524), The fisherman, symbol of the scholar in retirement, is drunk and fas...
EditorialCreampot, 1862?63, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, 8 1/8 x 5 13/16 in. (20.6 x 14.8 cm), Silver, Wood and Hughes (1845?99), Presented to Christian Dorflinger upon his retirement from the Long Island Flint Glass Works in 186...
EditorialSlop bowl, 1862?63, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, 5 3/8 x 5 3/16 in. (13.7 x 13.2 cm), Silver, Wood and Hughes (1845?99), Presented to Christian Dorflinger upon his retirement from the Long Island Flint Glass Works in 186...
Editorial? ??? ?????? ?, Record of the Following One's Ancestor Studio, Yuan dynasty (1271?1368), dated 1345, China, Handscroll; ink on paper, 10 3/4 x 37 3/4 in. (27.3 x 96 cm), Calligraphy, Zheng Yuanyou (Chinese, 1292?1364), This text, written when scholars ...
Editorial? ?? ????? ?, Silent Angler in an Autumn Wood, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), dated 1475, China, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 60 x 24 3/4 in. (152.4 x 62.9 cm), Paintings, Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427?1509), Born to a family of scholars and ar...