Frank Lloyd Wright, Jean Prouvé, Isamu Noguchi and Tiffany Studios are just some of illustrious names featured in the June 9th auction entitled “Important 20th Century Design” at Sotheby’s in New York. Focusing on furniture and objets d’art, the sale includes stunning pieces from art déco, post-war and Seventies movements – each piece influential in [...]
If you’re planning a trip to the City of Lights this summer, one essential thing to pop in your travel bag is this little gem. Out this month in paperback, “The Best Vintage, Antique and Collectible Shops in Paris” more than lives up to the promise of its title. By taking visitors to Paris off [...]
The auto industry might be feeling the crunch with the recession, but one car lover is evidently not on a budget: the buyer of 1957 Ferrari 250 Testarossa has broken the world record with his payment of €9 million for the classic car. The auction was held May 18 at Ferrari’s factory and test circuit [...]
If your passion can only be satisfied for the finest of wines, Sotheby’s in London is the place to be on May. There and then, more than 600 lots will be sold under the banner “Fine and Rare Wine and Vintage Port”. On offer will be exquisite Pomerols, Grand Crus, Bordeaux, Haut Medocs and other enchanting vintaes, as well as posh port from Graham, Fonseca, Cockburn and other esteemed names. Isn’t it time to replenish your reserves?
Here is an extract published from a recommended book review I’ve found on web There was a time when luxury was available only to the rarefied and aristocratic world of old money and royalty. Luxury wasn’t simply a product, it was a lifestyle, one that denoted a history of tradition, superior quality and offered a pampered [...]
The 1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom II dual cowl touring sedan above sold at auction Apr. 3-4 in California An outstanding single-owner collection of 111 rare and vintage cars — from ’20s-era classic vehicles to 1960s muscle cars – sold this weekend, April 3-4, in Temecula, California. An outstanding single-owner collection of 111 rare and vintage [...]
On April 10th, at Hotel Drouot in Paris, will take place the auction called “Perspective XXe siécle”, organized by Gros and Delettrez Auction House, featuring prestigious photographs, printings and design objects of XX century. Please note that the collection will include pictures from photo shooting of celebrities who made the story of Fashion and Arts’ worldwide. [...]
22 March 2009, Grand Hotel et de Milan, Milan, at 2.00 PM For the first time the Auction season opens with an Italian auction. Patrizzi & Co Auctioneers, one of the most prestigious names in the watch collectors market, presents an extraordinary collection of Rolex Vintage Watches. The 114 examples of rare quality and condition [...]
Max Bernadini’s Luxury Vintage store in Milan is chock-a-block with faultlessly chic, infinitely covetable old stuff, says O’ar Pali In Milan, a few steps from the Santa Maria delle Grazie, home to Leonardo’s The Last Supper, lies a negozio which in its own right houses a charming array of past riches. Max Bernardini’s Luxury Vintage [...]
Above is the example of Rolex Submariner ref. 5513 from the 70′s, which has been treated with the PVD process PVD (Physical Vapour Deposition), the futuristic plasma coating that maintains all the characteristics of the materials treated, without modifying them, enters the world of Vintage watches. Following the “Black Rolex” trend, Luxuryvintage.net offers its own collection [...]