Author: Sotheby Parke Bernet & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Catalogues of Sales
Author: Sotheby Parke Bernet & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Catalogue of Western Manuscripts and Miniatures
Author: Sotheby Parke Bernet & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
The Curse of the Imperial Paperweights
Author: George N. KullesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780933756199
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
George Kulles presents a murder mystery surrounded by a web of historical intrigue in this fast-paced thriller. When the world's most valuable paperweights disappear from Sotheby's New York the police suspect everyone. They're stumped and it seems the treasures will be lost to the world. There are simply no further avenues to follow. Or can the clues be found in the past of the paperweights? Kulles performed extensive biographical research to bring the world's most historically famous paperweight collectors to life. Visit the world of Princess Eugenie, who spent twenty years mourning the loss of her husband and son. Follow Oscar Wilde's meteoric rise to stardom and his disgraceful fall from nineteenth-century Victorian society. Visit Eva Peron - the woman who promoted herself from harlot to President's wife. Acquaint yourself with the eccentric world of Truman Capote. Meet some of the most famous modern collectors including King Farouk, Arthur Rubloff, Paul Jokelson and Lawrence Selman. At the center of this puzzling mystery reside three crystal paperweights - the most complex examples of glasswork ever produced. Are the tragedies the owners of these pieces suffer natural, or does it all have something to do with The Curse of the Imperial Paperweights?
Catalogue of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Works of Art
Author: Sotheby Parke Bernet & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Baroque
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Catalogues of Sales
Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The International Catalogue of Catalogues
Author: Maria Elena De La IglesiaPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
PAPERWEIGHTS 101
Author: Doris B. RobinsonPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483608867
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The purpose of this book is to introduce paperweight collecting to those people who may be interested in these fascinating and mysterious small glass objects, but are not quite ready to start a collection without some basic knowledge. Back in 1969, when my husband and I first became interested in paperweights, information was at a premium. The limited number of books about paperweights were often hard to come by. Occasionally, articles were published in magazines, and once in a while, an article appeared in a newspaper. You were lucky if you heard about the article and luckier still to find a copy! Some wonderful books were published as far back as 1940 when paperweight collector Evangeline Bergstrom’s book Old Glass Paperweights first appeared.* In fact, many old books, paperweight journals, newspaper and magazine articles have become valuable in their own right, now sought after as collectors’ items. The positive side about this paucity of literature was that you read everything you could get your hands on, good, poor or terrific. Today, even the very best of these publications, many still considered top notch, contain at least some information that could be updated and corrected as a result of recent findings. Still, many of these books and articles remain as valuable resources. Since the “Paperweight Renaissance” in the mid twentieth century, the number of available books about paperweights has increased explosively. To consider acquiring and/or reading all of them creates a heavy burden on reader, purse and bookshelf. Some are wonderful, containing well documented information; some are even extraordinary, the result of careful research; and a few are mediocre and will probably end up on the back shelf, the pages barely worn. Before a potential paperweight aficionado becomes confused or overwhelmed by the vast number of books, it seemed there was an opportunity to provide a general view of the topic that could be easily read and referred to at just the right time. It was to meet this perceived need that “Glass Paperweights 101” was written. As the title suggests, this book about glass paperweights is intended as an introduction to and overview of the subject. Should this book inspire readers to delve into these more scholarly works, I will personally consider this introductory volume to have been a great success. After digesting the contents of this purposely limited volume, I hope readers who are new to this area of collecting or perhaps just thinking about it, will be inspired to become impassioned paperweight collectors who will develop a discriminating eye. Great adventures are in store for the new paperweight collector. *This was one of the earliest books published a about paperweights. Although the Bergstrom book contains many inaccuracies, considering the scarcity of available information about paperweights at the time, it is amazing that so much that was written is correct.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Catalogues of Sales
Author: Parke-Bernet GalleriesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Katalog Des Kunsthistorischen Instituts in Florenz
Author: Kunsthistorisches Institut in FlorenzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description